1982 FIFA World Cup squads

The 1982 FIFA World Cup took place in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. Each of the 24 participating nations had to submit a squad of no more than 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. The El Salvador squad comprised just 20 players.

Cameroon
Head coach: 🇫🇷 Jean Vincent

Italy
Head coach: Enzo Bearzot

Note: With the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions – Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 14), Wingers (from 15 to 17) and Forwards (from 18 to 21).

Peru
Head coach: 🇧🇷 Tim

Poland
Head coach: Antoni Piechniczek

Algeria
Head coaches: Mahieddine Khalef and Rachid Mekhloufi

Austria
Head coaches: Felix Latzke and Georg Schmidt

Chile
Head coach: Luis Santibáñez

West Germany
Head coach: Jupp Derwall


 * Although players marked with an * (Allofs, Engels and Hieronymus) were on the list, they did not travel to Spain and stayed in West Germany as reserves, waiting if Derwall would require their services. He did not need them however. (in Spanish)

Argentina
Head coach: César Luis Menotti

Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. However, Diego Maradona and Patricio Hernández were swapped round to give Maradona his favoured 10.

Belgium
Head coach: Guy Thys

Jozef Daerden was a replacement to René Vandereycken in at the last moment due to an injury of the latter.

El Salvador
Head coach: Mauricio Rodríguez


 * Only 20 players in El Salvador's squad.

Hungary
Head coach: Kálmán Mészöly

Czechoslovakia
Head coach: Jozef Vengloš

England
Head coach: Ron Greenwood

Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems. Despite this, the goalkeepers are given the usual England goalkeepers' numbers 1, 13 & 22 (again alphabetically) and Kevin Keegan is given his favoured 7.

France
Head coach: Michel Hidalgo

Note: This squad is numbered alphabetically within the players' positions, while the goalkeepers have been given numbers 1, 21 and 22 (also alphabetically). The exception is Michel Platini, who was given his favoured number 10.

Kuwait
Head coach: 🇧🇷 Carlos Alberto Parreira

Honduras
Head coach: José de la Paz Herrera

Northern Ireland
Head coach: Billy Bingham

Spain
Head coach: 🇺🇾🇪🇸 José Santamaría

Yugoslavia
Head coach: Miljan Miljanić

Brazil
Head coach: Telê Santana

New Zealand
Head coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Adshead

Scotland
Head coach: Jock Stein

Soviet Union
Head coach: Konstantin Beskov

Coaches representation by country
Unless specified, coaches were coaching their own national team. Algeria and Austria both had two head coaches. José Santamaría represented both Uruguay and Spain as a player.