1934 FIFA World Cup squads

The 1934 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. Below are the squads registered by the 16 national teams involved in the tournament.

Brazil and Czechoslovakia were the only teams to have players from foreign clubs.

Rosters include reserves, alternates, and pre-selected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.

Argentina

Head coach: Felipe Pascucci

Austria

Head coach: Hugo Meisl

Although registered to the official list, Raftl, Janda, Stroh, Kaburek, Walzhofer and Hassmann remained on standby in Austria.

Belgium

Head coach: Hector Goetinck

Although registered to the official list, Bourgeois, Simons, Van Ingelgem, Lamoot, Ledent, Putmans, Versyp and Brichaut remained on standby in Belgium.

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Vinhaes

Although registered to the official list, Pamplona and Almeida remained on standby in Brazil.

• Notes
  • Domingos da Guia was not entered in the competition due to problems with the Nacional (URU), who had already ceded Patesko.The Uruguayan club demanded a compensation fee for CBD which was considered outrageous.
  • Benedicto (Torino) and Bilé (Ypiranga-SP), who were not registered officially, were part of the delegation helping in the training activities (Bilé in Brazil, and Benedicto, who disputed the 1930 FIFA World Cup, in Italy).

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karel Petrů

Although registered to the official list Daučík, Srbek, Šterc and Šimperský remained on standby in Czechoslovakia.

Egypt

Head coach: James McCrae

Although registered to the official list, Bakhati, El-Soury and Youssef remained on standby in Egypt.

France

Head coach: George Kimpton

Although registered to the official list, Défossé, Vandooren, Beaucourt, Delmer, Korb, Laurent and Courtois remained on standby in France.

Germany

Head coach: Otto Nerz

Although registered to the official list, Buchloh, Münzenberg, Albrecht, Dienert and Streb remained on standby in Germany.

Hungary

Head coach: Ödön Nádas

Italy

Head coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Netherlands

Head coach: Bob Glendenning

Although registered to the official list, Vrauwdeunt and Paauwe remained on standby in the Netherlands.

Romania

Head coach: Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu

The Romanian Football Federation had nominated Zoltán Beke in case Bindea did not recover in time from injury, but this contravened FIFA regulations and so Beke, who travelled with the team to Italy, was not eligible to play.

Although registered to the official list, Konrard, Bürger, Juhász, Weichelt, Baratky, Klimek and Schwartz remained on standby in Romania.

Spain

Head coach: Amadeo García

Although registered to the official list, Hilario and Sabater remained on standby in Spain.

Sweden

Head coach: József Nagy

Although registered to the official list, Hult, Jansson, Bunke, Holmberg and Lundhal remained on standby in Sweden.

Switzerland

Head coach: Heinrich Müller

Although registered to the official list, Huber, Gobet, Loichot and Hochsträsser remained on standby in Switzerland.

United States

Head coach: David Gould

References

External links

• (in German) 1934 FIFA World Cup squads at Weltfussball.de