NASL

 

NASL. The league changed its offside rule during the season on June 26. They created a "Blue Line" which was an offside line across the field, 35 yards from the goal line. Thereafter, no player could be offside unless he had crossed the 35-yard line. This made the NASL unique in the soccer world; the league received temporary approval for the change from FIFA on an experimental basis only. The league also switched the playoff format to single-match elimination contests rather than series.

New teams

• None

Teams folding

• None

Teams moving

• Washington Darts to Miami Gatos

Name changes

• None

6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

Northern Division W L T GF GA PT

New York Cosmos 7 3 4 28 16 77

Rochester Lancers 6 5 3 20 22 64

Montreal Olympique 4 5 5 19 20 57

Toronto Metros 4 6 4 18 22 53

Southern Division W L T GF GA PT

St. Louis Stars 7 4 3 20 14 69

Dallas Tornado 6 5 3 15 12 60

Atlanta Chiefs 5 6 3 19 18 56

Miami Gatos 3 8 3 17 32 44

Semifinals

August 15	Rochester Lancers	0–2	St. Louis Stars

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August 19	Dallas Tornado	0–1	New York Cosmos

NASL Final 1972

August 26 New York Cosmos	2–1	St. Louis Stars
The losing finalist.

1972 NASL Champions:New York Cosmos

Asian Champions' Cup

 

Asian Champions' Cup 1972

(to be played in Tehran)

The tournament was to have had seven entrants:

Rangers                  Hkg
Perspolis                Irn
Maccabi Netanya          Isr
Al-Qadisiya              Kuw
Racing Beirut            Leb
Korea University         SKo
Port Authority           Tha

These had already been drawn into two groups:

Group A
Maccabi Netanya
Rangers
Korea University

Group B
Perspolis
Port Authority
Al-Qadisiya
Racing Beirut

However, after Rangers withdrew for financial reasons and Qadisiya and Racing Beirut
refused to play because of Maccabi Netanya's presence, the tournament was cancelled.

African Player Of The Year

 

African Player Of The Year

1st  Chérif Souleymane (Guinea) Hafia 21

2nd  Bwanga Tshimen (Zaire) TP Mazembe 16

3rd  Petit Sory (Guinea) Hafia 14

Cherif Souleymane, born in 1944, started his playing career at 17, when he stadied in DDR to become a plumber. Switched to studying architecture, because it was easier to play football that way – as he revealed years later. So, very unusually for the time, he started playing in Europe and in East Germany at that: first for TSG Neustrelitz (1961-62) and later for SC Neubrandenburg (1962-65) in the Second Division of DDR. In 1965 he returned to Guinea and joined Hafia, than named Conacry II, and stayed with them to the end of his playing days in 1980. He was national team player for Guinea since 1965 and, so far, is the only Guinean voted African Player of the Year. Considering the success of Hafia and his contribution to it – well deserved award.

African Champions' Cup

 African Champions' Cup 1972

First Round
ASFA Ouagadougou         UpV  Djoliba AC               Mli   1-3  0-1  1-4
Aigle Nkongsamba         Cam  Olympique Real           CAf   3-1  0-1  3-2
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)        Lby  Al Merreikh              Sud      w/o       x
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) Sen  AS Cotonou               Dah   3-0  3-2  6-2
Hafia FC (Conakry)       Gui  ASFAN (Niamey)           Nig   4-1  1-1  5-2y
Hearts of Oak            Gha  Abaluhya United          Ken      w/o       x
Majantja                 Les  Kabwe Warriors           Zam   2-2  0-9  2-11
AS Saint Michael         Mad  Young Africans           Tan   2-0  0-1  2-1
Saint George             Eth  Lavori Publici           Som   3-1  1-1  4-2
TP Mazembe               Zai  Police                   Gab   2-0  1-1  3-1
Africa Sports            IvC  bye
Canon Yaoundé            Cam  bye
Dynamic Togolais         Tog  bye
Ismaili                  Egy  bye
Simba FC                 Uga  bye
WNDC Ibadan              Nga  bye
x Al Merreikh and Abaluhya United withdrew before 1st leg; Abaluhya United 
  were later renamed AFC Leopards
y 1st leg Feb 13, 2nd leg Feb 27

Second Round
Africa Sports            IvC  TP Mazembe               Zai   1-2  2-5  3-7
Canon Yaoundé            Cam  Hafia FC (Conakry)       Gui   3-2  1-4  4-6z
Dynamic Togolais         Tog  Aigle Nkongsamba         Cam   1-1  3-4  4-5x
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) Sen  Djoliba AC               Mli   2-0  0-2  2-2y
Ismaili                  Egy  Al-Ahly (Tripoli)        Lby   0-1  2-1  2-2  3-4p
Kabwe Warriors           Zam  AS Saint Michael         Mad   2-1  3-0  5-1
Simba FC                 Uga  Saint George             Eth   4-0  1-1  5-1
WNDC Ibadan              Nga  Hearts of Oak            Gha   1-0  0-3  1-3
x Dynamic Togolais were dissolved in 1974
y Forces Armées withdrew after 2nd leg
z 2nd leg Apr 2

Quarterfinals
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)        Lby  Simba FC                 Uga   1-1  0-3  1-4
Hafia FC (Conakry)       Gui  Djoliba AC               Mli   3-0  1-2  4-2x
  [Aly Badra Kolev, Thiam Ousmane "Tolo", Chérif Souleymane]
  [Cheick Fantamady Diallo 1, ? 2-1; Petit Sory 28]
Hearts of Oak            Gha  Kabwe Warriors           Zam   7-2  2-1  9-3
TP Mazembe               Zai  Aigle Nkongsamba         Cam   4-1  2-1  6-2
x 1st leg Sep 17, 2nd leg Oct 22

