1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Below are the rosters for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Soviet Union. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Lyuben Zhilkov	(1965-11-15)15 November 1965 (aged 19)	Pirin Blagoevgrad
2	2DF	Dimitre Kalkanov	(1966-04-05)5 April 1966 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
3	2DF	Pavel Dochev	(1965-09-28)28 September 1965 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Sofia
4	2DF	Dimitar Vasev	(1965-09-10)10 September 1965 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Sofia
5	2DF	Rosen Pachov	(1966-03-11)11 March 1966 (aged 19)	Pirin Blagoevgrad
6	3MF	Aleksandar Ivanov	(1967-09-25)25 September 1967 (aged 17)	PFC Shumen
7	4FW	Emil Kostadinov	(1965-08-12)12 August 1965 (aged 20)	Sredetz Sofia
8	3MF	Ivaylo Kirov	(1966-12-30)30 December 1966 (aged 18)	Sredetz Sofia
9	4FW	Petar Mihtarski	(1966-08-15)15 August 1966 (aged 19)	Pirin Blagoevgrad
10	3MF	Krasimir Balakov	(1966-03-29)29 March 1966 (aged 19)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
11	4FW	Aleksandar Bonchev	(1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Sofia
12	1GK	Rumen Dankov	(1965-11-20)20 November 1965 (aged 19)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
13	2DF	Yulian Garev	(1967-04-09)9 April 1967 (aged 18)	Spartak Pleven
14	3MF	Lyuboslav Penev	(1966-08-31)31 August 1966 (aged 18)	Sredetz Sofia
15	3MF	Radko Kalaydzhiev	(1967-09-28)28 September 1967 (aged 17)	Beroe Stara Zagora
16	3MF	Plamen Petkov	(1967-10-17)17 October 1967 (aged 17)	Lokomotiv Ruse
17	3MF	Zlatko Yankov	(1966-08-27)27 August 1966 (aged 18)	Neftochimic Burgas
18	4FW	Dimitar Krastev	(1966-02-16)16 February 1966 (aged 19)	Akademik Sofia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	René Higuita	(1966-08-27)27 August 1966 (aged 18)	Atlético Nacional
2	4FW	Carlos Mesa	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 19)	Liga de Nariño
3	2DF	Álvaro Nuñez	(1967-06-09)9 June 1967 (aged 18)	Independiente Santa Fe
4	2DF	John Álvarez	(1965-11-11)11 November 1965 (aged 19)	Atlético Nacional
5	2DF	Jairo Ampudia	(1966-02-14)14 February 1966 (aged 19)	América de Cali
6	3MF	José Hurtado	(1966-02-21)21 February 1966 (aged 19)	América de Cali
7	4FW	John Jairo Tréllez	(1968-04-29)29 April 1968 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
8	3MF	Orlando Maturana	(1966-10-11)11 October 1966 (aged 18)	Atlético Bucaramanga
9	4FW	Wilmer Cabrera	(1967-09-15)15 September 1967 (aged 17)	Independiente Santa Fe
10	3MF	Carlos Álvarez	(1965-10-06)6 October 1965 (aged 19)	Atlético Nacional
11	2DF	Diego Láinez	(1965-09-07)7 September 1965 (aged 19)	Deportes Tolima
12	1GK	Eduardo Niño	(1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 18)	Independiente Santa Fe
13	2DF	John Jairo Córdoba	(1965-10-22)22 October 1965 (aged 19)	Unión Magdalena
14	4FW	Felipe Pérez	(1967-01-24)24 January 1967 (aged 18)	Atlético Nacional
15	4FW	Rafael Álvarez	(1966-07-17)17 July 1966 (aged 19)	Liga de Bolívar
16	3MF	Hugo Caicedo	(1967-07-22)22 July 1967 (aged 18)	Deportivo Cali
17	4FW	John Castaño	(1966-05-12)12 May 1966 (aged 19)	América de Cali
18	3MF	Wilson Rodríguez	(1965-08-16)16 August 1965 (aged 20)	Deportes Tolima

