Italy national football team results (1930–1949)

This is a list of the Italy national football team results from 1930 to 1949. During this period, Italy achieved first place at the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup, the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic football tournament, and first place at the 1927–30 and the 1933–35 Central European International Cup as well as coming in second place at the 1931–32 and the 1936–38[nb 1] editions of the latter tournament.

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Results

1930

9 February 1930 International friendly Italy  4–2   Switzerland Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Magnozzi 22'
Orsi 26'
Meazza 37', 39'
Report Poretti 17', 19' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: E. Gray (England)
2 March 1930 International friendly Germany  0–2  Italy Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Baloncieri 53'
Meazza 75'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
22 June 1930 International friendly Italy  2–3  Spain Bologna, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Costantino 3', 40' Report Regueiro 30', 72'
Ventolrà 87'
Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)

1931

25 January 1931 International friendly Italy  5–0  France Bologna, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 21', 34', 40'
Cesarini 51'
Cattaneo 73'
Report Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
22 February 1931 1931–32 Central European International Cup Italy  2–1  Austria Milan, Italy
14:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 34'
Orsi 52'
Report Horvath 4' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
12 April 1931 International friendly Portugal  0–2  Italy Porto, Portugal
15:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Orsi 35'
Ferrari 41'
Stadium: Campo do Ameal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Llovera Mas (Spain)
19 April 1931 International friendly Spain  0–0  Italy Bilbao, Spain
15:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
20 May 1931 International friendly Italy  3–0  Scotland Rome, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Costantino 6'
Meazza 42'
Orsi 87'
Report Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
15 November 1931 1931–32 Central European International Cup Italy  2–2  Czechoslovakia Rome, Italy
14:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Pitto 53'
Bernardini 57' (pen.)
Report Svoboda 55', 83' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
13 December 1931 1931–32 Central European International Cup Italy  3–2  Hungary Turin, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Libonatti 22'
Orsi 56'
Cesarini 90'
Report Avar 53', 60' Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)

1932

14 February 1932 1931–32 Central European International Cup Italy  3–0   Switzerland Naples, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Fedullo 30', 32', 55' Report Stadium: Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
20 March 1932 1931–32 Central European International Cup Austria  2–1  Italy Wien, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Sindelar 56', 58' Report Meazza 66' Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
27 November 1932 International friendly Italy  4–2  Hungary Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Orsi 26', 35'
Meazza 52'
Ferrari 79'
Report Béla 40' (pen.)
Markos 86'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: William Bangerter (Switzerland)

1933

1 January 1933 International friendly Italy  3–1  Germany Bologna, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 24'
Costantino 27'
Schiavio 58'
Report Rohr 2' Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
12 February 1933 International friendly Belgium  2–3  Italy Brussels, Belgium
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00) Voorhoof 31', 46' Report Meazza 26', 88'
Costantino 71'
Stadium: Stade du Jubilé
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
2 April 1933 1933–35 Central European International Cup Switzerland  0–3  Italy Geneva, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Schiavio 35', 60'
Meazza 75'
Stadium: Parc des Sports
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
13 May 1933 International friendly Italy  1–1  England Rome, Italy
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrari 4' Report Bastin 54' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

1934

11 February 1934 1933–35 Central European International Cup Italy  2–4  Austria Turin, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Guaita 48', 50' (pen.) Report Zischek 20', 23', 55'
Binder 28'
Stadium: Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
25 March 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 3
Italy  4–0  Greece Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Guarisi 40'
Meazza 44', 71'
Ferrari 69'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
27 May 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup
First round
Italy  7–1  United States Rome, Italy
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schiavio 18', 29', 64'
Orsi 20', 69'
Ferrari 63'
Meazza 90'
Report Donelli 57' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
31 May 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-final
Italy  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Spain Florence, Italy
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrari 44' Report Regueiro 30' Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Berta
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
3 June 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup
Semi-final
Italy  1–0  Austria Milan, Italy
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Guaita 19' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
10 June 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup
Final
Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Czechoslovakia Rome, Italy
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Orsi 81'
Schiavio 95'
Report Puč 71' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
14 November 1934 International friendly England  3–2  Italy London, England
14:30 GMT (UTC±00:00) Brook 3', 10'
Drake 12'
Report Meazza 58', 62' Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)
9 December 1934 International friendly Italy  4–2  Hungary Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Guaita 27', 37'
Ferrari 63'
Meazza 83'
Report Sárosi 18'
Avar 39'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)

1935

17 February 1935 International friendly Italy  2–1  France Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 5', 15' Report Keller 27' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
24 March 1935 1933–35 Central European International Cup Austria  0–2  Italy Wien, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Piola 51', 81' Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
24 November 1935 1933–35 Central European International Cup Italy  2–2  Hungary Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Colaussi 69'
Ferrari 70'
Report Sárosi 43', 79' Stadium: Arena Civica
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hans Wuthrich (Switzerland)

