Italy_national_football_team_results_(1970–1989)

Italy national football team results (1970–1989)

Italy national football team results (1970–1989)

National football team results of Italy between 1970 and 1989

This is a list of the Italy national football team results from 1970 to 1989. During this period, Italy achieved first place at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and second place at the 1970 World Cup.

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Results

1970

21 February 1970 International friendly Spain  2–2  Italy Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Salvadore 23' (o.g.)
Arieta 25'		 Report Anastasi 11'
Riva 18'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
10 May 1970 International friendly Portugal  1–2  Italy Lisbon, Portugal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Coelho 85' Report Riva 38', 67' Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 20,711
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
3 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Group 2		 Italy  1–0  Sweden Toluca, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Domenghini 10' Report Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 13,433
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
6 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Group 2		 Uruguay  0–0  Italy Puebla, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 29,968
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
11 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Group 2		 Italy  0–0  Israel Toluca, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 9,890
Referee: Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
14 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-final		 Italy  4–1  Mexico Toluca, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Guzmán 25' (o.g.)
Riva 63', 76'
Rivera 70'		 Report González 13' Stadium: Estadio Luis Dosal
Attendance: 26,851
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
17 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Semi-final		 Italy  4–3 (a.e.t.)  West Germany Mexico City, Mexico
16:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Boninsegna 8'
Burgnich 98'
Riva 104'
Rivera 111'		 Report Schnellinger 90'
Müller 94', 110'		 Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 102,444
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Mexico)
21 June 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup
Final		 Brazil  4–1  Italy Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Pelé 18'
Gérson 66'
Jairzinho 71'
Carlos Alberto 86'		 Report Boninsegna 37' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 107,412
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
17 October 1970 International friendly Switzerland  1–1  Italy Bern, Switzerland
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Blättler 16' Report A. Mazzola 85' Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
31 October 1970 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Austria  1–2  Italy Vienna, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Parits 29' Report De Sisti 27'
A. Mazzola 34'		 Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 54,953
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
8 December 1970 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Italy  3–0  Republic of Ireland Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) De Sisti 22' (pen.)
Boninsegna 42'
Prati 84'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 41,092
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

1971

20 February 1971 International friendly Italy  1–2  Spain Cagliari, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) De Sisti 79' Report Pirri 35'
Uriarte 40'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 27,492
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)
10 May 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Republic of Ireland  1–2  Italy Dublin, Republic of Ireland
18:00 IST (UTC+01:00) Conway 23' Report Boninsegna 15'
Prati 59'		 Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 22,613
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
9 June 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Sweden  0–0  Italy Stockholm, Sweden
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Råsunda Stadion
Attendance: 36,528
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
25 September 1971 International friendly Italy  2–0  Mexico Genoa, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Boninsegna 60', 64' Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 43,350
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
9 October 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Italy  3–0  Sweden Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riva 3', 83'
Boninsegna 41'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,582
Referee: Roger Machin (France)
20 November 1971 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Group 6		 Italy  2–2  Austria Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Prati 10'
De Sisti 75'		 Report Jara 36'
Sara 59'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 58,752
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

1972

4 March 1972 International friendly Greece  2–1  Italy Piraeus, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Antoniadis 12'
Pomonis 55'		 Report Boninsegna 19' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
29 April 1972 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Quarter finals		 Italy  0–0  Belgium Milan, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,549
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
13 May 1972 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Quarter finals		 Belgium  2–1  Italy Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Van Moer 23'
Van Himst 71'		 Report Riva 86' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Émile Versé
Attendance: 26,561
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
17 June 1972 International friendly Romania  3–3  Italy Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Spinosi 19' (o.g.)
Domide 59'
Hajnal 89'		 Report Prati 33', 34'
Causio 74'		 Stadium: Stadionul Național
Attendance: 25,516
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
21 June 1972 International friendly Bulgaria  1–1  Italy Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Bonev 42' Report Chinaglia 50' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)
20 September 1972 International friendly Italy  3–1  Yugoslavia Turin, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Riva 54'
Chinaglia 71'
Anastasi 83'		 Report Vukotić 73' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
7 October 1972 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Luxembourg  0–4  Italy Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Chinaglia 3'
Riva 6', 36'
Capello 62'		 Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 9,378
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
21 October 1972 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Switzerland  0–0  Italy Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

