Italy_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup Knowpia

This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. The team was present in 18 out of the 22 tournaments, reaching six finals, a third place and a fourth place.

The Italy national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Overall record edit

Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	3
1938	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	5
1950	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	4	3
1954	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	6	7
1958	Did not qualify
1962	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2
1966	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	2	2
1970	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	10	8
1974	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4
1978	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	9	6
1982	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	12	6
1986	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	5	6
1990	Third place	3rd	7	6	1	0	10	2
1994	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	8	5
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	2	0	8	3
2002	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	5	5
2006	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	12	2
2010	Group stage	26th	3	0	2	1	4	5
2014	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	2	3
2018	Did not qualify
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
Total	4 Titles	18/22	83	45	21	17	128	77

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

Italy's World Cup record
First Match	Italy 7–1 United States (27 May 1934; Rome, Italy)
Biggest Win	Italy 7–1 United States (27 May 1934; Rome, Italy)
Biggest Defeat	Switzerland 4–1 Italy (23 June 1954; Basel, Switzerland) Brazil 4–1 Italy (21 June 1970; Mexico City, Mexico)
Best Result	Champions in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006
Worst Result	Group stage in 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1974, 2010 and 2014

Finals edit

Year	Manager	Captain	Goal Scorer(s)
1934	Vittorio Pozzo	Gianpiero Combi	Raimundo Orsi, Angelo Schiavio
1938	Vittorio Pozzo	Giuseppe Meazza	Gino Colaussi (2), Silvio Piola (2)
1970	Ferruccio Valcareggi	Giacinto Facchetti	Roberto Boninsegna
1982	Enzo Bearzot	Dino Zoff	Paolo Rossi, Marco Tardelli, Alessandro Altobelli
1994	Arrigo Sacchi	Franco Baresi	–
2006	Marcello Lippi	Fabio Cannavaro	Marco Materazzi

