New Addition: FIFA Confederations Cup-Part One (1985 Artemio Franchi Trophy)

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Nowadays the FIFA Confederations Cup is a regular Tournament that is hosted by the World Cup hosts one year ahead of the main event, as a dress rehearsal.

But for many years this Tournament was played in sporadic manner with no set guidelines.

The first attempt to launch this Tournament took place in 1985. The Defending European Champions France (winners in 1984) hosted Copa America winners Uruguay (winners in 1983) in Paris for what was referred to as  ‘The Artemio Franchi Trophy’. It was named after the late UEFA President, the Italian Artemio Franchi, who had been killed two years prior in a car accident.

This match would be the pre-cursor to the eventual FIFA Confederations Cup over a decade later.

This first match, played in August, was presented as a Gala match and a sort of a pre-season curtain raiser. It certainly was not perceived as an important match with a prestigious trophy at stake.

The attendance at Paris’ Parc des Princes was poor, only in the upwards of 20,000 were in the attendance.

Uruguay had already qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and saw the match as part of their preparations.

Enzo Francescolli was the main attraction for the guests and he was being billed as a future star.

France, on the other hand, still had to qualify for the World Cup. Their last outing had been a disappointing World Cup qualifying loss at Bulgaria (0-2) in May.

For them, this was a preparatory match for the upcoming vital qualifiers.

France were missing a number of players through injury: defenders Manuel Amoros, Patrick Battiston, Leonard Specht and midfielder Jean Tigana.

This gave an opportunity for Yvon le Roux to earn a place in defense for the first time in over a year (since the 1984 Euros in fact).

He had lost his place the previous season due to a run on injuries. He had left his club Monaco in the summer and had regained his form for his new club Nantes.

Former Star Dominique Rocheteau was also recalled after a year (since the 1984 Euros as well). He had also regained his form with Paris St. Germain, who were league leaders at the time. Tigana’s absence was compensated by the inclusion of clubmate Thierry Tusseau. As Captain Michel Platini always led France, ably assisted by Bordeaux Captain Alain Giresse.

French Manager Henri Michel opted for a 4-4-2 formation with no wingers. He chose two distinct strikers in Rocheteau and Jose Toure.

For France, defender Maxime Bossis (who was playing in the Second Division with Racing Club Paris) was set to tie Marius Tresor’s record number of caps by playing in his 64^th match for France.

As far as the match itself, France played an attractive match and were more cohesive as a unit.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 66, September 1985 (Maxime Bossis and Enzo Francescolli, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

They scored as early as the 5^th minute. Alain Giresse in the middle found Platini, who sent the ball in the box for the onrushing Rocheteau. He dribbled across the goalkeeper and scored with a low shot from a narrow angle.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 117, September 1985 (Domnique Rocheteau scoring France’s first goal, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Uruguay resorted to a more physical approach and had three players carded.

French goalkeeper Joel Bats was mostly a spectator. He did not have to make many saves for most of the match.

In the 56^th minute, France doubled its lead. Alain Giresse sent a long range cross into the box; Toure trapped it and scored from close range.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 117, September 1985 (Jose Toure scoring France’s second goal, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Five minutes later, Platini struck the post with an indirect free kick.

Bats was called into action in the 65^th minute and saved Venancio Ramos’ free kick.

Dominique Rocheteau scored another goal in the 79^th minute that was called off due to offside.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 66, September 1985 (Sergio Santin taking a shot, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

France’s display was praised and gave them confidence ahead of the qualifiers.

France Manager Henri Michel was very satisfied for the performance, especially of his striking duo of Rocheteau and Toure. He also praised Bossis’ performance as libero.

Bossis had been under some scrutiny due to the fact that he was playing in the Second Division and many questioned his worth as a lower Division player.

Bossis felt he had proven his critics wrong with his performance.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 66, September 1985 (Nelson Guttierez and Michel Platini, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 66, September 1985 (Alain Giresse and Bossio, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Uruguay Manager Omar Borras regretted the fact that most of his players were scattered around various leagues and he had not had the adequate time to organize them.

This was just a first step in establishing a new Intercontinental Tournament.

There would be a seven-year wait, when another attempt would be made (King Fahd Cup in 1992) for a Tournament involving more Confederations.

Note: Argentina’s Abel Gnecco had been the designted choice  as the match referee. However, UEFA decided to chose a lottery to select the referee.

Gnecco won the lottery and remained as the referee. Chile’s Mario Lira and Ecuador’s Elias Jacome stayed as linesmen.

Photo From: Onze, Hors serie 27, 1986 (Joel Bats and Michel Platini with the trophy, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 117, September 1985 (France squad, Top, left to right: Thierry Tusseau, Yvon l;e Roux, Joel Bats, Luis Fernandez, William Ayache, Michel Bibard  ,Bottom, left to right; Dominique Rocheteau, Alain Giresse, Maxime Bossis, Michel Platini, Jose Toure  ,August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

Photo From: kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1986 (Uruguay squad, August 21, 1985, Artemio Franchi Cup, France 2-Uruguay 0)

August 21, 1985

France 2-Uruguay 0

Artemio Franci Trophy (Intercontinental Cup)

Venue: Paris -Parc des Princes

Attendance:20,405

Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Dominique Rocheteau 5, Jose Toure 56     

(Uruguay): None

Lineups:

France:

1-Joel Bats (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2-Michel Bibard (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4-Yvon Le Roux (Football Club de Nantes)

5-Maxime Bossis (Racing Club de Paris)

3-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

8-Alain Giresse (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

7-Luis Fernandez (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10-Michel Platini (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6-Thierry Tusseau (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

11-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Dominique Rocheteau (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

Coach: Henri Michel

Other Subs:

12-Jean-François Domergue (Toulouse Football Club)

13-Philippe Vercruysse (Racing Club de Lens)

14-Bruno Bellone (Association Sportive de Monaco)

15-Yannick Stopyra (Toulouse Football Club)

16-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Uruguay:

1-Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez(captain) (Santos Futebol Clube-Santos - São Paulo / Brazil)

4-Víctor Hugo DiogoSilva  (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo / Brazil)

2-Nelson Daniel GutiérrezLuongo(Corporación Deportiva Club Atlético Nacional-Medellin (Itagüí) / Colombia)

3-Darío Alfonso Pereyra(São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo / Brazil)

6-José Alberto BatistaGonzález(Club Deportivo Español -Buenos Aires / Argentina)

5-Miguel Angel BossioBastianini (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

7-Venancio Ariel RamosVillanueva (Racing Club de Lens / France) 

8-Jorge Walter Barrios(Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas / Greece) (15-Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo) 77th)

9-Enzo Françescoli Uriarte (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires / Argentina)

10-Sergio SantínSpinelli(Corporación Deportiva Club Atlético Nacional-Medellin (Itagüí) / Colombia)

11-Wilmar Rubens CabreraSappa (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)  (16-Gustavo Dalto (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo) 77th)

Coach: Omar Borras

Booked: Victor Diogo 19, Dario Pereyra 21, Nelson Guttierez 65

Other Subs:

12- Fernando Harry AlvezMosquera (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

13- Eduardo Mario AcevedoCardozo (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo)  

14- Néstor Montelongo (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Others called up for Uruguay’s squad:

Defense:

César Javier Vega Perrone (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

Daniel Martinez (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

Midfield:

José Luis Zalazar Rodriguez  (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Strikers:

Carlos Alberto Aguilera Nova (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Amaro Carlos Nadal (Club Deportivo Cali / Colombia)

Jorge Orosmán Da SilvaEcheverrito (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) 

References:

France Football, Issue 2054, August 20, 1985 (‘A l’eau le bateau bleu’ By François de Montvallon)

France Football, Issue 2055, August 27, 1985 (‘Petits ponts en grande pompe’ By François de Montvallon)

Onze, Issue 117, September 1985 (‘Les Bleus au paradis et la celeste en Enfer’ By A. Viernos)

Mondial, new series, issue 66, September 1985 (‘Une Rentree Brillante’  By Michel Diard)

World Soccer, October 1985

L'Integrale de L'Equipe de France de Football, Authors: J.M. and Pierre Cazal, Michel Oreggia, 1998

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A new addition about the national teams as well as clubs of neighboring countries on Belgium and Holland through different decades

I. Belgium

National Team

An article previewing Belgium’s chances during the 1970 World Cup “Belgique a des belles Possibilites”

(Magazine / Language : Miroir du Football , Issue 129, April 1970 / French By Francois Thebaud)

An article previewing Belgium’s chances during the 1982 World Cup

(Magazine / Language : Foot Magazine, Issue 14, June 1982 / French By Phillipe Lacourt)

An article previewing Belgium’s chances during the 1994 World Cup “Devil ofa Job’

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, March 1994 / English By Keir Radnedge)

News and Club scene

Club profile of Anderlecht ‘Anderlecht seem set for honors’

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, April 1961 / English By Rene Boudry)

An article about Belgium’s club scene “waterschei win place in Europe’

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, July 1980 / English By Phillip Smith)

An article profiling Standard Liege and Anderelcht during the 1982/83 season “Anderlect Standard Au Corps a Corps”

(Magazine / Language : Onze, Issue 87, March 1983 / French By Henry Guldemont)

Belgian League matches November 1984 “Anderlecht sans pitie”  

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2015, November 20, 1984 / French By Michel Dubois)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1961 (Belgium’s Laurent Verbiest)

Belgium

II. Holland

National Team

Previewing Holland for the 1978 World Cup

(Magazine / Language : Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978  / French By Phillipe de L’Estang)

Previewing Holland for the 1988 Euros “Dutch not a one man team”

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, June 1988 / English By Simon Kuper)

Previewing Holland for the 1996 Euros “The futuere is Orange”

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, June 1996 / English By Gavin Hamilton)

News and Club scene

An article about Groningen

(Magazine / Language : Voetbal International, Nummer 23 June 6-11, 1977 / Dutch By Johan Derksen)

An article about Holland’s club scene ‘FC Amsterdam surprise many‘

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, February 1975 / English By Chris Rhys)

Dutch league results, December 4-5, 1982

(Magazine / Language : Voetbal International, Nummer 49, December 6-11, 1982 / Dutch)

Club Profile of Ajax Amsterdam 1990/91

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, November 1990 / English By Simon Kuper)

An article about Holland news ‘Muhren’s the man to help Hiddink’

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, February 1996 / English By Eric Nicholls)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1996 (Holland’s Edgar Davids)

Holland

New Addition: Les Tricolores, Les Verts and France-Part 1

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A new addition about the French national team as well as clubs through different decades

French National team

Analysis of France’s 1966 World Cup performance

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, October 1966 / English By Keir Radnedge)

Match report (March 27, 1966, France 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

(Magazine / Language : Onze, Issue 4, April 1976 / French)

French national team players explaining their retirement

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, new series, issue 94, January 1988 / French)

France’s 1992 Euro qualifiers explained by Michel Paltini

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 35, December 1991 / French)

Analysis of France’s 2002 World Cup performance

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 162, July 2002 / French By Frederic Hamelin)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 4, April 1976 (France squad, March 27, 1976, France 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

French national team

Club Scene

AS Monaco 1960/61

(Magazine / Language : Football Magazine, Issue 14, March 1961 / French)

Lille 1969/70

(Magazine / Language : Miroir du Football , Issue 129, April 1970 / French By Jean Boully)

Bordeaux 1981/82

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, October 1981 / English By Phillipe Smith)

French League (Matchday 26, February 24, 1985)

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2029, February 26, 1985 / French)

History of the French First Division

(Magazine / Language : Onze-Mondial, Issue 43, August 1992 / French)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1981 (Bordeaux squad 1981/82)

Club scene

New Addition: National Team Managers-Part One (Arrigo Sacchi: Commissario Tecnico (1991/1996))

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Arrigo Sacchi: Commissario Tecnico (1991/1996)

When Arrigo Sacchi left his post as AC Milan Manager at the conclusion of the 1990/91, it was an open secret that he was waiting to take over from Azeglio Vicini as Italy’s National Team Manager in the near future.

The Azurri had been struggling in their UEFA European Championships qualifying Group that seemed destined to be won by the Soviet Union.

The writing on the wall had been their defeat against an emerging Norway squad in Oslo in June of 1991 (1-2 defeat).

Arrigo Sacchi’s strongest proponent had been the Italian Federation President Antonio Matarrese.

