Football World Cup 1974 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national team at the 1974 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

The vice world champion of the football world championship in 1970 marched through the World Cup qualification without endangering. With four wins and two goalless draws, they didn't even concede one goal. The Turkey and Switzerland were to Italy to make too weak to qualify dispute.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	12: 0	10: 2
2.	Turkey	5: 3	6: 6
3.	Switzerland	2: 4	6: 6
4th	Luxembourg	2:14	2:10

Luxembourg	-	Italy	0: 4 (0: 3)
Switzerland	-	Italy	0-0
Italy	-	Turkey	0-0
Turkey	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 1)
Italy	-	Luxembourg	5: 0 (2: 0)
Italy	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (1: 0)

Contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Dino Zoff	Juventus Turin	02/28/1942	3	0	0	0
12	Enrico Albertosi	Cagliari Calcio	11/02/1939	0	0	0	0
22nd	Luciano Castellini	Torino Calcio	12/12/1945	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Luciano Spinosi	Juventus Turin	05/09/1950	3	0	0	0
3	Giacinto Facchetti	Inter Milan	07/18/1942	3	0	0	0
5	Francesco Morini	Juventus Turin	08/12/1944	3	0	0	0
6th	Tarcisio Burgnich	Inter Milan	04/25/1939	3	0	0	0
13	Giuseppe Sabadini	AC Milan	March 26, 1949	0	0	0	0
15th	Giuseppe Wilson	Lazio Rome	October 27, 1945	2	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Romeo Benetti	AC Milan	October 20, 1945	3	1	1	0
7th	Sandro Mazzola	Inter Milan	11/08/1942	3	0	0	0
8th	Fabio Capello	Juventus Turin	06/18/1946	3	1	0	0
10	Gianni Rivera	AC Milan	August 18, 1943	2	1	0	0
14th	Mauro Bellugi	Inter Milan	02/07/1950	0	0	0	0
16	Antonio Juliano	SSC Naples	01/01/1943	0	0	0	0
17th	Luciano Re Cecconi	Lazio Rome	December 01, 1948	0	0	0	0
18th	Franco Causio	Juventus Turin	02/01/1949	1	0	0	0
striker
9	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio Rome	01/24/1947	2	0	0	0
11	Luigi Riva	Cagliari Calcio	07/11/1944	2	0	0	0
19th	Pietro Anastasi	Juventus Turin	04/07/1948	3	1	0	0
20th	Roberto Boninsegna	Inter Milan	11/13/1943	1	0	1	0
21st	Paolino Pulici	Torino Calcio	04/27/1950	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ferruccio Valcareggi		02/12/1919

Italian games at the 1974 World Cup

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Poland	12: 3	6-0
2	Argentina	7: 5	3: 3
3	Italy	5: 4	3: 3
4th	Haiti	2:14	0: 6

Italy was seeded during the group draw and faced Poland, Argentina and newcomer Haiti. Italy were eliminated on points with Argentina in the preliminary round. They started the tournament as the big favorite of the group and after the defeat against Poland they were bid farewell to Germany by the Tifosi with insult and shame. Italy's exit at home was compared to its exit from the 1966 World Cup .

• Italy 3-1 Haiti - Goals: 0-1 Sanon (46th min.), 1: 1 Rivera (52nd min.), 2-1 Benetti (66th min.), 3-1 Anastasi (78th min.) .)
• Italy 1-1 Argentina - Goals: 0-1 Houseman (19th min.), 1-1 Perfumo (34th min. - own goal)
• Italy 1-2 Poland - Goals: 0-1 Szarmach (39th min.), 0-2 Deyna (44th min.), 1-2 Capello (85th min.)