Below are the rosters for the
1981 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in
Australia
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. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.
Group A
Head coach:
Waldemar Obrebski
Head coach:
Evaristo de Macedo
Evaristo de Macedo Filho, (born 22 June 1933, in Rio de Janeiro), known simply as Evaristo, is a Brazilian former footballer and coach.
Club career Madureira (1950–1952)
Raised in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Evaristo, like many children, play ...
Head coach:
Raúl Bentancor
Head coach:
Walt Chyzowych
Walter Chyzowych ( ua, Володимир Чижович, Volodymyr Chyzhovych) (April 20, 1937 – September 2, 1994) was a Ukrainian-born soccer player who played for Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and Newark Sitch of the American Soccer L ...
Group B
Head coach:
Vavá
Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His nickname was "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest). He played as a ...
Head coach:
Italo Acconcia
Italo Acconcia (20 April 1925 – 12 February 1983) was an Italian people, Italian football player and manager who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in the Italian Serie A. In 1981, he managed the Italy national under-21 footbal ...
Head coach:
Park Jong-Hwan
Park Jong-hwan ( born 9 February 1938) is a former South Korean football manager.
Managerial career
Considered one of South Korea's greatest football managers in the 20th century, Park led South Korean under-20 team to the semi-finals in t ...
Head coach:
Constantin Cernăianu
Constantin Cernăianu (12 October 1933 – 22 June 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach.
As a manager, Cernăianu won league titles with non-Bucharest based clubs, Petrolul Ploiești and Universitatea Craiova.
Managerial honours
P ...
Group C
Head coach:
Mohamed Seddik
Head coach:
Alfonso Portugal
Alfonso Portugal Díaz (21 January 1934 – 12 June 2016) was a Mexican football player, who played as defender for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Career
Portugal captained Club América to the 1965–66 Mexican Primera División titl ...
Head coach:
Chus Pereda
Jesús María Pereda Ruiz de Temiño (15 June 1938 – 27 September 2011), also known as Chus Pereda, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.
In a 16-year professional career, he played mainly for Barcelona, amassing La Liga totals of 1 ...
Head coach:
Dietrich Weise
Group D
Head coach:
Roberto Saporiti
Roberto Marcos Saporiti (born 11 April 1939 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer. He played as a striker, but is currently a manager. He has managed clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.
Playing career
Saporiti started his p ...
Head coach:
Les Scheinflug
Ladislav "Les" Scheinflug (born 1 October 1938) is a former football (soccer) player and coach.
Biography
Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood ...
Head coach:
Radivoje Ognjanović
Radivoje Ognjanović (; 1 July 1933 – 30 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.
Club career
After briefly playing for Partizan, Ognjanović made a name for himself at Radnički Beograd, totaling 153 appearances ...
(N°3)Jules Denis Onana DF 12/06/1964 Canon Yaounde Cameroon
Head coach:
John Cartwright
References
FIFA pages on 1981 World Youth Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Fifa World Youth Championship Squads
Fifa World Youth Championship Squads, 1981
FIFA U-20 World Cup squads