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Zsolt Petry	(1966-09-23)23 September 1966 (aged 18)	MTK
2	2DF	József Szalma	(1966-08-22)22 August 1966 (aged 19)	Tatabánya
3	2DF	Attila Pintér	(1966-05-07)7 May 1966 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
4	2DF	József Keller	(1965-09-25)25 September 1965 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
5	2DF	László Szélpál	(1965-08-20)20 August 1965 (aged 20)	SZEOL
6	3MF	Ervin Kovács	(1967-01-24)24 January 1967 (aged 18)	Újpesti Dózsa
7	4FW	János Zsinka	(1965-10-02)2 October 1965 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
8	3MF	Sándor Deák	(1965-09-11)11 September 1965 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
9	4FW	Kálmán Kovács	(1965-09-11)11 September 1965 (aged 19)	Honvéd
10	3MF	István Vincze	(1967-01-22)22 January 1967 (aged 18)	Tatabánya
11	4FW	Pál Fischer	(1967-01-29)29 January 1967 (aged 18)	Ferencváros
12	3MF	Ferenc Haáz	(1966-02-12)12 February 1966 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
13	3MF	Róbert Csoboth	(1965-10-07)7 October 1965 (aged 19)	Pécs
14	3MF	Attila Horváth	(1967-05-02)2 May 1967 (aged 18)	MTK
15	4FW	Gyula Zsivóczky	(1966-04-21)21 April 1966 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
16	4FW	József Zvara	(1966-08-17)17 August 1966 (aged 19)	Ferencváros
17	4FW	György Orovecz	(1967-10-02)2 October 1967 (aged 17)	MTK
18	1GK	Sándor Lanczkor	(1966-03-16)16 March 1966 (aged 19)	Ferencváros

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Chokri El Ouaer	(1966-08-15)15 August 1966 (aged 19)	Étoile Sahel
2	2DF	Taoufik Mhadhbi	(1965-12-19)19 December 1965 (aged 19)	AS Mégrine
3	2DF	Lotfi Chihi	(1966-05-14)14 May 1966 (aged 19)	Olympique Transports
4	2DF	Mohamed Mahjoubi	(1966-09-28)28 September 1966 (aged 18)	AS Marsa
5	2DF	Mohamed Abdelhak	(1966-03-07)7 March 1966 (aged 19)	Club Africain
6	3MF	Mourad Gharbi	(1966-01-25)25 January 1966 (aged 19)	CA Bizertin
7	4FW	Mohamed Dergaa	(1966-01-16)16 January 1966 (aged 19)	CS Sfaxien
8	3MF	Lotfi Ounis	(1965-10-21)21 October 1965 (aged 19)	SR Sports
9	4FW	Kaïs Yacoubi	(1966-08-18)18 August 1966 (aged 19)	Club Africain
10	3MF	Haithem Abid	(1965-09-22)22 September 1965 (aged 19)	Étoile Sahel
11	4FW	Lotfi Rouissi	(1965-11-13)13 November 1965 (aged 19)	Club Africain
12	3MF	Mounir El Bez	(1966-01-05)5 January 1966 (aged 19)	CA Bizertin
13	4FW	Sami Touati	(1965-08-29)29 August 1965 (aged 19)	Club Africain
14	4FW	Jameleddine Limam	(1967-06-11)11 June 1967 (aged 18)	Stade Tunisien
15	3MF	Hicham Grioui	(1965-12-19)19 December 1965 (aged 19)	Club Africain
16	2DF	Mohamed Dagdoug	(1966-07-09)9 July 1966 (aged 19)	CS Sfaxien
17	3MF	Tarak Haouari	(1966-03-25)25 March 1966 (aged 19)	AS Gabès
18	1GK	Ahmed Bourchada	(1966-09-22)22 September 1966 (aged 18)	CA Bizertin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Cláudio Taffarel	(1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 19)	Internacional
2	2DF	Luciano	(1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 19)	Portuguesa (SP)
3	2DF	Luis Carlos	(1966-04-12)12 April 1966 (aged 19)	Grêmio
4	2DF	Henrique	(1966-03-15)15 March 1966 (aged 19)	Grêmio
5	3MF	João Antonio	(1966-06-14)14 June 1966 (aged 19)	Grêmio
6	2DF	Dida	(1965-10-26)26 October 1965 (aged 19)	Coritiba
7	3MF	Silas	(1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 19)	São Paulo
8	3MF	Tosin	(1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (aged 19)	Guarani
9	4FW	Gérson	(1965-09-23)23 September 1965 (aged 19)	Guarani
10	4FW	Müller	(1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 19)	São Paulo
11	3MF	Antonio Carlos	(1965-12-21)21 December 1965 (aged 19)	Vitória
12	1GK	Chico	(1967-01-20)20 January 1967 (aged 18)	Grêmio
13	2DF	Polaco	(1966-01-04)4 January 1966 (aged 19)	América (SP)
14	2DF	Stinico	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 17)	Ponte Preta
15	3MF	Marçal	(1965-12-20)20 December 1965 (aged 19)	Atlético Goianiense
16	4FW	Izael	(1965-09-20)20 September 1965 (aged 19)	América (SP)
17	4FW	Binho	(1966-03-24)24 March 1966 (aged 19)	Grêmio
18	4FW	Balalo	(1965-08-17)17 August 1965 (aged 20)	Internacional

