Soccernostalgia Question:Let’s
start of by discussing the winner Michel Platini, was this is a fully deserved
win or was it regarded as controversial at the time?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: With 18
first place votes and 23 overall out of a population of 26 jurors, I think it’s
clear that Platini was well out in front of his rivals for the award in 1983,
at least in contemporary perceptions.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: I don’t think there would have been too much argument, he was
the outstanding candidate.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question:Briefly,
describe the merits of the winner Michel Platini and the main reason the player
won?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: In his
first season with Juventus the Frenchman ended up as the topscorer in Serie A,
won the Coppa Italia and was a runner-up in the European Cup. He was also well
on the way to building on those achievements in the following season by the
time jurors cast their votes.
Stylistically Platini exuded class and poise on the ball. He was an
exceptional goalscorer from midfield and one of the greatest free-kick takers
the game has ever seen. I think he ticked all the boxes in terms of style and
substance when rating players of the time.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: He was a gifted footballer, by then well established as a
goalscorer and playmaker, but to settle into the no.10 role so easily in his
first season at Juventus took him to an even higher level. To be top scorer in
Serie A was a great achievement and he was clearly the key player in the France
team who were already looking like favourites for the following year’s European
Championship.
Soccernostalgia Question: Playing
devil’s advocate, what would be the legitimate arguments against his selection?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: I think
this is a season where it’s hard to really argue with the choice of winner.
Maybe the best argument would be that Juventus ultimately fell short in both
Serie A and the European Cup, but it’s hard to pin that on Platini given how he
performed in the two competitions.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: I don’t think there are too many, only maybe that he wasn’t
tested in any competitive internationals over the year with France hosting the
Euros the next year.
Soccernostalgia Question: Let’s
discuss the top 5 (1-Platini, 2-Dalglish, 3-Simonsen, 4-Strachan, 5-Magath).
How do you assess this list and were there any surprises?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: I think
it’s fair to say that it’s not the strongest top 5 we’ve ever seen. With no
World Cup or European Championship, the jurors are focused primarily on club
football and it wasn’t necessarily a vintage season with the biggest teams
performing at their best.
Dalglish had a great season at Liverpool. He won the league and the
league cup, was named as player of the year by his fellow professionals and the
football writers, so this was arguably the pinnacle of his career.
Simonsen we’ll come on to while Strachan and Magath are both rewarded
for the continental exploits of their clubs and their own integral parts in
achieving those.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: It seems a fair representation to me, only really Simonsen could
be considered a surprise, as we will discuss below…
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question:
Let’s discuss Allan Simonsen, the 1977 winner. He was having a second act with
the emerging Denmark side. His selection and rebirth must have been a surprise
at the time?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: Given he
started the year playing for Charlton Athletic in the Second Division and ended
it playing domestic Danish football with Velje, it certainly was a surprise.
Ultimately it was a reward for the shock success of the Danes in qualifying for
Euro 84. They had topped their group at the expense of England and had earned a
famous victory at Wembley with Simonsen scoring the only goal via a penalty. I
think third place overrates his performance over the course of the year but
underlines the great emphasis placed at this time on a small number of marquee
games.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: It certainly seemed when he left Barcelona to join Charlton in
the Second Division at the end of 1982, and later in 1983 moved back to Denmark
with Vejle, that his career was winding down. The national team’s success,
particularly winning at Wembley, showed he was still a force individually and a
great influence on the talented young players around him.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: From
the top 5 selections, which one please you the most?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: I think
it’s nice to see Strachan in there as a representative of the success of
Aberdeen. He’s not necessarily given the credit he’s due as an excellent player
who performed well over the course of a fine career, both for Scotland and at
club level with Aberdeen, Manchester United and Leeds. Technically he was very
good, he was clever in his use of the ball and he scored goals. Had English
clubs not been banned from Europe in 1985, he might well have been able to show
his ability in the club game a bit more.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: It’s good to see Gordon Strachan up there, recognition for his
and Aberdeen’s achievements but also I think a sign that Scottish football was
really strong then, with the Old Firm being challenged and even overshadowed by
Dundee United and Aberdeen. Strachan as we know went on to shine for both
Manchester United and Leeds United in a great career.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: Any
notable omissions in the top 5 (or top 10)?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: It’s
hard to make a case that anyone was robbed this year in terms of inclusion.