1936

5 April 1936 International friendly Switzerland  1–2  Italy Zurich, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Weiler 77' (pen.) Report Demaría 44'
Colaussi 67'
Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mihály Ivanicsics (Hungary)
17 May 1936 International friendly Italy  2–2  Austria Rome, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Demaría 64'
Pasinati 78'
Report Jerusalem 28'
Viertl 72'
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hertzka Pál (Hungary)
31 May 1936 International friendly Hungary  1–2  Italy Budapest, Hungary
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Turay 70' Report Pasinati 31'
Meazza 77'
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Adolf Miesz (Austria)
3 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
First round
Italy  1–0  United States Berlin, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Frossi 58' Report Stadium: Poststadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Carl Weingartner (Germany)
7 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
Quarter-final
Italy  8–0  Japan Berlin, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Frossi 14', 75', 80'
Biagi 32', 57', 81', 82'
Cappelli 89'
Report Stadium: Mommsenstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto Ohlsson (Sweden)
10 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
Semi-final
Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Norway Berlin, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Negro 15'
Frossi 96'
Report Brustad 58' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Pál von Hertzka (Hungary)
15 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
Final
Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Austria Berlin, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Frossi 70', 92' Report Kainberger 80' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
25 October 1936 1936–38 Central European International Cup Italy  4–2   Switzerland Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 26'
Piola 37', 53'
Pasinati 60'
Report Bickel 31'
Diebold 76'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
15 November 1936 International friendly Germany  2–2  Italy Berlin, Germany
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Siffling 35', 40' Report Colaussi 2'
Ferrari 52'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 83,000
Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden)
13 December 1936 International friendly Italy  2–0  Czechoslovakia Genoa, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pasinati 40'
Ferrari 43'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Adolf Miesz (Austria)

1937

21 March 1937 1936–38 Central European International Cup Austria  2–0  Italy Wien, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Jerusalem 40'
Stroh 63' (pen.)
Match abandoned Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Carl Olsson (Sweden)
Note: Match abandoned after 74 minutes following crowd trouble. The result was declared void but the Austrian players were still credited with international caps.
27 May 1937 International friendly Norway  1–3  Italy Oslo, Norway
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Danielsen 76' Report Meazza 14'
Piola 20', 54'
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
31 October 1937 1936–38 Central European International Cup Switzerland  2–2  Italy Geneva, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Walaschek 17' (pen.)
Wagner 23'
Report Piola 5', 85' Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
5 December 1937 International friendly France  0–0  Italy Paris, France
14:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hans Wuthrich (Switzerland)

1938

15 May 1938 International friendly Italy  6–1  Belgium Milan, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Meazza 17' (pen.)
Andreolo 28'
Pasinati 58'
Piola 71', 80', 84'
Report Capelle 2' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
22 May 1938 International friendly Italy  4–0  Yugoslavia Genoa, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Colaussi 6'
Piola 12'
Meazza 62' (pen.)
Ferrari 84'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
5 June 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup
First round
Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Norway Marseille, France
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Ferraris 2'
Piola 94'
Report Brustad 83' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany)
12 June 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-final
France  1–3  Italy Paris, France
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Heisserer 10' Report Colaussi 9'
Piola 51', 72'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: 58,455
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
16 June 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup
Semi-final
Italy  2–1  Brazil Marseille, France
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Colaussi 51'
Meazza 60' (pen.)
Report Romeu 87' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Hans Wuthrich (Switzerland)
19 June 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup
Final
Hungary  2–4  Italy Paris, France
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Titkos 8'
Sárosi 70'
Report Colaussi 6', 35'
Piola 16', 82'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)
20 November 1938 International friendly Italy  2–0   Switzerland Bologna, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Colaussi 27'
Minelli 60' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
4 December 1938 International friendly Italy  1–0  France Naples, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Biavati 32' Report Stadium: Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

1939

26 March 1939 International friendly Italy  3–2  Germany Florence, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Piola 9', 48'
Biavati 35'
Report Hahnemann 28'
Janes 80'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Giovanni Berta
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
13 May 1939 International friendly Italy  2–2  England Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Biavati 49'
Piola 64'
Report Lawton 19'
Hall 77'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
4 June 1939 International friendly Yugoslavia  1–2  Italy Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Petrović 64' Report Piola 35'
Colaussi 61'
Stadium: Stadion Beogradski S.K.
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
8 June 1939 International friendly Hungary  1–3  Italy Budapest, Hungary
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kiszely 77' Report Piola 2'
Colaussi 59', 65'
Stadium: Üllői úti stadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Thomas Thompson (England)
20 July 1939 International friendly Finland  2–3  Italy Helsinki, Finland
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Lehtonen 21'
Weckström 41'
Report Piola 12', 28', 84' Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,547
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
12 November 1939 International friendly Switzerland  3–1  Italy Zürich, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Monnard 5'
Aeby 61', 88'
Report Puricelli 28' Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
26 November 1939 International friendly Germany  5–2  Italy Berlin, Germany
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Binder 21', 36', 85'
Lehner 67'
Conen 70'
Report Neri 15'
Demaría 27' (pen.)
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain)