1973

13 January 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  0–0  Turkey Naples, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 60,400
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
25 February 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Turkey  0–1  Italy Istanbul, Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Anastasi 35' Stadium: Mithat Paşa Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
31 March 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  5–0  Luxembourg Genoa, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riva 18', 45', 70', 80'
Rivera 63'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Hédi Saoudi (Tunisia)
9 June 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  Brazil Rome, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Riva 16'
Capello 76'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
14 June 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  England Turin, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Anastasi 38'
Capello 52'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)
29 September 1973 International friendly Italy  2–0  Sweden Milan, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Anastasi 60'
Riva 66'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,454
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
20 October 1973 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  2–0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+02:00) Rivera 39'
Riva 79'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
14 November 1973 International friendly England  0–1  Italy London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report Capello 86' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)

1974

26 February 1974 International friendly Italy  0–0  West Germany Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
8 June 1974 International friendly Austria  0–0  Italy Wien, Austria
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 47,702
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
15 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup
Group 4		 Italy  3–1  Haiti Munich, West Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rivera 52'
Benetti 66'
Anastasi 79'		 Report Sanon 46' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela)
19 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup
Group 4		 Argentina  1–1  Italy Stuttgart, West Germany
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Houseman 20' Report Perfumo 35' (o.g.) Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 70,100
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)
23 June 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup
Group 4		 Poland  2–1  Italy Stuttgart, West Germany
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Szarmach 38'
Deyna 44'		 Report Capello 85' Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 70,100
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
28 September 19741 International friendly Yugoslavia  1–0  Italy Zagreb, Yugoslavia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Šurjak 41' Report Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Emsberger Gyula (Hungary)
20 November 1974 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Netherlands  3–1  Italy Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rensenbrink 24'
Cruyff 64', 80'		 Report Boninsegna 5' Stadium: Feyenoord Stadium
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)
29 December 1974 International friendly Italy  0–0  Bulgaria Genoa, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

1975

19 April 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  0–0  Poland Rome, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,048
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
5 June 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Finland  0–1  Italy Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Chinaglia 26' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
8 June 1975 International friendly Soviet Union  1–0  Italy Moscow, Soviet Union
17:00 MT (UTC+03:00) Konkov 63' Report Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Miloš Kajić (Yugoslavia)
27 September 19751 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  0–0  Finland Rome, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,203
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)
26 October 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Poland  0–0  Italy Warsaw, Poland
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadion Dziesięciolecia
Attendance: 59,773
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
22 November 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  1–0  Netherlands Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Capello 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,307
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
30 December 1975 International friendly Italy  3–2  Greece Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pulici 6', 45'
Savoldi 60' (pen.)		 Report Kritikopoulos 35'
Sarafis 53'		 Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Miloš Kajić (Yugoslavia)

1976

7 April 1976 International friendly Italy  3–1  Portugal Turin, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Antognoni 45'
Graziani 62'
Pulici 70'		 Report Fraguito 82' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
23 May 1976 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Team America United States 0–4  Italy Washington D.C., United States
13:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Report Capello 15'
Pulici 22'
Graziani 72'
Rocca 84'		 Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 33,455
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
28 May 1976 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament England  3–2  Italy Bronx, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Channon 46', 53'
Thompson 48'		 Report Graziani 14', 19' Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 46,650
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
31 May 1976 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament Brazil  4–1  Italy New Haven, United States
15:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Gil 28', 48'
Zico 76'
Dinamite 78'		 Report Capello 2' Stadium: Yale Bowl
Attendance: 36,096
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
5 June 1976 International friendly Italy  4–2  Romania Milan, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 49'
Antognoni 60'
Bettega 70', 74'		 Report Lucescu 65'
Georgescu 77'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 30,329
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
22 September 1976 International friendly Denmark  0–1  Italy Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Pulici 18' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
25 September 1976 International friendly Italy  3–0  Yugoslavia Rome, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bettega 33', 83'
Graziani 73'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
16 October 1976 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Luxembourg  1–4  Italy Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Braun 86' Report Graziani 24'
Bettega 44', 81'
Antognoni 50'		 Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
17 November 1976 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  2–0  England Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Antognoni 36'
Bettega 77'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
22 December 1976 International friendly Portugal  2–1  Italy Lisbon, Portugal
21:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Nené 12', 66' Report Bettega 78' Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 36,121
Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain)