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Bulgaria

Colombia

Hungary

Tunisia

Group B

Brazil

Republic of Ireland

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Group C

Australia

Canada

Nigeria

Soviet Union

Group D

China

England

Mexico

Paraguay

References

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	James Myers	(1967-12-04)4 December 1967 (aged 17)	St Joseph's
2	2DF	Pat O'Kelly	(1967-07-31)31 July 1967 (aged 18)	Home Farm
3	2DF	Pat Kelch	(1966-05-05)5 May 1966 (aged 19)	Manchester United
4	2DF	Tim O'Shea	(1966-11-12)12 November 1966 (aged 18)	Tottenham Hotspur
5	2DF	Pat Dolan	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 17)	Arsenal
6	2DF	Noel Bollard	(1965-08-26)26 August 1965 (aged 19)	Home Farm
7	2DF	Seamus Purcell	(1965-09-10)10 September 1965 (aged 19)	Shamrock Rovers
8	3MF	Martin Bayly	(1966-06-14)14 June 1966 (aged 19)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
9	3MF	Derek Murray	(1965-11-29)29 November 1965 (aged 19)	Home Farm
10	3MF	Eamonn Collins	(1965-10-22)22 October 1965 (aged 19)	Southampton
11	3MF	Martin Russell	(1967-04-27)27 April 1967 (aged 18)	Manchester United
12	3MF	Marcus Tuite	(1968-05-11)11 May 1968 (aged 17)	Luton Town
13	3MF	Derek Swan	(1966-10-24)24 October 1966 (aged 18)	Home Farm
14	4FW	Brian Mooney	(1966-02-02)2 February 1966 (aged 19)	Liverpool
15	4FW	John Neal	(1966-03-11)11 March 1966 (aged 19)	Millwall
16	1GK	Paul Kelly	(1966-11-06)6 November 1966 (aged 18)	Home Farm
17	4FW	Eamonn Dolan	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 17)	West Ham United
18	4FW	Tom McDermott	(1966-09-26)26 September 1966 (aged 18)	Leeds United

