1978 FIFA World Cup squads Jan Jongbloed wore number 8 because some of the players who had been in the Dutch squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where the Netherlands used a purely alphabetical numbering system, were given the same numbers again in 1978. Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew from the squad before the tournament began, but after the deadline for naming replacement players had passed. The Netherlands thus went to the World Cup with only 21 players. Head coach: Marcos Calderón Manager: Ally MacLeod Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Mexico who only
1978 FIFA World Cup squads 1978 FIFA World Cup squads Below are the squads for the 1978 FIFA World Cup final tournament in 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. Head coach: Michel Hidalgo Head coach: Lajos Baróti Head coach: Enzo Bearzot Head coach: José Antonio Roca Head coach: Jacek Gmoch Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali Head coach: Helmut Schön Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho Head coach: Ladislao Kubala Head coach: Georg Ericson Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani Head coach: Ernst Happel