ITALY
WC98 qualifications
past | country
Europe GROUP 2
Coach : Cesare MALDINI
13 participations | 3 victories
Organizer of the World Cup
in 1934 and 1990.

FIFA World Ranking (05/1998) : 14th
Selection 1998 of Italy
Goalkeeper:
Francesco Toldo (Fiorentina), Gianluigi Buffon (Parme), Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan).
Defenders:
Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter Milan), Paolo Maldini (Milan AC), Alessandro Costacurta (Milan AC), Alessandro Nesta (Lazio Rome), Fabio Cannavaro (Parme), Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus), Moreno Torricelli (Juventus).
Midfielders:
Dino Baggio (Parme), Demetrio Albertini (Milan AC), Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea/Ang), Francesco Moriero (Inter Milan), Angelo Di Livio (Juventus), Luigi Di Biagio (AS Rome), Sandro Cois (Fiorentina).
Forwards:
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Christian Vieri (Atletico Madrid/Esp), Roberto Baggio (Bologne), Fabrizio Ravanelli (Marseille/Fra), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus).
To resume the preliminary competition
  • Composition of Group 2 : England, Georgia, Moldava, Poland.
  • Results play-off : *1st leg: Russia 1 / Italy 1     *2nd leg: Italy 1 / Russia 0
  • Results matches group 2
    ITALY 3-1
    1-0
    1-0
    3-0
    0-0
    3-0
    0-0
    0-0
    Moldava
    Georgia
    England
    Moldava
    Poland
    Poland
    Georgia
    England
    Final Table of the group 2
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    2 8 6 0 2 18:9 18
  • Team of the eliminatories France98.
    Best players:
    P. Maldini, Vieri.
    Typical team:
    Peruzzi - Cannavaro, Ferrara, Costacurta, P. Maldini - Di Livio, Albertini, Di Matteo, D. Baggio - Zola (ou Ravanelli), Vieri.


     ALBERTINI Demetrio
     BAGGIO Dino
     BAGGIO Roberto
     BENARRIVO Antonio
     BUCCI Luca
     CANNAVARO Fabio
     CARBONI Amedeo
     CASIRAGHI Pierluigi
     CHIESA Enrico
     CONTE Antonio
     COSTACURTA Alessandro
     DEL PIERO Alessandro
     DI LIVIO Angelo
     DI MATTEO Roberto
     ERANIO Stefano
     FERRARA Ciro
     FUSER Diego
     INZAGNI Filippo
     MALDINI Paolo
     NESTA Alessandro
     PADOVANO Michele
     PANUCCI Christian
     PERUZZI Angelo
     PESSOTTO Gianluca
     RAVANELLI Fabrizio
     TOLDO Francesco
     TOMMASI Damiano
     VIERI Christian
     ZOLA Gianfranco
  • Grading in the previous cups
    1994 Finale 2nd
    1990 3rd place 3th
    1986 8th finale 12th
    1982 Finale 1st
    1978 3th place 4th
    1974 1st round 10th
    1970 Finale 2nd
    1966 8th finale 9th
    1962 8th finale 9th
    1954 1st round 11th
    1950 1st round 7th
    1938 Finale 1st
    1934 Finale 1st
    To resume the previous cups
    1994 Final Brazil Italy 0-0(p.kicks)
    1994 Semi-final Italy Bulgaria 2-1
    1994 Quarter Italy Spain 2-1
    1994 8th final Italy Nigeria 2-1(e.e.)
    1994 1st round Italy Mexico 1-1
    1994 1st round Italy Norway 1-0
    1994 1st round Ireland Italy 1-0
    1990 3rd place Italy England 2-1
    1990 Semi-final Italy Argentina 1-1(p.kicks)
    1990 Quarter Italy Ireland 1-0
    1990 8th finale Italy Uruguay 2-0
    1990 1st round Italy Tchecoslovakia 2-0
    1990 1st round Italy United-States 1-0
    1990 1st round Italy Ausrtia 1-0
    1986 8th final France Italy 2-0
    1986 1st round Italy South Korea 3-2
    1986 1st round Italy Argentina 1-1
    1986 1st round Italy Bulgaria 1-1
    1982 Final Italy RFA 3-1
    1982 Semi-final Italy Poland 2-0
    1982 2nd tour Italy Brasil 3-2
    1982 2nd tour Italy Argentina 2-1
    1982 1st round Italy Cameroon 1-1
    1982 1st round Italy Peru 1-1
    1982 1st round Italy Poland 0-0
    1978 3rd place Brasil Italy 2-1
    1978 2nd round Netherlands Italy 2-1
    1978 2nd round Italy Austria 1-0
    1978 2nd round Italy RFA 0-0
    1978 1st round Italy Argentina 1-0
    1978 1st round Italy Hungary 3-1
    1978 1st round Italy France 2-1
    1974 1st round Poland Italy 2-1
    1974 1st round Argentina Italy 1-1
    1974 1st round Italy Haiti 3-1
    1970 Final Brasil Italy 4-1
    1970 Semi-final Italy RFA 4-3(a.t.)
    1970 8th final Italy Mexico 4-1
    1970 8th final Italy Israel 0-0
    1970 8th final Italy Uruguay 0-0
    1970 8th final Italy Sweden 1-0
    1966 8th final North Korea Italy 1-0
    1966 8th final USSR Italy 1-0
    1966 8th final Italy Chile 2-0
    1962 8th final Italy Switzerland 3-0
    1962 8th final Chile Italy 2-0
    1962 8th final Italy RFA 0-0
    1954 1st round Switzerland Italy 4-1
    1954 1st round Italy Belgium 4-1
    1954 1st round Switzerland Italy 2-1
    1950 1st round Italy Paraguay 2-0
    1950 1st round Sweden Italy 3-2
    1938 Final Italy Hungary 4-2
    1938 Demi-final Italy Brasil 2-1
    1938 Quarter Italy France 3-1
    1938 Quarter Italy Norway 2-1(e.t.)
    1934 Final Italy Tchecoslovakia 2-1(e.t.)
    1934 Semi-final Italy Austria 1-0
    1934 Quarter Italy Spain 1-0
    1934 Quarter Italy Spain 1-1(e.t.)
    1934 8th final Italy United-States 7-1


    ITALY
    Country caracteristics:
    57.300.000 inhabitants,
    301.230 kmē
    City:
    Rome
    System of government :
    Republic
    Time difference :
    any with Paris
    Colors:
    azure t-shirt, white short,
    azure socks with white border.
    Federation:
    Federazione Italiana Gioco Calcio created in 1898
    Principals clubs:
    Juventus de Turin, Milan AC, Inter de Milan, AS Rome, Lazio Rome, Torino.
    Principals stadiums:
    Giuseppe Meazza San Siro (Milan, 85.847), Stadio Olympico (Rome, 82.922), Stadio San Paulo (Naples, 72.810), Stadio delle Alpi (Turin, 71.012), Stadio San Nicola (Bari, 58.270).


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