Football World Cup 1950 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national football team at the 1950 World Cup .

qualification

As the defending champions, the Italian team was automatically qualified.

Contingent

Surname	Club at the beginning of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
Giuseppe Casari	Atalanta Bergamo	04/10/1922	0	0	0
Giuseppe Moro	AC Turin	January 16, 1921	1	0	0
Lucidio Sentimenti	Lazio Rome	07/01/1920	1	0	0
defender
Ivano Blason	US Triestina	05/24/1923	1	0	0
Zeffiro Furiassi	Lazio Rome	01/19/1923	2	0	0
Attilio Giovannini	Inter Milan	07/30/1924	1	0	0
Leandro Remondini	Lazio Rome	11/17/1917	1	0	0
midfield player
Carlo Annovazzi	AC Milan	May 24, 1925	1	0	0
Osvaldo Fattori	Inter Milan	06/22/1922	1	0	0
Augusto Magli	AC Florence	03/09/1923	1	0	0
Giacomo Mari	Juventus Turin	10/17/1924	1	0	0
Carlo Parola	Juventus Turin	09/20/1921	1	0	0
Omero Tognon	AC Milan	03/03/1924	0	0	0
striker
Amedeo Amadei	Inter Milan	07/26/1921	1	0	0
Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus Turin	07/04/1928	1	0	0
Aldo Campatelli	Inter Milan	04/07/1919	1	0	0
Gino Cappello	Bologna FC	06/02/1920	2	0	0
Emilio Caprile	Atalanta Bergamo	09/30/1928	0	0	0
Riccardo Carapellese	AC Turin	07/01/1922	2	2	0
Benito Lorenzi	Inter Milan	December 20, 1925	0	0	0
Ermes Muccinelli	Juventus Turin	07/28/1927	2	1	0
Egisto Pandolfini	AC Florence	02/19/1926	1	1	0
Trainer
Ferruccio Novo		03/22/1897

Italian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	5: 4	3: 1
2	Italy	4: 3	2: 2
3	Paraguay	2: 4	1: 3

Sweden - Italy 3: 2 (2: 1)

• Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )
• Spectators: 50,000
• Referee: Lutz ( Switzerland )
• Goals: 0: 1 Carapellese (7th), 1: 1 Jeppson (25th), 2: 1 Andersson (33rd), 3: 1 Jeppson (68th), 3: 2 Muccinelli (75th)

Italy - Paraguay 2: 0 (1: 0)

• Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )
• Spectators: 26,000
• Referee: Ellis ( England )
• Goals: 1-0 Carapellese (12th), 2-0 Pandolfini (62nd)

Group III started with a bang. Sweden defeated the world champions Italy with 3-2 goals. The Scandinavians were not shocked by the early deficit (7th, Carapellese) and then took a 3-1 lead (Jeppson 25th and 69th, and Andersson in the 34th minute). The 2: 3 by Muccinelli (76th) was not enough for the Squadra Azzurra. Italy's disadvantage was that AC Turin international players, who had been killed in a plane crash a year earlier, could not be replaced on an equal footing. A 2-2 win against Paraguay, which in turn lost against Italy 2-0, was enough for the Swedes to advance.