It’s not a year in which many players really hit the heights they were capable
of.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: Based on Denmark’s performances, Michael Laudrup might have been
higher, but with the Olsens (Jesper and Morten) and of course Simonsen, maybe
the Danish votes were split.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: Any
player who should have received more votes than they received (For myself, Ian
Rush should have received more votes and I even think Johann Cruyff should have
been included for his impact at Ajax and Feyenoord at the time)?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: Cruyff
is a fair shout, having won the Eredivisie title with Ajax and he was then on
the way to winning it again with Feyenoord. He had lost none of his footballing
intelligence, even if he wasn’t quite at the athletic peak of his prime.
Rush was in the middle of an exceptional season with Liverpool, but
that should be more reflected in 1984.
Pietro Vierchowod had enjoyed an excellent year with Roma, winning
Serie A and was the best rated player in Italy, so he might have expected to
feature.
Given that Pfaff and Dassaev placed in the top 10, I’d have thought
Peter Shilton would have been worthy of inclusion.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: I would agree with both of those, Rush’s goalscoring was
exceptional but also surprising is the absence of Graeme Souness. Dalglish was
outstanding but Souness was arguably the most influential player in a Liverpool
team who were totally dominant in England at that time.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: Which
players benefited from a Cup/Tournament and which ones were recognized for
their performance during the entire calendar year?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: With no
World Cup or Euros, there’s not a case like Rossi the previous year where he
won it solely for his World Cup heroics.
Certainly players like Magath and Strachan benefitted from their
performances in the European Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup respectively, but they
performed well during the whole season.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: It’s often discussed that given the lack of widespread TV
coverage, there was a greater weight on the cup competitions – in particular
the European Cup – and without a major international tournament, Felix Magath
might have benefitted especially from that.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: Let’s
analyze the previous winner Paolo Rossi. What counted against him this year?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: There
was no World Cup! This is actually one of Rossi’s stronger years as he was the
top scorer in the European Cup in 1982-3 and scored a crucial goal for Juventus
as they won the Coppa Italia as well as scoring seven times in the league which
was a respectable figure in 1980s Serie A. But his victory the year before had
been an outlier based on a handful of exceptional World Cup displays so was
difficult to repeat.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: Italy’s poor performance in Euro qualifying must have been the
main factor, as he was the European Cup top scorer in 1982/83 and I don’t think
was doing too badly in Serie A. He was bound to be less prominent than in his
World Cup-winning year though.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: If
the voting had been open to non-Europeans at the time, who would have been the
main beneficiaries(s)?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: Zico won
the World Soccer award for this year, Socrates was the South American player of
the year and Diego Maradona played well at Barcelona when fit. I would think
Paulo Roberto Falcao, who won Serie A with Roma, would have been a major
contender and a possible rival to Platini for this year, had he been eligible.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: Obviously there weren’t anywhere near as many non-Europeans
around the leagues as now, it was a smaller group and would be hard to look
beyond Paulo Roberto Falcão at Roma, a great player probably at his peak around
this time. Maybe Jorge Valdano and Hugo Sanchez in Spain – but it wasn’t a
vintage year for Maradona…
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1968, December 27,
1983
Soccernostalgia Question: Let’s
discuss the jurors, which were the most interesting votes from a correspondent?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: There are
some typical cases of jurors choosing their own compatriots which always crop
up. The inclusion of Costica Stefanescu, Vasilis Hatzipanagis and Stoicho
Mladenov for instance.
More broadly we can see the early inclusions of Michael Laudrup and
Ruud Gullit who would go on to become such superstars in the years ahead. The
West German voter Hans Blickensdorfer included both of them but managed to omit
Platini from his top 5 entirely.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: Vasilios Hatzipanagis, the Soviet/Greek player then at Iraklis,
is definitely an interesting choice – he had a good reputation but a low
profile as he never played in Europe’s biggest leagues.