Semifinals
Hearts of Oak            Gha  Simba FC                 Uga   1-1  0-1  1-2
TP Mazembe               Zai  Hafia FC (Conakry)       Gui   3-2  o/w     x
  [Bwanga 22, Tshinabu 41, 3-2; Bwanga 7og, Soriba Edenté 65]
x 1st leg Nov 5, 2nd leg Nov 19; TP Mazembe refused to play the 2nd leg
  contesting the eligibility of the referees assigned by CAF; CAF awarded
  the 2nd leg 2-0 by forfeit to Hafia which thus qualified for the final

Final (Dec 10 and 22)
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry and Nakivubo, Kampala
Hafia FC (Conakry)       Gui  Simba FC                 Uga   4-2  3-2  7-4
  [Petit Sory 19, Chérif Souleymane 35, 3-2, Aliou N'Jo Léa 4-2;
   Wandera 2-1, 2-2]
  [Wasswa 74, Sukuma 88; Chérif Souleymane 67, Thiam Ousmane "Tolo" 69,
   Aliou N'Jo Léa 76]

Simba FC, the Army team from Uganda, lost the final.

Hafia won their first African cup. Unfortunately, no picture of the victors seems to exist.

Olympic Games

 

Olympic Games

Brazil

Head coach: Antoninho

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Vitor	Nov 21, 1953	18	?	Cruzeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Osmar	Feb 18, 1952	20	?	Botafogo	2	0	180	0	0	1
3	DF	Fred	Apr 4, 1949	23	?	Flamengo	1	0	90	0	0	0
4	DF	Terezo	Oct 7, 1953	18	?	América	3	0	270	0	0	0
5	MD	Falcão	Oct 16, 1953	18	?	Internacional	3	0	166	1	1	0
6	DF	Celso	Oct 2, 1950	21	?	Palmeiras	2	0	157	1	0	0
7	FW	Pedrinho	Aug 4, 1953	19	?	Internacional	2	1	152	1	0	0
8	MD	Rubens Galaxe	Sep 29, 1952	19	?	Fluminense	3	0	270	0	0	0
9	FW	Washington	Jan 23, 1951	21	?	Guarani	3	0	180	0	2	0
10	FW	Roberto Dinamite	Mar 13, 1954	18	?	Vasco da Gama	1	0	45	1	0	0
11	FW	Dirceu	Jun 15, 1952	20	?	Coritiba	3	2	270	0	0	0
12	GK	Nielsen	Jun 19, 1952	20	?	Fluminense	3	0	270	0	0	0
13	DF	Abel	Sep 1, 1952	19	?	Fluminense	2	0	180	0	0	0
14	DF	Wágner	May 2, 1950	22	?	Corinthians	1	0	90	0	0	1
15	MD	Bolívar	Dec 21, 1954	17	?	Grêmio	1	0	23	0	1	0
16	MD	Ângelo	May 30, 1953	19	?	Atlético Mineiro	2	0	104	1	1	0
17	MD	Pintinho	Jun 25, 1954	18	?	Fluminense	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Zé Carlos	Sep 28, 1947	24	?	Palmeiras	3	1	163	0	2	0
19	FW	Manoel	Feb 14, 1953	19	?	Internacional	2	0	180	0	0	0

Burma

Head coach: U Sein Hlaing

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Tin Aung	May 8, 1947	25	?	Army	3	0	270	0	0	0
2	DF	Win Sein	Jul 11, 1952	20	?	Army	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Maung Maung Tin	May 21, 1949	23	?	Post & Telecomms	3	0	270	0	0	0
4	DF	Tin Sein	Jun 12, 1951	21	?	Army	3	0	270	0	0	0
5	DF	Myo Win Nyunt	Feb 19, 1950	22	?	Customs	3	0	270	0	0	0
6	MF	Ryint Soe	Mar 15, 1955	17	?	Municipal	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	San Aye	Jun 20, 1954	18	?	Construction	3	0	270	0	0	0
8	MF	Aye Maung Gyi	Aug 20, 1950	22	?	Construction	3	0	270	0	0	0
9	MF	Aye Maung Lay	Jun 10, 1954	18	?	Air Force	3	0	270	0	0	0
10	FW	Kyu Myint	Aug 20, 1950	22	?	Trade	1	0	22	0	1	0
11	MF	Ye Nyunt	Jun 3, 1950	22	?	Customs	3	0	266	1	0	0
12	FW	Maung Win	May 12, 1949	23	?	Army	3	0	270	0	0	0
13	FW	Than Soe	Jun 3, 1952	20	?	Municipal	3	1	270	0	0	0
14	FW	Tin Aung Moe	Jun 12, 1949	23	?	Construction	3	1	248	1	0	0
15	FW	Htay Hla	Mar 18, 1940	32	?		0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Khin Maung Lay	Jul 5, 1954	18	?	Navy	1	0	4	0	1	0
17	GK	Nyunt Maung Maung	Jan 18, 1954	18	?		0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Maung Tun Khin	Sep 21, 1940	31	?		0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Win Lay Sein	Mar 14, 1950	22	?		0	0	0	0	0	0

