Below are the squads for the
1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...
final tournament in England. Spain (3), West Germany (3) and France (2) had players representing foreign clubs.
Group 1
England
Head coach:
Alf Ramsey
Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager fr ...
France
Head coach:
Henri Guérin
Mexico
Head coach:
Ignacio Tréllez
Uruguay
Head coach:
Ondino Viera
Ondino Leonel Viera Palasérez (10 September 1901 – 27 June 1997), in Brazil also known as ''Ondino Vieira'', was a Uruguayan football manager. He was the first coach to use a 4-2-4 in Brazil. In his long-lasting career he won between the ...
Group 2
Argentina
Head coach:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Juan Carlos "Toto" Lorenzo (; 27 October 1922 – 14 November 2001) was an Argentine football player and coach. He became an icon for Boca Juniors fans after he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles.
Biography
In his teens, ...
Spain
Head coach:
José Villalonga
José "Pepe" Villalonga Llorente (12 December 1919 – 7 August 1973) was a Spanish football manager during the 1950s and 1960s. He coached Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, and the Spain national team, winning major trophies with all three.
Ma ...
Switzerland
Head coach:
Alfredo Foni
Alfredo Foni (; 20 January 1911 – 28 January 1985) was an Italian footballer in the 1930s and later on a coach, who played as a defender. He is one of only four players to have won both an Olympic gold medal and the FIFA World Cup with the It ...
West Germany
Head coach:
Helmut Schön
Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West German national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including ...
Group 3
Brazil
Head coach:
Vicente Feola
Vicente Ítalo Feola (; 20 November 1909 – 6 November 1975) was a Brazilian football manager and coach from São Paulo. He became famous for leading the Brazilians to their first FIFA World Cup title in 1958.
Biography
Feola was born in Sã ...
Bulgaria
Head coach:
Rudolf Vytlačil
Rudolf Vytlačil (; german: Rudolf "Rudi" Vytlacil) (9 February 1912, Schwechat – 1 June 1977) was an Czechoslovak football player and manager.
Born in Schwechat on outskirts of Vienna, Vytlačil started his career at the local club Phönix ...
Hungary
Head coach:
Lajos Baróti
Lajos Baróti (; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian football player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the outstanding coaches of his era.
Career
Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 for Szegedi AK and from 19 ...
Portugal
Head coach:
Otto Glória
Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian football coach.
Career
Glória was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. ...
Group 4
Chile
Head coach:
Luis Álamos
Luis "El Zorro" Álamos Luque (25 December 1923 – 26 June 1983) was a football manager from Chile.
Career
He had a carrer as a forward with Universidad de Chile with Luis Tirado as coach, but Alejandro Scopelli turned him into a midfielder.
...
Italy
Head coach:
Edmondo Fabbri
Edmondo Fabbri (16 November 1921 – 8 July 1995) was an Italian football player and coach; a fast player, he mainly played as a winger.
Playing career
Fabbri was born in Castel Bolognese. During his club career, he played for several teams. He ...
North Korea
Source: FIFA
Head coach:
Myung Rye-hyun
Myung Rye-hyun ( ko, 명례현; born 14 April 1926) is a North Korean football player and manager.
He was the manager of the North Korea national football team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cu ...
*Note: , only seven players of North Korean team are surviving.
See: ''
The Game of Their Lives''
Soviet Union
Head coach:
Nikolai Morozov
Notes
Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Brazil, Chile and North Korea who only called two.
References
Planet World Cup website* weltfussball.d
{{DEFAULTSORT:1966 Fifa World Cup Squads
FIFA World Cup squads
Squads
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...