Italy at the FIFA World Cup

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

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.

Overall record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third Place    Fourth Place  

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934
Champions
 		1st 5 4 1 0 12 3
France 1938
Champions
 		1st 4 4 0 0 11 5
Brazil 1950 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 4 3
Switzerland 1954 10th 3 1 0 2 6 7
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify
Chile 1962 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 2
England 1966 9th 3 1 0 2 2 2
Mexico 1970
Runners-up
 		2nd 6 3 2 1 10 8
West Germany 1974 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 5 4
Argentina 1978 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 9 6
Spain 1982
Champions
 		1st 7 4 3 0 12 6
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 12th 4 1 2 1 5 6
Italy 1990 Third place 3rd 7 6 1 0 10 2
United States 1994
Runners-up
 		2nd 7 4 2 1 8 5
France 1998 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 2 0 8 3
South Korea Japan 2002 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 5 5
Germany 2006
Champions
 		1st 7 5 2 0 12 2
South Africa 2010 Group stage 26th 3 0 2 1 4 5
Brazil 2014 22nd 3 1 0 2 2 3
Russia 2018 Did not qualify
Qatar 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total 4 Titles 18/22 83 45 21 17 128 77
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

Finals

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

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
a.e.t.
)		 Florence Ferrari
 Spain 1–0 Florence Meazza
Semi-finals  Austria 1–0 Milan Guaita
Final  Czechoslovakia
a.e.t.
)		 Rome Orsi, Schiavio
1938 Round of 16  Norway
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
 Paraguay 2–0 São Paulo Carapellese, Pandolfini
1954 Group stage   Switzerland 1–2 Lausanne Boniperti
 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
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
 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
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
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
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
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
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
a.e.t.
)		 Dortmund Grosso, Del Piero
Final  France
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

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

1934 World Cup Final v Czechoslovakia

Main article:
1934 FIFA World Cup Final

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

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

1938 World Cup Final v Hungary

Main article:
1938 FIFA World Cup Final

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.

Italy 4–2 Hungary
Colaussi 6', 35'
Piola 16', 82'		 Report Titkos 8'
Sárosi 70'
Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris
Attendance: 45,000
)
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:
Italy 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:
Hungary Alfréd Schaffer

1970 World Cup Final v Brazil

Main article:
1970 FIFA World Cup Final

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.

Brazil 4–1 Italy
 Report Boninsegna 37'
Attendance: 107,412
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 Yellow card
Manager:
Brazil Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Enrico Albertosi
DF 2 Tarcisio Burgnich Yellow card
DF 5 Pierluigi Cera
DF 8 Roberto Rosato
DF 3 Giacinto Facchetti (c)
MF 10 Mario Bertini downward-facing red arrow 75'
MF 13 Angelo Domenghini
MF 16 Giancarlo De Sisti
FW 15 Sandro Mazzola
FW 11 Gigi Riva
FW 20 Roberto Boninsegna downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Antonio Juliano upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 14 Gianni Rivera upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Italy Ferruccio Valcareggi

1982 World Cup Final v West Germany

Main article:
1982 FIFA World Cup Final

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.

Italy 3–1 West Germany
Rossi 57'
Tardelli 69'
Altobelli 81'		 Report Breitner 83'
Attendance: 90,000
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 Yellow card 73'
RM 16 Bruno Conti Yellow card 31'
CM 14 Marco Tardelli
LW 19 Francesco Graziani downward-facing red arrow 7'
CF 20 Paolo Rossi
Substitutions:
GK 12 Ivano Bordon
MF 10 Giuseppe Dossena
MF 11
Giampiero Marini
MF 15 Franco Causio upward-facing green arrow 89'
FW 18 Alessandro Altobelli upward-facing green arrow 7' downward-facing red arrow 89'
Manager:
Italy Enzo Bearzot
GK 1
Harald Schumacher
SW 15 Uli Stielike Yellow card 73'
RB 20 Manfred Kaltz
CB 4 Karlheinz Förster
LB 5 Bernd Förster
RM 6 Wolfgang Dremmler Yellow card 61' downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 3 Paul Breitner
LM 2 Hans-Peter Briegel
RW 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c) downward-facing red arrow 70'
LW 7 Pierre Littbarski Yellow card 88'
CF 8 Klaus Fischer
Substitutions:
GK 21 Bernd Franke
DF 12 Wilfried Hannes
MF 10 Hansi Müller upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 14 Felix Magath
FW 9 Horst Hrubesch upward-facing green arrow 62'
Manager:
West Germany Jupp Derwall

1994 World Cup Final v Brazil

Main article:
1994 FIFA World Cup Final

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.

Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report
Penalties
Márcio Santos soccer ball with red X
Romário soccer ball with check mark
Branco soccer ball with check mark
Dunga
soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X
Evani
soccer ball with red X Massaro
soccer ball with red X R. Baggio
Attendance: 94,194
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Jorginho downward-facing red arrow 21'
CB 13 Aldair
CB 15
Marcio Santos
LB 6 Branco
CM 5 Mauro Silva
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 17 Mazinho Yellow card 4'
AM 9 Zinho downward-facing red arrow 106'
CF 11 Romário
CF 7 Bebeto
Substitutions:
DF 14 Cafu Yellow card 87' upward-facing green arrow 21'
FW 21 Viola upward-facing green arrow 106'
Manager:
Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira
Gianluca PagliucaRoberto MussiFranco BaresiPaolo MaldiniAntonio BenarrivoNicola BertiDino BaggioDemetrio AlbertiniRoberto DonadoniRoberto BaggioDaniele MassaroBebetoRomárioMazinhoZinhoDungaMauro SilvaJorginhoAldairMarcio SantosBrancoCláudio Taffarel
GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca
RB 8 Roberto Mussi downward-facing red arrow 35'
CB 6 Franco Baresi (c)
CB 5 Paolo Maldini
LB 3 Antonio Benarrivo
RM 14 Nicola Berti
CM 13 Dino Baggio downward-facing red arrow 95'
CM 11 Demetrio Albertini Yellow card 42'
LM 16 Roberto Donadoni
CF 10 Roberto Baggio
CF 19 Daniele Massaro
Substitutes:
DF 2 Luigi Apolloni Yellow card 41' upward-facing green arrow 35'
MF 17
Alberigo Evani
 upward-facing green arrow 95'
Manager:
Italy Arrigo Sacchi

2006 World Cup Final v France

Main article:
2006 FIFA World Cup Final

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.

Italy 1–1 (a.e.t.) France
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 69,000[1]
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta Yellow card 5'
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c)
CB 23 Marco Materazzi
LB 3 Fabio Grosso
RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo
LM 20 Simone Perrotta downward-facing red arrow 61'
SS 10 Francesco Totti downward-facing red arrow 61'
CF 9 Luca Toni
Substitutions:
MF 4 Daniele De Rossi upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 15 Vincenzo Iaquinta upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 7 Alessandro Del Piero upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Italy Marcello Lippi
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 19 Willy Sagnol Yellow card 12'
CB 15 Lilian Thuram
CB 5 William Gallas
LB 3 Eric Abidal
CM 4 Patrick Vieira downward-facing red arrow 56'
CM 6 Claude Makélélé Yellow card 76'
RW 22 Franck Ribéry downward-facing red arrow 100'
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane (c) Red card 110'
LW 7 Florent Malouda Yellow card 111'
CF 12 Thierry Henry downward-facing red arrow 107'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Alou Diarra upward-facing green arrow 56'
FW 20 David Trezeguet upward-facing green arrow 100'
FW 11 Sylvain Wiltord upward-facing green arrow 107'
Manager:
France Raymond Domenech

Player records

Most appearances

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
Roberto Baggio 16 1990, 1994 and 1998
8 Paolo Rossi 14 1978 and 1982
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

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
Alessandro Altobelli 5 1982 (1) and 1986 (4)
7 Angelo Schiavio 4 1934
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

Team awards

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

Individual awards

Golden Ball award

Golden Boot award

Other individual awards

Refereeing

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

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.

See also

Notes

References

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

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