Colombia

Head coach:  Todor Veselinovic

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Silvio Quintero	Dec 27, 1946	25	?	Deportes Tolima	1	0	90	0	0	0
2	GK	Antonio Rivas	Nov 4, 1951	20	?	Independiente Santa Fe	2	0	180	0	0	0
3	DF	Gerardo Moncada	May 27, 1949	23	?	Atlético Nacional	3	0	270	0	0	1
4	DF	Rafael Reyes	May 17, 1951	21	?	Deportes Tolima	2	0	147	1	0	0
5	DF	Álvaro Calle	Jun 11, 1953	19	?	Independiente Medellín	2	0	180	0	0	0
6	DF	Dumas Guette	Dec 25, 1952	19	?	Deportes Tolima	2	0	180	0	0	0
7	MD	Fabio Espinosa	Jun 13, 1948	24	?	Deportes Tolima	3	1	225	0	1	1
8	FW	Carlos Lugo	Sep 1, 1953	18	?	Deportes Tolima	3	0	158	1	1	1
9	FW	Jaime Morón	Nov 16, 1950	21	?	Millonarios	3	2	270	0	0	0
10	MD	Henry Caicedo	Jul 18,1951		?	Deportivo Cali	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Álvaro Santamaría	Mar 21, 1950	22	?	Independiente Medellín	2	0	167	1	0	0
12	MD	Willington Ortiz	Mar 26, 1952	20	?	Millonarios	3	0	270	0	0	0
13	MD	Ernesto Díaz			?	Independiente Santa Fe	3	0	212	2	0	0
14	GK	Armando Acosta			?	Once Caldas	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Vicente Revellón	Jun 4, 1950	22	?	Independiente Santa Fe	2	0	123	0	1	0
16	MD	Domingo González	Dec 24, 1947	24	?	Independiente Santa Fe	1	0	45	1	0	0
17	DF	Orlando Rivas	Jul 17, 1950	21	?	América de Cali	3	0	270	0	0	0
18	FW	Luis Montaño	Aug 11, 1950	21	?	Independiente Santa Fe	1	1	23	0	1	0
19	FW	Ángel María Torres	May 8, 1952	20	?	Deportivo Cali	3	1	180	0	2	0

Denmark

Head coach:  Rudi Strittich

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Mogens Therkildsen	Mar 15, 1940	32	7	OB	6	0	495	1	0	0
2	DF	Flemming Ahlberg	Dec 23, 1946	25	5	BK Frem	6	0	540	0	0	0
3	DF	Svend Andresen	May 20, 1950	22	16	B1903	6	0	540	0	0	1
4	DF	Per Røntved	Jan 27, 1949	23	15	Brønshøj BK	6	1	540	0	0	1
5	DF	Jørgen Rasmussen	Jul 4, 1945	26	15	Randers Freja	6	0	519	1	0	0
6	MD	Hans Ewald Hansen	Feb 15, 1944	28	8	B1901	4	0	215	2	1	1
7	MD	Jack Hansen	Oct 2, 1947	24	5	B1913	6	0	540	0	0	0
8	FW	Kristen Nygaard	Sep 9, 1949	22	14	IF Fuglebakken	6	1	518	1	0	1
9	FW	Allan Simonsen	Dec 15, 1952	19	2	Vejle BK	6	3	450	2	0	1
10	FW	Kurt Berthelsen	Nov 27, 1943	28	1	AaB	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Leif Printzlau	Dec 16, 1948	23	5	BK Frem	2	1	72	0	2	0
12	DF	Flemming Pedersen	Sep 2, 1947	24	7	KB	1	0	21	0	0	0
13	DF	Helge Vonsyld	Oct 18, 1947	24	0	Randers Freja	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MD	Sten Ziegler	May 30, 1950	22	6	Hvidovre IF	2	0	122	0	1	0
15	MD	Max Rasmussen	Dec 11, 1945	26	1	AB	4	0	270	1	1	0
16	MD	Heino Hansen	Sep 24, 1947	24	2	Slagelse B&I	6	3	514	1	0	0
17	FW	Keld Bak	Jun 7, 1944	27	7	Næstved IF	6	2	540	0	0	0
18	GK	Heinz Hildebrandt	Feb 13, 1943	29	1	Hvidovre IF	1	0	45	0	1	0
19	GK	Valdemar Hansen	May 19, 1945	27	1	BK Frem	0	0	0	0	0	0

East Germany

Head coach: Georg Buschner

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Jürgen Croy	Oct 19, 1946	25	?	Sachsenring Zwickau	7	0	660	0	0	0
2	DF	Lothar Kurbjuweit	Nov 6, 1950	21	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	4	0	337	3	0	0
3	DF	Manfred Zapf	Aug 24, 1946	25	?	1. FC Magdeburg	7	0	660	0	0	1
4	DF	Konrad Weise	Aug 17, 1951	20	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	7	0	660	0	0	0
5	DF	Bernd Bransch	Sep 24, 1944	27	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	7	0	660	0	0	0
6	MD	Harald Irmscher	Feb 12, 1946	26	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	4	0	150	0	3	0
7	MD	Jürgen Pommerenke	Jan 22, 1953	19	?	1. FC Magdeburg	7	1	543	2	1	0
8	FW	Ralf Schulenberg	Aug 15, 1949	22	?	BFC Dynamo	2	0	34	0	2	0
9	FW	Jürgen Sparwasser	Jun 8, 1948	24	?	1. FC Magdeburg	7	6	660	0	0	0
10	MD	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	Jun 19, 1947	25	?	Dynamo Dresden	7	5	660	0	0	1
11	FW	Joachim Streich	Apr 13, 1951	21	?	Hansa Rostock	7	6	626	2	0	1
12	MD	Reinhard Häfner	Feb 2, 1952	20	?	Dynamo Dresden	1	1	12	0	1	0
13	MD	Wolfgang Seguin	Spe 14, 1945	26	?	1. FC Magdeburg	4	0	333	2	0	0
14	FW	Peter Ducke	Oct 14, 1941	30	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	7	1	592	3	0	2
15	FW	Eberhard Vogel	Apr 8, 1943	29	?	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	5	2	129	0	5	0
16	MD	Axel Tyll	Jul 21, 1953	18	?	1. FC Magdeburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Siegmar Wätzlich	Nov 16, 1947	24	?	Dynamo Dresden	3	0	254	1	0	1
18	MD	Frank Ganzera	Sep 8, 1945	26	?	Dynamo Dresden	4	1	290	1	0	0
19	GK	Dieter Schneider	Oct 20, 1949	22	?	Hansa Rostock	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ghana