Soccernostalgia Question: What
were the most unbelievable or baffling selection from a juror?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: I don’t
think there were any this year. Even Dermot Ashmore played it by the book.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: It looks like some of the correspondents (Belgium, East Germany,
Portugal) managed to ignore Platini in their selections and others (Bulgaria,
Romania, USSR, Portugal again) found room for unusual choices from their own
country!
Soccernostalgia Question: In
closing, what is the legacy of Michel Platini’s selection as Ballon d’Or, how is
it regarded after all these years?
Mr. Robert Fielder @ademir2zResponse: I think
it’s seen as the start of a remarkable run for one of history’s best players at
Juventus, though maybe that is fading a little in the memory. Platini’s time as
an administrator and the associated scandals have impacted on his legacy as a
player and he’s not always given quite the respect he deserves as a player. For
a midfielder to have been such a prolific scorer, particularly without
sacrificing his own creativity, really stands out. Yet among younger viewers
Platini’s place among football’s greatest figures seems to have drifted as that
of Zinedine Zidane has grown.
Mr. Paul Whittle
@1888letter Response: He was at his peak in the mid-80s for France and
Juventus, a creator and scorer of goals and recognised as one of the world’s
best players. His Ballon d’Or successes reflect that, regardless of his career
since retiring…
Brazil National Team matches during the 1966 World Cup
July 12, 1966, FIFA World Cup, Liverpool, England, Brazil
2-Bulgaria 0 (Edson Arantes do
Nascimento ‘Pelé’ 15, Manoel dos Santos Garrincha
63)
July 14, 1966, FIFA World Cup, Liverpool, England, Hungary 3-Brazil
1 (Ferenc Bene 3, Janos
Farkas 54, Kálmán Mészöly 72 pen / Eduardo Gonçalves
de Andrade Tostão 14)
July 19, 1966, FIFA World Cup, Liverpool, England, Portugal 3-Brazil
1 (Antonio Simões
da Costa 14, ‘Eusebio’ da Silva
Ferreira 23, 85 / Rildo da Costa Menezes 75)
Brazil’s 1966 World Cup Finals squad:
1- Gilmar dos Snatos Neves (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São
Paulo) (goalkeeper)
2- Djalma Santos
(Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
3- José Maria Fidélis dos
Santos (Bangu Atletico Clube- Rio de Janeiro) 4- Hideraldo Luis Bellini
(São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) 5-Hércules de Brito
Ruas (Club de Regatas Vasco da
Gama - Rio de Janeiro) 6- Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de
Janeiro) 7- Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho (Santos
Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) 8- Paulo
Henrique Souza de Oliveira(Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 9-Rildo da Costa Menezes(Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 10- Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’
(Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
11-Gérson
de Oliveira Nunes (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 12- Ailton Corrêa ArrudaManga (Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) (goalkeeper) 13- Denilson
Custodio Machado(Fluminense
Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)
14- Antônio Lima dos
Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) 15-José
Eli de Miranda Zito (Santos
Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
16-
Manoel dos Santos Garrincha (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São
Paulo)
17- Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
18- Alcindo Martha de Freitas(Grêmio Foot-Ball
Porto Alegrense) 19- Walter Machado da Silva
(Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)
20- Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade Tostão (Cruzeiro
Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte) 21-Abemir de BarrosParaná(São Paulo Futebol Clube-
São Paulo)
22-Jonas Eduardo Américo ‘Edu’(Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São
Paulo)
Coach: Vincente Italo Feola
Team Captain: Hideraldo Luis Bellini
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Note:
1-At 16 years old, Jonas Eduardo Américo ‘Edu’ was the youngest ever player in a Brazilian
World Cup squad. He did not play in the World Cup.
