| MD | Players | Clubs | Nationality | DOB | A(D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-1978 |  Jan Jongbloed | Netherlands | Netherlands | 25-Nov-1940 | 37(212) |
| 24-Jun-1978 |  Dino Zoff | Italy | Italy | 28-Feb-1942 | 36(116) |
| 11-Jun-1978 |  Bjorn Nordqvist | Sweden | Sweden | 06-Oct-1942 | 35(249) |
| 21-Jun-1978 |  Sepp Maier | Germany | West Germany | 28-Feb-1944 | 34(114) |
| 21-Jun-1978 |  Hector Chumpitaz | Peru | Peru | 12-Apr-1944 | 34(70) |
| 11-Jun-1978 | Bo Larsson | Sweden | Sweden | 05-May-1944 | 34(37) |
| 25-Jun-1978 | Wim Suurbier | Netherlands | Netherlands | 16-Jan-1945 | 33(160) |
| 03-Jun-1978 |  Pirri | Spain | Spain | 11-Mar-1945 | 33(84) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Romeo Benetti | Italy | Italy | 20-Oct-1945 | 32(244) |
| 24-Jun-1978 |  Roberto Rivelino | Brazil | Brazil | 01-Jan-1946 | 32(174) |
| 02-Jun-1978 |  Jean-Marc Guillou | France | France | 20-Dec-1945 | 32(164) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Bernd Holzenbein | Germany | West Germany | 09-Mar-1946 | 32(104) |
| 10-Jun-1978 |  Laszlo Pusztai | Hungary | Hungary | 01-Mar-1946 | 32(101) |
| 18-Jun-1978 |  Hans Pirkner | Austria | Austria | 25-Mar-1946 | 32(85) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Robert Sara | Austria | Austria | 09-Jun-1946 | 32(12) |
| 21-Jun-1978 |  Henryk Kasperczak | Poland | Poland | 10-Jul-1946 | 31(347) |
| 03-Jun-1978 | Don Masson | Scotland | Scotland | 26-Aug-1946 | 31(281) |
| 25-Jun-1978 | Wim Jansen | Netherlands | Netherlands | 28-Oct-1946 | 31(241) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Erich Beer | Germany | Germany | 09-Dec-1946 | 31(194) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Piet Schrijvers | Netherlands | Netherlands | 15-Dec-1946 | 31(189) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Eddie Krieger | Austria | Austria | 16-Dec-1946 | 31(188) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Berti Vogts | Germany | Germany | 30-Dec-1946 | 31(173) |
| 03-Jun-1978 | Willie Johnston | Scotland | Scotland | 19-Dec-1946 | 31(167) |
| 03-Jun-1978 | Carlos Rexach | Spain | Spain | 13-Jan-1947 | 31(141) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Wlodek Lubanski | Poland | Poland | 28-Feb-1947 | 31(113) |
| 11-Jun-1978 | Archie Gemmill | Scotland | Scotland | 24-Mar-1947 | 31(80) |
| 11-Jun-1978 |  Hossein Kazerani | Iran | Iran | 13-Apr-1947 | 31(59) |
| 03-Jun-1978 | Jesus de la Cruz | Spain | Spain | 07-May-1947 | 31(28) |
| 25-Jun-1978 | Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | Netherlands | 03-Jul-1947 | 30(358) |
| 24-Jun-1978 | Claudio Sala | Italy | Italy | 08-Sep-1947 | 30(290) |
| 11-Jun-1978 | Bruce Rioch | Scotland | Scotland | 06-Sep-1947 | 30(279) |
| 11-Jun-1978 | Ali Parvin | Iran | Iran | 25-Sep-1947 | 30(260) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Kazimierz Deyna | Poland | Poland | 23-Oct-1947 | 30(242) |
| 06-Jun-1978 | Laszlo Fazekas | Hungary | Hungary | 15-Oct-1947 | 30(235) |
| 06-Jun-1978 | Henri Michel | France | France | 28-Oct-1947 | 30(222) |
| 25-Jun-1978 |  Omar Larrosa | Argentina | Argentina | 18-Nov-1947 | 30(220) |
| 11-Jun-1978 | Miguel Angel | Spain | Spain | 24-Dec-1947 | 30(170) |
| 14-Jun-1978 | Jan Tomaszewski | Poland | Poland | 09-Jan-1948 | 30(157) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Zygmunt Kukla | Poland | Poland | 21-Jan-1948 | 30(152) |
| 07-Jun-1978 | Joe Harper | Scotland | Scotland | 11-Jan-1948 | 30(148) |
| 14-Jun-1978 | Heinz Flohe | Germany | Germany | 28-Jan-1948 | 30(138) |
| 10-Jun-1978 | Laszlo Balint | Hungary | Hungary | 01-Feb-1948 | 30(130) |
| 25-Jun-1978 | Luis Galvan | Argentina | Argentina | 24-Feb-1948 | 30(122) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Fritz Koncilia | Austria | Austria | 25-Feb-1948 | 30(117) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Bernard Dietz | Germany | West Germany | 22-Mar-1948 | 30(91) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Josef Hickersberger | Austria | Austria | 27-Apr-1948 | 30(55) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Toninho | Brazil | Brazil | 07-Jun-1948 | 30(14) |
| 21-Jun-1978 | Juan Jose Munante | Peru | Peru | 12-Jul-1948 | 29(344) |
| 07-Jun-1978 | Steffan Tapper | Sweden | Sweden | 10-Jul-1948 | 29(332) |
| 02-Jun-1978 | Patrice Rio | France | France | 15-Aug-1948 | 29(291) |
MD = Match date,
DOB = Date Of Birth,
A(D) = Age(Days).