Head coach: Charles Gyamfi

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Henry France			?	Hearts of Oak	1	0	90	0	0	0
2	DF	Armah Akuetteh			?	Hearts of Oak	2	0	153	0	1	0
3	DF	Oliver Acquah			?	Asante Kotoko	2	0	180	0	0	0
4	DF	Alex Mingle			?	Cape Coast Dwarfs	3	0	270	0	0	0
5	DF	John Eshun	Jul 17, 1942	30	?	Hasaacas	3	0	270	0	0	0
6	MD	Ibrahim Sunday	Jul 22, 1944	28	?	Asante Kotoko	3	1	270	0	0	1
7	MD	Albert Essuman			?	Asante Kotoko	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Peter Lamptey	Apr 6, 1946	26	?	Hearts of Oak	3	0	153	0	2	0
9	FW	Gariba Abukari			?	Asante Kotoko	3	0	270	0	0	0
10	FW	Joe Sam			?	Asante Kotoko	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MD	Malik Jabir	Dec 8, 1944	27	?	Asante Kotoko	3	0	270	0	0	0
12	DF	Edward Boye			?	Great Olympics	2	0	72	1	1	0
13	MD	Samuel Yaw			?	Asante Kotoko	3	0	270	0	0	0
14	DF	Clifford Odame			?	Asante Kotoko	2	0	135	0	1	0
15	FW	Kwasi Owusu	Nov 7, 1947	24	?	Bofoakwa Tano	2	0	180	0	0	0
16	MD	Joseph Ghartey			?	Hearts of Oak	1	0	90	0	0	0
17	MD	Osei Kofi	Jun 3, 1940	32	?	Asante Kotoko	2	0	117	2	0	0
18	GK	Essul Badu Mensah			?	Asante Kotoko	2	0	180	0	0	0
19	GK	Joseph Derchie			?	Bofoakwa Tano	0	0	0	0	0	0

Hungary

Head coach: Rudolf Illovszky

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	István Géczi	Jul 13, 1944	28	15	Ferencváros	7	0	610	1	0	0
2	DF	Péter Vépi	Oct 20, 1949	22	2	Ferencváros	7	0	630	0	0	1
3	DF	Miklós Páncsics	Feb 4, 1944	28	30	Ferencváros	7	0	630	0	0	2
4	DF	Péter Juhász	Aug 3, 1948	23	17	Újpesti Dózsa	6	1	540	0	0	1
5	FW	Lajos Szűcs	Dec 10, 1943	28	29	Honvéd	7	0	630	0	0	1
6	MD	Csaba Vidáts	Nov 22, 1947	25	15	Vasas SC	2	0	157	1	0	1
7	MD	Mihály Kozma	Nov 1, 1949	22	6	Honvéd	4	1	347	1	0	0
8	FW	Kálmán Tóth	Aug 13, 1944	27	0	Tatabánya	5	1	294	0	2	0
9	FW	Antal Dunai	Mar 21, 1943	29	24	Újpesti Dózsa	7	7	602	2	0	0
10	MD	Lajos Kü	Jul 5, 1948	24	5	Ferencváros	6	2	290	2	3	1
11	FW	Béla Várady	Apr 12, 1945	27	0	Vasas SC	5	2	377	0	1	0
12	MD	József Kovács	Apr 8, 1949	23	3	Videoton	3	0	270	0	0	0
13	GK	Imre Rapp	Sep 15, 1937	34	0	Pécsi Mecsek FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Ede Dunai	Jun 14, 1949	23	6	Újpesti Dózsa	5	3	450	0	0	1
15	MD	László Branikovits	Dec 18, 1949	22	2	Ferencváros	3	0	194	0	1	1
16	DF	László Bálint	Feb 1, 1948	24	8	Ferencváros	5	0	450	0	0	1
17	MD	Lajos Kocsis	Jun 17, 1947	25	18	Honvéd	6	1	349	3	2	0
18	FW	István Básti	Sep 19, 1944	27	?	Salgótarjáni	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Ádám Rothermel	Jun 14, 1948	24	9	Tatabánya	1	0	20	0	1	0