By match edit

Italy's score listed first

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
1934	Round of 16	United States	7–1	Rome	Schiavio (3), Orsi (2), Ferrari, Meazza
	Quarter-finals	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Florence	Ferrari
	Quarter-finals	Spain	1–0	Florence	Meazza
	Semi-finals	Austria	1–0	Milan	Guaita
	Final	Czechoslovakia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rome	Orsi, Schiavio
1938	Round of 16	Norway	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Ferraris, Piola
	Quarter-finals	France	3–1	Paris	Piola (2), Colaussi
	Semi-finals	Brazil	2–1	Marseille	Colaussi, Meazza
	Final	Hungary	4–2	Paris	Colaussi (2), Piola (2)
1950	Group stage	Sweden	2–3	São Paulo	Carapellese, Muccinelli
1950	Group stage	Paraguay	2–0	São Paulo	Carapellese, Pandolfini
1954	Group stage	Switzerland	1–2	Lausanne	Boniperti
	Group stage	Belgium	4–1	Lugano	Pandolfini, Galli, Frignani, Lorenzi
	Play-off	Switzerland	1–4	Basel	Nesti
1962	Group stage	West Germany	0–0	Santiago	—
		Chile	0–2	Santiago	—
		Switzerland	3–0	Santiago	Bulgarelli (2), Mora
1966	Group stage	Chile	2–0	Sunderland	A. Mazzola, Barison
		Soviet Union	0–1	Sunderland	—
		North Korea	0–1	Middlesbrough	—
1970	Group stage	Sweden	1–0	Toluca	Domenghini
		Uruguay	0–0	Puebla	—
		Israel	0–0	Toluca	—
	Quarter-finals	Mexico	4–1	Toluca	Riva (2), Guzmán (o.g.), Rivera
	Semi-finals	West Germany	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Mexico City	Boninsegna, Burgnich, Riva, Rivera
	Final	Brazil	1–4	Mexico City	Boninsegna
1974	Group stage	Haiti	3–1	Munich	Rivera, Benetti, Anastasi
		Argentina	1–1	Stuttgart	Perfumo (o.g.)
		Poland	1–2	Stuttgart	Capello
1978	Group stage	France	2–1	Mar del Plata	Rossi, Zaccarelli
		Hungary	3–1	Mar del Plata	Rossi, Bettega, Benetti
		Argentina	1–0	Buenos Aires	Bettega
	Second round	West Germany	0–0	Buenos Aires	—
		Austria	1–0	Buenos Aires	Rossi
		Netherlands	1–2	Buenos Aires	Brandts (o.g.)
	Third place play-off	Brazil	1–2	Buenos Aires	Causio
1982	Group stage	Poland	0–0	Vigo	—
		Peru	1–1	Vigo	Conti
		Cameroon	1–1	Vigo	Graziani
	Second round	Argentina	2–1	Barcelona	Tardelli, Cabrini
	Second round	Brazil	3–2	Barcelona	Rossi (3)
	Semi-finals	Poland	2–0	Barcelona	Rossi (2)
	Final	West Germany	3–1	Madrid	Rossi, Tardelli, Altobelli
1986	Group stage	Bulgaria	1–1	Mexico City	Altobelli
		Argentina	1–1	Puebla	Altobelli
		South Korea	3–2	Puebla	Altobelli (2), Cho K. R. (o.g.)
	Round of 16	France	0–2	Mexico City	—
1990	Group stage	Austria	1–0	Rome	Schillaci
		United States	1–0	Rome	Giannini
		Czechoslovakia	2–0	Rome	Schillaci, R. Baggio
	Round of 16	Uruguay	2–0	Rome	Schillaci, Serena
	Quarter-finals	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Rome	Schillaci
	Semi-finals	Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen.)	Naples	Schillaci
	Third place play-off	England	2–1	Bari	R. Baggio, Schillaci
1994	Group stage	Republic of Ireland	0–1	East Rutherford	—
		Norway	1–0	East Rutherford	D. Baggio
		Mexico	1–1	Washington, D.C.	Massaro
	Round of 16	Nigeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Foxborough	R. Baggio (2)
	Quarter-finals	Spain	2–1	Foxborough	D. Baggio, R. Baggio
	Semi-finals	Bulgaria	2–1	East Rutherford	R. Baggio (2)
	Final	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 pen.)	Pasadena	—
1998	Group stage	Chile	2–2	Bordeaux	Vieri, R. Baggio
		Cameroon	3–0	Montpellier	Vieri (2), Di Biagio
		Austria	2–1	Saint-Denis	Vieri, R. Baggio
	Round of 16	Norway	1–0	Marseille	Vieri
	Quarter-finals	France	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen.)	Saint-Denis	—
2002	Group stage	Ecuador	2–0	Sapporo	Vieri (2)
		Croatia	1–2	Ibaraki	Vieri
		Mexico	1–1	Ōita	Del Piero
	Round of 16	South Korea	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Daejeon	Vieri
2006	Group stage	Ghana	2–0	Hanover	Pirlo, Iaquinta
		United States	1–1	Kaiserslautern	Gilardino
		Czech Republic	2–0	Hamburg	Materazzi, Inzaghi
	Round of 16	Australia	1–0	Kaiserslautern	Totti
	Quarter-finals	Ukraine	3–0	Hamburg	Toni (2), Zambrotta
	Semi-finals	Germany	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Dortmund	Grosso, Del Piero
	Final	France	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pen.)	Berlin	Materazzi
2010	Group stage	Paraguay	1–1	Cape Town	De Rossi
		New Zealand	1–1	Nelspruit	Iaquinta
		Slovakia	2–3	Johannesburg	Di Natale, Quagliarella
2014	Group stage	England	2–1	Manaus	Marchisio, Balotelli
		Costa Rica	0–1	Recife	—
		Uruguay	0–1	Natal	—

Record by opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
Argentina	2	3	0	5	6	4
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	0
Austria	4	0	0	4	5	1
Belgium	1	0	0	1	4	1
Brazil	2	1	2	5	7	9
Bulgaria	1	1	0	2	3	2
Cameroon	1	1	0	2	4	1
Chile	1	1	1	3	4	4
Costa Rica	0	0	1	1	0	1
Croatia	0	0	1	1	1	2
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	2	0
Czechoslovakia	2	0	0	2	4	1
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	2	0
England	2	0	0	2	4	2
France	2	2	1	5	6	5
Germany	3	2	0	5	9	4
Ghana	1	0	0	1	2	0
Haiti	1	0	0	1	3	1
Hungary	2	0	0	2	7	3
Israel	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mexico	1	2	0	3	6	3
Netherlands	0	0	1	1	1	2
New Zealand	0	1	0	1	1	1
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	2	1
North Korea	0	0	1	1	0	1
Norway	3	0	0	3	4	1
Paraguay	1	1	0	2	3	1
Peru	0	1	0	1	1	1
Poland	1	1	1	3	3	2
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	2	1	1
Slovakia	0	0	1	1	2	3
South Korea	1	0	1	2	4	4
Soviet Union	0	0	1	1	0	1
Spain	2	1	0	3	4	2
Sweden	1	0	1	2	3	3
Switzerland	1	0	2	3	5	6
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	3	0
United States	2	1	0	3	9	2
Uruguay	1	1	1	3	2	1

World Cup Finals edit

1934 World Cup Final v Czechoslovakia edit

With temperatures around 40 °C (104 °F), Italy won their home tournament in 1934 after going into extra time against Czechoslovakia.

