Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following squads were named for the 1972 Summer Olympics tournament.

Brazil
Head coach: Antoninho

Burma
Head coach: U Sein Hlaing

Colombia
Head coach: Todor Veselinovic

Denmark
Head coach: 🇦🇹 Rudi Strittich

East Germany
Head coach: Georg Buschner

Ghana
Head coach: Charles Gyamfi

Hungary
Head coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Iran
Head coach: Mahmoud Bayati

Malaysia
Head coach: Jalil Che Din

Mexico
Head coach: Diego Mercado

Morocco
Head coach: 🇪🇸 Sabino Barinaga

Poland
Head coach: Kazimierz Górski

Sudan
Head coach: Abdel-Fatah Hamad

United States
Head coach: Bob Guelker

Soviet Union
Head coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev

West Germany
Head coach: Jupp Derwall