He had been captivated, like most of the continent, with Sacchi’s brilliant AC Milan squad that had captured two Champions Cups (1989 and 1990) by playing an attractive, pressing attacking game.

Sacchi had been credited with changing the mentality of the Italian soccer tactics away from the traditional defensive Catenaccio into an attacking game (zonal tactics) with many goals that the public clamored for.

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1994 (Arrigo Sacchi)

Matarrese was hoping for a similar style for the National Team. He had publicly stated the need for the future National Team Manager with the experience of International success at club level.

To the media this was a clear hint that this could only be Sacchi.

In essence, Azeglio Vicini was a dead-man walking until Italy were eliminated from the qualifiers. He still managed for the early parts of the 1991/92 season.

The key match for Vicini (and his future) was the qualifier against the Soviets in Moscow on October 12^th, 1991.

The scoreless result sealed his and Italy’s fate. He resigned shortly thereafter and as predicted Arrigo Sacchi was appointed as National Team Manager on October 18, 1991.

Sacchi upon taking over had to contend with two inconsequential qualifiers still on the horizon. He used those two matches for preparation and experimentation.

His immediate brief was to qualify Italy for the 1994 World Cup and those qualifiers would start in the Fall of 1992.

The very first match under his reign was against Norway on November 13^th, 1991 at Genoa.

His first selected squad contained many familiar faces from the Vicini era.

These included then back-up goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca, Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Ciro Ferrara, Riccardo Ferri, Nicola Berti, Fernando De Napoli, Attilio Lombardo and Gianluca Vialli.

The only notable regular missing was Roberto Baggio, who was unavailable, but his place in the squad was beyond question.

Youngsters such as Stefano Eranio, Gianluigi Lentini and Pierluigi Casiraghi had been first capped during the tail end of Vicini’s reign, but were tipped to have more prominent roles in the new regime.

Sacchi surprisingly called up veteran Carlo Ancelotti, who was not even a regular at his club AC Milan. Ancelotti had been a cornerstone of Sacchi’s Milan and had been included, for this match, perhaps as a guide to implement his ideas in his first match in charge. At the conclusion of that season, Ancelotti would retire from playing and would join Sacchi’s staff as an assistant.

Another one of his old Milan players, Alessandro Costacurta, earned his well-deserved first cap under his old boss.

The brilliant Gianfranco Zola of Napoli also received his first cap, along with surprising Foggia striker Francesco Baiano.

Torino goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani was called up for the first time as well.

The first notable casualties of the new Sacchi regime were former Captain Giuseppe Bergomi, as well as others such as Luigi De Agostini, Giuseppe Giannini and Italia 90’ top goalscorer and sensation Salvatore Schillaci.

Perhaps out of loyalty, Vicini had maintained confidence in Schillaci, despite his poor form, but he would be discarded in the new Sacchi era.

Some other Vicini era mainstays would also slowly be pushed to the wayside in the coming months (due to age, new tactics and/or personal problems with Sacchi).

The new official team Captain was to be Franco Baresi just like in Sacchi’s Milan days.

This first match with Norway ended in a (1-) tie. The only significant fact was that goalscorer Ruggiero Rizzitelli never played for Italy again (short International careers would be a running theme in the Sacchi years).

Sacchi followed his experimentation in the next qualifier at the end of the year (December 21^st, 1991) against Cyprus.

Sacchi recalled starting goalkeeper Walter Zenga, who had been unavailable for the previous match.

Young players (and 1992 Olympics Internationals) Dino Baggio and Demetrio Albertini were given their first taste of International Football, as Sacchi was clearly eyeing the future.

Another one of Sacchi’s old Milan contingent, midfielder Alberigo Evani (just couple of weeks shy of 29 years) earned a long deserved cap (that he most likely would never have earned under Vicini).

Roberto Baggio was also back and celebrated with a goal.

Francesco Baiano joined a long list of future Internationals, who disappeared without a trace (under Sacchi) after just a handful of caps. He was perhaps fortunate that he earned at least two caps; many would be even less fortunate (some never even left the bench).

Sacchi’s first full year in charge (1992) started with some controversy.

Italy’s first match of the year, a friendly vs. San Marino at Cesena, had been arranged (at the behest of Federtion President Matarrese) just so that Gianluca Vialli would serve out his suspension and be available for the prestigious friendly against Germany in Turin in March.

Vialli had been sent off in a friendly match vs Bulgaria on September 25, 1991 and was to serve a one-match suspension for Italy’s next friendly match.

In any case, Vialli would be sent off in an Italian Cup match with Sampdoria against Parma prior to the Germany match and be suspended for that match regardless.

Sacchi used the San Marino friendly to give new caps to Massimo Carrera (only cap), Moreno Mannini and Alessandro Bianchi. He also recalled another one of his former Milan charges, Roberto Donadoni.

The Germany friendly in March 25^th, 1992, was Sacchi’s first serious test since taking over.  Italy was at near full strength, though missing the suspended Vialli and the unavailable Maldini. The latter’s absence allowed Sacchi to give a first cap to Amedeo Carboni. Italy won via a late penalty kick by Roberto Baggio.

This match also turned out to be Fernando De Napoli’s last match for Italy and would not be called upon by Sacchi.

The Italians were involved in the US Cup in the summer of 1992. The Americans were hosting this mini-Tournament as part of their preparations for the World Cup that they would be hosting in two years.

Sacchi decided to recall Luca Fusi and Roberto Mancini, as well as giving first caps to Giorgio Venturin, Roberto Galia, Giuseppe Signori, Lorenzo Minotti and Alberto Di Chiara.

Of the seven newcomers, only Signori, Minotti and to a lesser extent Di Chiara and Mancini would still be part of the set-up for the near future. The others, like many before and after, would not be called up again after a handful of appearances.

Sacchi also used the tour to call time on the careers of Inter pair of goalkeeper Walter Zenga and Riccardo Ferri.

The results on the tour were satisfactory. A scoreless tie with Portugal was followed by a win over the Republic of Ireland, where the neo-Laziale Signori distinguished himself by scoring in a (2-0) win.

The Italians rounded out the tour with another tie (1-1) with the American hosts.

The serious business of World Cup qualification started in the Fall of 1992. Italy were in a Group with Switzerland, Portugal, Scotland, Malta and Estonia that did not seem too difficult.

They started the season with a friendly at Eindhoven vs. Holland on September 9^th.  Holland quickly took a (2-0) lead through two goals by Dennis Bergkamp.

Instead of giving up, the Italians stormed back to win the match (3-2). Many (falsely) predicted that this win showed that the new Italy would be just as  impressive as Sacchi’s Milan.

The Italians were in for a rude awakening in their first match of the qualifiers vs. Switzerland on October 14^th at Cagliari.

On October 1^st, Team Captain Franco Baresi had announced his retirement from the National Team. In addition, Paolo Maldini was out through injury.

Sacchi gave a first cap to Marco Lanna in defense and also made another one of his former Milan players, Mauro Tassoti, the oldest debutant for Italy at the age of 32.

Former starting goalkeeper Walter Zenga had not been called up since the US Cup in the summer.

There were reports that Sacchi and Zenga did not get along and had disagreements. Inter General Manager Piero Bochi claimed that Sacchi had formally promised him that Zenga would have been called up after the friendlies of the start of the season. His omission for this vital qualifier confirmed that he was completely out of Sacchi’s plans.

After discarding Zenga, Sacchi had surprisingly appointed Luca Marchgiani as Italy’s number one goalkeeper at the expense of Gianluca Pagliuca, who had seemed set as Zenga’s heir apparent for a number of seasons.

It was a decision that would rue him, as Marchegiani made two errors that gifted the Swiss with two goals minutes apart before halftime. Sacchi later stated that he did not give a pep talk during halftime and preferred to let his own team to get themselves out of the mess. The Italians fought back and tied the match in the closing seconds.

It was clear that qualification would not be easy as hoped for. Sacchi immediately installed Pagliuca as the starting goalkeeper.

He also convinced Franco Baresi to reverse his decision and come out of retirement, as his absence was clearly felt in a suspect defense.

Baresi announced his decision to make a comeback on November 2^nd.

Italy’s next qualification encounter was at Glasgow vs. Scotland the following month (November 18^th).

With Baresi back in defense, the Italians secured a valuable away point and came away with a scoreless tie. Roberto Baggio took the brunt of Scotland’s fouls and had to be replaced. He later remarked that ‘I’ve never been kicked so much in my life.’

Italy’s last qualifier and match of the year was also away at Malta, a seemingly easy match at La Valetta.

It turned out to be a disappointing match for the Italians that could well have ended in a tie.

The Italians seemed set to win after scoring twice in the second half. However, just minutes later Captain Franco Baresi was sent off for a professional foul in the box. Fortunately, for the Italians, Kristian Laferla missed the ensuing spot kick and despite a late goal by the hosts, the Italians came away with the full points.

The manner had been disappointing and the unsatisfied Press were disappointed in not seeing Italy performing like Milan as had been assumed.

Yet another one of Sacchi’s old Milan players, the young Marco Simone earned his first cap in this match (He would not be capped again for almost three years).

This also would turn out to be Gianluca Vialli’s last cap, as injuries would restrict him for the following couple of seasons and then… (We’ll get to that later).

Italy started the year 1993 with a friendly at Florence against Mexico on January 20^th. The Italians won (2-0) without much trouble.

Sacchi pulled one more surprise by recalling veteran defender Pietro Vierchowod as extra cover due to Baresi’s suspension. 

The everlasting Vierchowod had been an Enzo Bearzot era International. He earned the distinction of being recalled by two succeeding National Team Managers (Vicini and Sacchi).

Eugenio Corini joined the list of players called up, who never got the chance to leave the bench.

On February 24^th, 1993, Italy visited Porto for a key World Cup qualifier vs. Portugal. Sacchi once again selected a surprising newcomer in midfield. Diego Fuser, who was having an outstanding season at Lazio, earned his first cap.

The pair had a contentious relationship in Milan during Fuser’s first season (1989/90), to such an extent that Sacchi had loaned him to Fiorentina for the following season. Sacchi explained to him that all their problems were in the past and they could make a fresh start.

The Italians were on fire from the start and took a quick two-goal lead. After Portugal pulled a goal back, some would have expected them to buckle under the pressure, but Dino Baggio confirmed his growing status within the squad by scoring the third from a long-range shot. This was their most positive display in the qualifiers and could have been seen as a reference match.

Italy followed this win with two easy wins against the Group’s weaker sides.

Malta were defeated on March 24^th by the score of (6-1) and Estonia were defeated on April 14^th (2-0).

Sacchi added two further newcomers in these matches by selecting defender Sergio Porrini and Parma’s in-form young talent Alessandro Melli.

While Atalanta striker Maurizio Ganz was also selected but did not earn a cap.

Porrini and Melli were not called up afterwards either.

The last match of the season was against surprising Group leaders Switzerland at Berne on May 1^st. The improving Swiss squad that had shaken Italy in October proved their display and position was no fluke as they inflicted Italians with their first defeat. In fact this was the first defeat Italy had suffered in the Sacchi era (In addition Dino Baggio was also sent off). 

Marc Hottiger’s strike halted Italy’s run of positive results and now were in a competition with Portugal for the second position in the Group.

Sacchi continued his unconventional selections by selecting Parma’s Daniele Zoratto, who at 31 years of age was hardly a choice for the future.

Needless to say, this was solitary appearance.  Always the experimenter, Sacchi even stated that he was open to recalling Inter pair of Giuseppe Bergomi and Nicola Berti, who had been out of favor.

When the new season started (1993/94), Italy had three matches left to achieve qualification. They had the misfortune to lose Gianluigi Lentini before the season had even started. On August 3rd, 1993, he was involved in a car accident and was out of action for many months. He was lost for the season as far as National Team contention and the World cup.

On September 22^nd, they faced Estonia at Tallin and won (3-0).

Defenders Antonio Bennarivo and Andrea Fortunato earned their first caps. This would be Fortunato’s only appearance. He seemed like a bright hope for the future, but he tragically passed away in 1995 due to Leukemia.

Inter midfielder Antonio Manicone would also earn his one and only cap.

The following month on October 13^th, Italy defeated Scotland (3-1) at Rome in impressive fashion to inch closer to qualification.

Sacchi once again gave first caps to two of his former club level players. The selections of Roberto Mussi and Giovanni Stroppa seemed odd, as neither had been a regular under him at club level.