Photo From: World Soccer, July 1966
(List for the provisional squad)
Photo From: 66 -
Album Alemao-Die Weltmeisterschaft 1966 in England
Venue:Liverpool-Goodison Park (Everton FC),
England
Attendance:52,847
Referee: Kurt Waldemar
Tschenscher (Germany)
Linesmen: George
McCabe (England), Jack Taylor (England)
Kick-off time: 19:30
Goalscorers:
(Brazil): Edson
Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’15, Manoel dos Santos Garrincha
63
(Bulgaria): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (15th minute, Brazil): Pele
scored from a free kick.
2:0 (63rd minute, Brazil): Garrincha
scored from a free kick.
Lineups:
Brazil:
1- Gilmar dos Snatos Neves (Santos Futebol
Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
2- Djalma Santos
(Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
4- Hideraldo Luis Bellini
(São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)
6- Altair Gomes de
Figueiredo (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)
8- Paulo Henrique
Souza de Oliveira(Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de
Janeiro)
13- Denilson Custodio
Machado(Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)
14- Antônio Lima dos
Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
16- Manoel dos Santos Garrincha (Sport Club Corinthians
Paulista- São Paulo)
18- Alcindo Martha
de Freitas(Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)
10- Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ (Santos Futebol
Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
17- Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
Coach: Vincente Italo Feola
Team
Captain: Hideraldo Luis Bellini
Official Kit
Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors:
Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks
11-Ivan Kolev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub
Armija) Cherveno zname-Sofia)
Coach: Rudolf Vitlacil (Czechoslovakia)
Team Captain: Boris Gaganelov
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Photo From: World Soccer,
March 1967
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: World Soccer,
December 1966
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: History of the
World Cup Author Michael Archer
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: France Football,
Issue 3140, June 13, 2006
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: Stadion
1966 #29
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: Seleccao
Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto
Assaf-WC 66
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: L’Equipe-La
Coupe Du Monde, Volume 1, 1930-1970
(July 12, 1966, World
Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Photo From: Stadion
1966 #31-32
(Brazil squad, July 12,
1966, World Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Note: Denilson is
erroneously referred as Fidelis in the caption
Photo From: Stadion
1966 #31-32
(Bulgaria squad, July
12, 1966, World Cup, Brazil 2-Brazil 0)
Date:July 15, 1966
Competition:FIFA World Cup-Group C
Result:Hungary 3-Brazil 1
Venue: Liverpool-Goodison
Park (Everton FC),
England
Attendance:57, 455
Referee: KenDagnall (England)
Linesmen: Kevin Howley
(England), Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Kick-off time: 19:30
Goalscorers:
(Hungary): Ferenc Bene 3,
Janos Farkas 54, Kálmán
Mészöly 72 pen
(Brazil): Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade Tostão
14
Summary of goals:
1:0 (3rd minute,
Hungary): From the middle, Sipos
passed to Bene on the edge of the box on the right side, he cut in and shot.
1:1 (14th minute,
Brazil): Lima’s ground level free
kick from the middle, was stopped and then shot in by Eduardo Gonçalves
de Andrade Tostão.
2:1 (54th minute,
Hungary): Bene’s cross from the right
side was volleyed in by Farkas.
3:1 (72nd minute,
Hungary): Paulo Henrique
Souza de Oliveira foueldd Bene in the box. Kálmán Mészöly scored from the ensuing penalty kick.
