The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage.
Year of publication: 1970
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It was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 21, 1970.
The competition is won by the Brazil team, which relies on an exceptional generation of attackers with Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino and Tostao. It is one of the most spectacular World Cups. This edition is also marked by the ten goals of Gerd Müller, including two triplets, and by the semi-final to suspense Italy-FRG which ends with the score of 4 goals to 3 after extra time.
The album consisted of a flashback on previous World Cups with official posters, a photo of the winning team as well as 3 of the stars who participated in the concerned World Cup. Find this summary below before discovering the composition of the teams in this international competition group by group.
List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
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World Cup Story 1930-1966
El Storia Del Campeonato consists out of 8 pages. Each page depicts particular World Cup from 1930-1966 and briefly tells its story. There are 5 stickers per page. Beside three most significant players there are stickers of a tournament poster and a winning squad.
URUGUAY 1930
Above, official poster of the 1930 World Cup, Uruguay team, winner of this world cup, Cea (Forward, Uruguay), Andrade (Midfielder, Uruguay), Stabile (Forward, Argentina, tournament top scorer with 8 goals).
ITALY 1934
Above, official poster of the 1934 World Cup, Italy team, winner of this World Cup, Combi and Planicka (Captains of the 2 finalist teams Italy and Czechoslovakia), Schiavio (Author of Italy's second goal in final), Orsi (Author of Italy's first goal in the final).
FRANCE 1938
Above, official poster of the 1938 World Cup, Italy team, winner of this World Cup, Leonidas (Brazil, top scorer in the competition with 8 goals), Meazza and Sarosi (Captains of the 2 finalist teams Italy and Hungary), Piola (Author of two goals in the final for Italy against Hungary).
BRAZIL 1950
Above, official poster of the 1950 World Cup, Uruguay team, winner of this World Cup, Schiaffino (Uruguay), Ademir (Brazil, top scorer in the competition with 9 goals), Ghiggia (Uruguay).
SWITZERLAND 1954
Above, official poster of the 1954 World Cup, German team, winner of this World Cup, Rahn (Germany), Puskas (Hungary), Kocsis (Hungary, top scorer in the competition with 11 goals).
SUEDE 1958
Above, official poster of the 1958 World Cup, Brazil team, winner of this World Cup, Just Fontaine (France, top scorer in the competition with 13 goals. Absolute record to date), Djalma Santos (Brazil) , Didi (Brazil).
CHILE 1962
Above, official poster of the 1962 World Cup, Brazil team, winner of this World Cup, Albert (Hungary), Garrincha (Brazil), Amarildo (Brazil).
ENGLAND 1966
Above, official poster of the 1966 World Cup, England team, winner of this World Cup, Albrecht (Argentina), Eusebio (Portugal, top scorer in the competition with 9 goals), Hunt (England).
Participating countries (World Cup Mexico 1970)
Group A:
Belgium
Mexico
Salvador
Soviet Union
MEXICO
Ignacio Calderon (Goalkeeper), Francisco Castrejon (Goalkeeper), Juan Manuel Alejandrez (Defender), Gustavo Pena (Defender), Gabriel Nunez (Defender), Mario Perez (Defender), Sabas Ponce (Defender), Alberto Onofre (Forward), Isodoro Diaz (Forward), Juan Alvarado (Forward), Vicente Pereda (Forward), Aaron Padilla (Forward), Javier Fragoso (Forward), Enrique Borja (Forward).
BELGIUM
Jean Trappeniers (Goalkeeper), Georges Heylens (Defender), Nicolas Dewalque (Defender), Léon Jeck (Defender), Jean Thissen (Defender), Wilfried Van Moer (Defender), Odilon Polleunis (Forward), Léon Semmeling (Forward), Johan Devrindt (Forward), Paul Van Himst (Forward), Wilfried Puis (Forward).
EL SALVADOR
Juan Gualberto Fernandez (Goalkeeper), Roberto Rivas (Defender), Salvador Mariona (Defender), Mauricio Manzano (Defender), Jorge Alfredo Vazquez (Defender), José Antonio Quintanilla (Defender), Mauricio Rodriguez (Forward), Juan Ramon Martinez (Forward) ), Salvador Flamenco (Forward), Mario Monje (Forward), Elmer Acevedo (Forward).
RUSSIA (USSR / CCCP)
Eugène Roudakov (Goalkeeper), Anzor Kavazachvili (Defender), Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Defender), Albert Chesternev (Defender), Mourtaz Khourtzilava (Defender), Eugène Zovtchev (Defender), Vladimir Kaplichnyi (Defender), Victor Serebzianikov (Defender) (Forward), Kakhi Asatiani (Forward), Anatole Bichevetz (Forward), Anatole Pouzatch (Forward), Guivi Nodia (Forward), Vitali Khmelnitzki (Forward).
Group B:
Israel
Italy
Sweden
Uruguay
ITALY
Dino Zoff (Goalkeeper), Tarcisio Burgnich (Defender), Giacinto Facchetti (Defender), Mario Bertini (Defender), Giorgio Puia (Defender), Sandro Salvadore (Defender), Angelo Domenghini (Defender), Gianni Rivera (Forward), Sandro Mazzola (Forward), Giancarlo De Sisti (Forward), Luigi Riva (Forward), Pietro Anastasi (Forward), Antonio Juliano (Forward), Enrico Albertosi (Goalkeeper).