Iran

Head coach: Mahmoud Bayati

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Reza Ghoflsaz	Feb 21, 1950	22	?	Pas	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Ebrahim Ashtiani	Jan 4, 1942	30	?	Persepolis	3	0	270	0	0	0
3	DF	Jafar Kashani	Mar 4, 1945	27	?	Persepolis	2	0	180	0	0	0
4	DF	Majid Halvaei	Jul 2, 1948	23	?	Pas	3	1	270	0	0	1
5	DF	Akbar Kargarjam	Dec 26, 1947	22	?	Taj	3	0	270	0	0	0
6	MD	Parviz Ghelichkhani	Dec 4, 1945	26	?	Pas	3	0	270	0	0	0
7	MD	Ali Parvin	Oct 12, 1946	25	?	Persepolis	3	0	270	0	0	0
8	MD	Ali Jabbari	Jul 20, 1946	22	?	Taj	1	0	63	1	0	0
9	MD	Mohammad Sadeghi	Mar 16, 1952	20	?	Pas	2	0	180	0	0	0
10	FW	Safar Iranpak	Dec 23, 1947	24	?	Persepolis	3	0	261	1	0	0
11	FW	Asghar Sharafi	Dec 22, 1942	29	?	Pas	1	0	90	0	0	0
12	MD	Gholam Vafakhah	Feb 23, 1946	25	?	Taj	3	0	207	0	1	0
13	MD	Javad Ghorab	Jul 30, 1941	31	?	Taj	1	0	90	0	0	0
14	FW	Mahmoud Khordbin	Sep 24, 1948	23	?	Persepolis	2	0	146	0	1	0
15	FW	Mehdi Lavasani	Jul 11, 1947	25	?	Taj	1	0	90	0	0	0
16	MD	Alireza Azizi	Jan 14, 1949	23	?	Homa	1	0	9	0	1	0
17	DF	Javad Allahverdi	Apr 9, 1952	20	?	Taj	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Mehdi Monajati	Jun 29, 1946	26	?	Pas	1	0	34	1	0	0
19	GK	Mansour Rashidi	Nov 12, 1948	23	?	Taj	3	0	270	0	0	0

Malaysia

Head coach: Jalil Che Din

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Wong Kam Fook	Dec. 03, 1949	23	?	Perak	3	0	207	1	0	0
2	DF	Abdullah Othman	Mar 13, 1945	27	?	Johor	3	0	270	0	0	0
3	DF	Soh Chin Aun	Jul 19, 1948	24	?	Selangor	3	0	270	0	0	0
4	DF	Namat Abdullah	Mar 12, 1945	27	?	Penang	3	0	270	0	0	0
5	DF	Mohamed Chandran	May 4, 1942	30	?	Selangor	3	0	270	0	0	0
6	FW	Khoo Huan Khen	Mar 27, 1951	21	?	Perak	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MD	Hamzah Hussain	Aug 8, 1948	23	?	Kelantan	3	0	188	0	1	0
8	MD	Shahruddin Abdullah	Sep 29, 1949	22	?	Penang	3	1	248	1	0	0
9	MD	Wan Zawawi	Apr 11, 1949	23	?	Kelantan	3	1	270	0	0	0
10	DF	V. Krishnasamy	Jan 13, 1948	24	?	Perak	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MD	Ibrahim Salleh	Nov 1, 1947	24	?	Terengganu	3	1	270	0	0	0
12	FW	Harun Jusoh			?	Kelantan	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Lim Fung Kee	Mar 24, 1950	22	?	Selangor	1	0	63	0	1	0
14	MD	Wong Choon Wah	Mar 31, 1947	25	?	Selangor	3	0	262	1	0	0
15	DF	Ali Bakar	Nov 18, 1947	24	?	Penang	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MD	Mohammed Bakar	Jun 25, 1945	27	?	Penang	1	0	22	0	1	0
17	FW	Looi Loon Teik	Feb 15, 1945	27	?	Kedah	3	0	209	0	1	0
18	FW	Abdullah Rahim	Sep 12, 1947	24	?	Selangor	1	0	61	1	0	1
19	MD	Bahwandi Hiralal	Jun 1, 1951	21	?	Selangor	1	0	90	0	0	0

Mexico

Head coach: Diego Mercado

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Rogelio Ruiz	Aug 20, 1950	22	?	No club (amateur)	1	0	90	0	0	0
2		Jesús Rico	Jan 11, 1953	19	?	No club (amateur)	6	0	457	0	1	0
3		José Luis Trejo	Aug 4, 1951	20	?	No club (amateur)	6	0	540	0	0	0
4		Juan Manuel Álvarez	Apr 12, 1948	24	?	No club (amateur)	6	0	495	1	0	3
5		Enrique Martín	Dec 27, 1950	21	?	No club (amateur)	6	0	533	1	0	0
6		Alejandro Hernández	Mar 11, 1948	24	?	No club (amateur)	5	0	450	0	0	1
7		Fernando Blanco	Jun 4, 1951	21	?	No club (amateur)	5	0	434	1	0	0
8		Lorenzo Reyes	Aug 10, 1951	21	?	No club (amateur)	2	0	129	2	0	0
9		Manuel Manzo	May 10, 1952	20	?	No club (amateur)	6	1	483	1	1	0
10		Daniel Razo	Sep 26, 1950	21	?	No club (amateur)	5	1	437	0	0	0
11	MF	Leonardo Cuéllar	Jan 14, 1954	18	?	No club (amateur)	5	2	450	0	0	0
12	GK	Horacio Sánchez	Mar 27, 1953	19	?	No club (amateur)	5	0	450	0	0	0
13		Francisco Barba	Aug 7, 1953	19	?	No club (amateur)	1	0	90	0	0	0
14		Salvador Márquez	Dec 24, 1950	21	?	No club (amateur)	1	0	90	0	0	0
15		José Talavera	Aug 2, 1950	22	?	No club (amateur)	3	0	141	0	2	0
16		David Regalado	Jan 17, 1952	22	?	No club (amateur)	2	0	106	0	1	0
17		Alfredo Hernández	Jan 12, 1951	21	?	No club (amateur)	3	0	114	0	2	0
18		Alejandro Peña	Oct 20, 1949	22	?	No club (amateur)	4	0	360	0	0	0
19		Manuel Borja	Aug 29, 1949	22	?	No club (amateur)	1	0	90	0	0	1