It all came down to last qualifier against closest challenger Portugal (Switzerland had already qualified) on November 17^th at San Siro.

Italy narrowly defeated Portugal (1-0) with a Dino Baggio goal to qualify for USA’ 94.

Italy looked dismal and unimpressive in the first two friendlies of the New Year (1994). They lost at home (at Napoli), for the first time during the Sacchi era, against France (0-1). The match marked the recall of Lorenzo Minotti, as well as new caps for Massimiliano Cappioli and Andrea Silenzi (who were not given further opportunities). The next friendly was a high prestige match vs. Germany at Stuttgart. The Italians once again looked vulnerable and out of sorts. The Germans won (2-1) with a double strike from Jurgen Klinnsman.

Sacchi recalled another one of his former players for this match. AC Milan’s veteran Striker Daniele Massaro, who had been last selected by Bearzot nearly a decade before (and even then his appearances had been sporadic) was rewarded by his old boss for an excellent run of form that had enabled him to score many key goals in Milan’s quest for the Scudetto and the Champions League.

After the match vs. Germany, Roberto Mancini declared himself unavailable for the National Team. He could not be guaranteed of a starting position and perhaps could not bear to experience another World Cup, where he would not play (no playing time in 1990).

Once the season ended Sacchi selected his World Cup squad. It contained majority of AC Milan and Parma players, whose playing styles he appreciated.

Stefano Eranio had to be withdraw due to injury on May 6^th, which gave an opportunity and recall to Inter’s Nicola Berti. Some observers were surprised that Sampdoria winger Attilio Lombardo was not selected.

After squad selection Italy played three friendlies all won (2-0 Finland, 1-0 Switzerland and 1-0 Costa Rica).

Italy faced the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup opener in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 18^th, 1994.

The region had a large ethnic Italian community that many felt would have been to their advantage. But Italy once again played a hesitant match and succumbed to an early goal from a long-range shot from Ray Houghton.

Their next match at the same venue on June 23^rd would turn out to be even more eventful and potentially could have shattered their World Cup dreams right then. In the 21^st minute of the match, goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was sent off for a professional foul. To the amazement of most observers (and especially that of the chosen player), Sacchi decided to take out the team’s mains star Roberto Baggio to make way for substitute goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani.

Upon being substituted the Television Cameras showed Baggio mumbling ‘he’s mad’ directed at Sacchi.

The under-manned Italians showed resilience by defeating the Norwegians through a Dino Baggio header.

For their key last match in the Group, they faced Mexico in Washington, D.C. on June 28^th. They were not only faced with the two-match suspension of starting goalkeeper Pagliuca, but their Captain Franco Baresi was virtually out until the end of the Tournament with an injury.

In a tight match, Italy and Mexico tied (1-1, Massaro scoring for Italy).

In this hard fought Group, Italy had done just enough to qualify for the next round.

In the second round, they faced Nigeria on July 5^th at Boston. It was yet another match, where the Italians suffered and looked headed for the exit. Nigeria went ahead in the first half through Amunike and despite constant pressure; the Italians were unable to breach their defense. That is until the last minute of the match, where Italy (and Roberto Baggio)’s fortunes changed in this World Cup.

Roberto Baggio, on whom Italy’s hopes and expectations had been placed, had been scoreless in the Tournament until then and was considered the greatest disappointment of the Cup until then. By scoring in the last minute, he saved Italy from elimination and forced the match into overtime. This gave the squad a confidence and in the Overtime, they were able to win a penalty and Baggio stepped up and scored to advance Italy into the quarters.

Psychologically Baggio’s performance did wonders not only to him but to the rest of the squad as well, as they grew in confidence.

In the quarterfinals on July 9^th vs. Spain at Boston (Pagliuca back in goal), Roberto Baggio once again came to the rescue by scoring Italy’s winner near the end.

In the semifinals on July 13^th (back at East Rutherford, NJ), Baggio played one of his best matches and scored twice in the first half (2-1 win) and helped Italy qualify for the World cup final.

Giuseppe Signori ruled himself out of the Final after refusing to play deep left wing in the semifinal (A decision that Sacchi would not forget).

Photo From : World Soccer, August 1994 (Arrigo Sacchi, July 13, 1994, World Cup, Italy 2-Bulgaria 1)

The Italians, who at one point looked certain to be eliminated, had passed many hurdles to arrive to this point.

The Final was held at Pasadena, California on July 17^th, with their opponents Brazil being slight favorites due to their better displays.

For the Final, Sacchi took a human and sentimental decision by starting Franco Baresi (who had been injured for most of the Tournament) and Roberto Baggio (who was carrying a slight injury). Sacchi’s reasoning was that it would have been heartless and inhuman to deprive two players who had done so much in the previous couple of years.

Italy had to do without Alessandro Costacurta, who was suspended.

The match as we know went to penalty kicks after a scoreless draw and both Baresi and Baggio missed their respective penalty kick attempts.

One would have thought that taking a team all the way to a World Cup Final would have made elevated any manager, but not so in the demanding world of Italian Calcio. It actually made Sacchi even less popular than before.

The general belief was that Italy had not advanced in the Tournament due to Sacchi’s tactics, but due to key performances from a handful of players. This belief was endorsed by Sacchi’s predecessor Azeglio Vicini. Vicini stated in contrast to Sacchi’s Italy, his Italy performed as a team and followed a concise strategy and had not had to rely just on the individual brilliance of certain players.

A new season had begun and this time the Qualification matches were for the UEFA European Championships to be held in England in the Summer of 1996.

Veteran Captain Franco Baresi had announced his retirement from the National Team (for the second time) at the end of the World Cup. However, just weeks later on August 11^th, he reversed himself again (again for the second time) and once again made himself available.

Italy’s first match of the qualifiers was on September 7^th, 1994 at Maribor against newly independent Nation of Slovenia. Once again, Sacchi’s Italy were hesitant and luckily came away with a point (1-1 tie).

AC Milan defender Christian Panucci earned his first cap. He would displace veteran Mauro Tassoti at club and International level that season.

In any case Tassoti’s International career had ended after he had received a lengthy suspension for elbowing Spain’s Luis Enrique during the World Cup.

On October 4^th, 1994, France Baresi announced that he is finally retiring (for the third time) from the National Team and he would not reverse himself this time. Paolo Maldini was now the official Team Captain.

For their next qualifier they met Estonia away at Tallin on October 8^thand came away with a (2-0) win.

The Lazio pair of defender Giuseppe Favalli and forward Roberto Rambaudi earned their first caps.

AC Milan goalkeeper Sebastiano Rossi was also called up, but never played a match for Italy.

The pressure on Arrigo Sacchi increased following their defeat at home in their next qualifier at Palermo against new emerging Footballing Nation of Croatia on November 16^th.

Davor Suker scored twice against a disappointing Italian side struggling at home.

Lazio pair of defender Paolo Negro and midfielder Roberto Di Matteo earned their first, while their club mate Rambaudi earned his second and final cap.

Italy finished off the year with a friendly vs. Turkey at Pescara. The Italians comfortably won (3-1) in a match where Parma goalkeeper Luca Bucci and Fiorentina defender Daniele Carnasciali made their debuts.

In addition, Massimo Crippa, a former Vicini man, earned a recall after impressing at Parma.

It was in the early months of the New Year (1995) that Sacchi’s feud with Gianluca Vialli came to the forefront.

Gianluca Vialli, with his injury struggles behind him, had been in outstanding form, playing some of the best football of his career for Juventus in their quest to end their nine-year Scudetto drought.

Despite intense media pressure for his recall, Sacchi did not select him for Italy’s first matches of the New Year. In March Italy faced Estonia (March 25^that Salerno) followed by a trip to Kiev to face Ukraine (March 29^th).

Roberto Baggio, like his clubmate Vialli, was also frozen out of the National Team as he was struggling with injuries. Parma’s in-form Gianfranco Zola was now the number 10 and would remain so for the rest of Sacchi’s tenure.

Sacchi took the opportunity to offer new caps to three of Vialli’s Juventus’ teammates. Goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi started after Pagliuca had withdrawn due to injury.

Juventus’ new young sensation Alessandro Del Piero and striker Fabrizio Ravanelli earned deserved caps. Ravanelli also managed to score in his debut and Gianfranco Zola scored his first two goals for Italy in a (4-1) win.

A few days later at Kiev, Italy earned a positive result and managed to win away (2-0) with Zola scoring once more. 

Zola confirmed his growing status within the new set-up by scoring Italy’s winner in their qualifier vs. Lithuania on April 26^th, 1995.

Despite some positive results, the press chatter was about Vialli’s continued absence.

It was reported that the feud originated during Italy’s World Cup qualifier vs. Malta in December 1992. Apparently Vialli had privately complained about Sacchi’s restrictive management methods, such as waking up at 8 AM sharp and among other things: behaving correctly on the dinner table, on the team bus, etc..

Sacchi was informed of these comments and decided to exclude Vialli from his plans.

Sacchi had also stated that there are players who did not possess the moral requisites to represent the National Team. The press and Vialli himself believed these comments were directed at him specifically.

After Italy had lost to Croatia in November 1994, Vialli had sarcastically stated that it was a positive result, as Italy had played three matches in ten days and won two of them (against the reserves and Amateur club Arezzo).

This was a dig at Sacchi’s methods of preparations. Many observers had remarked for some time that Sacchi took preparations and training to the extreme by imposing many different tactical schemes. The critics felt that by over-training the players, Sacchi was depriving them of their natural abilities.

In a magazine interview, Vialli declared that he had been so angry with Sacchi that he even supported Brazil in the Final of the 1994 World Cup.

At the end of the season in June, Italy participated in a tri-angular Tournament celebrating the Swiss Federation’s Centennial featuring the hosts Switzerland and Germany.

Italy defeated Switzerland (1-0) but were defeated by the Germans (2-0). Sacchi gave first caps to the Roma pair of Francesco Statuto and Fabio Petruzzi.

Inter striker Marco Del Vecchio had also been selected, but did not leave the bench.

Prior to the start of this Tournament, on June 1st, 1995, Sacchi’s Assistant Coach Carlo Ancelotti announced his resignation to enter club management.

Italy faced Slovenia in their first qualifier of the new season at Udine on September 6^th.

Juventus’ Alessio Tacchinardi played his solitary match under Sacchi by starting in defense.

Sacchi also established Angelo Peruzzi as his starting goalkeeper.

Italy won thanks to a Fabrizio Ravanelli goal. Roberto Baggio (now an AC Milan player) was also recalled after nearly a year and played as a substitute.

He showed his disappointment of his new status, by stating that past achievements do not matter, it is only the current form that matters. It would be his match under Sacchi.

The Sacchi-Vialli controversy took another turn when Sacchi said he was open to the re-integration of Vialli back into the Team.

In fact Sacchi announced that he had actually wanted to recall him back in March. However, the rest of the squad (presumably mostly AC Milan senators) had opposed the idea and as a result Sacchi had chosen to continue to discard him.

On September 8^th, Gianluca Vialli angrily took himself out of contention and announced his retirement from the National Team. He stated that in all his years as a professional he never knew a selection to the National Team depended on other players.

This disclosure certainly did not shown Sacchi in a positive light. It could even be perceived that he did not have authority over his squad and/or this was a deliberate move to take the Vialli issue off the table. (Knowing full well that Vialli out of pride would not have accepted a recall in such an environment).

The following month, Italy were faced with the difficult task of getting a result at Split vs. Group leaders Croatia.

Goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi had to withdraw due to injury, as a result the inexperienced Luca Bucci had to start, with the uncapped Francesco Toldo being called up as cover.

Things took a turn for the worse as early as the ninth minute, when Bucci was sent off for a professional foul. It was similar to Pagliuca’s sending off in the World Cup vs. Norway.

Giafranco Zola was taken off and Toldo went in the net for his first taste of International Football under hostile circumstances.

With a man down, the Italians played with courage and just twenty minutes later took the lead through Albertini. The hosts tied up the match in the second half with a spot kick from Suker, but an away point was a good result, especially playing with ten men.

Italy were left with two home qualifiers in November vs. Ukraine (November 11th at Bari) and Lithuania (November 15^th at Reggio Emilia.

Italy won both matches (3-1 vs. Ukraine and 4-0 vs., Lithuania) and qualified for the Finals as the second team in the Group behind Croatia.

