European Football Championship 1980 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national team at the 1980 European Football Championship .

qualification

Italy qualified directly as hosts.

Italian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Dino Zoff	Juventus Turin	02/28/1942	4th	0	0	0
12	Ivano Bordon	Inter Milan	04/13/1951	0	0	0	0
22nd	Giovanni Galli	AC Florence	04/29/1958	0	0	0	0
Defender
02	Franco Baresi	AC Milan	05/08/1960	0	0	0	0
03	Giuseppe Baresi	Inter Milan	02/07/1958	3	0	0	0
05	Antonio Cabrini	Juventus Turin	10/08/1957	2	0	0	0
06th	Fulvio Collovati	AC Milan	05/09/1957	4th	0	0	0
07th	Claudio Gentile	Juventus Turin	09/27/1953	4th	0	0	0
08th	Aldo Maldera	AC Milan	10/14/1953	0	0	0	0
09	Gaetano Scirea	Juventus Turin	05/25/1953	4th	0	0	0
midfield player
04th	Mauro Bellugi	SSC Naples	02/07/1950	0	0	0	0
10	Giancarlo Antognoni	AC Florence	04/01/1954	3	0	0	0
11	Romeo Benetti	AS Roma	October 20, 1945	4th	0	1	0
13	Ruben Buriani	AC Milan	March 16, 1955	0	0	0	0
14th	Gabriele Oriali	Inter Milan	11/25/1952	3	0	0	0
15th	Marco Tardelli	Juventus Turin	09/24/1954	4th	1	1	0
16	Renato Zaccarelli	Torino Calcio	January 18, 1951	0	0	0	0
19th	Franco Causio	Juventus Turin	02/01/1949	4th	0	1	0
striker
17th	Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	11/28/1955	2	0	0	0
18th	Roberto Bettega	Juventus Turin	December 27, 1950	3	0	0	0
20th	Francesco Graziani	Torino Calcio	December 16, 1952	4th	1	1	0
22nd	Roberto Pruzzo	AS Roma	04/01/1955	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Enzo Bearzot		09/26/1927

Finals

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
2.	Italy	3	1	2	0	001-000	+1	04: 20
3.	England	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	Spain	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01: 50
For ranking 1 and 2, the number of goals scored in all group matches is decisive.

June 12, 1980 in Milan (Giuseppe Meazza Stadium)
Spain	-	Italy	0-0
June 15, 1980 in Turin (Stadio Comunale)
Italy	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 1980 in Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
Italy	-	Belgium	0-0

Italy started with a 0-0 win against later group bottom Spain. In the second group game, the Italians were able to win against England with a goal by Tardelli. After another 0-0 win against Belgium in the third group game, the promotion to the small final was fixed, although it was a rather disappointing result for the hosts.

Game for third place

June 21, 1980 in Naples ( Stadio San Paolo )
Czechoslovakia	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 0), 9: 8 i. E.

In the small final, the Italians faced the Czechoslovaks. After 54 minutes, Czechoslovakia took a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal from Jurkemik. 19 minutes later Graziani was able to equalize. There was no extension. So the penalty shoot-out had to decide. After eight penalties scored on both sides, Collovati stepped up and missed. On the other side, Masny could decide everything with this penalty and he did. The host Italy was fourth at this European Championship.