See main article: 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. Below are the rosters for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Mexico. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps. Age as of 2 June 1983, first day of the tournament.
Head coach: 
Les Scheinflug
Head coach: 
Park Jong-Hwan
Head coach: Andy Roxburgh
Head coach: 
Benjamin Iojene
Head coach: 
Mieczysław Broniszewski
Head coach: Angus McAlpine
Head coach: José Etchegoyen
Head coach: 
Carlos Pachamé
Head coach: 
Gerhard Hitzel
Head coach: Gao Fengwen
Head coach: Milouš Kvaček
Head coach: Jair Pereira
Head coach: Kees Rijvers
Head coach: 
Christopher Udemezue
Head coach: Nikolay Kiselyov