1977

26 January 1977 International friendly Italy  2–1  Belgium Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 24'
Meeuws 77' (o.g.)		 Report Piot 85' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
8 June 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Finland  0–3  Italy Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Gentile 8'
Bettega 56'
Benetti 81'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
8 October 1977 International friendly West Germany  2–1  Italy West Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaltz 32'
Rummenigge 58'		 Report Antognoni 75' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
15 October 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  6–1  Finland Turin, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bettega 29', 38', 59', 62'
Graziani 45'
Zaccarelli 71'		 Report Haaskivi 67' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)
16 November 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 England  2–0  Italy London, England
19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) Keegan 11'
Brooking 80'		 Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 92,500
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
3 December 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 2		 Italy  3–0  Luxembourg Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bettega 4'
Graziani 11'
Causio 56'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
21 October 1977 International friendly Belgium  0–1  Italy Liège, Belgium
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Antognoni 73' Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

1978

25 January 1978 International friendly Spain  2–1  Italy Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pirri 10' (pen.)
Dani 56'		 Report Tardelli 83' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
8 February 1978 International friendly Italy  2–2  France Naples, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 13' (pen.), 22' Report Bathenay 51'
Platini 81'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Angel Franco Martínez (Spain)
18 May 1978 International friendly Italy  0–0  Yugoslavia Rome, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
2 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Italy  2–1  France Mar del Plata, Argentina
13:45 ART (UTC−03:00) Rossi 29'
Zaccarelli 54'		 Report Lacombe 1' Stadium: Estadio José María Minella
Attendance: 42,373
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
6 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Italy  3–1  Hungary Mar del Plata, Argentina
13:45 ART (UTC−03:00) Rossi 34'
Bettega 36'
Benetti 60'		 Report A. Tóth 81' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio José María Minella
Attendance: 26,533
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
10 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Argentina  0–1  Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:15 ART (UTC−03:00) Report Bettega 67' Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 71,712
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
14 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Second round – Group A		 Italy  0–0  West Germany Buenos Aires, Argentina
13:45 ART (UTC−03:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 67,547
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
18 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Second round – Group A		 Italy  1–0  Austria Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:45 ART (UTC−03:00) Rossi 13' Report Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 66,695
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
21 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Second round – Group A		 Italy  1–2  Netherlands Buenos Aires, Argentina
13:45 ART (UTC−03:00) Brandts 19' (o.g.) Report Brandts 49'
Haan 76'		 Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 67,433
Referee: Angel Franco Martínez (Spain)
24 June 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup
Third place play-off		 Brazil  2–1  Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina
15:00 ART (UTC−03:00) Nelinho 64'
Dirceu 71'		 Report Causio 38' Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 69,659
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
20 September 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Bulgaria Turin, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cabrini 62' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
23 September 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Turkey Florence, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 26' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
8 November 1978 International friendly Czechoslovakia  3–0  Italy Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Jarůšek 1'
Panenka 53'
Masný 87' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
21 December 1978 International friendly Italy  1–0  Spain Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rossi 31' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

1979

24 February 1979 International friendly Italy  3–0  Netherlands Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bettega 9'
Rossi 19'
Tardelli 44'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
26 May 1979 International friendly Italy  2–2  Argentina Rome, Italy
19:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Causio 25'
Rossi 55'		 Report Valencia 7'
Passarella 56' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Porém Luís Porém Luís (Portugal)
13 June 1979 International friendly Yugoslavia  4–1  Italy Zagreb, Yugoslavia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Sušić 28', 36', 66'
Zajec 86'		 Report Rossi 25' Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
26 September 1979 International friendly Italy  1–0  Sweden Florence, Italy
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Oriali 15' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
17 November 1979 International friendly Italy  2–0   Switzerland Udine, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 25'
Tardelli 40'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

