Football World Cup 1954 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national football team at the 1954 World Cup .

qualification

11/13/1953		National Stadium ( Cairo )	Egypt	Italy	Steiner ( Austria )	1: 2 (1: 0)	1: 0 Diba (40.) 1: 1 Meazza (61.) 1: 2 Muccinelli (79.)
01/24/1954		Stadio San Siro ( Milan )	Italy	Egypt	Horn ( Netherlands )	5: 1 (1: 1)	1: 0 Pandolfini (1st) 1: 1 Alaa El Din (32nd) 2: 1 Frignani (62nd) 3: 1 Boniperti (65th) 4: 1 Ricagni (84th) 5: 1 Boniperti (86th)

Contingent

No.	Surname	Club at the beginning of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
22nd	Leonardo Costagliola	AC Florence	October 27, 1921	0	0	0
1	Giorgio Ghezzi	Inter Milan	07/10/1930	2	0	0
12	Giovanni Viola	Juventus Turin	06/20/1926	1	0	0
Defender
14th	Sergio Cervato	AC Florence	March 22, 1929	0	0	0
16	Rino Ferrario	Juventus Turin	December 07, 1926	0	0	0
3	Giovanni Giacomazzi	Inter Milan	January 18, 1928	3	0	0
20th	Guido Gratton	AC Florence	09/23/1932	0	0	0
13	Ardico Magnini	AC Florence	10/21/1928	2	0	0
4th	Maino Neri	Inter Milan	06/30/1924	2	0	0
2	Guido Vincenzi	Inter Milan	07/14/1932	1	0	0
midfield player
15th	Giacomo Mari	Juventus Turin	10/17/1924	1	0	0
6th	Fulvio Nesti	Inter Milan	06/08/1925	3	1	0
5	Omero Tognon	AC Milan	03/03/1924	3	0	0
striker
19th	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus Turin	07/04/1928	1	1	0
10	Gino Cappello	Bologna FC	06/02/1920	1	0	0
21st	Amleto Frignani	AC Milan	03/05/1932	2	1	0
9	Carlo Galli	AS Roma	03/06/1931	2	1	0
11	Benito Lorenzi	Inter Milan	December 20, 1925	3	1	0
7th	Ermes Muccinelli	Juventus Turin	07/28/1927	2	0	0
8th	Egisto Pandolfini	AS Roma	02/19/1926	3	1	0
18th	Gino Pivatelli	Bologna FC	03/27/1933	0	0	0
17th	Armando Segato	AC Florence	05/03/1930	1	0	0
Trainer
	Lajos Czeizler		05.10.1893

Italian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	6: 4	3
2	Switzerland	2: 3	2
3	Italy	5: 3	2
4th	Belgium	5: 8	1

Switzerland - Italy 2: 1 (1: 1)

• Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise ( Lausanne )
• Spectators: 43,000
• Referee: Viana ( Brazil )
• Goals: 1-0 Ballaman (18th), 1: 1 Boniperti (44th), 2: 1 Hügi (78th)

Italy - Belgium 4: 1 (1: 0)

• Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo ( Lugano )
• Spectators: 26,000
• Referee: Steiner ( Austria )
• Goals: 1-0 Pandolfini (41st) 11 m , 2-0 Galli (48th), 3-0 Frignani (58th), 4-0 Lorenzi (78th), 4: 1 Anoul (81st)

Playoff

Switzerland - Italy 4: 1 (1: 0)

• Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium ( Basel )
• Spectators: 30,000
• Referee: Griffiths ( Wales )
• Goals: 1: 0 Hügi (14th), 2: 0 Ballaman (48th), 2: 1 Nesti (67th), 3: 1 Hügi (85th), 4: 1 Fatton (90th)

It was exciting in Group IV. England achieved a 4: 4 n.V. against Belgium and the 2: 0 over Switzerland, which in turn defeated Italy 2: 1. But since Italy knocked out the Belgians 4-1, the Confederates and the Azzurri had to go into the playoff. The hosts won a convincing 4-1 victory over their southern neighbors in Basel.