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Samir Al-Solaimani	(1966-08-11)11 August 1966 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
2	3MF	Abdulaziz Al-Razgan	(1969-12-06)6 December 1969 (aged 15)	Al-Shebab
3	2DF	Esam Al-Saud	(1966-09-15)15 September 1966 (aged 18)	Al-Shebab
4	2DF	Abdulrahman Al-Roomi	(1969-10-28)28 October 1969 (aged 15)	Al-Shebab
5	2DF	Bassim Abu-Dawod	(1965-11-07)7 November 1965 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
6	3MF	Saleh Al-Saleh	(1966-01-03)3 January 1966 (aged 19)	Al-Nasr
7	4FW	Musaed Ibrahim	(1965-11-18)18 November 1965 (aged 19)	Al-Shebab
8	3MF	Fahad Al-Bishi	(1965-09-10)10 September 1965 (aged 19)	Al-Nasr
9	4FW	Hathal Al-Dosari	(1966-09-29)29 September 1966 (aged 18)	Al-Hilal
10	2DF	Khaled Al-Muhaizee	(1966-09-02)2 September 1966 (aged 18)	Al-Nahda
11	4FW	Mohaisen Al-Jam'an	(1966-04-06)6 April 1966 (aged 19)	Al-Nasr
12	3MF	Faisal Al-Mowaled	(1966-10-02)2 October 1966 (aged 18)	Al-Ahli
13	2DF	Mohammed Al-Maglouth	(1965-09-15)15 September 1965 (aged 19)	Al-Ettifaq
14	2DF	Saad Al-Zafer	(1967-09-12)12 September 1967 (aged 17)	Al-Hilal
15	1GK	Ismail Hakami	(1966-08-06)6 August 1966 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
16	2DF	Hassan Al-Habashi	(1965-11-09)9 November 1965 (aged 19)	Al-Hilal
17	3MF	Bandar Al-Nakhli	(1965-10-25)25 October 1965 (aged 19)	Ohod
18	1GK	Khaled Al-Daiyel	(1966-11-08)8 November 1966 (aged 18)	Al-Hilal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Juan Carlos Unzué	(1967-04-22)22 April 1967 (aged 18)	Osasuna
2	2DF	Marcelino García	(1965-08-14)14 August 1965 (aged 20)	Sporting de Gijón
3	2DF	César Mendiondo	(1966-06-25)25 June 1966 (aged 19)	Atlético Madrid
4	2DF	Rafael Paz	(1965-08-02)2 August 1965 (aged 20)	Sevilla
5	2DF	Pedro Arozarena	(1966-02-24)24 February 1966 (aged 19)	Osasuna
6	2DF	José Tirado	(1965-11-04)4 November 1965 (aged 19)	Sevilla
7	2DF	Patxi Ferreira	(1967-05-22)22 May 1967 (aged 18)	Athletic Bilbao
8	3MF	Iñigo Lizarralde	(1966-06-14)14 June 1966 (aged 19)	Athletic Bilbao
9	3MF	José Aurelio Gay	(1965-12-10)10 December 1965 (aged 19)	Real Madrid
10	3MF	Fernando Gómez	(1965-09-11)11 September 1965 (aged 19)	Valencia
11	3MF	Nayim	(1966-11-05)5 November 1966 (aged 18)	Barcelona
12	3MF	Juanma Sánchez	(1966-11-04)4 November 1966 (aged 18)	Málaga
13	1GK	Julen Lopetegui	(1966-08-28)28 August 1966 (aged 18)	Real Sociedad
14	4FW	Jon Andoni Goikoetxea	(1965-10-21)21 October 1965 (aged 19)	Osasuna
15	4FW	Manuel Peña	(1965-12-18)18 December 1965 (aged 19)	Real Valladolid
16	3MF	Jose Michel Fajardo	(1968-04-29)29 April 1968 (aged 17)	Real Betis Balompie
17	4FW	Sebastián Losada	(1967-09-03)3 September 1967 (aged 17)	Real Madrid
18	4FW	Francis Cabral	(1965-11-03)3 November 1965 (aged 19)	Cádiz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paul Jones	(1967-01-01)1 January 1967 (aged 18)	Australian Institute of Sport
2	2DF	Robert Hooker	(1967-03-06)6 March 1967 (aged 18)	Australian Institute of Sport
3	2DF	John Gregson	(1965-08-23)23 August 1965 (aged 20)	Melita Eagles
4	2DF	Mark Jones	(1966-06-05)5 June 1966 (aged 19)	Newcastle Rosebud
5	2DF	Loucas Kotzamichalis	(1966-05-12)12 May 1966 (aged 19)	Melbourne Croatia
6	3MF	Andrew Koczka	(1965-09-09)9 September 1965 (aged 19)	St George
7	4FW	Alex Bundalo	(1966-05-18)18 May 1966 (aged 19)	Wollongong City
8	3MF	John Panagis	(1966-03-28)28 March 1966 (aged 19)	West Adelaide
9	4FW	Peter Petrovski	(1966-09-25)25 September 1966 (aged 18)	St George
10	3MF	Lou Hristodolou	(1967-08-07)7 August 1967 (aged 18)	Australian Institute of Sport
11	3MF	Chris Kalantzis	(1967-07-22)22 July 1967 (aged 18)	Sydney Olympic
12	2DF	Michael McLennan	(1967-04-13)13 April 1967 (aged 18)	Australian Institute of Sport
13	4FW	Sean Ingham	(1965-08-13)13 August 1965 (aged 20)	Australian Institute of Sport
14	4FW	Warren Spink	(1966-10-04)4 October 1966 (aged 18)	Preston Makedonia
15	3MF	Richard Bassingthwaite	(1965-08-18)18 August 1965 (aged 20)	Brisbane Lions
16	3MF	David Sharpe	(1966-06-29)29 June 1966 (aged 19)	Australian Institute of Sport
17	2DF	Ange Postecoglou	(1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 19)	South Melbourne
18	1GK	Mirko Runje	(1966-10-14)14 October 1966 (aged 18)	Melbourne Croatia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Bryan Rosenfeld	(1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 19)	Thunder Bay
2	2DF	Lino Tomasetti	(1966-06-03)3 June 1966 (aged 19)	Hamilton
3	2DF	Peter Gilfillan	(1965-12-29)29 December 1965 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
4	2DF	Jeff Cambridge	(1966-11-22)22 November 1966 (aged 18)	Ontario U-18
5	2DF	John DiPasquale	(1966-01-13)13 January 1966 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
6	3MF	Peter Sloly	(1966-08-05)5 August 1966 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
7	3MF	Lucio Ianiero	(1966-12-13)13 December 1966 (aged 18)	Ontario U-18
8	3MF	Pierre-Richard Thomas	(1966-03-20)20 March 1966 (aged 19)	Montreal
9	4FW	Alex Bunbury	(1967-06-18)18 June 1967 (aged 18)	Quebec U-18
10	3MF	Pat Cubellis	(1967-02-07)7 February 1967 (aged 18)	Ontario U-18
11	3MF	Ramy Rajballie	(1967-04-09)9 April 1967 (aged 18)	St Andrews
12	3MF	Franz Simon	(1965-09-29)29 September 1965 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
13	4FW	Doug McNaught	(1967-07-06)6 July 1967 (aged 18)	Ontario U-18
14	3MF	David Phillips	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 19)	Alberta U-18
15	4FW	Larry Pretto	(1966-04-04)4 April 1966 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
16	2DF	Brian Bullen	(1966-06-06)6 June 1966 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18
17	3MF	Gregor Young	(1966-02-08)8 February 1966 (aged 19)	British Columbia U-18
18	1GK	Larry Hoole	(1966-01-22)22 January 1966 (aged 19)	Ontario U-18