1980

16 February 1980 International friendly Italy  2–1  Romania Naples, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Collovati 56'
Causio 87'		 Report Bölöni 52' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
15 March 1980 International friendly Italy  1–0  Uruguay Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 9' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)
19 April 1980 International friendly Italy  2–2  Poland Turin, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Causio 1'
Scirea 24'		 Report Sybis 9'
Szarmach 35' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Clive White (England)
12 June 1980 UEFA Euro 1980
Group 2		 Spain  0–0  Italy Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 46,816
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
15 June 1980 UEFA Euro 1980
Group 2		 England  0–1  Italy Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Tardelli 79' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 59,646
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
18 June 1980 UEFA Euro 1980
Group 2		 Italy  0–0  Belgium Rome, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 42,318
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
21 June 1980 UEFA Euro 1980
Third place match		 Czechoslovakia  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(9–8 p)		  Italy Rome, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jurkemik 54' Report Graziani 73' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 24,652
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Penalties
24 September 1980 International friendly Italy  3–1  Portugal Genoa, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Altobelli 63', 80'
Graziani 88'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
11 October 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Luxembourg  0–2  Italy Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Collovati 33'
Bettega 77'		 Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Henk Weerink (Netherlands)
1 November 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Italy  2–0  Denmark Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Graziani 7', 51' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,400
Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)
15 November 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Italy  2–0  Yugoslavia Turin, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cabrini 40' (pen.)
Conti 75'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 50,677
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
6 December 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Greece  0–2  Italy Athens, Greece
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Antognoni 10'
Scirea 81'		 Stadium: Leoforos Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

1981

3 January 1981 1980 Mundialito
Group A		 Uruguay  2–0  Italy Montevideo, Uruguay
18:00 UYT (UTC−03:00) Julio Morales 67' (pen.)
Victorino 81'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Emilio Guruceta (Spain)
6 January 1981 1980 Mundialito
Group A		 Italy  1–1  Netherlands Montevideo, Uruguay
18:00 UYT (UTC−03:00) Ancelotti 7' Report Jan Peters 15' Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
25 February 1981 International friendly Italy  0–3 Europe XI Rome, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Simonsen 32'
Halilhodžić 56'
Woodcock 79'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
19 April 1981 International friendly Italy  0–0  East Germany Udine, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: John Hunting (England)
3 June 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Denmark  3–1  Italy Copenhagen, Denmark
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Røntved 59'
Arnesen 61'
Bastrup 87'		 Report Graziani 69' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 36,300
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
23 September 1981 International friendly Italy  3–2  Bulgaria Bologna, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 39', 58'
Dossena 75'		 Report Mladenov 84'
Dossena 89' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
17 October 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Yugoslavia  1–1  Italy Belgrade, Yugoslavia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Zl. Vujović 9' Report Bettega 33' Stadium: FK Crvena Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
14 November 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Italy  1–1  Greece Turin, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Conti 61' Report Kouis 87' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 39,670
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
5 December 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 5		 Italy  1–0  Luxembourg Naples, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Collovati 7' Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 49,247
Referee: Velichko Tsonchev (Bulgaria)

1982

23 February 1982 International friendly France  2–0  Italy Paris, France
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Platini 19'
Bravo 84'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
14 April 1982 International friendly East Germany  1–0  Italy Leipzig, East Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hause 20' Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)
28 May 1982 International friendly Switzerland  1–1  Italy Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Barberis 50' Report Cabrini 79' Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 27,100
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)
14 June 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Italy  0–0  Poland Vigo, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 33,040
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
18 June 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Italy  1–1  Peru Vigo, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Conti 18' Report Díaz 83' Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
23 June 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Group 1		 Italy  1–1  Cameroon Vigo, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Graziani 60' Report M'Bida 61' Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
29 June 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Second round – Group C		 Italy  2–1  Argentina Barcelona, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tardelli 57'
Cabrini 67'		 Report Passarella 83' Stadium: Estadio Sarriá
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
5 July 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Second round – Group C		 Italy  3–2  Brazil Barcelona, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rossi 5', 25', 74' Report Sócrates 12'
Falcão 68'		 Stadium: Estadio Sarriá
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
8 July 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Semi-final		 Poland  0–2  Italy Barcelona, Spain
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Rossi 22', 73' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
11 July 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Final		 Italy  3–1  West Germany Madrid, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rossi 57'
Tardelli 69'
Altobelli 81'		 Report Breitner 83' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
27 October 1982 International friendly Italy  0–1   Switzerland Rome, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Elsener 53' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
13 November 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  2–2  Czechoslovakia Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Altobelli 13'
Kapko 65' (o.g.)		 Report Sloup 26'
Chaloupka 70'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 72,386
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
4 December 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  0–0  Romania Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 50,478
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

