Football World Cup 1962 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national football team at the 1962 World Cup in Chile .

qualification

Italy won the first game in Group 7 against Romania without a fight because the Romanians had renounced.

Europe

Italy *

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Romania

Romania renounced

Italy met the winner of the Europe group 7 against the winner of the Middle East subgroup.

Europe-Middle East final

In this elimination the winner of the Europe group 7 and the winner of the qualification "Middle East" met. The winner of this round qualified directly for the World Cup finals. The winner was determined in the two legs; if there was a tie, the goal difference was taken into account in a decision game.

Israel

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Italy **

2: 4 (2: 0) / 0: 6 (0: 1)

(Oct. 15, 1961 Tel Aviv / Nov. 4, 1961 Turin )

Italy was thus qualified for the World Cup.

Contingent

No.	Surname	Club at the beginning of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Lorenzo Buffon	Inter Milan	December 19, 1929	2	0	0
12	Carlo Mattrel	US Palermo	04/14/1937	1	0	0
13	Enrico Albertosi	AC Florence	11/02/1939	0	0	0
Defender
2	Giacomo Losi	AS Roma	09/10/1935	2	0	0
3	Luigi Radice	AC Milan	January 15, 1935	2	0	0
4th	Sandro Salvadore	AC Milan	11/29/1939	3	0	0
5	Cesare Maldini	AC Milan	02/05/1932	2	0	0
6th	Giovanni Trapattoni	AC Milan	03/17/1939	0	0	0
16	Enzo Robotti	AC Florence	06/13/1935	3	0	0
18th	Mario David	AC Milan	03/01/1934	1	0	1
19th	Francesco Janich	Bologna FC	03/27/1937	1	0	0
20th	Paride Tumburus	Bologna FC	03/08/1939	1	0	0
midfield player
7th	Bruno Mora	Juventus Turin	03/29/1937	2	1	0
14th	Gianni Rivera	AC Milan	August 18, 1943	1	0	0
21st	Giorgio Ferrini	AC Turin	08/18/1939	2	0	1
22nd	Giacomo Bulgarelli	Bologna FC	October 24, 1940	1	2	0
striker
8th	Humberto Maschio	Atalanta Bergamo	02/20/1933	1	0	0
9	José Altafini	AC Milan	07/24/1938	2	0	0
10	Omar Sívori	Juventus Turin	10/02/1935	2	0	0
11	Giampaolo Menichelli	AS Roma	06/29/1938	2	0	0
15th	Angelo Sormani	AC Mantova	07/03/1939	1	0	0
17th	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna FC	06/01/1937	1	0	0
Trainer
	Paolo Mazza		07/21/1901
	Giovanni Ferrari		December 06, 1907

Games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	BR Germany	4: 1	5: 1
2	Chile	5: 3	4: 2
3	Italy	3: 2	3: 3
4th	Switzerland	2: 8	0: 6

Italy played in Group B.

Italy	-	BR Germany	0-0
Italy	-	Chile	0: 2 (0: 0)
Italy	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (1: 0)

Match reports

Against Germany on May 31 at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago in front of 65,440 spectators; SR: Davidson (Scotland):
Goals: none

Against Chile on 2.6. at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago in front of 66,060 spectators; SR: Aston (England):
Goals: 0: 1 Ramirez (73rd), 0: 2 Toro (88th) - Special: Removals for Ferrini (6th, after assault) and David (45th, after repeated foul play), both Italy; Ferrini refused to leave the pitch for 10 minutes and was eventually taken off the pitch by police officers.

Against Switzerland on 7.6. at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago in front of 59,830 spectators; SR: Latichev (USSR):
Goals: 1-0 Mora (2nd) - 2-0 Bulgarelli (65th), 3-0 Bulgarelli (67th)

literature

• Super album Panini, Mondadori, ISBN 88-04-48359-8
• Matthias Voigt, Soccer World Cup 1962 Chile AGON Kassel 2002 ISBN 3-89784-200-9