URADUAY
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Goalkeeper), Luis Ubina (Defender), Atilio Anchetta (Defender), Roberto Matozas (Defender), Omar Caetano (Defender), Julio Castillo Montero (Defender), Luis Cubilla (Forward), Pedro Virgilio Rocha (Forward), Sergio Silva (Forward), Julio César Cortes (Forward), Raul Bareno (Forward).
SUEDE
Ronnie Hellstroem (Goalkeeper), Hans Selander (Defender), Kurt Axelsson (Defender), Björn Nordqvist (Defender), Roland Grip (Defender), Tommy Svensson (Defender), Bo Larsson (Forward), Leif Eriksson (Forward), Ove Grahn (Forward), Ove Kindvall (Forward), Hans Johansson (Forward).
ISRAEL
Izchak Visoker (Goalkeeper), Shraga Bar (Defender), Menachem Bello (Defender), Mordechai Lubetzki (Defender), Zvi Rozen (Defender), Samuel Rosenthal (Defender), Rachamim Talbi (Forward), Izchak Shum (Forward), Giora Spiegel (Forward), Joshua Feigenbaum (Forward), Mordechai Spiegler (Forward).
Group C:
England
Brazil
Romania
Czechoslovakia
BRAZIL
Eduardo R. Estinghen Ado (Goalkeeper), Carlos Alberto Torres (Defender), Hercules Brito Ruas (Defender), Joel Camargo (Defender), Everaldo Marques Da Silva (Defender), Wilson Da Silva Piazza (Defender), Jair Ventura Filho Jairzinho ( Forward), Gerson De Oliveira Nunes (Forward), Eduardo G. De Andrade Tostao (Forward), E. Arantes Do Nascimento Pelé (Forward), Jonas Eduardo Americo Edu (Forward), Roberto Rivelino (Forward), Dirceu Lopes Mendes (Forward) ), Leao Emerson (Guardian).
ENGLAND
Gordon Banks (Goalkeeper), Tommy Wright (Defender), Keith Newton (Defender), Alan Mullery (Defender), Brian Labone (Defender), Jack Charlton (Defender), Bobby Moore (Defender), Francis Lee (Forward), Colin Bell (Forward), Bobby Charlton (Forward), Alan Ball (Forward), Geof Hurst (Forward), Martin Peters (Forward), Peter Bonetti (Goalkeeper).
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Ivo Viktor (Goalkeeper), Jan Pivarnik (Defender), Vladimir Hagara (Defender), Alexander Horvath (Defender), Vaclav Migas (Defender), Andrej Kvasnak (Defender), Ladislav Kuna (Forward), Bohumil Vesely (Forward), Karel Jokl (Forward), Josef Adamec (Forward), Jan Capkovic (Forward).
ROMANIA
Necula Raducanu (Goalkeeper), Ludovic Satmareanu (Defender), Bujor Halmageanu (Defender), Coe Dan (Defender), Augustin Deleanu (Defender), Cornel Dinu (Defender), Flaviu Domide (Forward), Emerich Dembrovschi (Forward), Nicolae Dobrin (Forward), Florea Dumitrache (Forward), Mircea Lucescu (Forward).
Group D:
Bulgaria
Morocco
Peru
RFA
BULGARIA
Simeon Simeonov (Goalkeeper), Alexander Scialamanov (Defender), Ivan Dimitrov (Defender), Boris Gaganelov (Defender), Dobromir Zhecev (Defender), Dimiter Penev (Defender), Dinco Dermengiiev (Forward), Hristo Bonev (Forward), Gheorovhi Asparuh (Forward), Dimiter Jakimov (Forward), Peter Zhecov (Forward).
PERU
Luis Rubinos (Goalkeeper), Angel Eloy Campos (Defender), Orlando De La Torre (Defender), Hector Chumpitaz (Defender), Luis Rafael Risco (Defender), Roberto Mifflin (Defender), Roberto Challe (Forward), Julio Baylon (Forward) ), Pedro Pablo Leon (Forward), Teofilo Cubillas (Forward), Alberto Gallardo (Forward).
MOROCCO
Kassou Allal (Goalkeeper), Mohamed Abdallah (Defender), Benkrif Boujemaa (Defender), Alaoui Moulay Idriss (Defender), Kacem Slimani (Defender), Mohamed Maaroufi (Defender), Ghandi Saïd (Forward), Mohamed Filali (Forward), Ahmed Faras (Forward), Driss Bamous (Forward), Mahjoub Ghazouani (Forward).
GERMANY
Sepp Maier (defender), Hubert Vogts (defender), Willi Schultz (defender), Franz Beckenbauer (defender), Karl Heinz Schnellinger (defender), Horst-Dieter Höttges (defender), Klaus Fichtel (defender), Helmut Haller (attacker) , Wolgang Overath (Attaquant), Bernd Dörfel (Attaquant), Uwe Seeler (Attaquant), Gerd Müller (Attaquant), Siegfried Held (Attaquant), Horst Wolter (Gardien).
Top Scorers:
Gerd Müller 10 goals
Jairzinho 7 goals
Teofillo Cubillas 5 goals
Pelé and Anatoli Bychovets 4 goals