1983

12 February 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Cyprus  1–1  Italy Limassol, Cyprus
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Omirou 47' Report Graziani 58' Stadium: Tsirion Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
16 April 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Romania  1–0  Italy Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bölöni 24' Report Stadium: 23 August Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
29 May 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Sweden  2–0  Italy Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Eriksson 31'
Corneliusson 55'		 Report Stadium: Nya Ullevi
Attendance: 32,860
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
5 October 1983 International friendly Italy  3–0  Greece Bari, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Giordano 15'
Cabrini 23'
Rossi 36'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
15 October 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  0–3  Sweden Naples, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Strömberg 20', 27'
Sunesson 71'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 60,086
Referee: José García Carrión (Spain)
16 November 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Czechoslovakia  2–0  Italy Prague, Czechoslovakia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rada 63', 76' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
22 December 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Group 5		 Italy  3–1  Cyprus Perugia, Italy
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Altobelli 53'
Cabrini 82'
Rossi 86' (pen.)		 Report Tsingis 68' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 20,773
Referee: Thomas Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

1984

4 February 1984 International friendly Italy  5–0  Mexico Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bagni 1'
Rossi 12', 37', 44'
Conti 50'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Viriato Graça Oliva (Portugal)
3 March 1984 International friendly Turkey  1–2  Italy Istanbul, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+03:00) Tüfekçi 65' Report Altobelli 2'
Cabrini 18'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
7 April 1984 International friendly Italy  1–1  Czechoslovakia Verona, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bagni 33' Report Griga 67' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
22 May 1984 International friendly West Germany  1–0  Italy Zürich, Switzerland
20:10 CEST (UTC+02:00) Briegel 61' Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
26 May 1984 International friendly Canada  0–2  Italy Toronto, Canada
15:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Report Altobelli 31'
Battistini 85'		 Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger (Switzerland)
30 May 1984 International friendly United States  0–0  Italy East Rutherford, United States
21:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Report Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Marco Dorantes (Mexico)
26 September 1984 International friendly Italy  1–0  Sweden Milan, Italy
20:40 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cabrini 2' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
3 November 1984 International friendly Switzerland  1–1  Italy Lausanne, Switzerland
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bregy 43' Report Cabrini 7' Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
8 December 1984 International friendly Italy  2–0  Poland Pescara, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Altobelli 77'
Di Gennaro 90'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

1985

5 February 1985 International friendly Republic of Ireland  1–2  Italy Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) Waddock 53' Report Rossi 5' (pen.)
Altobelli 18'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
13 March 1985 International friendly Greece  0–0  Italy Athens, Greece
16:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Németh Lajos (Hungary)
3 April 1985 International friendly Italy  2–0  Portugal Ascoli Piceno, Italy
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Conti 40'
Rossi 78' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
2 June 1985 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Mexico  1–1  Italy Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Aguirre 45' Report Di Gennaro 54' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
6 June 1985 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament Italy  2–1  England Mexico City, Mexico
14:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Bagni 73'
Altobelli 89' (pen.)		 Report Hateley 74' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
25 September 1985 International friendly Italy  1–2  Norway Lecce, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Altobelli 26' Report Økland 39'
Davidsen 42'		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
16 November 1985 International friendly Poland  1–0  Italy Chorzów, Poland
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Dziekanowski 5' Report Stadium: Silesian Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria)

1986

5 February 1986 International friendly Italy  1–2  West Germany Avellino, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Serena 21' Report Herget 37'
Matthäus 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Partenio
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
26 March 1986 International friendly Italy  2–1  Austria Udine, Italy
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Altobelli 55'
Di Gennaro 76'		 Report Polster 3' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
11 May 1986 International friendly Italy  2–0  China Naples, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Gennaro 23'
Altobelli 33'		 Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
31 May 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup
Group A		 Bulgaria  1–1  Italy Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Sirakov 85' Report Altobelli 43' Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 96,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
5 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup
Group A		 Italy  1–1  Argentina Puebla City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Altobelli 6' (pen.) Report Maradona 34' Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
10 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup
Group A		 South Korea  2–3  Italy Puebla City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Choi Soon-ho 62'
Huh Jung-moo 83'		 Report Altobelli 17', 73'
Cho Kwang-rae 82' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: David Socha (United States)
17 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup
Round of 16		 Italy  0–2  France Mexico City, Mexico
12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) Report Platini 15'
Stopyra 57'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
8 October 19861 International friendly Italy  2–0  Greece Bologna, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bergomi 8', 68' Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)
15 November 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Italy  3–2   Switzerland Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Donadoni 1'
Altobelli 52', 85'		 Report Brigger 31'
Weber 88'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,422
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
6 December 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Malta  0–2  Italy Ta' Qali, Malta
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Ferri 12'
Altobelli 19'		 Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 13,191
Referee: Ihsan Türe (Turkey)

