The following squads were named for the 1972 Summer Olympics tournament.
Brazil
Head coach:
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Burma
Head coach:
U Sein Hlaing
Colombia
Head coach:
Todor Veselinovic
Denmark
Head coach:
Rudi Strittich
Rudi Strittich (3 March 1922 – 11 July 2010) was an Austrian football coach and former player.
Club career
Strittich debuted for Vorwärts Steyr, and later played for First Vienna FC. While with First Vienna, he went on a tour of the Middle ...
East Germany
Head coach:
Georg Buschner
Georg Buschner (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007) was an East German football player and manager.
Buschner played in the East German top-flight for Motor Gera and Motor Jena. He earned six caps for the East Germany national football t ...
Ghana
Head coach:
Charles Gyamfi
Hungary
Head coach:
Rudolf Illovszky
Rudolf Illovszky (21 February 1922 – 23 September 2008) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He was both a player and manager of Vasas SC. He also served as the manager of the Hungary national football team from 1971 to 1974.
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Iran
Head coach:
Mahmoud Bayati
Mahmoud Bayati ( fa, محمود بیاتی; 22 March 1928 – 2 December 2022) was an Iranian football player and coach.
Early life
Bayati was born on 22 March 1928 in Tehran. He was a member and captain of Tehran Students Team when he was a st ...
Malaysia
Head coach:
Jalil Che Din
Mexico
Head coach: Diego Mercado
Morocco
Head coach:
Sabino Barinaga
Sabino Barinaga Alberdi (15 August 1922 – 19 March 1988) was a Spanish football forward and manager.
He appeared in 205 La Liga matches and scored 92 goals over 13 seasons, almost exclusively for Real Madrid. He later embarked on a manageria ...
Poland
Head coach:
Kazimierz Górski
Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski (2 March 1921 – 23 May 2006) was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of the Polish Football Association. He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.
Playing career
He was born ...
Sudan
Head coach:
Abdel-Fatah Hamad
United States
Head coach:
Bob Guelker
Soviet Union
Head coach:
Aleksandr Ponomarev
Oleksandr Ponomariov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Пономарёв; ua, Олександр Семенович Пономарьов 23 April 1918 – 7 June 1973) was a Soviet Ukrainian football player and manager.
Car ...
West Germany
Head coach:
Jupp Derwall
Josef "Jupp" Derwall (10 March 1927 – 26 June 2007) was a German professional football manager and player. He was head coach of the West Germany national team between 1978 and 1984, winning the UEFA Euro 1980 and reaching the final of the 198 ...
References
External links
FIFA pages on 1972 Olympic football tournament
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
Squads
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 19 ...