Morocco

Head coach:  Sabino Barinaga

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Allal Benkassou	Nov 30, 1941	31	?	FAR Rabat	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Boujemaa Benkhrif	Nov 30, 1947	25	?	KAC Kenitra	6	1	472	1	0	0
3	DF	Larbi Ihardane	Jun 6, 1954	18	?	Wydad Casablanca	6	0	540	0	0	2
4	DF	Abdallah Lamrani	1946	26	?	FAR Rabat	5	0	450	0	0	1
5		Khalifa El-Bakhti	1950	22	?	FAR Rabat	6	0	540	0	0	1
6	MD	Mustapha Yaghcha	Nov 7, 1952	19	?	Difaa El Jadida	6	0	408	3	2	1
7	MD	Abdallah Tazi	1945	27	?	MAS Fes	6	0	355	2	2	0
8	MD	Abdelâali Zahraoui	Jan 9, 1949	23	?	FAR Rabat	4	0	315	1	0	1
9	FW	Ahmed Faras	Dec 7, 1946	25	?	Mohammedia	5	3	450	0	0	1
10		Mohamed Zouita	1944		?	KAC Kenitra	3	1	146	0	2	0
11	MD	Maouhoub Ghazouani	1946	24	?	FAR Rabat	5	0	361	2	1	2 1
12	GK	Mohamed Hazzaz	Nov 30, 1944	26	?	MAS Fes	6	0	495	1	0	0
13		Abdelmajid Hadry	1952	20	?	Raja Casablanca	2	0	180	0	0	0
14		Ahmed Najah	1947	25	?	Raja Beni Mellal	5	0	426	1	0	1
15		Abdel Fattah Jafri	Feb 25, 1950	22	?	Sidi Kacem	1	0	24	0	0	0
16	FW	Mohamed El Filali	Jul 9, 1945	27	?	Mouloudia Oujda	6	1	479	0	1	0
17		Mustapha El-Zaghrari	1949	23	?	Wydad Casablanca	1	0	20	0	1	0
18	MD	Mohamed Merzaq	1951	21	?	Mouloudia Oujda	4	1	254	1	1	0
19	GK	Ahmed Belkorchi	1952	20	?	KAC Marrakech	1	0	45	0	1	0

Poland

Head coach: Kazimierz Górski

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Hubert Kostka	May 27, 1940	32	25	Górnik Zabrze	7	0	630	0	0	0
2	DF	Antoni Szymanowski	Jan 13, 1951	21	8	Wisła Kraków	6	0	540	0	0	0
3	DF	Jerzy Gorgoń	Jul 18, 1949	22	8	Górnik Zabrze	7	2	577	1	0	0
4	DF	Zygmunt Anczok	Mar 14, 1946	26	40	Górnik Zabrze	7	0	630	0	0	0
5	MD	Lesław Ćmikiewicz	Aug 25, 1948	23	8	Legia Warsaw	7	0	606	1	0	1
6	MD	Zygmunt Maszczyk	May 3, 1945	27	5	Ruch Chorzów	6	0	474	0	1	0
7	MD	Ryszard Szymczak	Dec 14, 1944	27	0	Gwardia Warsaw	2	0	22	0	2	0
8	MD	Zygfryd Szołtysik	Oct 24, 1942	29	41	Górnik Zabrze	5	1	308	2	2	1
9	MD	Kazimierz Deyna	Oct 23, 1947	24	26	Legia Warsaw	7	9	616	1	0	0
10	FW	Włodzimierz Lubański	Feb 28, 1947	25	51	Górnik Zabrze	7	2	630	0	0	0
11	FW	Robert Gadocha	Jan 10, 1946	26	22	Legia Warsaw	7	6	630	0	0	0
12	FW	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Sep 19, 1951	20	0	Wisła Kraków	3	1	225	1	0	0
13	DF	Jerzy Kraska	Dec 24, 1951	20	2	Gwardia Warsaw	6	0	376	1	2	0
14	DF	Marian Ostafiński	Dec 8, 1946	25	3	Ruch Chorzów	3	0	262	1	0	0
15	FW	Grzegorz Lato	Apr 8, 1950	22	2	Stal Mielec	1	0	45	0	1	0
16	FW	Joachim Marx	Aug 31, 1944	27	14	Ruch Chorzów	2	0	90	1	1	0
17	MD	Andrzej Jarosik	Nov 26, 1944	27	25	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Marian Szeja	Aug 20, 1941	30	8	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Zbigniew Gut	Apr 17, 1949	23	0	Odra Opole	4	0	269	1	1	0

Sudan

Head coach: Abdel-Fatah Hamad

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	El-Nur Abdel-Qadir			?		0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	El-Sir "Kaunda" Abdalla	1949	23	?	Al Merreikh	2	0	172	1	0	0
3	DF	Awad Koka	1947		?	Al Hilal	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Mahmoud "James" Said	1947		?	Al Tahrir	3	0	270	0	0	1
5	DF	Abdel-Qadir "Qadura" Morgan			?	Al Merreikh	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Negm El-Din Hassan (C)	1945		?	Al Nile (Khartoum)	3	0	270	0	0	0
7	MD	Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir			?	Al Nile (Wad Madani)	1	0	50	1	0	0
8	MD	Bushara Abdel-Nadief	1947		?	Al Merreikh	3	0	270	0	0	0
9	MD	Ahmed Bushara Wahba	Jan 1, 1943	28	?	Al Merreikh	3	0	242	1	0	0
10	FW	Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas	Aug 13, 1944	27	?	Al Hilal	3	1	270	0	0	1
11	FW	Hasabu El-Sagheer	July 1, 1947	24	?	Burri	1	0	90	0	0	0
12	FW	Izz El-Din El-Aati			?		0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MD	El-Fadel Santo			?	Al Merreikh	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	El-Mannan Mohsin Atta	1948	24	?	Al Tahrir	3	0	270	0	0	0
15	DF	Suliman Gafar Mohamed	1947	25	?	Al Ittihad	3	0	270	0	0	0
16	FW	Adam Mohamed Izz El-Din	1949	23	?	Al Hilal	3	0	126	0	2	1
17	MD	Ahmed Mohamed Sharaf El-Din	1938	34	?		2	0	180	0	0	0
18	FW	Abdu Mustafa	1946	26	?	Al Hilal	3	0	220	0	1	0
19	GK	Mohamed "Zaghbir" Abdel Fatah	1949	23	?	Al Hilal	3	0	270	0	0	0