10 June 1934

17:00 CEST

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia
Orsi 81' Schiavio 95'	Report	Puč 71'

Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)



GK	Gianpiero Combi (c)
RB	Eraldo Monzeglio
LB	Luigi Allemandi
RH	Attilio Ferraris
CH	Luis Monti
LH	Luigi Bertolini
OR	Enrique Guaita
IR	Giuseppe Meazza
IL	Giovanni Ferrari
OL	Raimundo Orsi
CF	Angelo Schiavio
Manager:
Vittorio Pozzo



GK	František Plánička (c)
RB	Josef Čtyřoký
LB	Ladislav Ženíšek
RH	Rudolf Krčil
CH	Štefan Čambal
LH	Josef Košťálek
OR	Antonín Puč
IR	Oldřich Nejedlý
IL	František Svoboda
OL	František Junek
CF	Jiří Sobotka
Manager:
Karel Petrů

1938 World Cup Final v Hungary edit

After a difficult route to the final, defeating hosts France in the quarter-finals and Brazil in the semis, Italy was the first team to win the World Cup title on foreign ground. Also, it was the first of only two times in World Cup history that a team successfully defended their title.

19 June 1938

17:00 (WEST)

Italy	4–2	Hungary
Colaussi 6', 35' Piola 16', 82'	Report	Titkos 8' Sárosi 70'

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)



GK		Aldo Olivieri
RB		Alfredo Foni
LB		Pietro Rava
RH		Pietro Serantoni
LH		Ugo Locatelli
CH		Michele Andreolo
IR		Giuseppe Meazza (c)
IL		Giovanni Ferrari
OR		Amedeo Biavati
CF		Silvio Piola
OL		Gino Colaussi
Manager:
Vittorio Pozzo



GK		Antal Szabó
RB		Sándor Bíró
LB		Gyula Polgár
RH		Gyula Lázár
LH		Antal Szalay
CH		György Szűcs
IR		Gyula Zsengellér
IL		Jenő Vincze
OR		Pál Titkos
CF		György Sárosi (c)
OL		Ferenc Sas
Manager:
Alfréd Schaffer

1970 World Cup Final v Brazil edit

In 1970, the Brazilian team featured superstars like Pelé, Rivellino, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto and were considered favourites for the title. Particularly in the second half, the Italians were outclassed by the Brazilians passing play.

21 June 1970

12:00 UTC−6

Brazil	4–1	Italy
Pelé 18' Gérson 66' Jairzinho 71' Carlos Alberto 86'	Report	Boninsegna 37'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 107,412

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (West Germany)


GK	1	Félix
DF	4	Carlos Alberto (c)
DF	2	Brito
DF	3	Piazza
DF	16	Everaldo
MF	5	Clodoaldo
MF	8	Gérson
FW	7	Jairzinho
FW	9	Tostão
FW	10	Pelé
FW	11	Rivellino
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Enrico Albertosi
DF	2	Tarcisio Burgnich
DF	5	Pierluigi Cera
DF	8	Roberto Rosato
DF	3	Giacinto Facchetti (c)
MF	10	Mario Bertini	75'
MF	13	Angelo Domenghini
MF	16	Giancarlo De Sisti
FW	15	Sandro Mazzola
FW	11	Gigi Riva
FW	20	Roberto Boninsegna	84'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Antonio Juliano	75'
MF	14	Gianni Rivera	84'
Manager:
Ferruccio Valcareggi

1982 World Cup Final v West Germany edit

Italy played three draws in the first group stage in a worrisome start to the tournament, proceeding ahead of Cameroon only on number of goals scored. However, the Italians continued to defeat Brazil, Argentina and a strong Polish side over the course of the tournament and faced West Germany in the final in Madrid.