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Alloy Agu	(1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 18)	NEPA Lagos
2	2DF	Godwin Eveh	(1968-06-01)1 June 1968 (aged 17)	First Bank
3	2DF	Kingsley Onye	(1966-08-05)5 August 1966 (aged 19)	Enugu Rangers
4	2DF	Waidi Akanni	(1969-04-03)3 April 1969 (aged 16)	NEPA Lagos
5	2DF	Andrew Uwe	(1967-10-12)12 October 1967 (aged 17)	Leventis United
6	3MF	Michael Odu	(1966-02-24)24 February 1966 (aged 19)	Flash Flamingoes
7	4FW	Michael Dominic	(1969-09-12)12 September 1969 (aged 15)	First Bank
8	3MF	Augustine Igbinabaro	(1967-08-07)7 August 1967 (aged 18)	New Nigeria Bank
9	4FW	Monday Odiaka	(1966-10-12)12 October 1966 (aged 18)	ACB Lagos
10	3MF	Obabaifo Osaro	(1966-08-01)1 August 1966 (aged 19)	Flash Flamingoes
11	4FW	Mark Anunobi	(1967-10-12)12 October 1967 (aged 17)	NNPC
12	4FW	Ndubuisi Okosieme	(1966-09-28)28 September 1966 (aged 18)	Julius Berger
13	3MF	Samson Siasia	(1967-08-14)14 August 1967 (aged 18)	Flash Flamingoes
14	2DF	Titus Mba	(1968-05-05)5 May 1968 (aged 17)	Flash Flamingoes
15	3MF	Niyi Adeleye	(1966-10-19)19 October 1966 (aged 18)	Julius Berger
16	3MF	Wasiu Ipaye	(1968-07-06)6 July 1968 (aged 17)	First Bank
17	1GK	Christian Obi	(1967-01-02)2 January 1967 (aged 18)	Julius Berger
18	1GK	Uche Ikeogu	(1967-12-28)28 December 1967 (aged 17)	Standards Jos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Igor Kutepov	(1967-12-17)17 December 1967 (aged 17)	Metallist Kharkov
2	2DF	Gela Ketashvili	(1965-09-27)27 September 1965 (aged 19)	Dynamo Tbilisi
3	2DF	Vladimir Gorilyi	(1965-10-11)11 October 1965 (aged 19)	Dynamo Kiev
4	2DF	Soso Chedia	(1965-10-09)9 October 1965 (aged 19)	Dynamo Tbilisi
5	2DF	Sergey Kolotovkin	(1965-09-28)28 September 1965 (aged 19)	Zenit Leningrad
6	3MF	Valdas Ivanauskas	(1966-07-31)31 July 1966 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow
7	3MF	Sergei Khudozhilov	(1965-09-06)6 September 1965 (aged 19)	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
8	3MF	Vyacheslav Medvid	(1965-08-28)28 August 1965 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow
9	4FW	Sergei Savchenko	(1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow
10	3MF	Vladimir Tatarchuk	(1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow
11	4FW	Igor Sklyarov	(1966-08-31)31 August 1966 (aged 18)	SKA Rostov on Don
12	2DF	Andrey Mokh	(1966-10-20)20 October 1966 (aged 18)	CSKA Moscow
13	4FW	Oleg Kuzhlev	(1966-08-12)12 August 1966 (aged 19)	Spartak Moscow
14	3MF	Oleg Serdyuk	(1966-08-22)22 August 1966 (aged 19)	Iskra Smolensk
15	4FW	Rolandas Bubliauskas	(1966-09-10)10 September 1966 (aged 18)	Zalgiris Vilnius
16	1GK	Andrei Manannikov	(1965-08-05)5 August 1965 (aged 20)	Pamir Dushanbe
17	3MF	Armands Zeiberliņš	(1965-08-13)13 August 1965 (aged 20)	SKA Rostov on Don
18	3MF	Aleksandr Yesipov	(1965-09-14)14 September 1965 (aged 19)	Metallist Kharkov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Xu Tao	(1965-08-09)9 August 1965 (aged 20)	Liaoning
2	2DF	Dong Yugang	(1965-10-04)4 October 1965 (aged 19)	Beijing
3	4FW	Zhao Xudong	(1965-11-24)24 November 1965 (aged 19)	Beijing
4	2DF	Yang Feipeng	(1966-08-04)4 August 1966 (aged 19)	Yunnan
5	2DF	Li Hongbing	(1965-08-10)10 August 1965 (aged 20)	Jiangsu
6	2DF	Ju Lijin	(1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 19)	Shanghai
7	3MF	Pang Zhijian	(1965-11-14)14 November 1965 (aged 19)	Guangxi
8	3MF	Gong Lei	(1965-10-15)15 October 1965 (aged 19)	Beijing
9	4FW	Gao Hongbo	(1966-01-21)21 January 1966 (aged 19)	Beijing
10	4FW	Zhang Yan	(1966-10-03)3 October 1966 (aged 18)	Beijing
11	3MF	You Kewei	(1965-11-12)12 November 1965 (aged 19)	Shenyang
12	1GK	Lun Zhiming	(1965-10-04)4 October 1965 (aged 19)	Guangzhou
13	1GK	Li Jiandong	(1965-08-20)20 August 1965 (aged 20)	Beijing
14	3MF	Fu Bo	(1965-09-20)20 September 1965 (aged 19)	Liaoning
15	4FW	Li Hui	(1965-09-08)8 September 1965 (aged 19)	Liaoning
16	2DF	Yang Weijian	(1965-09-02)2 September 1965 (aged 19)	Shandong
17	4FW	Song Lianyong	(1965-10-08)8 October 1965 (aged 19)	Tianjin
18	3MF	Gao Zhongxun	(1965-10-04)4 October 1965 (aged 19)	Jilin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2	2DF	Terry Howard	(1966-02-26)26 February 1966 (aged 19)	Crystal Palace
3	2DF	Michael Thomas	(1967-08-24)24 August 1967 (aged 18)	Arsenal
4	3MF	Gary Stebbing	(1965-08-11)11 August 1965 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace
5	3MF	John Beresford	(1966-09-04)4 September 1966 (aged 18)	Manchester City
6	2DF	David Corner	(1966-05-15)15 May 1966 (aged 19)	Sunderland
7	4FW	Richard Cooke	(1965-09-04)4 September 1965 (aged 19)	Tottenham Hotspur
8	4FW	Paul Moulden	(1967-09-06)6 September 1967 (aged 17)	Manchester City
9	4FW	Robbie Wakenshaw	(1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (aged 19)	Everton
10	3MF	Stephen Scott	(1965-05-08)8 May 1965 (aged 20)	Queens Park Rangers
12	4FW	Nicky Wood	(1966-01-11)11 January 1966 (aged 19)	Manchester United
13	1GK	Derick Williams	(1965-10-05)5 October 1965 (aged 19)	Reading
14	3MF	Franz Carr	(1966-09-24)24 September 1966 (aged 18)	Nottingham Forest
15	4FW	Mark Stein	(1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 19)	Luton Town
16	1GK	Darren Heyes	(1967-01-11)11 January 1967 (aged 18)	Nottingham Forest
17	3MF	Philip Priest	(1966-09-09)9 September 1966 (aged 18)	Chelsea
18	2DF	Simon Ratcliffe	(1967-02-08)8 February 1967 (aged 18)	Manchester United

