Participating Nations
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.
A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
- Argentina (16 - from a squad of 19)
- Australia (16 - from a squad of 20)
- Brazil (16 - from a squad of 20)
- China (14 - from a squad of 18)
- Guatemala (17 - from a squad of 19)
- Iraq (16 - from a squad of 20)
- Italy (18 - from a squad of 20)
- South Korea (16 - from a squad of 20)
- Nigeria (17 - from a squad of 20)
- Sweden (17 - from a squad of 20)
- Tunisia (19 - from a squad of 20)
- United States (16 - from a squad of 20)
- Soviet Union (18 - from a squad of 20)
- West Germany (18 - from a squad of 20)
- Yugoslavia (16 - from a squad of 18)
- Zambia (18 - from a squad of 20)
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