1940

3 March 1940 International friendly Italy  1–1   Switzerland Turin, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Corbelli 36' Report Bickel 20' Stadium: Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini
Attendance: 40,805
Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)
14 April 1940 International friendly Italy  2–1  Romania Rome, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Biavati 61'
Piola 78'
Report Baratky 47' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)
5 May 1940 International friendly Italy  3–2  Germany Milan, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Colaussi 17'
Bertoni 25'
Biavati 58'
Report Binder 28', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Mihály Ivanicsics (Hungary)
1 December 1940 International friendly Italy  1–1  Hungary Genoa, Italy
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Trevisan 14' Report Bodola 62' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

1942

5 April 1942 International friendly Italy  4–0 Independent State of Croatia Croatia Genoa, Italy
15:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gabetto 55'
Ferraris 58'
Biavati 64'
Grezar 68' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Helmut Finck (Germany)
19 April 1942 International friendly Italy  4–0  Spain Milan, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) V. Mazzola 48'
Ferraris 49'
Piola 87'
Loik 88'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

1945

11 November 1945 International friendly Switzerland  4–4  Italy Zürich, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Amadò 25', 37', 84'
Aeby 78'
Report Piola 3'
Loik 47'
Biavati 63', 69'
Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Victor Sdez (France)

1946

1 December 1946 International friendly Italy  3–2  Austria Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Castigliano 8'
V. Mazzola 16'
Piola 64'
Report Epp 40'
Stojaspal 90'
Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Eugenio Scherz (Switzerland)

1947

27 April 1947 International friendly Italy  5–2   Switzerland Florence, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) V. Mazzola 12'
Loik 35'
Menti 58', 60', 88'
Report Fatton 23'
Bocquet 69' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Johann Beck (Austria)
11 May 1947 International friendly Italy  3–2  Hungary Turin, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gabetto 24', 70'
Loik 35'
Report Szusza 52'
Puskás 76' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Paul von Wartburg (Switzerland)
9 November 1947 International friendly Austria  5–1  Italy Vienna, Austria
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Körner 24'
Ocwirk 31'
Brinek, Jr. 36', 89'
Stojaspal 69'
Report Carapellese 89' Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jan Roškota (Czechoslovakia)
14 December 1947 International friendly Italy  3–1  Czechoslovakia Bari, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Menti 10'
Gabetto 58'
Carapellese 63'
Report Říha 84' Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)

1948

4 April 1948 International friendly France  1–3  Italy Colombes, France
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Baratte 71' (pen.) Report Carapellese 31', 38'
Gabetto 36'
Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 60,074
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
16 May 1948 International friendly Italy  0–4  England Turin, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Mortensen 4'
Lawton 23'
Finney 72', 72'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain)
2 August 1948 1948 Summer Olympics
First round
Italy  9–0  United States Brentford, England
18:30 BST (UTC+01:00) Pernigo 2', 57', 88', 90'
Stellin 25' (pen.)
Turconi 46'
Cavigioli 72', 87'
Caprile 90'
Report Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Charles de la Salle (France)
5 August 1948 1948 Summer Olympics
Quarter-final
Denmark  5–3  Italy Highbury, England
18:30 BST (UTC+01:00) John Hansen 30', 53', 74', 82'
Pløger 84'
Report Cavigioli 49'
Caprile 67'
Pernigo 81'
Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Ling (England)

1949

27 February 19491 International friendly Italy  4–1  Portugal Genoa, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Menti 57'
Carapellese 67'
V. Mazzola 75'
Maroso 81'
Report Lourenço 21' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Victor Sdez (France)
27 March 1949 International friendly Spain  1–3  Italy Madrid, Spain
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Gaínza 34' (pen.) Report Lorenzi 9'
Carapellese 48'
Amadei 50'
Stadium: Estadio Chamartín
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: William Ling (England)
22 May 1949 1948–53 Central European International Cup Italy  3–1  Austria Florence, Italy
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cappello 26'
Amadei 42'
Boniperti 43'
Report Huber 70' Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
12 June 1949 1948–53 Central European International Cup Hungary  1–1  Italy Budapest, Hungary
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Deák 29' Report Carapellese 70' Stadium: Megyeri úti stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: William Evans (England)
30 November 1949 International friendly England  2–0  Italy Tottenham, England
14:15 GMT (UTC±00:00) Rowley 29'
Wright 42'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 71,797
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

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Notes

  1. This edition of the tournament was interrupted due to the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.[1]

References

  1. Reyes, Macario (21 April 2011). "4th International Cup". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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