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Alejandro García	(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 24)^[1]	Toros Neza
2	2DF	Teodoro Orozco	(1963-10-22)22 October 1963 (aged 21)^[2]	Irapuato
3	2DF	Ángel Torres	(1965-10-01)1 October 1965 (aged 19)	Guadalajara
4	2DF	José Salatiel	(1967-07-23)23 July 1967 (aged 18)	Atlético Potosino
5	2DF	Guillermo Huerta	(1967-09-04)4 September 1967 (aged 17)	América
6	4FW	Víctor Medina	(1964-10-09)9 October 1964 (aged 20)^[3]	Atlético Potosino
7	3MF	Guillermo Vázquez	(1967-05-25)25 May 1967 (aged 18)	UNAM
8	3MF	José de la Torre	(1965-11-13)13 November 1965 (aged 19)	Guadalajara
9	3MF	Alberto García Aspe	(1967-05-11)11 May 1967 (aged 18)	UNAM
10	4FW	Francisco Javier Cruz	(1966-05-24)24 May 1966 (aged 19)	Monterrey
11	4FW	Juan Francisco Uribe Ronquillo	(1964-01-11)11 January 1964 (aged 21)^[4]	Pumas Enep
12	1GK	Héctor Quintero	(1964-08-06)6 August 1964 (aged 21)^[5]	Tecos UAG
13	2DF	Ignacio Herrera	(1967-10-10)10 October 1967 (aged 17)	Cruz Azul
14	3MF	Alejandro Frías	(1967-12-24)24 December 1967 (aged 17)	Puebla
15	3MF	Héctor Almazan	(1965-12-08)8 December 1965 (aged 19)	Tecos UAG
16	3MF	Ignacio Ambríz	(1965-02-07)7 February 1965 (aged 20)^[6]	Necaxa
17	4FW	David Patiño	(1967-09-06)6 September 1967 (aged 17)	Pumas Enep
18	4FW	Héctor Becerra	(1965-05-10)10 May 1965 (aged 20)^[7]	Monterrey