Photo From : World Soccer, January 1996 (Arrigo Sacchi, November 11, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 3-Ukraine 1)

Italy started the New Year (1996) and its Euro preparations with a friendly vs. Wales on January 24^th at Terni and easily won (3-0). Juventus defender Moreno Torricelli earned his first cap.

They played two more friendlies in late May and early June after the season had concluded and the Euro Finals squad had been selected.

Italy tied with Belgium at Cremonese (2-2) on May 29^th and defeated Hungary at Budapest (2-0) on June 2^nd.

Sampdoria striker Enrico Chiesa was rewarded with his first cap after an excellent season. Fabio Rossitto of Udinese also earned his first cap (He was called up after Antonio Conte had withdrawn due to injury). Diego Fuser was surprisingly recalled by Sacchi,

Young Lazio defender Alessandro Nesta was also selected after Ciro Ferrara was injured (though he would see no action at the Euros).

Sacchi somewhat made history by not calling up a single Internazionale Milano player for the Tournament. The first such instance since the 1978 World Cup.

The major talking point was the exclusion of Roberto Baggio and Giuseppe Signori. It appeared Signori had not been forgiven for his ‘transgression’ during the 1994 World Cup. Despite being Serie A’s top goalsorer in three of the last four seasons, he was out of Sacchi’s plans.

Italy started its Euros at Liverpool on June 11^th vs. Russia. Italy defeated Russia (2-1) with Pierluigi Casiraghi scoring both goals.

For its next match vs. Czech Republic (also at Liverpool) on June 14^th, Sacchi baffled everyone (including most likely his own players) by making five changes from the team that had played well and defeated Russia, including double goalscorer Pierluigi Casiraghi.

Casiraghi, along with Di Matteo, Di Livio, Del Piero and Zola were dropped in favor of Donadoni, Fuser, Dino Baggio, Ravanelli and Chiesa.

Sacchi’s reasoning was that it was going to be a long tournament and he wanted to keep the players fresh. In any case this decision backfired as Italy were defeated by the surprising Czechs, for whom Pavel Nedved probably caught the eyes of Lazio recruiters that day.

The Czechs won (2-1) and left Italy with the difficult task of defeating Germany for its third match on June 19^th at Manchester.

Italy should have won this match but Gianfranco Zola missed his penalty kick, in a match where Thomas Strunz was also sent off, thereby giving the Italians an extra man advantage.

The Italians, who had been one of the Tournament favorites, were eliminated in the first round. By all indications it seemed like Sacchi should do the honorable thing and resign.

The Euro debacle had forced the resignation of his greatest supporter Antonio Matarrese, the President of the Federation, in August.

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996 (Arrigo Sacchi during the 1996 Euros)

But Sacchi himself was determined to stay on. He felt it was better to be eliminated by playing good positive Football. He also felt that all the hard work done up to that point should not be disregarded.

He did take some responsibility by stating that he should have motivated the squad after the win over Russia, but had failed to do so.

As far as Sacchi was concerned on the technical front the team had performed well, but it was the mental approach that let them down.

The next day, the prestigious daily sports paper ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ blamed Sacchi of Arrogance with the headline ‘But This Sacchi, He’s learned Nothing.’

Sacchi had signed a lucrative contract extension just a month prior to be the coach until 1998 and that was another reason he chose to stay on.

Matarrese’s successor, Raffaelle Pagnozzi (with the title of Commissioner General) stated the Federation was financially unable to pay both Sacchi and his successor; as a result they could not fire him.

Many had tipped Olympic Team Manager Cesare Maldini to take over from Sacchi after the Euros, but his own credit had somewhat diminished after Italy’s poor showing in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanata.

Sacchi continued on to manage Italy for the World Cup 1998 qualifiers as the season started.

In October, they faced Moldova (October 5^th) and Georgia (October 9^th).

Italy defeated Moldova in Chisinau (3-1) but their display left critics unsatisfied. Sacchi’s only explanation was that it had been a mistake to sue a three-man attack.

Lazio defender Alessandro Nesta earned his first cap in this match.

On October 9^th, at Perugia, Italy defeated Georgia (1-0). The Italian team was roundly jeered by the home crowd after yet another poor display.

When asked on Television about this, Sacchi dismissed it by claiming that it was an ‘orchestrated campaign’. The other prestigious sports paper ‘Corriere dello Sport’ called for his firing after these poor poor double performances.

The following month on November 6^th, Sacchi managed what would turn out to be his final match in charge, a friendly at Sarajevo vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sacchi had decided to experiment for this match and inject new blood.

Fiorentina’s Daniele Carnasciali was recalled after two years, while his clubmate Pasquale Padalino earned his first cap.

Gianluigi Lentini, now at Atalanta, was recalled after more than three years away. Perugia’s Federico Giunti also earned his first cap.

It would be yet another poor performance and the Italians were defeated (1-2) and the calls for Sacchi’s dismissal increased further, as the team seemed lost with no signs of progress.

Finally, the inevitable happened and Sacchi announced his resignation on December 1^stjust before midnight.

His old Boss, Silvio Berlusconi, had called him that night and offered the same salary as the Federation’s for a two-year deal.

AC Milan were in free-fall and struggling under their Manager, the Uruguayan Oscar Washington Tabarez.

Sacchi seemed happy to return to where he had achieved his greatest successes, but he was unable to stop the rot and left at the end of the season.

He was appointed as Atletico Madrid manager for the 1998/99 season (Under controversial president Jesus Gil), but was left midway through the season.

He vowed that he was finished with Football, as the stress of top level Management had taken a toll on him. He was coaxed out of retirement in January 2001 at Parma, but resigned within weeks, once again stating that he could no longer bear the pressure and stress of Management.

He was briefly (2004/05) Director of Football at Real Madrid.

When Sacchi was appointed as National Team Manager in 1991, he was expected to transform Italy to play just like his AC Milan in their heyday.

Of course, Italy could not call upon the exceptional Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard.

From the start, the performances did not match the rhetoric. His team preparations and trainings were also questioned. Even his own former players deemed his methods as mentally and physically stressful.

His experimentations with player personnel were also questioned. In his five years he was unable to build a set solid squad, constantly calling up and discarding players.

He called up more than 80 players for National Team duty in a five-year period. Some of who made a fleeting appearance (if that at all) and left without a trace.

Many felt that there could not so many players of International quality for any Football generation at any given time.

His treatment and handling of stars such as Roberto Baggio, Signori and especially Vialli were also criticized.

German striker Jurgen Klinnsman was one of many who were astonished at the exclusion of Pierluigi Casiraghi for the match vs. the Czech Republic in the 1996 Euros after he had scored twice against Russia.

For Klinnsman it was unthinkable that any manager would have dropped him after he had scored twice.

Defender Moreno Torricelli was another case. After playing an outstanding match in the 1996 Champions League Final vs. Ajax, many had tipped a more substantial role for him in the Euros. However, Sacchi chose to ignore him during the Tournament.

To ignore Gianfranco Zola in the early rounds of the 1994, after his outstanding season with Parma, was also questionable (That is before the player was sent off and suspended in the macth vs. Nigeria).

His extensive preparations and training camps were also a subject that the press would often harp on.

Many remembered Sacchi’s final days at Milan had also been disappointing as his own players (especially Dutch striker Marco van Basten) felt they were being burnt out by his methods.

Sacchi was a different appointee than many of his predecessors. Whereas others such as Bearzot and Vicini had been groomed within the Federation with little or no club management experience, Sacchi was chosen precisely for his experience at club level and had tangible achievements to show for.

Despite all the criticisms, Sacchi’s importance in Italian football history will be for changing the mentality and culture of the Italian game from decades of defensive tactics to a more open and attacking one and his relative failure with the National Team cannot eclipse that.

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The First squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi

Goalkeepers: Luca Marchegiani, Gianluca Pagliuca

Defenders : Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Ciro Ferrara, Riccardo Ferri, Paolo Maldini, Raffaele Sergio  (Società Sportiva Lazio)

Midfielders/Strikers : Carlos Ancelotti, Nicola Berti, Fernando de Napoli, Fabrizio Di Mauro, Stefano Eranio, Gianluigi Lentini, Attilio Lombardo, Giancarlo Marocchi, Fausto Pari, Gianfranco Zola, Francesco Baiano, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Gianluca Vialli

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 1

November 13, 1991

Italy 1-Norway 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Genova -Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Attendance:21,000

Referee: Karl-Joseph Assenmacher (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Ruggiero Rizzitelli 82 

(Norway): Jahn Ivar Jakobsen 60

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

2- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (14-Fernando De Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) 71st)

5- Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Francesco Baiano (Foggia Calcio)         (16-Ruggiero Rizzitelli (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 57^th)

8- Carlo Ancelotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

9- Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

10- Gianfranco Zola (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

11- Stefano Eranio (Genoa 1893-Genova)

Booked: Alessandro Costacurta, Carlo Ancelotti

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

Ciro Ferrara (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

Gianluigi Lentini (Torino Calcio 1906)

Norway:

1-Erik Thorstvedt (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

2-Karl -Petter Løken (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

3-Per Egik Ahlsen (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

4-Rune Bratseth (captain) (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)

5-Pal Lydersen (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

6-Ronnie Johnsen (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo) (15-Jan Ove Pedersen (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo) 46^th)

8-Kare Ingebrigtsen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)  (14-Ørjan Berg (Fußball Club Wettingen/ Switzerland) 84^th)

7-Kjetil Rekdal (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /Belgium)

10-Goran Sørloth (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

11-Jahn Ivar Jakobsen (Berner Sport Club Young Boys / Switzerland)

9-Jan Aage Fjørtoft (Sportklub Rapid Wien / Austria)   

Coach: Egil Olsen

Booked: Fjørtoft, Ø Berg, Sørloth

Unused Substitutes:

Frode Grodaas (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

Ulf Karlsen (Viking Fotballklubb- Stavanger) 

Vegard Skogheim (Hamarkameratene)

Photo From : World Soccer, October 1992 (Nicola Berti, November 13, 1991, EC Qualifier, Italy 1-Norway 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, November 13, 1991, EC Qualifier, Italy 1-Norway 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 2

December 21, 1991

Italy 2-Cyprus 0

UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Foggia -Stadio Pino Zaccheria

Attendance:20,000

Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Gianluca Vialli 27 , Roberto Baggio 55    

(Cyprus): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)                 

2- Dino Baggio (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Gianfranco Zola (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

8- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

9- Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (15-Francesco Baiano (Foggia Calcio) 66^th)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)   (16-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  66^th)           

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

13-Ciro Ferrara (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

14-Fernando De Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

Cyprus:

1-Michalis Christofi (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

2-Georghios Constantinou (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

3-Charalambos Pittas (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

4-Costas Constantinou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia)

5-Floros Nicolaou (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

6-Vassos Tsangaris (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta) (14-Sakis Andreou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia) 55^th)

7-Christos Koliantris (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

8-Pavlos Savva (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

9-Andros Sotiriou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

10-Yiannos Ioannou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia) (15-Neofytos Larkou (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca) 75^th)

11-Marios Charalambous (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Coach: Andreas Michailidis

Unused Substitutes:

16-Marios Onisiforou (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

12-Avraam Socratous (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

13-Loukas Hadjiloukas (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1993 (Gianfranco Zola, December 21, 1991, EC Qualifier, Italy 2-Cyprus 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 3

February 19, 1992

Italy 4-San Marino 0

Friendly

Venue:Cesena -Stadio La Fiorita

Attendance:20,000

Referee: Arturo Martino (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 36, 84, Roberto Donadoni 42, Pierluigi Casiraghi 47

(San Marino): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   (12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (13-Massimo Carrera (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Fernando De Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) (cap second hlaf0

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (14-Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

7- Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   (17-Gianluigi Lentini (Torino Calcio 1906) 46th)

8-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (16-Gianfranco Zola (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) 46^th)

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)                            

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Unused Substitutes:

Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

Francesco Baiano (Foggia Calcio)

San Marino:

1-Pierluigi Benedettini (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle) 

2-Claudio Canti (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle) 

3-Bruno Muccioli (Società Sportiva Lunano/ Italy)

4-Marco Mazza (Cerveteri)

5-Luca Gobbi (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

6-William Marino Guerra (Societá Sportiva Real Montecchio / Italy) 

7-Pier Angelo Manzaroli (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

8-Massimo Bonini (captain) (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

9-Paolo Mazza (Monterondo Scalo) (18-Marco Mularoni (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle) 84^th)

10-Fabio Giulio Francini (Associazione Sportiva Santarcangiolese / Italy) (16-Mirco Gennari (Societá Polisportiva Cosmos- Serravalle) 74^th)

11-Nicola Bacciocchi (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy) (13-Waldes  Pasolini (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle)  46^th)

Coach: Giorgio Leoni.

