1950 FIFA World Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil. This was the first World Cup where the players' jerseys featured back numbers (allowed in football since 1944), though no teams had fixed numbers for each player (that would only be compulsory from the next World Cup, in 1954). Thus, the players are ordered by name.
Group 1
Brazil
Head coach: Flávio Costa
Switzerland
Head coach: Franco Andreoli
Yugoslavia
Head coach: Milorad Arsenijević
Mexico
Head coach: Octavio Vial
Group 2
Spain
Head coach: Guillermo Eizaguirre
England
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Chile
Head coach: Arturo Bucciardi
United States
Head coach: William Jeffrey
Group 3
Sweden
Head coach: George Raynor
Italy
Head coach: Ferruccio Novo
Paraguay
Head coach: Manuel Fleitas Solich
Group 4
Uruguay
Head coach: Juan López
Bolivia
Head coach: Mario Pretto
- NB*: Rosters include reserves, alternates, and preselected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.
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1Decisive match of a final group stage. 2No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.
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