Antonio Cabrini missed a penalty in the goalless first half, but the dominant Italian side eventually built up a 3–0 lead and won by 3–1 in the end, securing their third World Cup trophy.

11 July 1982

20:00 CEST

Italy	3–1	West Germany
Rossi 57' Tardelli 69' Altobelli 81'	Report	Breitner 83'

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)


GK	1	Dino Zoff (c)
SW	7	Gaetano Scirea
CB	6	Claudio Gentile
CB	5	Fulvio Collovati
RWB	3	Giuseppe Bergomi
LWB	4	Antonio Cabrini
DM	13	Gabriele Oriali	73'
RM	16	Bruno Conti	31'
CM	14	Marco Tardelli
LW	19	Francesco Graziani		7'
CF	20	Paolo Rossi
Substitutions:
GK	12	Ivano Bordon
MF	10	Giuseppe Dossena
MF	11	Giampiero Marini
MF	15	Franco Causio			89'
FW	18	Alessandro Altobelli		7'	89'
Manager:
Enzo Bearzot


GK	1	Harald Schumacher
SW	15	Uli Stielike	73'
RB	20	Manfred Kaltz
CB	4	Karlheinz Förster
LB	5	Bernd Förster
RM	6	Wolfgang Dremmler	61'	62'
CM	3	Paul Breitner
LM	2	Hans-Peter Briegel
RW	11	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c)		70'
LW	7	Pierre Littbarski	88'
CF	8	Klaus Fischer
Substitutions:
GK	21	Bernd Franke
DF	12	Wilfried Hannes
MF	10	Hansi Müller		70'
MF	14	Felix Magath
FW	9	Horst Hrubesch		62'
Manager:
Jupp Derwall

1994 World Cup Final v Brazil edit

The 1994 final was the first ever to be decided on penalties after goalless 120 minutes. Italian captain Franco Baresi missed the very first penalty, and Roberto Baggio the decisive last one.

Italy became the first team to lose two World Cup finals against the same opponent.

July 17, 1994

12:35 PDT

Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Márcio Santos Romário Branco Dunga	3–2	Baresi Albertini Evani Massaro R. Baggio

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 94,194

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Jorginho		21'
CB	13	Aldair
CB	15	Marcio Santos
LB	6	Branco
CM	5	Mauro Silva
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	17	Mazinho	4'
AM	9	Zinho		106'
CF	11	Romário
CF	7	Bebeto
Substitutions:
DF	14	Cafu	87'	21'
FW	21	Viola		106'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira


GK	1	Gianluca Pagliuca
RB	8	Roberto Mussi		35'
CB	6	Franco Baresi (c)
CB	5	Paolo Maldini
LB	3	Antonio Benarrivo
RM	14	Nicola Berti
CM	13	Dino Baggio		95'
CM	11	Demetrio Albertini	42'
LM	16	Roberto Donadoni
CF	10	Roberto Baggio
CF	19	Daniele Massaro
Substitutes:
DF	2	Luigi Apolloni	41'	35'
MF	17	Alberigo Evani		95'
Manager:
Arrigo Sacchi

2006 World Cup Final v France edit

Italian defender Marco Materazzi was involved in all three outstanding moments of the first 120 minutes: He conceded the penalty that was converted by Zinedine Zidane early in the game, equalised with a powerful header soon after, and provoked Zidane in a manner that lead to the French captain being sent off. He also scored in the penalty-shootout that was to follow.

It was only the second time a World Cup final was decided on penalties, again involving Italy after the 1994 final lost to Brazil.

9 July 2006

20:00

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Materazzi 19'	Report	Zidane 7' (pen.)
Penalties
Pirlo Materazzi De Rossi Del Piero Grosso	5–3	Wiltord Trezeguet Abidal Sagnol

Olympiastadion, Berlin^[1]

Attendance: 69,000^[1]

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)^[1]


GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
RB	19	Gianluca Zambrotta	5'
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro (c)
CB	23	Marco Materazzi
LB	3	Fabio Grosso
RM	16	Mauro Camoranesi		86'
CM	8	Gennaro Gattuso
CM	21	Andrea Pirlo
LM	20	Simone Perrotta		61'
SS	10	Francesco Totti		61'
CF	9	Luca Toni
Substitutions:
MF	4	Daniele De Rossi		61'
FW	15	Vincenzo Iaquinta		61'
FW	7	Alessandro Del Piero		86'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi


GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	19	Willy Sagnol	12'
CB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	5	William Gallas
LB	3	Eric Abidal
CM	4	Patrick Vieira		56'
CM	6	Claude Makélélé	76'
RW	22	Franck Ribéry		100'
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane (c)	110'
LW	7	Florent Malouda	111'
CF	12	Thierry Henry		107'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Alou Diarra		56'
FW	20	David Trezeguet		100'
FW	11	Sylvain Wiltord		107'
Manager:
Raymond Domenech

Player records edit

Most appearances edit

Paolo Maldini is the player with the fourth-most matches at FIFA World Cups, trailing only behind the Argentinian Lionel Messi (26) and the Germans Lothar Matthäus (25) and Miroslav Klose (24). This also makes him the player with the most World Cup matches without winning the trophy.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is the only Italian player, and one of only three in the world, who have been part of five FIFA World Cup squads.^[2]

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Paolo Maldini	23	1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002
2	Antonio Cabrini	18	1978, 1982 and 1986
	Gaetano Scirea	18	1978, 1982 and 1986
	Fabio Cannavaro	18	1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010
5	Dino Zoff	17	1974, 1978 and 1982
6	Giuseppe Bergomi	16	1982, 1986, 1990 and 1998
6	Roberto Baggio	16	1990, 1994 and 1998
8	Paolo Rossi	14	1978 and 1982
8	Gianluigi Buffon	14	2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014
10	Claudio Gentile	13	1978 and 1982
	Marco Tardelli	13	1978 and 1982
	Gianluca Zambrotta	13	2002, 2006 and 2010

Top goalscorers edit

Two Italians were awarded the Golden Boot for best goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup: Paolo Rossi in 1982 and Salvatore Schillaci in 1990 with 6 goals each.^[3]

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Paolo Rossi	9	1978 (3) and 1982 (6)
	Roberto Baggio	9	1990 (2), 1994 (5) and 1998 (2)
	Christian Vieri	9	1998 (5) and 2002 (4)
4	Salvatore Schillaci	6	1990
5	Silvio Piola	5	1938
5	Alessandro Altobelli	5	1982 (1) and 1986 (4)
7	Angelo Schiavio	4	1934
7	Gino Colaussi	4	1938
9	Raimundo Orsi	3	1934
	Giuseppe Meazza	3	1934 (2) and 1938 (1)
	Gigi Riva	3	1970
	Gianni Rivera	3	1970 (2) and 1974 (1)

Awards and records edit

Team awards edit

World Champions 1934
World Champions 1938
World Champions 1982
World Champions 2006
Second Place 1970
Second Place 1994
Third Place 1990

Individual awards edit

Golden Ball award

Golden Ball 1934: Giuseppe Meazza
Golden Ball 1982: Paolo Rossi
Golden Ball 1990: Salvatore Schillaci
Silver Ball 1938: Silvio Piola
Silver Ball 1978: Paolo Rossi
Silver Ball 1994: Roberto Baggio
Silver Ball 2006: Fabio Cannavaro
Bronze Ball 2006: Andrea Pirlo

Golden Boot award

Golden Boot 1982: Paolo Rossi
Golden Boot 1990: Salvatore Schillaci
Silver Boot 1934: Angelo Schiavio
Silver Boot 1938: Silvio Piola
Silver Boot 1998: Christian Vieri

Other individual awards

Golden Glove 1982: Dino Zoff (oldest Golden Glove winner)
Golden Glove 2006: Gianluigi Buffon
Best Young Player Award 1978: Antonio Cabrini
Man of the Match Award 2006: Andrea Pirlo

Refereeing edit

Three World Cup finals have been officiated by representatives of the Italian football federation, only English referees have had the honour more often (four times). The 1978 final between Argentina and the Netherlands has been led by Sergio Gonella, who had already officiated the European Championship final two years earlier. The other referees are Pierluigi Collina in 2002, and Nicola Rizzoli in 2014.

The Italian referee with the most World Cup matches, however, is Roberto Rosetti, who has been in charge of six matches total in 2006 and 2010.

Notes edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Italy – France". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ "Campionati Mondiali: Presenze" [World Cup: Appearances] (in Italian). Italia1910.
^ "Campionati Mondiali: Gol fatti" [World Cup: Goals scored] (in Italian). Italia1910.

External links edit

Italian Football Federation official website
FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
FIFA official site