Italy national football team results (1970–1989)

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This is a list of the Italy national football team results from 1970 to 1989. During this period, Italy achieved first place at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and second place at the 1970 World Cup.

Results

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1970

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21 February 1970 International friendly Spain  2–2  Italy Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Salvadore 23' (o.g.)
Arieta 25'
Report Anastasi 11'
Riva 18'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
10 May 1970 International friendly Portugal  1–2  Italy Lisbon, Portugal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Coelho 85' Report Riva 38', 67' Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 20,711
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
3 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Group 2
Italy  1–0  Sweden Toluca, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Domenghini 10' Report Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 13,433
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
11 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Group 2
Italy  0–0  Israel Toluca, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 9,890
Referee: Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
14 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-final
Italy  4–1  Mexico Toluca, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Guzmán 25' (o.g.)
Riva 63', 76'
Rivera 70'
Report González 13' Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 26,851
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
31 October 1970 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6
Austria  1–2  Italy Vienna, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Parits 29' Report De Sisti 27'
A. Mazzola 34'
Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 54,953
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
8 December 1970 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6
Italy  3–0  Republic of Ireland Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) De Sisti 22' (pen.)
Boninsegna 42'
Prati 84'
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 41,092
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

1971

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20 February 1971 International friendly Italy  1–2  Spain Cagliari, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) De Sisti 79' Report Pirri 35'
Uriarte 40'
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 27,492
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)
25 September 1971 International friendly Italy  2–0  Mexico Genoa, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Boninsegna 60', 64' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 43,350
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
9 October 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6
Italy  3–0  Sweden Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riva 3', 83'
Boninsegna 41'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,582
Referee: Roger Machin (France)
20 November 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6
Italy  2–2  Austria Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Prati 10'
De Sisti 75'
Report Jara 36'
Sara 59'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 58,752
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

1972

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4 March 1972 International friendly Greece  2–1  Italy Piraeus, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Antoniadis 12'
Pomonis 55'
Report Boninsegna 19' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
29 April 1972 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Quarter finals
Italy  0–0  Belgium Milan, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,549
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
17 June 1972 International friendly Romania  3–3  Italy Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Spinosi 19' (o.g.)
Domide 59'
Hajnal 89'
Report Prati 33', 34'
Causio 74'
Stadium: Stadionul Național
Attendance: 25,516
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
21 June 1972 International friendly Bulgaria  1–1  Italy Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Bonev 42' Report Chinaglia 50' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)
20 September 1972 International friendly Italy  3–1  Yugoslavia Turin, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Riva 54'
Chinaglia 71'
Anastasi 83'
Report Vukotić 73' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

1973

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31 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2
Italy  5–0  Luxembourg Genoa, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riva 18', 45', 70', 80'
Rivera 63'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Hédi Saoudi (Tunisia)
9 June 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  Brazil Rome, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Riva 16'
Capello 76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
14 June 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  England Turin, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Anastasi 38'
Capello 52'
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)
29 September 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  Sweden Milan, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Anastasi 60'
Riva 66'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,454
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
20 October 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2
Italy  2–0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+02:00) Rivera 39'
Riva 79'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
14 November 1973 International friendly England  0–1  Italy London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report Capello 86' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)

1974

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26 February 1974 International friendly Italy  0–0  West Germany Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
8 June 1974 International friendly Austria  0–0  Italy Wien, Austria
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 47,702
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
15 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup
Group 4
Italy  3–1  Haiti Munich, West Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rivera 52'
Benetti 66'
Anastasi 79'
Report Sanon 46' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela)
28 September 19741 International friendly Yugoslavia  1–0  Italy Zagreb, Yugoslavia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Šurjak 41' Report Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Emsberger Gyula (Hungary)
29 December 1974 International friendly Italy  0–0  Bulgaria Genoa, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

1975

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19 April 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5
Italy  0–0  Poland Rome, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,048
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
27 September 19751 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5
Italy  0–0  Finland Rome, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)
26 October 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5
Poland  0–0  Italy Warsaw, Poland
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadion Dziesięciolecia
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
22 November 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5
Italy  1–0  Netherlands Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Capello 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
30 December 1975 International friendly Italy  3–2  Greece Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pulici 6', 45'
Savoldi 60' (pen.)
Report Kritikopoulos 35'
Sarafis 53'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Miloš Kajić (Yugoslavia)

1976

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7 April 1976 International friendly Italy  3–1  Portugal Turin, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Antognoni 45'
Graziani 62'
Pulici 70'
Report Fraguito 82' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
31 May 1976 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Brazil  4–1  Italy New Haven, United States
15:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Gil 28', 48'
Zico 76'
Dinamite 78'
Report Capello 2' Stadium: Yale Bowl
Attendance: 36,096
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
5 June 1976 International friendly Italy  4–2  Romania Milan, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 49'
Antognoni 60'
Bettega 70', 74'
Report Lucescu 65'
Georgescu 77'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,329
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
22 September 1976 International friendly Denmark  0–1  Italy Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Pulici 18' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
25 September 1976 International friendly Italy  3–0  Yugoslavia Rome, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bettega 33', 83'
Graziani 73'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
17 November 1976 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2
Italy  2–0  England Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Antognoni 36'
Bettega 77'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
22 December 1976 International friendly Portugal  2–1  Italy Lisbon, Portugal
21:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Nené 12', 66' Report Bettega 78' Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 36,121
Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain)

1977

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26 January 1977 International friendly Italy  2–1  Belgium Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 24'
Meeuws 77' (o.g.)
Report Piot 85' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
15 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2
Italy  6–1  Finland Turin, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bettega 29', 38', 59', 62'
Graziani 45'
Zaccarelli 71'
Report Haaskivi 67' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)
16 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2
England  2–0  Italy London, England
19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) Keegan 11'
Brooking 80'
Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 92,500
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
21 October 1977 International friendly Belgium  0–1  Italy Liège, Belgium
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Antognoni 73' Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

1978

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25 January 1978 International friendly Spain  2–1  Italy Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pirri 10' (pen.)
Dani 56'
Report Tardelli 83' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
8 February 1978 International friendly Italy  2–2  France Naples, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 13' (pen.), 22' Report Bathenay 51'
Platini 81'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Angel Franco Martínez (Spain)
18 May 1978 International friendly Italy  0–0  Yugoslavia Rome, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
20 September 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Bulgaria Turin, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cabrini 62' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
23 September 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Turkey Florence, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 26' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
21 December 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Spain Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rossi 31' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

1979

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24 February 1979 International friendly Italy  3–0  Netherlands Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bettega 9'
Rossi 19'
Tardelli 44'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
26 May 1979 International friendly Italy  2–2  Argentina Rome, Italy
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Causio 25'
Rossi 55'
Report Valencia 7'
Passarella 56' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Porém Luís Porém Luís (Portugal)
13 June 1979 International friendly Yugoslavia  4–1  Italy Zagreb, Yugoslavia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Sušić 28', 36', 66'
Zajec 86'
Report Rossi 25' Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
26 September 1979 International friendly Italy  1–0  Sweden Florence, Italy
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Oriali 15' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
17 November 1979 International friendly Italy  2–0   Switzerland Udine, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 25'
Tardelli 40'
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

1980

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16 February 1980 International friendly Italy  2–1  Romania Naples, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Collovati 56'
Causio 87'
Report Bölöni 52' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
15 March 1980 International friendly Italy  1–0  Uruguay Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 9' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)