European Football Championship 1988 / Italy

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This article covers the Italian national team at the 1988 European Football Championship .

European Championship qualification

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  8th  6th  1  1 016: 400 +12 13: 30
 2. SwedenSweden Sweden  8th  4th  2  2 012: 500  +7 10: 60
 3. PortugalPortugal Portugal  8th  2  4th  2 006: 800  −2 08: 80
 4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  8th  1  5  2 009: 900  ± 0 07: 90
 5. MaltaMalta Malta  8th  0  2  6th 004:210 −17 02:14

Game results

11/15/1986 Milan Italy - Switzerland 3: 2 (1: 1)
December 6, 1986 Valletta Malta - Italy 0: 2 (0: 2)
01/24/1987 Bergamo Italy - Malta 5: 0 (5: 0)
02/14/1987 Lisbon Portugal - Italy 0: 1 (0: 1)
06/03/1987 Stockholm Sweden - Italy 1: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1987 Bern Switzerland - Italy 0-0
11/14/1987 Naples Italy - Sweden 2: 1 (1: 1)
05.12.1987 Milan Italy - Portugal 3: 0 (1: 0)

European Championship finals

Squad

No. Surname Club before the start of the European Championship birthday Games Gates Yellow card Red card
goalkeeper
1 Walter Zenga ItalyItaly Inter Milan 04/28/1960 4th - - -
12 Stefano Tacconi ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 05/13/1957 - - - -
Defender
2 Franco Baresi ItalyItaly AC Milan 05/08/1960 4th - 1 -
3 Giuseppe Bergomi (C)Captain of the crew ItalyItaly Inter Milan 12/22/1963 4th - - -
4th Roberto Cravero ItalyItaly Torino Calcio 03/01/1964 - - - -
5 Ciro Ferrara ItalyItaly SSC Naples 02/11/1967 - - - -
6th Riccardo Ferri ItalyItaly Inter Milan 08/20/1963 4th - 2 -
7th Giovanni Francini ItalyItaly SSC Naples 08/03/1963 - - - -
8th Paolo Maldini ItalyItaly AC Milan 06/26/1968 4th - 1 -
midfield player
9 Carlo Ancelotti ItalyItaly AC Milan 06/10/1959 4th - 1 -
10 Luigi De Agostini ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 04/07/1961 4th 1 - -
11 Fernando De Napoli ItalyItaly SSC Naples 03/15/1964 4th - 1 -
13 Luca Fusi ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa 06/07/1963 - - - -
14th Giuseppe Giannini ItalyItaly AS Roma 08/20/1964 4th - - -
15th Francesco Romano ItalyItaly SSC Naples 04/25/1960 - - - -
17th Roberto Donadoni ItalyItaly AC Milan 09.09.1963 4th - - -
striker
16 Alessandro Altobelli ItalyItaly Inter Milan 11/28/1955 4th 1 - -
18th Roberto Mancini ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa 11/27/1964 4th 1 - -
19th Ruggiero Rizzitelli ItalyItaly AC Cesena 09/02/1967 - - - -
20th Gianluca Vialli ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa 07/09/1964 4th 1 - -
Trainer
ItalyItaly Azeglio Vicini 03/20/1933

Preliminary round ( group 1 )

In the preliminary round, Italy faced Denmark , Germany and Spain . After the draw against Germany and two wins in the other group matches against Spain and Denmark, Italy finished second in group 1 of the preliminary round behind Germany as group winners because of the poorer goal difference.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany  3  2  1  0 005: 100  +4 05: 10
 2. ItalyItaly Italy  3  2  1  0 004: 100  +3 05: 10
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 003: 500  −2 02: 40
 4th DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  0  0  3 002: 700  −5 00: 60
For placement 1 and 2, the better goal difference from all group matches is decisive.
June 10, 1988 in Düsseldorf (Rheinstadion)
BR Germany - Italy 1: 1 (0: 0)
June 14, 1988 in Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
Italy - Spain 1: 0 (0: 0)
June 17, 1988 in Cologne (Müngersdorfer Stadion)
Italy - Denmark 2: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, the Italian team was eliminated against the winner of Group 2, the USSR .

June 22, 1988 in Stuttgart ( Neckarstadion )
Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR - ItalyItaly Italy 2: 0 (0: 0)

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