The following squads were named for the 1952 Summer Olympics tournament.

Austria

Head coach:

Viktor Hierländer Viktor Hierländer (7 June 1900 – 20 January 1982) was an Austrian football player and manager. He played for Floridsdorfer AC, SpVgg Fürth, FK Austria Wien, New York Giants and Wiener AC. He coached Cracovia, BSC Young Boys, Alexandria, Ad ...

Hans Arnold Hans Arnold (22 April 1925 – 25 October 2010) was an artist, born in Switzerland, who lived and worked in Sweden from 1947 until his death in 2010. He illustrated many magazines and books. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations for the ...

, A. Rouschal, Johann Weiß and Erwin Theuerweckl were all named in Austria's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Brazil

Head coach:

Newton Cardoso Newton Cardoso (born 22 May 1938) is a Brazilian politician who served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies and as Governor of Minas Gerais from 1987 to 1991. His son Newton Cardoso Jr is a Member of the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of de ...

Evaristo, Arízio,

Bené Benedito Lacerda Ribeiro, known as Bené (born 16 February 1941) is a former Brazilian football player. He played 13 seasons and 278 games in the Primeira Liga for Leixões, Porto and Sporting Espinho. Club career He made his Primeira Liga deb ...

Amaury Amaury (from the Old French ''Amalric'') or Amauri may refer to: People Surname *Philippe Amaury (1940–2006), French publishing tycoon Given name * Amaury Duval (1760–1838), French writer *Amaury Duval (1808–1885), French painter *Amaury ...

, Antoninho, Paulinho, Wassil,

Marcos Guerra Marcos may refer to: People with the given name ''Marcos'' * Marcos (given name) Sports ;Surnamed * Dayton Marcos, Negro league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) * Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer * Nélson Marcos, Portug ...

and Cacá were all named in Brazil's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Bulgaria

Head coach: Krum Milev Gavril Stoyanov, Minko Minchev,

Ivan Nikolov Ivan Nikolov may refer to: * Ivan Nikolov (basketball), Bulgarian basketball player * Ivan Nikolov (footballer), Macedonian footballer * Ivan Kostov Nikolov Ivan Kostov Nikolov (Bulgarian: Иван Костов Николов) (December 24, 191 ...

, Todor Kapralov, Atanas Tsanov, Lazar Hristov, Ivan Trendafilov,

Georgi Kekemanov Georgi may refer to: * Georgi (given name) * Georgi (surname) See also *Georgy (disambiguation) *Georgii (disambiguation) Georgii may refer to: ;Given name *Georgii Zantaraia (born 1987), Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin *Georgii Karpechenko ( ...

and

Kostadin Blagoev Kostadin Blagoev (born 16 February 1927) was a Bulgarian footballer. He played in five matches for the Bulgaria national football team from 1948 to 1957. He was also part of Bulgaria's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olymp ...

were all named in Bulgaria's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Chile

Head coach:

Luis Tirado Luis Norberto Tirado Gordillo (born 4 April 1906 — 24 November 1964) was a Chilean footballer and manager. Career Born in Copiapó, Chile, he represented the Tocopilla team at the age of 14. Later, he played for Colo-Colo, Santiago National, ...

Denmark

Head coach:

Axel Bjerregaard Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...

Egypt

Head coach: Edward Jones Ahmed Katou, Nour El-Dali,

Mohammed Abdallah Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

, Fahmi Jemei,

Ibrahim Saleh Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...

, Ad-Diba, Essam Bahig and El-Sayed El-Attiyah were all named in Egypt's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Finland

Head coach:

Aatos Lehtonen Aatos Ensio Lehtonen (15 February 1914 – 6 November 2005) was a Finnish association football forward. He was part of the Finnish team that finished ninth at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was the best Finnish scorer at the national championships ...

France

Head coach:

Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

Great Britain

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

Greece

Head coach: Antonis Migiakis

Hungary

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

India

Head coach: S. A. Rahim

Byomkesh Bose Byomkesh Bose (1927 – 4 October 2003) was an Indian association football player. He was part of the team that played at the football competition in the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He died in 2003. Playing career ...

Samir Roy Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

, P. B. A. Saleh and Runu Guha Thakurta were all named in India's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Italy

Head coach: Giuseppe Meazza

Luxembourg

Head coach: Adolf Patek

Netherlands

Head coach: Jaap van der Leck

Netherlands Antilles

Head coach: Antoine Maduro

Norway

Head coach:

Frank Soo Frank Soo (8 March 1914 – 25 January 1991) was an English professional football player and manager of mixed Chinese and English parentage. He was the first player of Chinese origin to play in the English Football League, and the first player ...

Poland

Head coach:

Michał Matyas Michał Franciszek Mieczysław Matyas (28 September 1910 – 22 October 1975) was a Polish footballer, who represented such teams as Pogoń Lwów and Polonia Bytom, as well as Poland. Among fans in Poland he was known as Myszka and in the So ...

Tadeusz Glimas and Zbigniew Jaskowski were both named in Poland's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Romania

Head coach:

Gheorghe Popescu I Gheorghe Popescu (8 August 1919 – 1 January 2001) was a Romanian footballer and also a manager. He played as a striker. International career Gheorghe Popescu I played 6 friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut und ...

Sweden

Head coach: George Raynor

Tore Svensson Tore Svensson (6 December 1927 – 26 April 2002) was a Swedish football goalkeeper who played for Malmö FF. He also represented Team Sweden in the 1950 and 1958 FIFA World Cups in Brazil respectively Sweden. He was also part of Sweden's ...

, Lars Carlsson, Karl-Erik Andersson, Sven Hjertsson,

Åke Jönsson Åke Jönsson (26 June 1925 – 18 December 1998) was a Swedish association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He made eleven appearances for the Sweden national football team, Sweden national team from 1951 to 1957. He was als ...

, Lars Eriksson,

Nils-Åke Sandell Nils-Åke Sandell (5 February 1927 – 29 May 1992) was a Swedish football player and manager. Club career Sandell started his playing career in his birth city Lund at local club Lunds BK. After a brief period at IFK Malmö he returned to Lun ...

and Egon Jönsson were all named in Sweden's squad, but did not play in any matches:

Turkey

Head coach:

Sandro Puppo Sandro Puppo (; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and A.S. Roma in ...

Fevzi Büyükyıldırım, Cahit Candan, Hadi Pozan, Ekrem Koldaş, Kaya K., Ergün İ. and were all named in Turkey's squad, but did not play in any matches:

United States

Head coach: John Wood Andy Keir and Marty Krumm were both named in the United States' squad, but did not play in any matches:

Soviet Union

Head coach: Boris Arkadyev

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milorad Arsenijević

References

Sources

FIFA

Great Britain team at British Olympic Association

Denmark squad at DBU

List of Luxembourgian olympic footballers at ALO

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091027121446/http://geocities.com/thomsof/landslaget/landslaget.html List of Norwegian international footballers
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