Unused Substitutes:

S. Muccioli,

Pier Domenico Della Valle 

Marco Montironi (Sanvis)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 4

March 25, 1992

Italy 1-Germany 0

Friendly

Venue: Torino - Stadio delle Alpi   

Attendance:45,000

Referee: Rune Larrson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 86 pen

(Germany): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

3-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)        

4-Stefano Eranio (Genoa 1893-Genova) (15-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  80^th)

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

8-Fernando De Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) (17-Gianluigi Lentini (Torino Calcio 1906) 61^st)

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  90+1^st)

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Booked: Amedeo Carboni

Unused Substitutes:

Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Ciro Ferrara (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Gianfranco Zola (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli)

Ruggiero Rizzitelli (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

Germany:

1-Bodo Illgner (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

5-Manfred Binz (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

2- Stefan Reuter (Juventus Football Club -Torino/ Italy)

6-Guido Buchwald (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

4-Thomas Helmer (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.)

3-Andreas Brehme (Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy)  (16-Michael Schulz (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 46^th)

8- Thomas Häßler (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 

10- Lothar Herbert Matthäus (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy) 

7-Thomas Doll (Società Sportiva Lazio / Italy)    (15-Uwe Bein (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.) 69^th)

9-Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)  (13-Jürgen Klinsmann(Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy)  46^th)

11-Karlheinz Riedle (Società Sportiva Lazio / Italy)    

Coach: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’  Vogts

Unused Substitutes:

Andreas Köpke (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V. )

Stefan Kuntz (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern)

Markus Schupp (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern)

For more detail, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2011/06/march-25-1992-italy-1-germany-0.html

Photo From : World Soccer, May 1992 (Andreas Brehme and Pierluigi Casiraghi, March 25, 1992, Italy 1-Germany 0)

US Cup 1992 squad:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  (goalkeeper)

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

3-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4-Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

5-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)  

7-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)   

8-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 

9-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 

10-Luca Fusi (Torino Calcio 1906)

11-Giorgio Venturin (Torino Calcio 1906)

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906) (goalkeeper)

13-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

14-Roberto Galia (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

15-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma)

16-Giuseppe Signori (Foggia Calcio)

17-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

19-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

20-Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 5

May 31, 1992

Italy 0-Portugal 0

US Cup

Venue: New Haven, Conencticut-Yale Bowl, USA           

Attendance:40,000

Referee: Raúl Domínguez (USA)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): None

(Portugal): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

5-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

10-Luca Fusi (Torino Calcio 1906)          (14-Roberto Galia (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 77^th)

3-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (16-Giuseppe Signori (Foggia Calcio) 81^st)

13-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

20-Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

17-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (19-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 71^st)

15-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma) (9-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 34^th)

Sent Off:  Roberto Donadoni 84

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

4-Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

7-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

11-Giorgio Venturin (Torino Calcio 1906)

18-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Portugal:

1-Vitor Manuel Martins Baia(Futebol Clube do Porto)

15-João Domingos Silva Pinto  (captain) (Futebol Clube do Porto)

7-José Martins Leal (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

2-FernandoManuel Silva Couto (Futebol Clube do Porto) (19-Samuel Antonio Silva Tavares Quina (Boavista Futebol Clube- Porto) 38^th)

10-PauloSérgio Braga Madeira (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

17-EmilioManuel Delgado Peixe (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa) (6-José Orlando Vinha Rocha Semedo (Futebol Clube do Porto) 81^st)

18-VitorManuel da Costa Araujo ‘Paneira’ (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)   (8-Jaime Fernandes Magalhaes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 46^th)

16-Rui Filipe Tavares Bastos (Futebol Clube do Porto)

3-Jorge Paulo Cadete Santos Reis (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)  (20-Domingos Jose Paciencia Oliveira(Futebol Clube do Porto) 81^st)

13- Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)  (‘Filipe’ Manuel Esteves Ramos (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa) 87^th)

9-Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto (Boavista Futebol Clube- Porto) 

Coach: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz      

Booked: Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto 44

Sent Off:  José Martins Leal (85

Unused Substitutes:

12-Adelino Augusto Barros Neno (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

5-PauloJorge Ferreira de Sousa (Boavista Futebol Clube- Porto)

4-PauloManuel Banha Torres (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

11-JorgeAntonio Pinto do Couto (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Photo From : Soccer International, Volume 4, Issue 6, June 1993 (Alessandro Bianchi and Joao Vieira Pinto, May 31, 1992, US Cup, Italy 0-Portugal 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 6

June 4, 1992

Italy 2-Republic of Ireland 0

US Cup

Venue: Boston , Massachusetts-Foxboro Stadium, USA  

Attendance:40,000

Referee: Jack D'Aquila (USA)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Signori 17, Alessandro Costacurta 67 pen

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

5-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  (2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  51^st)

10-Luca Fusi (Torino Calcio 1906) (11-Giorgio Venturin (Torino Calcio 1906) 46^th)

3-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (4-Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 77^th)

8-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (9-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 73^rd)

14-Roberto Galia (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

19-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) (20-Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 81^st)

16-Giuseppe Signori (Foggia Calcio)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

17-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Republic of Ireland:

1-Patrick ‘Paddy’ Bonner (Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)

2-Joseph Dennis Irwin (Manchester United Football Club / England)   (16-Gerry Peyton (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)  74^th)

12-Michael Joseph  ‘Mick’ McCarthy (captain) (Millwall Football Club-London / England)   (15-Alan Francis McLoughlin (Portsmouth Football Club / England) 46^th)

4-David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

3-Stephen Staunton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)   

17-Edward John Paul ‘Eddie’ McGoldrick (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)  (20-Terence Michael Phelan (Wimbledon Football Club-London / England) 80^th)

5-Paul McGrath  (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)   

6-Andrew David Townsend  (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

8-Raymond James Houghton (Liverpool Football Club / England)   

9-Niall John Quinn (Manchester City Football Club / England) (13-Thomas Coyne (Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland) 72^nd)

10-John William Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers Football Club / England)  (19-David Thomas Kelly (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 78^th)

Coach: John ‘Jack’ Charlton (England)

Booked: Paul Mc Grath 38, Mick Mc Carthy 42

Sent Off: Packie Bonner 74

Unused Substitutes:

7-Roy Maurice Keane (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

14-Kevin Bernard Moran  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

18-Christopher Barry Morris (Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)

11- Kevin Mark Sheedy (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 7

June 6, 1992

USA 1-Italy 1

US Cup

Venue: Chicago , Illinois-Soldier Field

Attendance:20,000

Referee: José Luis González Vargas (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers:

(USA): John Harkes 23

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 2

Lineups:

USA:

1- Tony Meola (Captain)

20-Paul Caligiuri,

17-Marcelo Balboa,

3-John Doyle,

5-Thomas Dooley,

14-Brian Quinn,

9-Tab Ramos (2-Janusz Michallik 86^th)

6-John Harkes (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

4-Bruce Murray(21-Fernando Clavijo 46^th)

22-Roy Wegerle,

7-Hugo Pérez (12-Ernie Stewart 75th)

Coach:  Velibor ‘Bora’ Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)

Booked: Brian Quinn 55

Unused Substitutes:

Kasey Keller,

Dominic Kinnear,      

10-Peter Vermes,

Zak Ibsen,

Desmond Armstrong,

Mark Chung,

19-Chris Henderson

Italy:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

5-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

14-Roberto Galia (Juventus Football Club-Torino)          (10-Luca Fusi (Torino Calcio 1906) 65^th)

4-Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (15-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (9-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 74^th)

Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

19-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

17-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (20-Gianluca Vialli (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 74^th)

16-Giuseppe Signori (Foggia Calcio)

Unused Substitutes:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

7-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

11-Giorgio Venturin (Torino Calcio 1906) 

18-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Photo From : World Soccer, March 1993 (Giuseppe Signori, June 6, 1992, US Cup, USA 1-Italy 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 8

September 9, 1992

Holland 2-Italy 3

Friendly

Venue: Eindhoven -Philips Stadion

Attendance:28,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Holland): Dennis Bergkamp 4, 21

(Italy): Stefano Eranio 29, Roberto Baggio 41 pen, Gianluca Vialli 77

Lineups:

Holland:

1- Stanley Purl Menzo (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 

2- Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus ‘Berry’ van Aerle (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)  (13-Hendrikus Wilhelmina ‘Eric’ Viscaal (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium) 86^th)

3- Franciscus ‘Frank’ de Boer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)  (14-Aron Mohamed Winter (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)46^th)

4- Ronald Koeman (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

5- Robert ‘Rob’ Witschge (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

6- Jan Jacobus Wouters (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

7- Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) (15-Johannes Nicolaas ‘John’ van't Schip (Genova 1893 Associazione Calcio / Italy) 68^th)

8- Franklin Edmundo ‘Frank’ Rijkaard (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) 

9- Marcel ‘Marco’ van Basten (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

10- Rudi Dil ‘Ruud’ Gullit (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

11- Bryan Edward Steven Roy (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: Dirk Nicolaas ‘Dick’ Advocaat

Booked: Ruud Gullit 71

Unused Substitutes:

Eduard Franciscus ‘Ed’ De Goey (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 

Dirk Franciscus ‘Danny’ Blind (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)  

Italy:

1-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

2- Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (13-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 89^th)

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (14-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

9- Gianluca Vialli (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 86^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (15-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 78^th)

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Unused Substitutes:

12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

Photo From : Voetbal International Special, Nummer 7, 1992-Oranje in 1992 (Alberigo Evani and Jan Wouters, September 9, 1992, Holland 2-Italy 3)

Arrigo Sacchi managed Unofficial match

September 23, 1992

FC Zurich (Switzerland) 0-Italy 2

Unofficial Friendly

Venue: Zürich -Letzigrund

Attendance:14,300

Referee: Arturo Martino (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(FC Zurich): None

(Italy): Alessandro Bianchi  40, Gianluca Vialli 45

Lineups:

FC Zurich:

1-Patrick Maeder (Roberto Bockli 46^th)

2-Giuseppe Mazzarelli (13-David Sesa 46^th)

3-Ralph Heydecker (14-Mathias Baerlocher 65^th)

4-Alex German

5-Jurg Studer

6-Mario Kaegi (16-Marcel Hotz 46^th)

7-Michael Mazenauer (12-Mario Casamento 52^nd)

8-Haris Skoro (18-Daniel Tarone 81^st)

9-Mirsad Baljic (15-Roberto Baldassari 46^th)

10-Milton,

11-Marco Grassi (17-August Makalakalane 46^th)

Coach: Kurt Jara

Italy:

1-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906) (12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

2- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)  87^th)

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma) (13-Luigi Appoloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

4- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (15-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)  46^th)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (14-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

6-Marco Lanna (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

7- Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)(20-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th )

8- Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    (11-Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan) 80^th)

9- Gianluca Vialli (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

10- Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (19-Gianfranco Zola (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) 46^th)

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan) (16-Angelo Carbone (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) 46^th)

Note: Alberigo Evani and Alessandro came back in the match late in the game after having been substituted prior.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 9

October 14, 1992

Italy 2-Switzerland 2

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue:Cagliari -Stadio Sant'Elia

Attendance:28,000

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 83, Stefano Eranio 90

(Switzerland): Christophe Ohrel 17, Stephane Chapuisat 20

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

2- Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma)        

4-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6-Marco Lanna (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

7- Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (15-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 71^st)

9- Gianluca Vialli (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino)         

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11- Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   (14-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 41^st)

Booked: Marco Lanna 61

Unused Substitutes:

12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

13-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

16-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Switzerland:

1-Marco Pascolo (Servette Football Club-Genéve)

2-Marc Hottiger (Football Club Sion)

3-Yvan Quentin (Football Club Sion)

4-Andre Egli (captain) (Servette Football Club-Genéve)

5-Alan Geiger (Football Club Sion)

6- Georges Bregy (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)          

7-Alain Sutter (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

8-Christophe Ohrel (Servette Football Club-Genéve)  (16-Blaise Piffaretti (Football Club Sion) 55^th)

