The 1978 World Cup was played in Argentina, and ended with the home nation winning its first World Cup gold in history. Holland's golden generation lost their second World Cup final in a row. Sweden drew with Brazil but still finished last in their group. Argentina's Mario Kempes won the top scorer's award, while other stars in the tournament included Cubillas from Peru and Boniek from Poland.
Bosse Hansson
Ove Kindvall
Tommy Engstrand
Arne Hegerfors
Sven Strömberg
Leif Söderström
Georg "Åby" Ericson
Tord Grip
Ronnie Hellström
Ralf Edström
Olle Nordin
Roland Andersson
Thomas Sjöberg
Roy Andersson
Björn Nordqvist
Hasse Borg
Ingemar Erlandsson
Bo Larsson
Torbjörn Nilsson
Kent Karlsson
Göran Hagberg
Jan Möller
Staffan Tapper
Magnus Andersson
Sanny Åslund
Benny Wendt
Anders Linderoth
Ronald Åman
Conny Torstensson
Lennart Larsson
Mario Kempes
Daniel Passarella
Rob Rensenbrink
Johan Neeskens
Teófilo Cubillas
Zico
Kenny Dalglish
Kevin Keegan
Paolo Rossi
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Alan Taylor
Willie Johnson
Gösta Sandberg
Bengt Gustavsson
Gunnar Gren
Agne Simonsson
Orvar Bergmark
Ulf Eriksson
Johnny Rep
Erich Ribbeck
Sepp Maier
Roland Sandberg
Bengt Grive
Jorge Rafael Videla
César Luis Menotti
Bengt Oldenburg