UEFA Euro 1972 squads

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These are the rosters to the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship , which was in Belgium, from 14 June to 18 June 1972. The players' listed ages is their age on the tournament's opening day (14 June 1972).

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The tournament squads were remarkable in that every player in the tournament played for a club in his native country.

Belgium

Manager: Raymond Goethals

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Christian Piot (1947-10-06)6 October 1947 (aged 24)23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège
22 DF Georges Heylens (1941-08-08)8 August 1941 (aged 30)60 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
32 DF Léon Dolmans (1945-04-06)6 April 1945 (aged 27)5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège
42 DF Jean Thissen (1946-04-21)21 April 1946 (aged 26)23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège
53 MF Erwin Vandendaele (1945-03-05)5 March 1945 (aged 27)11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge
64 FW Jean Dockx (1941-05-24)24 May 1941 (aged 31)20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
73 MF Leon Semmeling (1940-01-04)4 January 1940 (aged 32)28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège
82 DF Maurice Martens (1947-06-05)5 June 1947 (aged 25)4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Molenbeek
94 FW Raoul Lambert (1944-10-20)20 October 1944 (aged 27)13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge
104 FW Paul van Himst (captain) (1943-10-02)2 October 1943 (aged 28)65 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
113 MF Jan Verheyen (1944-07-09)9 July 1944 (aged 27)15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
121 GK Luc Sanders (1945-10-06)6 October 1945 (aged 26)0 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge
132 DF Gilbert van Binst (1951-07-05)5 July 1951 (aged 20)0 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
144 FW Odilon Polleunis (1943-05-01)1 May 1943 (aged 29)15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sint-Truidense
154 FW Jacques Teugels (1946-08-03)3 August 1946 (aged 25)7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Molenbeek
163 MF John Thio (1944-09-02)2 September 1944 (aged 27)17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge
214 FW Frans Janssens (1945-09-25)25 September 1945 (aged 26)6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lierse

Hungary

Manager: Rudolf Illovszky

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK István Géczi (1944-06-13)13 June 1944 (aged 28)13 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
22 DF Tibor Fábián (1946-07-26)26 July 1946 (aged 25)9 Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
32 DF Miklós Páncsics (1944-02-04)4 February 1944 (aged 28)28 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
42 DF Péter Juhász (1948-08-03)3 August 1948 (aged 23)15 Flag of Hungary.svg Újpesti Dózsa
54 FW Lajos Szűcs (1943-12-10)10 December 1943 (aged 28)28 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapesti Honvéd
62 DF László Bálint (1948-02-01)1 February 1948 (aged 24)6 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
73 MF István Szőke (1947-02-13)13 February 1947 (aged 25)8 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
83 MF Lajos Kocsis (1947-06-17)17 June 1947 (aged 24)17 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapesti Honvéd
94 FW Ferenc Bene (captain) (1944-12-17)17 December 1944 (aged 27)60 Flag of Hungary.svg Újpesti Dózsa
103 MF Lajos Kű (1948-07-05)5 July 1948 (aged 23)3 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
114 FW Sándor Zámbó (1944-10-10)10 October 1944 (aged 27)24 Flag of Hungary.svg Újpesti Dózsa
123 MF István Juhász (1945-07-17)17 July 1945 (aged 26)13 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
154 FW Antal Dunai (1943-03-21)21 March 1943 (aged 29)22 Flag of Hungary.svg Újpesti Dózsa
163 MF József Kovács (1949-04-08)8 April 1949 (aged 23)3 Flag of Hungary.svg Videoton
203 MF Mihály Kozma (1949-11-01)1 November 1949 (aged 22)5 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapesti Honvéd
221 GK Imre Rapp (1937-09-15)15 September 1937 (aged 34)0 Flag of Hungary.svg Pécsi MSC
243 MF Flórián Albert (1941-09-15)15 September 1941 (aged 30)72 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros

Soviet Union

Manager: Aleksandr Ponomarev

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Yevhen Rudakov (1942-01-02)2 January 1942 (aged 30)23 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv
22 DF Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945-04-10)10 April 1945 (aged 27)28 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi
33 MF Murtaz Khurtsilava (captain) (1943-01-05)5 January 1943 (aged 29)52 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi
42 DF Nikolay Abramov (1950-01-05)5 January 1950 (aged 22)2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Spartak Moscow
52 DF Viktor Matviyenko (1948-11-09)9 November 1948 (aged 23)6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv
63 MF Viktor Kolotov (1949-07-03)3 July 1949 (aged 22)14 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv
72 DF Vladimir Troshkin (1947-09-28)28 September 1947 (aged 24)5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv
83 MF Anatoly Baidachny (1952-10-01)1 October 1952 (aged 19)3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow
94 FW Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946-12-23)23 December 1946 (aged 25)48 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Neftchi Baku
103 MF Vladimir Muntyan (1946-09-14)14 September 1946 (aged 25)29 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv
113 MF Oleg Dolmatov (1948-11-29)29 November 1948 (aged 23)6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow
122 DF Vladimir Kaplichny (1944-05-26)26 May 1944 (aged 28)38 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
132 DF Yuri Istomin (1944-07-03)3 July 1944 (aged 27)26 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
143 MF Anatoliy Konkov (1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 22)8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
154 FW Eduard Kozynkevych (1949-05-23)23 May 1949 (aged 23)5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Karpaty Lviv
164 FW Givi Nodia (1948-01-02)2 January 1948 (aged 24)18 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi
184 FW Volodymyr Onyshchenko (1949-10-28)28 October 1949 (aged 22)1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Zorya Voroshylovhrad
191 GK Vladimir Pilguy (1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 24)1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow

West Germany

Manager: Helmut Schön

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Sepp Maier (1944-02-28)28 February 1944 (aged 28)40 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
22 DF Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943-09-10)10 September 1943 (aged 28)53 Flag of Germany.svg Werder Bremen
32 DF Paul Breitner (1951-09-05)5 September 1951 (aged 20)7 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
42 DF Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948-04-03)3 April 1948 (aged 24)12 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
52 DF Franz Beckenbauer (captain) (1945-09-11)11 September 1945 (aged 26)61 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
63 MF Herbert Wimmer (1944-11-09)9 November 1944 (aged 27)16 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
74 FW Jürgen Grabowski (1944-07-07)7 July 1944 (aged 27)26 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt
84 FW Uli Hoeneß (1952-01-05)5 January 1952 (aged 20)10 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
94 FW Jupp Heynckes (1945-05-09)9 May 1945 (aged 27)17 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
103 MF Günter Netzer (1944-09-14)14 September 1944 (aged 27)29 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
114 FW Erwin Kremers (1949-03-23)23 March 1949 (aged 23)2 Flag of Germany.svg Schalke 04
134 FW Gerd Müller (1945-11-03)3 November 1945 (aged 26)40 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich
142 DF Berti Vogts (1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 25)42 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
153 MF Rainer Bonhof (1952-03-29)29 March 1952 (aged 20)1 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
162 DF Michael Bella (1945-09-29)29 September 1945 (aged 26)4 Flag of Germany.svg MSV Duisburg
174 FW Johannes Löhr (1942-07-05)5 July 1942 (aged 29)20 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln
183 MF Horst Köppel (1948-05-17)17 May 1948 (aged 24)9 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
221 GK Wolfgang Kleff (1946-11-16)16 November 1946 (aged 25)2 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach

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