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Balbino Balbuena	(1966-03-31)31 March 1966 (aged 19)	Cerro Porteño
2	2DF	Virginio Cáceres	(1966-05-21)21 May 1966 (aged 19)	Guaraní
3	2DF	Isidoro Aquino	(1966-04-04)4 April 1966 (aged 19)	Sportivo Luqueño
4	2DF	Pelagio Sánchez	(1965-10-08)8 October 1965 (aged 19)	Sol de América
5	2DF	Fulgencio Díaz	(1966-01-16)16 January 1966 (aged 19)	Libertad
6	3MF	Julio César Franco	(1965-10-01)1 October 1965 (aged 19)	Guaraní
7	4FW	Eumelio Palacios	(1965-09-15)15 September 1965 (aged 19)	Libertad
8	3MF	Adolfo Jara Heyn	(1965-12-29)29 December 1965 (aged 19)	Olimpia
9	4FW	Amancio Mereles	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 19)	River Plate
10	3MF	José Paniagua	(1965-08-24)24 August 1965 (aged 20)	Nacional
11	4FW	Jorge Cartaman	(1965-08-20)20 August 1965 (aged 20)	Sol de América
12	1GK	Ubaldo González	(1966-05-16)16 May 1966 (aged 19)	Sportivo Luqueño
13	2DF	César Castro	(1966-04-24)24 April 1966 (aged 19)	Olimpia
14	2DF	Marcelino Antero	(1966-01-03)3 January 1966 (aged 19)	Sol de América
15	3MF	Adolfo Vera	(1965-09-27)27 September 1965 (aged 19)	Sportivo Luqueño
16	3MF	Desiderio Díaz	(1965-09-19)19 September 1965 (aged 19)	Libertad
17	4FW	Luis Jara	(1965-12-29)29 December 1965 (aged 19)	Olimpia
18	3MF	Carlos Galeano	(1965-08-15)15 August 1965 (aged 20)	Libertad

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