 9- Adrian Knup (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / Germany)   (14-Beat Sutter (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club)  89^th)

10- Ciriaco Sforza (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

11- Stephane Chapuisat (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) 

Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Stephan Lehmann (Football Club Sion)

13-Dominique Herr (Football Club Sion)

15-Kubilay Turkyilmaz (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

For more detail, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2011/12/october-14-1992-italy-2-switzerland-2.html

Photo From : Guerin Sportivo, October 21-27, 1992 (Stefano Eranio, October 14, 1992, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-Switzerland 2)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 10

November 18, 1992

Scotland 0-Italy 0

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Glasgow - Ibrox Park Stadium

Attendance:33,029

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): None

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Scotland:

1- Andrew Lewis Goram (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) 

2-David McPherson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) 

3- Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas (Dundee United Football Club)

4- Paul Michael Lyons McStay (captain) (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

5-Alan James McLaren (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh) 

6- Derek Whyte (Middlesbrough Football Club / England) 

7- Gordon Scott Durie (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) (13-Eoin Jess (Aberdeen Football Club Limited) 71^st)

8-Gary McAllister (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 

9- Alistair Murdoch McCoist (Rangers Football Club- Glasgow)

10-Ian Durrant (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) (16- John Grant Robertson (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh) 88^th)

11-Thomas Boyd (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

Coach: Andrew Roxburgh

Booked: Derek Whyte 25

Unused Substitutes:

12- Henry George Smith (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh)

14- John Angus Paul Collins (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

15- James Edward McInally (Dundee United Football Club)

Italy:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

2- Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma) (13-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)  7^th)

4- Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

5-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

9-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (14-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)  66^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11-Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

Booked: Alessandro Bianchi 35

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Gianluca Vialli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Photo From : Scotland, the complete international  Football Record, Author Richard Keir (Franco Baresi and Gordon Durie, November 18, 1992, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 0-Italy 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 11

December 19, 1992

Malta 1-Italy 2

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue:Valletta -Ta' Qali-National Stadium

Attendance:25,000

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Malta): Martin Gregory 86

(Italy): Gianluca Vialli 60, Giuseppe Signori 63    

Lineups:

Malta:

1-David Cluett (Floriana Football Club)   

2-Silvio Vella (Rabat Ajax Football Club)   

3-Richard Buhagiar (Floriana Football Club)    (13-Joseph Camilleri (Valetta Football Club) 46^th)

4-Joseph Galea (Hamrun Spartans Football Club)   

5-Joseph Brincat (Hamrun Spartans Football Club)   

6-John Buttigieg (Floriana Football Club)   

7-Carmel Busuttil (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk / Belgium)

8-Nicky Saliba (Valetta Football Club)     (15-Raymond Vella (Saint Andrews Football Club) 77th)

9-Martin Gregory (Sliema Wanderers Football Club)   

10-Kristian Laferla (captain) (Valetta Football Club)   

 11-Charles Scerri II (Hibernians Football Club-Paola)            

Coach: Phillip ‘Pippo’ Psaila

Booked : Charles Scerri 53

Unused Substitutes:

Charles Cortis (Valetta Football Club)   

Hubert Suda (Sliema Wanderers Football Club)   

Jesmond Delia (Floriana Football Club)   

Note: Kristian Laferla missed a penalty kick in teh 67th minute.

Italy:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

2-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma) (14-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

4-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (15-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan) 60^th)

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

9-Gianluca Vialli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10-Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

11-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Sent Off: Franco Baresi 67

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 50, March 1993 (Gianluca Vialli, December 19, 1992, , World Cup Qualifier, Malta 1-Italy 2)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author: Walter Perosino, 1998 (Italy squad, December 19, 1992, , World Cup Qualifier, Malta 1-Italy 2)

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Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Mexico:

Goalkeepers: Luca Marchegiani, Gianluca Pagliuca

Defenders : Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Marco Lanna, Paolo Maldini, Moreno Mannini, Pietro Vierchowod

Midfielders/Strikers : Demetrio Albertini, Alessandro Bianchi, Dino Baggio, Fabrizio Di Mauro, Eugenio Corini, Gianluigi Lentini, Roberto Baggio, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Roberto Mancini, Giuseppe Signori

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 12

January 20, 1993

Italy 2-Mexico 0

Friendly

Venue:Florence- Stadio Artemio Franchi

Attendance:20,000

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 55, Paolo Maldini 80

(Mexico): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

3-Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4-Fabrizio Di Mauro (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (13-Franco Baresi (Associazione Calcio Milan) 66^th)

6-Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

7-Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  (17-Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)  66th)

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   (15-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

9-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   (18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 83^rd)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Dino Baggio, Alessandro Bianchi

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

14-Marco Lanna (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

16-Eugenio Corini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

Mexico:

1-Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

2-Raul Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol Atlante S. A. de C. V. (Potros)- Mexico City) (13-Esparza 59^th)

3-Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

4-Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

5-Ramon Ramirez (Santos Laguna)

 6-Miguel España (captain)(Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

7-Ignacio Ambriz (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Mexico City)

8-Luis Flores (Club de Fútbol Atlas (Zorros), Atletico Club - Guadalajara)(18-Ordiales 64^th)

9-Francisco Uribe (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Mexico City)

10-Luis García (Club Atlético de Madrid  / Spain)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Mexico City) (15-Francisco Javier Cruz 46^th)

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Uribe, Flores, Cruz

Unused Substitutes:

12-Pablo Larios,        

14-Missael Espinosa (CF Monterrey)

16-Andrade,

17-Alberto Coyote (Club Leon)

Photo From : World Soccer, March 1993 (Roberto Baggio, January 20, 1993, Italy 2-Mexico 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 13

February 24, 1993

Portugal 1-Italy 3

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: OPorto- Estadio Das Antas

Attendance:60,000

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): Fernando Couto 56

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 2, Pierluigi Casiraghi 24, Dino Baggio 73

Lineups:

Portugal:

1-Vitor Manuel Martins Baia (Futebol Clube do Porto)

2-João Domingos Silva Pinto  (captain) (Futebol Clube do Porto)

5-Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (Futebol Clube do Porto)

3-Helder Marino Rodrigues Cristóvão  (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (15- Rui Gil Soares de Barros (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France) 35^th)

4- FernandoManuel Antonio Antunes Mendes (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

6-Oceano Andrade da Cruz (Real Sociedad de Fútbol  / Spain)

8- Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)       

7- José Orlando Vinha Rocha Semedo (Futebol Clube do Porto)

9-Domingos Jose Paciencia Oliveira(Futebol Clube do Porto)

10- Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

11-Carlos Jorge Marques Caldas Xavier (Real Sociedad de Fútbol  / Spain) (16-Jose Rui Lopes Aguas(Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 46^th)

Coach: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz

Booked: Fernando Couto 16

Unused Substitutes:

12-Silvino de Almeida Louro (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

13-Vitor Manuel da Costa Araujo ‘Paneira’ (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

14- Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3-Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

4-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

6-Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

7-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (15-Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 27^th)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 85^th)

11-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Pierluigi Casiraghi 12, Alessandro Costacurta 51, Mauro Tassotti 59, Dino Baggio 66

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

13-Marco Lanna (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

14-Fabrizio Di Mauro (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1993 (Pierluigi Casiraghi, February 24, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1-Italy 3)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, February 24, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1-Italy 3)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 14

March 24, 1993

Italy 6-Malta 1

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Palermo- Stadio La Favorita      

Attendance:35,000

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 19, Giuseppe Signori 38, Pietro Vierchowod 48, Roberto Mancini 58, 89, Paolo Maldini 72

(Malta): Carmel Busuttil 68 pen 

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (12-Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906) 83^rd)

2- Sergio Porrini (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo)

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5-Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

9-Alessandro Melli (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

11-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Gianluca Pagliuca 67

Unused Substitutes:

13-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14-Fabrizio Di Mauro (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

15-Alberigo Evani (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

16-Maurizio Ganz (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo)

Malta:

1- David Cluett (Floriana Football Club)   

2- Silvio Vella (Rabat Ajax Football Club)   

3-Jesmond Zerafa (Valetta Football Club)   

4- Joseph Galea (Hamrun Spartans Football Club)   

5- Nicholas Saliba (Valetta Football Club)   

6- Kristian Laferla (Valetta Football Club)   

7- Carmel Busuttil (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk / Belgium)

8- Raymond Vella (captain) (Saint Andrews Football Club)

9- Martin Gregory (Sliema Wanderers Football Club)     (14-Jesmond Delia (Floriana Football Club) 57^th)

10- Michael Degiorgio (Hamrun Spartans Football Club) (13-Hubert Suda (Sliema Wanderers Football Club) 72^nd)

11-Charles Scerri II (Hibernians Football Club-Paola)   

Coach: Phillip ‘Pippo’ Psaila

Booked: Martin Gregory 43, David Cluett 58

Unused Substitutes:

John Bonello,

David Carabott(Hibernians Football Club-Paola)   

Camilleri

Photo From : World Soccer, May 1993 (Dino Baggio, March 24, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 6-Malta 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 15

April 14, 1993

Italy 2-Estonia 0

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Trieste-Stadio Nereo Rocco

Attendance:33,000

Referee: Sandor Piller (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 20, Giuseppe Signori 87

(Estonia): None 

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

5- Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Sergio Porrini (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo) (13-Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

3-Alberto Di Chiara (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

9- Alessandro Melli (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

4- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (14-Fabrizio Di Mauro (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 68^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

Estonia:

1-Mart Poom (captain) (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

2-Risto Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

3-Marek Lemsalu (Football Club Flora Tallinn)  

4-Igor Prins (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

5-Urmas Kaljend (Football Club Lappeenranta / Finland)

6-Toomas  Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

7-Andrei Borisov (Football Club Norma Tallinn)

8-Marko Kristal (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

9-Martin Reim (Football Club Flora Tallinn) (12-Indro Olumets (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 89^th)

10-Sergei Ratnikov (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

11-Aleksander Pustov (TP-55 (Törnävän Pallo-55) Seinäjoki / Finland) (15-Lembit Rajala (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 83^rd)

Coach: Uno Piir        

Unused Substitutes:

Toomas Tohver,

Sergei Hohlov-Simson (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

Joanus Veensalu (Football Club Flora Tallinn)  

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 16

May 1, 1993

Switzerland 1-Italy 0

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion

Attendance:31,000

Referee: Martin Navarete (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): Marc Hottiger 56

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Switzerland:

1- Marco Pascolo (Servette Football Club- Genéve)

2- Marc Hottiger (Football Club Sion)

4- Dominique Herr (Football Club Sion)

5- Alain Geiger (captain) (Football Club Sion)

3- Yvan Quentin (Football Club Sion)

8- Christophe Ohrel (Servette Football Club- Genéve)

6- Georges Bregy (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)

10- Ciriaco Sforza (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

7- Alain Sutter (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

11- Stephane Chapuisat (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) 

9- Adrian Knup (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / Germany)   (14-Marco Grassi (Fußball Club Zürich) 76^th)

Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)

Booked: Marc Hottiger 14, Christophe Ohrel 81

Unused Substitutes:

Stephan Lehmann (Football Club Sion)

Stephane Henchoz (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club)

Beat Sutter (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club)

Kubilay Turkyilmaz (Bologna Football Club / Italy)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Moreno Mannini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

5- Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8-Daniele Zoratto (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15-Gianluigi Lentini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 64^th)

7- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

4- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)     (14-Fabrizio Di Mauro (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 46^th)

Booked: Daniele Zoratto 6, Diego Fuser 72     

Sent Off: Dino Baggio 44

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Torino Calcio 1906)

Marco Lanna (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

Alessandro Melli (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Photo From : World Soccer, October 1993 (Roberto Baggio, May 1, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 1-Italy 0)

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1994 (Italy squad, May 1, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 1-Italy 0)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Estonia:

Goalkeepers: Luca Marchegiani, Gianluca Pagliuca

Defenders : Franco Baresi, Antonio Bennarivo, Daniele Carnasciali,Alessandro Costacurta, Andrea Fortunato, Pietro Vierchowod

Midfielders/Strikers : Demetrio Albertini, Stefano Eranio, Alberigo Evani, Attilio Lombardo, Antonio Manicone, Giuseppe Signori, Roberto Baggio, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Roberto Mancini, Maurizio Ganz

