| Nakanishi, Masanori "Komabano"; de Arruda, Marcelo Leme 21 May 2009 | Bernardi, Bruno 30 June 1975 |
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| de Arruda, Marcelo Leme 28 May 2008 | Union of European Football Associations |
| Union of European Football Associations | Originally, the 1953 competition was supposed to include four Brazilian teams and four foreign teams, but the Uruguayan Football Association prohibited Club Nacional de Montevideo from participating at the last minute |
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| de Arruda, Marcelo Leme 17 July 2012 | FIFA's website indicates that Banks also was part of the 1962 English squad, while another source states that he was not part of the squad, having been omitted from it after initially being meant to be a stay-at-home reserve |
| [Parola and Altafini will make this a nostalgic tournament to remember] | They are among the few players to have represented different nations in the World Cup |
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| They were replaced by another Brazilian club, Fluminense, as there was not enough time to search for a foreign substitute |
Germany is considered the inheritor of the records of the former team, which won the 1954, 1974 and 1990 titles.