United States

Head coach: Bob Guelker

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Mike Ivanow	Jan 9, 1948	24	0	University of San Francisco	2	0	180	0	0	0
2	DF	Casey Bahr	Sept 20, 1948	23	0	United States Navy	3	0	270	0	0	0
3	DF	John Bocwinski	Nov 22, 1936	35	0	Polonia SC	2	0	180	0	0	0
4	MD	Al Trost	Feb 7, 1949	23	0	St Louis University	2	0	97	0	1	0
5	DF	Horst Stemke	Mar 5, 1942	30	0	University of Wisconsin	3	0	270	0	0	1
6	MD	Neil Stam	Jan 7, 1942	30	0	German-American F.C.	3	0	270	0	0	0
7	FW	Archie Roboostoff	Oct 9, 1951	21	0	Condordia A.C.	3	0	270	0	0	0
8	FW	Mike Seerey	Oct 23, 1950	22	0	St Louis University	2	0	180	0	0	0
9	MD	John Carenza	Jan 30, 1950	22	0	Southern Illinois University	2	0	173	1	0	0
10	DF	Art Demling	Sept 21, 1948	23	0	Michigan State University	3	0	247	2	0	1
11	FW	Mani Hernandez	Aug 2, 1948	24	0	Grenadiers S.C.	2	0	180	0	0	0
12	FW	Steve Gay	Sept 1, 1957	25	0	UCLA	2	0	78	1	1	0
13	FW	Hugo Salcedo	Jan 25, 1946	26	0	Compton S.C.	2	0	180	0	0	0
14	MD	Joe Hamm	Nov 1, 1950	21	0	St Louis University	2	0	106	0	1	0
15	DF	Wally Ziaja	July 2, 1949	23	0	Bavarian Blue Ribbons	1	0	90	0	0	0
16	FW	Mike Flater	Jan 22, 1951	21	0	Colorado School of Mines	1	0	62	1	0	0
17	MD	Jim Zylker	Jan 11, 1951	21	0	San Jose State University	1	0	19	0	1	0
18	FW	Mike Margulis	Aug 30, 1950	21	0		1	0	68	0	1	0
19	GK	Shep Messing	Oct 9, 1949	22	0	Harvard University	1	0	90	0	0	0

Soviet Union

Head coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Yevhen Rudakov	Jan 2, 1942	30	26	Dynamo Kiev	6	0	554	1	0	0
2	DF	Yuriy Istomin	Jul 3, 1944	27	28	CSKA Moscow	6	0	448	1	1	0
3	DF	Murtaz Khurtsilava	Jan 5, 1943	29	55	Dynamo Tbilisi	6	1	516	0	1	1
4	DF	Evgeny Lovchev	Jan 29, 1949	23	20	Spartak Moscow	6	0	525	0	1	0
5	DF	Volodymyr Kaplychnyi	Feb 26, 1944	28	41	CSKA Moscow	7	0	615	1	0	1
6	MD	Viktor Kolotov	Jul 3, 1949	23	17	Dynamo Kiev	6	3	570	0	0	1
7	FW	Volodymyr Onyshchenko	Oct 28, 1949	22	7	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	3	0	139	2	1	0
8	FW	Vyacheslav Semyonov	Aug 17, 1947	24	4	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	5	3	361	4	0	0
9	MD	Andrei Yakubik	Aug 24, 1950	21	0	FC Dynamo Moscow	2	0	169	0	1	0
10	MD	Anatoliy Kuksov	Nov 21, 1949	22	3	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	5	0	363	0	1	0
11	FW	Gennady Yevriuzhikin	Feb 4, 1944	28	27	FC Dynamo Moscow	6	1	491	1	0	0
12	DF	Revaz Dzodzuashvili	Apr 15, 1945	27	32	Dynamo Tbilisi	4	0	347	1	0	1
13	DF	Sergei Olshansky	May 28, 1948	24	1	Spartak Moscow	3	0	181	0	2	0
14	FW	Oganes Zanazanyan	Dec 10, 1946	25	0	Ararat Yerevan	6	1	479	1	1	0
15	MD	Arkady Andriasyan	Aug 11, 1947	24	1	Ararat Yerevan	4	0	267	1	2	1
16	MD	Yozhef Sabo	Feb 29, 1940	32	35	FC Dynamo Moscow	5	1	450	0	0	0
17	GK	Vladimir Pilguy	Jan 26, 1948	24	1	FC Dynamo Moscow	2	0	106	0	0	0
18	FW	Yuriy Yeliseyev	Sep 26, 1949	22	4	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	3	1	208	0	1	0
19	FW	Oleh Blokhin	Nov 5, 1952	21	2	Dynamo Kiev	6	6	486	1	1	0