Note: Paolo Maldini missed this match through injury.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 17

September 22, 1993

Estonia 0-Italy 3

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Tallinn, Kadrioru staadion (Kadriorg)

Attendance:6,000

Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

Goalscorers:

(Estonia): None

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 20 pen, 73, Roberto Mancini 59

Lineups:

Estonia:

1-Mart Poom (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

2-Risto Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

3-Sergei Bragin (Football Club Norma Tallinn) (12-Indro Olumets (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 57^th)

4-Igor Prins (Football Club Tevalte Tallinn)

5-Viktor Alonen (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

6-Toomas  Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

7-Andrei Borisov (Football Club  Norma Tallinn)

10-Urmas Hepner  (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka / Finland) 

8-Marko Kristal (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

9-Martin Reim (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

11-Dzintar Klavan (Turn- und Sportbund Flensburg von 1865 e.V. / Germany)  (14-Sergei Ratnikov (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 86^th)

Coach: Uno Piir        

Unused Substitutes:

16-Tonu Vanakesa,

15-Tarmo Linnumae (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

13-Jaanus Veensalu (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3-Andrea Fortunato (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   (15-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

8-Antonio Manicone (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

13-Daniele Carnasciali (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

14-Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

16-Maurizio Ganz (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 18

October 13, 1993

Italy 3-Scotland 1

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Rome- Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance:61,178

Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Donadoni 3, Pierluigi Casiraghi 16, Stefano Eranio 80

(Scotland): Kevin William Gallacher 18

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)           (13-Marco Lanna (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 65^th)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Giovanni Stroppa (Foggia Calcio)          (15-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 90^th)

4- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked:  Stefano Eranio

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Daniele Zoratto (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Scotland:

1- Bryan James Gunn (Norwich City Football Club / England) 

3- Thomas Boyd (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

5- Brian Irvine (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)   

2- Stuart McKimmie (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

4- Alan James McLaren (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh)  

6- David Bowman (Dundee United Football Club) (14- Paul Michael Lyons McStay (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow) 67th)

8- Andrew Stuart Murray 'Stuart' McCall (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow)  

10- Gary McAllister (captain) (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 

7- Gordon Scott Durie (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

9- Eoin Jess (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)    (16- Ian Durrant (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) 46th)

11- Kevin William Gallacher (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) 

Coach: Craig Brown

Booked: Gary McAllister , Stuart McCall

Unused Substitutes:

12- Alistair Maxwell (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow)  

13- Chris McCart (Motherwell Football Club)

15- William McKinlay (Dundee United Football Club)

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1993 (Giovanni Stroppa, October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 3-Scotland 1)

Photo From : World Soccer, July 1994 (Italy squad, October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 3-Scotland 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 19

November 17, 1993

Italy 1-Portugal 0

World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Milan- Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, San Siro

Attendance:86,000

Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 83

(Portugal): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Giovanni Stroppa (Foggia Calcio)         (14-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 61^st)

8- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (15-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 76th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Roberto Baggio

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

13-Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

16-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Portugal:

1-Vitor Manuel Martins Baia (Futebol Clube do Porto)

2-João Domingos Silva Pinto  (captain) (Futebol Clube do Porto)  (16-Jose Rui Lopes Aguas(Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 76^th)

3-Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida  (Futebol Clube do Porto)

5-Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (Futebol Clube do Porto)

4- Antonio August da Silva Veloso (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

7-Vitor Manuel da Costa Araujo ‘Paneira’ (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

11-Rui Manuel Cesar Costa (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (15-DomingosJose Paciencia Oliveira(Futebol Clube do Porto) 68^th)

6- PauloManuel Carvalho Sousa(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

8- Rui Gil Soares de Barros (Olympique de Marseille / France)

9- Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

10-Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre(Associazione Calcio Reggiana-Reggio Emilia / Italy)

Coach: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz

Booked: Paulo Sousa, Veloso , Domingos,  João Manuel Vieira Pinto

Sent Off: Fernando Couto 87

Unused Substitutes:

12-Adelino Barros Neno (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

13-Emilio Manuel Delgado Peixe (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

14- Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)       

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, February 1994 (Dino Baggio, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Hors-Serie-May  1994 (Italy squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

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Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against France:

Goalkeepers: Luca Marchegiani, Gianluca Pagliuca

Defenders : Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Antonio Bennarivo, Lorenzo Minotti, Christian Panucci

Midfielders/Strikers : Stefano Eranio, Demetrio Albertini, Roberto Donadoni, Alberigo Evani, Massimiliano Cappiolli, Giovanni Stroppa, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Andrea Silenzi, Giuseppe Signori , Roberto Baggio, Roberto Mancini,

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 20

February 16, 1994

Italy 0-France 1

Friendly

Venue: Napoli- Stadio San Paolo

Attendance:15,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): None

(France): Youri Djorkaeff 44

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (14-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma) 65^th)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

11- Giovanni Stroppa (Foggia Calcio) (15-Massimiliano Cappioli (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 65^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (16-Andrea Silenzi (Torino Calcio 1906) 65^th)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca  Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

13-Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4- Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

2- Christian Karembeu (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (17-Jean-Pierre Cyprien (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire) 73rd)

5- Marcel Desailly  (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (14-Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 89th)

3- Eric Di Meco (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

11- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Jerome Gnako (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) (13- Vincent Guerin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 53rd)

10- Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

6- Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

9- David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

7- Eric Cantona (captain) (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Eric Di Meco 28, Alain Roche 61

Unused Substitutes:

Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)            

Pascal Vahirua (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 62, March 1994 (Alberigo Evani and Vincent Guerin, February 16, 1994, Italy 0-France 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 21

March 23, 1994

Germany 2-Italy 1

Friendly

Venue: Stuttgart- Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

Attendance:52,800

Referee: James McCluskey (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Germany): Jürgen Klinsmann 45, 47

(Italy): Dino Baggio 44

Lineups:

Germnay:

1- Bodo Illgner (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

10- Lothar Herbert Matthäus (captain) (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

4- Jürgen Kohler (Juventus Football Club -Torino/ Italy) (14-Thomas Berthold (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.) 72^nd)

6- Guido Buchwald (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

2- Thomas Strunz (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

5- Stefan Effenberg (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina / Italy) 

8- Thomas Häßler (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) (18-Mario Basler (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.) 78^th)

11- Matthias Sammer (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

3- Andreas Brehme (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern)

9- Jürgen Klinsmann (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)   

7- Andreas Möller (Juventus Football Club -Torino/ Italy)

Coach: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’  Vogts

Booked: Stefan Effenberg

Unused Substitutes:

Andreas Köpke (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V. )

Andreas Thom (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V.)

Thomas  Helmer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Maurizio Gaudino (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

Christian Ziege (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Mehmet Scholl (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Christian Wörns (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V.)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (15-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

4- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Giovanni Stroppa (Foggia Calcio) 70^th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (17-Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 64^th)

10- Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (18-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Photo From : World Soccer, May 994 (Jurgen Klinnsman, March 23, 1994, Germany 2-Italy 1)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (Jurgen Klinnsman and Paolo Maldini, March 23, 1994, Germany 2-Italy 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 22

May 27, 1994

Italy 2-Finland 0

Friendly

Venue:Parma- Stadio Ennio Tardini

Attendance:28,000

Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Signori 24, Pierluigi Casiraghi 66

(Finland): None

Lineups:

Italy:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

3-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma) (9-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46th)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46th)

4-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

17-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

14-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46th)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 72nd)

13-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th )

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Unused Substitutes:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

Finland:

1-Petri Jakonen (MyPa (Myllykosken Pallo)-47- Anjalankoski)

2-Jari Kinnunen (Football Club Haka Valkeakoski)

3-Ari Heikkinen (Football Club Haka Valkeakoski)

4-Erkka Petäjä (Yverdon-Sports Football Club / Switzerland)

5-Markku Kanerva (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi  Helsinki)-Helsinki) (14-Aki Hyrylainen (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi  Helsinki)-Helsinki) 68^th)

6-Kim Suominen (TPV (Tampereen Pallo-Veikot)-Tampere)

9-Ari Hjelm (Fußball -Club Sankt-Pauli 1910 e.V.-Hamburg / Germany)

7-Jari Litmanen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

8-Janne Lindberg (MyPa (Myllykosken Pallo)-47- Anjalankoski) (16-Tommi Paavola (Football Club 56 Lorient / France) 71st)

10-Mika A. Aaltonen (Hapoel Beer Sheva / Israel) (15-Rami Rantanen (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi  Helsinki)-Helsinki) 88^th)

11-Petri Järvinen (Finn Pa (Finnarin Palloilijat)-Helsinki)

Coach: Tommy Lindholm

Unused Substitutes:

12-Antti Niemi (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi  Helsinki)-Helsinki)

13-Janne Mäkelä (MyPa (Myllykosken Pallo)-47- Anjalankoski)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author: Walter Perosino, 1998 (Alessandro Costacurta, May 27, 1994, Italy 2-Finland 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 23

June 3, 1994

Italy 1-Switzerland 0

Friendly

Venue: Rome-Lo Stadio Olimpico     

Attendance:38,019

Referee: Juan Manuel Arceo Brito (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Signori 24

(Switzerland): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (13-Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906) 46^th)

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (14-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

7-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (18-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

9-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

4-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (19-Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Switzerland:

1-Stephan Lehmann (Football Club Sion)

2- Marc Hottiger (Football Club Sion)

3- Yvan Quentin (Football Club Sion)   

4- Dominique Herr (Football Club Sion) (13-Andre Egli (Servette Football Club-Genéve) 46^th)

5- Alain Geiger (captain) (Football Club Sion)

6- Georges Bregy (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)

7- Alain Sutter (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.  / Germany)

8- Christophe Ohrel (Servette Football Club-Genéve)      (14-Nestor  Subiat (Football Club Lugano) 75^th)

9-Thomas Bickel (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)             (15-Marco Grassi (Servette Football Club-Genéve) 75^th)

10- Ciriaco Sforza (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

11- Stephane Chapuisat (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  (20-Patrick Sylvestre (Football Club Lausanne-Sports) 75^th)

Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)

Unused Substitutes:

Martin Brunner (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)        

Thomas Wyss (FußballClub Aarau)

Sébatien  Fournier (Football Club Sion)   

Marco Rueda (Fußball Club Luzern)

Jürg  Studer (Fußball Club Zürich)

Stefan Huber (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 24

June 11, 1994

Italy 1-Costa Rica 0

Friendly

Venue: New Haven,Connecticut - Yale Bowl, USA  

Attendance:23,547

Referee: Esfandiar Bahramast (USA)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Signori 65

(Costa Rica): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

3-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6-Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

11-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

17-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

14-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (19-Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

13-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

10-Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

20-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8-Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Cost Rica:

1-Rojas, 2-Delgado, 3-Parks, 4-Smith (5-Arnaez 75th), 8-Solis, 9-Myers (7-Fonseca 73rd), , 10-Hernan Medford, 12-Roger Gomez, 14-Gutrie, 15-Rodriguez (Solano 85th) , 20-Montero (captain)

Coach : T. Rojas

Unused Substitutes:

6-Villalobos,

Fuentes,

11-Mullins,

Arhuedas

Photo From : Planete Foot,  April 1996 (Giuseppe Signori, June 11, 1994, Italy 1-Costa Rica 0)

1994 World Cup Finals squad:

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  (goalkeeper)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

9-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (goalkeeper)

13-Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

14-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

16-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)

17-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma) (goalkeeper)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 25

June 18, 1994

Republic of Ireland 1-Italy 0

World Cup-Group E

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium, USA  

Attendance:73,511

Referee: MarioVan Der Ende (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Raymond James Houghton 12

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Republic of ireland:

1- Patrick ‘Paddy’ Bonner (Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)     

14- Philip Andrew Babb (Coventry City Football Club / England)  

5- Paul McGrath  (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)   

3- Terence Michael Phelan (Manchester City Football Club / England)

2- Joseph Dennis Irwin (Manchester United Football Club / England)   

6- Roy Maurice Keane (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

7- Andrew David Townsend  (captain) (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

11- Stephen Staunton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)   

8- Raymond James Houghton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)    (21- Jason Wynn Mc Ateer (Bolton Wanderers Football Club / England)  67^th)

10- John Joseph Sheridan (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

15- Thomas Coyne (Motherwell Football Club / Scotland) (9- John William Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers Football Club / England)  89^th)

