The following squads were named for the 1928 Summer Olympics tournament.
Argentina
Head coach: José Lago Millan
Belgium
Head coach: Victor Löwenfelt
Chile
Head coach: Frank Powell
Egypt
Head coach:
France
Head coach: Peter Farmer
Germany
Head coach: Otto Nerz
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Italy
Head coach: Augusto Rangone
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Luxembourg
Head coach: Gustave Jacquemart
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The following players were also named as reserves, but did not play in any matches:
Mexico
Head coach: Alfonso Rojo
Netherlands
Head coach: Bob Glendenning
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Portugal
Head coach: Cândido de Oliveira
Cândido Plácido Fernandes de Oliveira (24 September 1896 – 23 June 1958) was a Portuguese football player, coach, and sports journalist.
The trophy Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is named after him.
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The following players were also named as reserves, but did not play in any matches:
Spain
Head coach: José Ángel Berraondo
Juan Errazquin
Juan Errazquin Tomás (22 June 1906 — 13 January 1931) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Leones, Argentina to Basque parents, Errazquin moved to the Basque town of Irun as a child. In 1921, Errazquin made ...
was rejected by the organizing committee because his passport listed born in Argentina and had no documents to prove his Spanish nationality.
Switzerland
Head coach: Teddy Duckworth
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Turkey
Head coach: Béla Tóth
Uruguay
Head coach: Primo Gianotti
As José Leandro Andrade refused to travel, Eduardo Martínez was named as his substitute. However, at last hour (when the boat had already started the journey) Andrade joined his old partners. Martínez did travel, but wasn't recorded in the Tournament list. From then he was known as "El Olímpico 23" (the 23rd Olympian).
United States
Head coach: George Burford
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Yugoslavia
Head coach: Ante Pandaković
Ante Pandaković (1890–1968) was a Croatian football coach, most notably managing the national team of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1926 to 1930.
Montevideo
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