1987

24 January 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Italy  5–0  Malta Bergamo, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bagni 4'
Bergomi 9'
Altobelli 24', 35'
Vialli 45'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 32,370
Referee: Stephanos Hadjistefanou (Cyprus)
14 February 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Portugal  0–1  Italy Lisbon, Portugal
15:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Altobelli 40' Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 14,195
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
18 April 1987 International friendly West Germany  0–0  Italy Cologne, West Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Albert Thomas (Netherlands)
28 May 1987 International friendly Norway  0–0  Italy Oslo, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
3 June 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Sweden  1–0  Italy Solna, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Larsson 25' Report Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 40,070
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
10 June 1987 International friendly Italy  3–1  Argentina Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) De Napoli 27'
Garré 33' (o.g.)
Vialli 88'		 Report Maradona 62' Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
23 September 1987 International friendly Italy  1–0  Yugoslavia Pisa, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Altobelli 23' Report Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
17 October 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Switzerland  0–0  Italy Bern, Switzerland
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 29,397
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
14 November 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Italy  2–1  Sweden Naples, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vialli 27', 47' Report Larsson 38' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 59,046
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
5 December 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Group 2		 Italy  3–0  Portugal Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vialli 8'
Giannini 87'
De Agostini 89'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 13,524
Referee: Johannes Keizer (Netherlands)

1988

20 February 1988 International friendly Italy  4–1  Soviet Union Bari, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Baresi 7' (pen.)
Vialli 30', 35'
Bergomi 86'		 Report Lytovchenko 19' Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria
Attendance: 27,636
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
31 March 1988 International friendly Yugoslavia  1–1  Italy Split, Yugoslavia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jakovljević 45' Report Vialli 10' Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
27 April 1988 International friendly Luxembourg  0–3  Italy Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Ferri 24'
Bergomi 28'
De Agostini 33'		 Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Jacob van der Niet (Netherlands)
4 June 1988 International friendly Italy  0–1  Wales Brescia, Italy
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Rush 38' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 18,931
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
10 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988
Group A		 West Germany  1–1  Italy Düsseldorf, West Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Brehme 55' Report Mancini 52' Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 62,552
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
14 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988
Group A		 Italy  1–0  Spain Frankfurt, West Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vialli 73' Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 47,506
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
17 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988
Group A		 Italy  2–0  Denmark Cologne, West Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Altobelli 67'
De Agostini 87'		 Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
22 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988
Semi-final		 Soviet Union  2–0  Italy Stuttgart, West Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lytovchenko 58'
Protasov 62'		 Report Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 61,606
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
19 October 1988 International friendly Italy  2–1  Norway Pescara, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Giannini 18' (pen.)
Ferri 29'		 Report Brandhaug 40' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 10,834
Referee: Makis Germanakos (Greece)
16 November 1988 International friendly Italy  1–0  Netherlands Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vialli 44' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 27,878
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
22 December 1988 International friendly Italy  2–0  Scotland Perugia, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Giannini 48'
Berti 70'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 25,600
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

1989

22 February 1989 International friendly Italy  1–0  Denmark Pisa, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bergomi 61' Report Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 20,366
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
25 March 1989 International friendly Austria  0–1  Italy Vienna, Austria
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Berti 88' Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Manfred Neuner (West Germany)
29 March 1989 International friendly Romania  1–0  Italy Sibiu, Romania
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sabău 48' Report Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
22 April 1989 International friendly Italy  1–1  Uruguay Verona, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) R. Baggio 65' Report Carlos Aguilera 83' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 13,891
Referee: George Courtney (England)
26 April 1989 International friendly Italy  4–0  Hungary Taranto, Italy
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vialli 8'
Ferri 53'
Berti 67'
Carnevale 77'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Erasmo Iacovone
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
20 September 1989 International friendly Italy  4–0  Bulgaria Cesena, Italy
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) R. Baggio 18' (pen.), 34'
Carnevale 46'
Iliev 53' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Alphonse Costantin (France)
14 October 1989 International friendly Italy  0–1  Brazil Bologna, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report André Cruz 77' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 33,800
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
11 November 1989 International friendly Italy  1–0  Algeria Vicenza, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Serena 74' Report Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 24,990
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
15 November 1989 International friendly England  0–0  Italy London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
21 December 1989 International friendly Italy  0–0  Argentina Cagliari, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 29,635
Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

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