Below are the rosters for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Tunisia. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.
====== Head coach: Jack Braun
====== Head coach: Alfonso Portugal
====== Head coach: Chus Pereda
====== Head coach: Moktar Ben Nacef
====== Head coach: Rodolfo Trinidad Ramirez Godoy
====== Head coach: Gyula Rákosi
====== Head coach: Abdallah Ben Barek
====== Head coach: AgustÃÂn Isarch
====== Head coach: Evaristo de Macedo
====== Head coach: George Beniamini
====== Head coach: Mahmoud Yavari
====== Head coach: Italo Acconcia
====== Head coach: Alfred Hohenberger
(Nð17) Karl Meister MF Lask Linz Austria 24/2/1958 (Nð18) Johann Gross FW Rapid Wien Austria 21/12/1959
====== Head coach: Nedrag StankoviÃÂ
====== Head coach: Salvador Breglia
====== Head coach: Sergei Mosyagin