West Germany

Head coach: Jupp Derwall

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Günther Wienhold	Jan 21, 1948	24	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	5	0	450	0	0	0
2	DF	Heiner Baltes	Sep 19, 1949	22	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	6	0	517	1	0	1
3	DF	Reiner Hollmann	Sep 30, 1949	22	0	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	3	0	225	1	0	0
4	DF	Egon Schmitt	Nov 12, 1948	23	0	Kickers Offenbach	6	0	540	0	0	0
5	DF	Friedhelm Haebermann	Jul 24, 1946	26	0	Eintracht Braunschweig	6	0	540	0	0	0
6	DF	Hartwig Bleidick	Dec 26, 1944	27	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	0	270	0	0	0
7	MD	Hermann Bitz	Sep 21, 1950	21	0	Kaiserslautern	6	1	527	1	0	1
8	MD	Rudolf Seliger	Sep 20, 1951	20	0	MSV Duisburg	6	2	291	2	3	0
9	FW	Klaus Wunder	Sep 13, 1950	21	0	MSV Duisburg	2	0	123	2	0	0
10	FW	Uli Hoeneß	Jan 5, 1952	20	2	Bayern München	5	1	450	0	0	0
11	FW	Ronald Worm	Oct 7, 1953	18	0	MSV Duisburg	6	1	296	2	3	0
12	DF	Dieter Mietz	Sep 3, 1943	28	0	Borussia Dortmund	1	0	23	0	1	0
13	MD	Bernd Nickel	Mar 15, 1949	23	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	540	0	0	1
14	DF	Manfred Kaltz	Jan 6, 1953	19	0	Hamburg	1	0	13	0	1	0
15	DF	Hans-Dieter Seelmann	Sep 18, 1952	19	0	1860 München	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MD	Jürgen Kalb	May 20, 1948	24	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	1	470	1	1	0
17	FW	Ottmar Hitzfeld	Jan 12, 1949	23	0	FC Basel	6	5	462	0	1	0
18	FW	Ewald Hammes	Aug 4, 1950	21	0	SG Wattenscheid 09	2	0	83	1	1	0
19	GK	Hans-Jürgen Bradler	Sep 12, 1948	23	0	VfL Bochum	1	0	90	0	0	0

FIRST ROUND

4 groups of 4 teams.  Best two to qualify for the semi-final groups.

Group 1  [West Germany and Morocco qualify]

1. West Germany    XXX 3-0 3-0 7-0  3  0  0  13- 0  6
2. Morocco             XXX 6-0 0-0  1  1  1   6- 3  3
3. Malaysia                XXX 3-0  1  0  2   3- 9  2
4. USA                         XXX  0  1  2   0-10  1

Group 2  [Soviet Union and Mexico qualify]

1. Soviet Union    XXX 4-1 1-0 2-1  3  0  0   7- 2  6
2. Mexico              XXX 1-0 1-0  2  0  1   3- 4  4
3. Burma                   XXX 2-0  1  0  2   2- 2  2
4. Sudan                       XXX  0  0  3   1- 5  0

Group 3  [Hungary and Denmark qualify]

1. Hungary         XXX 2-0 5-0 2-2  2  1  0   9- 2  5
2. Denmark             XXX 4-0 3-2  2  0  1   7- 4  4
3. Iran                    XXX 1-0  1  0  2   1- 9  2
4. Brazil                      XXX  0  1  2   4- 6  1

Group 4  [Poland and East Germany qualify]

1. Poland          XXX 2-1 5-1 4-0  3  0  0  11- 2  6
2. East Germany        XXX 6-1 4-0  2  0  1  11- 3  4
3. Colombia                XXX 3-1  1  0  2   5-12  2
4. Ghana                       XXX  0  0  3   1-11  0

SECOND ROUND

Group A

1. Poland          XXX 2-1 1-1 5-0  2  1  0   8- 2  5
2. Soviet Union        XXX 4-0 3-0  2  0  1   8- 2  4
3. Denmark                 XXX 3-1  1  1  1   4- 6  3
4. Morocco                     XXX  0  0  3   1-11  0

Group B

1. Hungary         XXX 2-0 4-1 2-0  3  0  0   8- 1  6
2. East Germany        XXX 3-2 7-0  2  0  1  10- 4  4
3. West Germany            XXX 1-1  0  1  2   4- 8  1
4. Mexico                      XXX  0  1  2   1-10  1

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Soviet Union     2-2 East Germany (aet)

Bronze medals shared.
Years later the Soviet team doctor revealed that the match with DDR was fixed by request of the Soviet coach.

FINAL

München, September 10, 1972
Poland           2-1 Hungary
Poland: Kostka - Gut, Cmikiewicz, Gorgon, Anczok, Szoltysik, Deyna
        (Szymczak), Kraska, Maszczyk, Lubanski, Gadocha.
Hungary: Geczi - Vepi, Pancsics, Juhasz, Szuzc, Kozma, A Dunai (Toth),
         Ku (Kocsis), Varadi, E Dunai, Balint.

Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
Attendance: 50,000.

Scorers: 42' Varadi 0-1; 47' Deyna 1-1; 68' Deyna 2-1.
Hungary won the silver medals. 
Olympic champions for the first time. And the rise of Polish team began, culminating at the 1974 World Cup.
Top scorers: Deyna (Poland)         9 goals
             A Dunai (Hungary)      7 goals
             Blokhin (Soviet Union) 6 goals
             Gadocha (Poland)       6 goals
             Straich (East Germany) 6 goals
             Nikkel (West Germany)  6 goals
Hungary in front getting the silver medals.
Olympic gold for Poland.