The following is a list of squads for each nation competing in Brazil Independence Cup in 1972.
Head coach: Juan José Pizzuti
Head coaches: 
Cheikh Kouyate and 
Anani Matthia
Head coach: 
Rubén Saldaña Barba m
Head coach: 
Mário Zagallo
Head coach: Rudi Gutendorf
Head coach: Todor Veselinović
Head coaches: Antoine Tassy (Haiti) and Carlos Padilla Velásquez (Honduras)
Head coach: Václav Ježek
Head coach: Jorge Enrique Lazo Logroño
Head coach: Georges Boulogne
Head coach: 
Mohammad Ranjbar
Head coach: Liam Tuohy
Head coach: Aurelio González
Head coach: 
Roberto Scarone
Head coach: José Augusto de Almeida
Head coach: Tommy Docherty
Head coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev
Head coach: Washington Etchamendi
Head coach: 
Gregorio Gómez
Head coach: Vujadin Boškov