Below are the squads for the 1974 FIFA World Cup final tournament in West Germany. For the first time, a majority of countries (9 of 16) had players representing foreign clubs.
Head coach: Helmut Schön
Head coach: Georg Buschner
Head coach: Rale Rasic
Head coach: Luis Alamos
Head coach: Mário Zagallo
Head coach: Willie Ormond
Head coach: Miljan Miljanić
Head coach: Blagoje Vidinić
Head coach: Rinus Michels
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. An exception was Johan Cruyff, who was given his favoured 14.
Head coach: Georg Ericson
Head coach: Roberto Porta
Head coach: Hristo Mladenov
Head coach: Kazimierz Górski
Head coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi
Head coach: Vladislao Cap
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, with the exception of the goalkeepers which received traditional numbers 1, 12 and 21.
Head coach: Antoine Tassy
| Nº | Country | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Yugoslavia | Miljan Miljanić, Rale Rasic (Australia), Blagoje Vidinić (Zaire) |
| 1 |  Argentina | Vladislao Cap |
 Brazil | Mário Zagallo | |
 Bulgaria | Hristo Mladenov | |
 Chile | Luis Alamos | |
| East Germany | Georg Buschner | |
 Haiti | Antoine Tassy | |
 Italy | Ferruccio Valcareggi | |
 Netherlands | Rinus Michels | |
 Poland | Kazimierz Górski | |
| Scotland | Willie Ormond | |
 Sweden | Georg Ericson | |
 Uruguay | Roberto Porta | |
| West Germany | Helmut Schön |