Lineups:
Hungary:
21-József Gelei (Tatabányai
Bányász Sport Club)
3-Sandor Matrai (Ferencvárosi
Torna Club- Budapest)
2-Beno Kaposzta (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)
17-Gusztav Szepesi
(Tatabányai Bányász Sport Club)
5-Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)
6-Ferenc Sipos (Budapesti
Honvéd Sport Egyesület)
7-Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa
Sport Club- Budapest)
13-Imre Mathesz (Vasas Sport
Club- Budapesti)
9-Florian Albert
(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)
10-Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)
11-Gyula Rákosi
(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)
Coach: Lajos Baroti
Team Captain: Ferenc Sipos
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts,
Green Socks
Brazil:
1- Gilmar dos Snatos Neves (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São
Paulo)
2- Djalma Santos
(Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
4- Hideraldo Luis Bellini (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)
6- Altair Gomes de
Figueiredo (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)
8- Paulo Henrique
Souza de Oliveira(Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de
Janeiro)
14- Antônio Lima dos
Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
11-Gérson
de Oliveira Nunes (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
16- Manoel dos Santos Garrincha (Sport Club Corinthians
Paulista- São Paulo)
18- Alcindo Martha
de Freitas(Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)
20- Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade Tostão (Cruzeiro
Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)
17- Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
Coach: Vincente Italo
Feola
Team Captain: Hideraldo Luis Bellini
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue
Shorts, White Socks
Photo From: History of the
World Cup Author Michael Archer
Photo From: 1966 Uncovered,
the unseen story of the World Cup in England, by Peter Robinson and Doug
Cheeseman
(July 15, 1966, World
Cup, Hungary 3-Brazil 1)
Photo From: 1966
Uncovered, the unseen story of the World Cup in England, by Peter Robinson and
Doug Cheeseman
(July 15, 1966, World
Cup, Hungary 3-Brazil 1)
Photo From: 1966
Uncovered, the unseen story of the World Cup in England, by Peter Robinson and
Doug Cheeseman
(July 15, 1966, World
Cup, Hungary 3-Brazil 1)
Date:July 19, 1966
Competition:FIFA World Cup-Group C
Result:Portugal 3-Brazil 1
Venue: Liverpool-Goodison
Park (Everton FC),
England
Attendance:62,204
Referee: George McCabe (England)
Linesmen: Leo Callaghan (Wales),
Ken Dagnall (England)
Kick-off time: 19:30
Goalscorers:
(Portugal): Antonio Simões
da Costa 14, ‘Eusebio’ da Silva
Ferreira 23, 85
(Brazil): Rildo da Costa Menezes75
Summary of goals:
1:0 (14th minute, Portugal): ‘Eusebio’
da Silva Ferreira’s cross from the left side, was parried by Manga, Antonio Simões
da Costa headed in the loose ball.
2:0 (23rd minute, Portugal): A corner cross from the right side was headed across
to the right side by José Augusto Costa Senica Torres and headed in by ‘Eusebio’ da Silva
Ferreira.
2:1 (75th minute, Brazil):
From the middle, Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho passed across to the left to Rildo da Costa Menezes. He
struck a ground level shot from edge of teh box.
3:1 (85th minute, Portugal): A corner from the right side, José Augusto
Costa Senica Torres headed
down and ‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira volleyed near the near post on the
right.
Portugal:
3- José Pereira(Clube de Futebol ´Os
Belenenses`-Lisboa)
17-João Pedro Morais(Sporting Clube de
Portugal-Lisboa)
20- JoséAlexandre da Silva Baptista (Sporting
Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)
4- Vicente Lucas (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)
9- Hilario
Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)
16- Jaime
da Silva Graça (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal)
10-Mario Esteves Coluna
(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
12-
José Augusto Pinto de Almeida (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
13-‘Eusebio’ da
Silva Ferreira (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
18-José Augusto Costa Senica Torres
(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
11-Antonio Simões
da Costa (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts,
Green Socks
Brazil:
12- Ailton Corrêa ArrudaManga
(Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
3- José Maria Fidélis
dos Santos (Bangu Atletico Clube- Rio de Janeiro)
5-Hércules de Brito
Ruas (Club de Regatas Vasco da
Gama - Rio de Janeiro)
7- Orlando Peçanha
de Carvalho (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
9-Rildo da Costa
Menezes(Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
13- Denilson Custodio
Machado(Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)
14- Antônio Lima dos
Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
17- Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)
19- Walter Machado da Silva (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de
Janeiro)
10- Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ (Santos Futebol
Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
21-Abemir de BarrosParaná(São Paulo Futebol
Clube- São Paulo)
Coach: Vincente Italo
Feola
Team Captain: Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue
Shorts, White Socks
Photo From: L'Equipe Magazine, Issue 792, June 7, 1997
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