List of Wales national football team World Cup and European Championship squads

FIFA World Cup squads[]

1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden[]

• Manager: Jimmy Murphy

Number	Pos	Player	DOB(age)	Caps	Club1	Notes
1	GK	Jack Kelsey	(1929-11-19)19 November 1929 (aged 28)		Arsenal
2	DF	Stuart Williams	(1930-07-09)9 July 1930 (aged 27)		West Bromwich Albion
3	DF	Mel Hopkins	(1934-11-07)7 November 1934 (aged 23)		Tottenham Hotspur
4	DF	Derrick Sullivan	(1930-08-10)10 August 1930 (aged 27)		Cardiff City
5	MF	Mel Charles	(1935-05-14)14 May 1935 (aged 23)		Swansea Town
6	MF	Dave Bowen	(1928-06-07)7 June 1928 (aged 30)		Arsenal	Captain
7	FW	Terry Medwin	(1932-09-25)25 September 1932 (aged 25)		Tottenham Hotspur
8	FW	Ron Hewitt	(1928-06-21)21 June 1928 (aged 29)		Cardiff City
9	FW	John Charles	(1931-12-27)27 December 1931 (aged 26)		Juventus
10	FW	Ivor Allchurch	(1929-10-16)16 October 1929 (aged 28)		Swansea Town
11	FW	Cliff Jones	(1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 23)		Swansea Town
12	GK	Ken Jones	(1936-01-02)2 January 1936 (aged 22)		Cardiff City
13	GK	Graham Vearncombe	(1934-03-28)28 March 1934 (aged 24)		Cardiff City
14	DF	Trevor Edwards	(1937-01-24)24 January 1937 (aged 21)		Charlton Athletic
15	DF	Colin Baker	(1934-12-18)18 December 1934 (aged 23)		Cardiff City
16	MF	Vic Crowe	(1932-01-31)31 January 1932 (aged 26)		Aston Villa
17	FW	Ken Leek	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 22)		Leicester City
18	FW	Roy Vernon	(1937-04-14)14 April 1937 (aged 21)		Blackburn Rovers
19	FW	Colin Webster	(1932-07-17)17 July 1932 (aged 25)		Manchester United
20	MF	John Elsworthy	(1931-07-26)26 July 1931 (aged 26)		Ipswich Town
21	MF	Len Allchurch	(1933-09-12)12 September 1933 (aged 24)		Swansea Town
22	MF	Tom Baker	(1934-04-06)6 April 1934 (aged 24)		Plymouth Argyle

¹ Cardiff City and Swansea Town are both member of the English football league.

European Championship squads[]

UEFA Euro 2016 France[]

• Manager: Chris Coleman

Number	Pos	Player	DOB(age)	Caps	Goals	Club1	Notes
1	GK	Wayne Hennessey	(1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 29)	57	0	Crystal Palace
2	DF	Chris Gunter	(1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 29)	67	0	Reading
3	DF	Neil Taylor	(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 27)	28	0	Swansea City
4	DF	Ben Davies	(1993-04-24)24 April 1993 (aged 23)	20	0	Tottenham Hotspur
5	DF	James Chester	(1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 27)	11	0	West Bromwich Albion
6	DF	Ashley Williams	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 31)	59	1	Swansea City	Captain
7	MF	Joe Allen	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 26)	25	0	Liverpool
8	MF	Andy King	(1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 27)	33	2	Leicester City
9	FW	Hal Robson-Kanu	(1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 27)	30	2	Reading
10	MF	Aaron Ramsey	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 25)	39	10	Arsenal
11	FW	Gareth Bale	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 26)	55	19	Real Madrid
12	GK	Owain Fôn Williams	(1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 29)	1	0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
13	FW	George Williams	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 20)	7	0	Fulham
14	MF	David Edwards	(1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 30)	32	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
15	DF	Jazz Richards	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 25)	9	0	Fulham
16	MF	Joe Ledley	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 29)	61	4	Crystal Palace	Vice-captain
17	MF	David Cotterill	(1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 28)	23	2	Birmingham City
18	FW	Sam Vokes	(1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 26)	40	6	Burnley
19	DF	James Collins	(1983-08-23)23 August 1983 (aged 32)	47	3	West Ham United
20	MF	Jonathan Williams	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 22)	12	0	Crystal Palace
21	GK	Danny Ward	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 23)	2	0	Liverpool
22	MF	David Vaughan	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 33)	42	1	Nottingham Forest
23	FW	Simon Church	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 27)	36	3	Milton Keynes Dons

¹ Swansea City is a member of the English football league. ² All appearances and goals are correct prior to the start of the tournament.

Player statistics[]

Player representation by club[]

Players	Club(s)
6	Swansea Town
5	Cardiff City
3	Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur
2	Fulham, Leicester City, Liverpool, Reading, West Bromwich Albion
1	Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ipswich Town, Juventus, Manchester United, Milton Keynes Dons, Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Real Madrid, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Player representation by league[]

League	Players	Percentage
First Division	20	0.46
Second Division	19	0.44
La Liga	1	0.02
Scottish Premiership	1	0.02
Serie A	1	0.02
Third Division	1	0.02

Records[]

• Youngest Player: Roy Vernon, 21 years and 63 days (vs.  Sweden, 15 June 1958)
• Oldest Player: Ashley Williams, 31 years and 74 days (vs.  Slovakia, 11 June 2016)
• Most goals scored in World Cup: Ivor Allchurch (2 goals - 1958)
• Most goals scored in European Championship: Gareth Bale (3 goals - 2016)
• Most Appearances: 5 - Jack Kelsey, Stuart Williams, Mel Hopkins, Mel Charles, Dave Bowen, Ivor Allchurch, Cliff Jones

Starting XI[]

The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups. This line-up may differ from the list of players with most appearances.

References[]

• "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden Welsh Squad". FIFA.com. FIFA. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2010.