1982 FIFA World Cup squads

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 == Group 2 ==

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. However, he did not need them. == Group 3 ==

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 == Group 4 ==

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 == Group 5 ==

Honduras Head coach: José de la Paz Herrera Northern Ireland Head coach: Billy Bingham Spain Head coach: José Santamaría Yugoslavia Head coach: Miljan Miljanić == Group 6 ==

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. ==References==