Coach: John ‘Jack’ Charlton (England)

Booked: Terence Michael Phelan 30, Thomas Coyne 50, Joseph Dennis Irwin 81

Unused Substitutes:

22- Alan Thomas Kelly (Sheffield United Football Club / England)  

12- Gary Kelly (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)  

13- Alan Nigel Kernaghan (Manchester City Football Club / England)

17- Edward John Paul ‘Eddie’ McGoldrick (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 

18- Ronald Andrew ‘Ronnie’ Whelan (Liverpool Football Club / England) 

19- Alan Francis McLoughlin (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

20- David Thomas Kelly (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)

4- Kevin Bernard Moran  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) 

16- Anthony Guy Cascarino (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

9- Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

17- Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)    (19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 83rd)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3-Antonio Benarrivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Photo From : World Soccer, August  994 (Paolo Maldini and Phil Babb, June 18, 1994, World Cup, Republic of Ireland 1-Italy 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 18, 1994, World Cup, Republic of Ireland 1-Italy 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 26

June 23, 1994

Italy 1-Norway 0

World Cup-Group E

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium, USA  

Attendance:74,624

Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 69

(Norway): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (12- Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 22^nd)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 69^th)

Coach: Arrigo Sacchi

Booked: Pierluigi Casiraghi 35

Sent Off: Gianluca Pagliuca 21

Unused Substitutes:

22-Lucca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

 7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

16-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

21-Gianfranco  Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Norway:

1- Erik Thorstvedt (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

20- Henning Berg (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

4- Rune Bratseth (captain) (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)

5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool Football Club / England)

18- Alf Inge Håland (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

22- Lars Bohinen (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

7- Erik Mykland (Start Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand)  (10- Kjetil Rekdal (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /Belgium) 81^st)

6- Jostein Flo (Sheffield United Football Club / England)

8- Øyvind Leonhardsen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

9- Jan Aage Fjørtoft (Swindon Town Football Club / England)

21- Sigurd Rushfeldt (Tromso Idrettslag- Troms) (11- Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring / Belgium) 56^th)

Coach: Egil Olsen

Booked: Stig Inge Bjørnebye 33, Alf Inge Håland 68

Unused Substitutes:

12- Frode Grodaas (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

13- Ole By Rise (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

2- Gunnar Halle (Oldham Athletic Football Club / England)

14- Roger Nilsen (Sheffield United Football Club / England)

16- Goran Sørloth (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)

17- Dan Eggen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening / Denmark)

 3- Erland Johnsen (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) 

19- Roar Strand (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 66, July 1994 (Pierluigi Casiraghi, June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0)

Photo From : World Soccer, August  994 (Italy squad, June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 27

June 28, 1994

Italy 1-Mexico 1

World Cup-Group E

Venue: Washington,DC- RFK Memorial Stadium, USA  

Attendance:53,186

Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Daniele Massaro 47

(Mexico): Marcelino Bernal 57

Lineups:

Italy:

12- Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 66^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Demetrio Albertini 33

Unused Substitutes:

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9- Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

7- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  (suspended)

Mexico:

1 -Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

2 -Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City–Pumas)

3- Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Mexico City –Pumas)

4 -Ignacio Ambriz (captain) (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Mexico City) 

6- Marcelino Bernal (Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca (Diablos)

8 -Alberto García Aspe  (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Mexico City)

14- Joaquín Del Olmo (Club Deportivo Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz)

7 -Carlos Hermosillo (Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, Atletico Club-(Cementeros)- Mexico City)

10- Luis García (Club Atlético de Madrid  / Spain) (13 -Juan Carlos Chavez (Club de Fútbol Atlas (Zorros), Atletico Club - Guadalajara) 81^st)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Mexico City)

20- Jorge Rodríguez (Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca (Diablos)

                  

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Joaquín Del Olmo 25, Luis García 63, Alberto García Aspe 66

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 85, February 1996 (Alessandro Costacurta, June 28, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Mexico 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 28, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Mexico 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 28

July 5, 1994

Italy 2-Nigeria 1

World Cup- Second Round

Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, Foxboro Stadium, USA

Attendance:54,367

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 89 pen, 102

(Nigeria): Emmanuel Amunike 27

Lineups:

Italy:

12- Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 62nd)

Booked: Daniele Massaro 7, Alessandro Costacurta 30, Giuseppe Signori 60, Paolo Maldini  64, Dino Baggio 81     

Sent Off: Gianfranco Zola 76

Unused Substitutes:

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7-Lorenzo  Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

1-Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  (suspended)

Nigeria:

1-Peter Rufai (captain) (Go Ahead Eagles / Holland)

2-Augustine Eguavoen (Kortrijk / Belgium)

5-Uche Okechukwu (Fenerbahce / Turkey)

6-Chidi Nwanu (Anderlecht / Belgium)

19-Michael Emenalo (free agent)

10-Augustine Okocha (Eintracht Frankfurt / Germany)

15-Sunday Oliseh (RFC Liege / Belgium)

7-Finidi George (Ajax Amsterdam / Holland)

9-Rashidi Yekini (Vitoria Setubal / Portugal)

11-Emmanuel Amunike (Zamalek / Egypt) (8-Oliha Thompsn (Africa Sports / Ivory Coast) 57^th)

14-Daniel Amokachi  (Club Brugge / Belgium) (21-Mutiu Adepoju (Racing Santander / Spain) 34^th)

Coach: Clemens Weterhof (Holland)

Booked: Michael Emenalo 2, Mutiu Adepoju 41, Sunday Oliseh 53, Chidi Nwanu 58

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 66, July 1994 (Giuseppe Signori between Sunday Oliseh and Chidi Nwanu, July 5, 1994, World Cup, Italy 2-Nigeria 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 29

July 9, 1994

Italy 2-Spain 1

World Cup- Quarterfinal

Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, Foxboro Stadium, USA

Attendance:54,605

Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 26, Roberto Baggio 88

(Spain): Jose Luis Perez Caminero 59

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

9- Mauro Tassotti (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)           

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)   

16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) (20-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)46th)  

15- Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)          (14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 66th)   

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan)      

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Note: Near the end of the game, Mauro Tassoti elbowed Luis Enrique in an off the ball incident, breaking his nose. The officials did not see, but Tassoti was suspended for eight matches after video evidence review.

Spain:

1- Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta  (captain) (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

2- Albert ‘Ferrer’ Llopis (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

5-‘Abelardo’ Fernandez Antuna (Real Sporting de Gijón)

15- Jose Luis Perez Caminero (Club Atlético de Madrid)

3- Jorge ‘Otero’ Bouzas (Real Club Celta de Vigo)

18- Rafael ‘Alkorta’ Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

20- Miguel Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

12-‘Sergi’ Barjuan Esclusa (Fútbol Club Barcelona) (19- Julio ‘Salinas’ Fernandez (Fútbol Club Barcelona) 60^th)

7- Juan Antonio ‘Goicoechea’ Lasa (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

10- Jose Maria ‘Bakero’ Escudero (Fútbol Club Barcelona)          (6- Fernando Ruiz Hierro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 65^th)

21-‘Luis Enrique’  Martinez Garcia (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Coach: ‘Javier Clemente’ Lazaro

Booked: Abelardo 4, Jose Luis Perez Caminero 20

Unused Substitutes:

13- Jose Santiago ‘Canizares’ Ruiz (Real Club Celta de Vigo)

22- Julen ‘Lopetegui’ Argote (Club Deportivo Logroňes)

 4- Francisco Jose Camarasa (Valencia Club de Fútbol)  

17- Salvador ‘Voro’ Gonzalez Marco (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña)

9- Josep  ‘Guardiola’ Sala (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

16-‘Felipe Minambres’ Fernandez (Club Deportivo Tenerife)

8- ‘Julen Guerrero’ Lopez (Athletic Club de Bilbao)        

14- Juan ‘Juanele’ Castano Quiros (Real Sporting de Gijón)

11- Aitor ‘Beguiristain’ Mugica (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 66, July 1994 (Miguel Nadal , Fernando Hierro, Dino Baggio and Roberto Baggio, July 9, 1994, World Cup, Italy 2-Spain 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 30

July 13, 1994

Italy 2-Bulgaria 1

World Cup- Semifinal

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium, USA

Attendance:77,094

Referee:Joel Quiniou (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Baggio 21, 26

(Bulgaria): Hristo Stoichkov44 pen

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (15- Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 56^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 71^st)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Alessandro Costacurta 62, Demetrio Albertini 81

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

,6-Franco Baresi (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

19-Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

Bulgaria:

1- Borislav Mihailov (captain) (Football Club Mulhouse-Sud Alsace / France)

16- Ilian Kiriakov (Unió Esportiva Lleida / Spain)

5- Petar Houbchev (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)

3- Trifon Ivanov (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club / Switzerland)

4- Tzanko Tzvetanov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)  

6- Zlatko Yankov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

10- Nasko Sirakov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

9- Yordan Lechkov (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)

7- Emil Kostadinov (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)   (13- Ivaylo Yordanov (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal) 72^nd)

20- Krassimir Balakov (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)

8- Hristo Stoichkov (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (14- Boncho Guenchev (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) 79^th)

Coach: Dimitar Penev

Booked: Emil Kostadinov 53, Yordan Lechkov 66, Zlatko Yankov 84  

Unused Substitutes:

12-Plamen  Nikolov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

22- Ivaylo Andonov (Fudbalski Klub CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Sofia)

15- Nikolai Iliev (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

2- Emil Kremenliev (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

17- Petar Mikhtarski (Futebol Clube Famalicão / Portugal)

19- Georgi Georgiev  (Football Club Mulhouse-Sud Alsace / France)

11-Daniel Borimirov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

18- Petar Alexandrov (Fußball Club Aarau / Switzerland)

21- Velko Yotov (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona / Spain)

Photo From : World Soccer, September 1994 (Roberto Donadoni and Yordan Letchkov, July 13, 1994, World Cup, Italy 2-Bulgaria 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 31

July 17, 1994

Brazil 0-Italy 0 (pen 3-2)

World Cup- Final

Venue: Pasadena, California- Rose Bowl, USA

Attendance:94,194

Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): None

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen ‘Taffarel’  (Associazione Calcio Reggiana / Italy)
2- Jorge de Amorim Campos  ‘Jorginho’(Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)(14- Evangelista Moraes‘Cafu’(São Paulo Futebol Clube-São Paulo)  21^st)
13-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
15- Marcio Roberto dos Santos‘Márcio Santos’  (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France)
6- Claudio Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal‘Branco’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)       
5- Mauro Silva Gomes  ‘Mauro Silva’(Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain) 
8- Caetano Bledorn Verri  ‘Dunga’ (captain) (Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. / Germany)
9- Crizam César de Oliveira Júnior‘Zinho’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)  (21- Paulo Sérgio Rosa  ‘Viola’ (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo) 106^th)
17- Iomar do Nascimento‘Mazinho’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)  
7- José Roberto da Gama de Oliveira‘Bebeto’  (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)  
11-‘Romário’de Souza Faria (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)         

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Booked: Mazinho 4, Cafu 87

Penalties: Marcio Santos (saved, 0-0), Romario (goal, 1-1), Branco (goal, 2-2), Dunga (goal, 3-2)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

8- Roberto Mussi (Torino Calcio 1906)       (2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) 35th)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

16- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (17- Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 95^th)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

19- Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

Booked: Luigi Apolloni 42, Demetrio Albertini 43 

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7-Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

15-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

 18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

20-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Penalties: Baresi (missed, 0-0), Albertini (goal, 1-0), Evani (goal, 2-1), Massaro (missed, 2-2), Roberto Baggio  (missed, 3-2)

Photo From : World Soccer, August 1994 (Paolo Maldini and Romario, July 17, 1994, World Cup, Brazil 0-Italy 0)

Photo From : Calcio 2000, Issue 18, April 1999 (Italy squad, July 17, 1994, World Cup, Brazil 0-Italy 0)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 32

September 7, 1994

Slovenia 1-Italy 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Maribor- Stadion Ljudski Vrt (People's garden)

Attendance:18,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann  (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Slovenia): Saso Udovic 13

(Italy): Alessandro Costacurta 15

Lineups:

Slovenia:

1- Marko Simeunovic (Nogometni Klub SCT Olimpija Ljubljana)

2- Marinko Galic (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik)

4- Robert Englaro (Nogometni Klub SCT Olimpija Ljubljana)

3- Darko Milanic (Graz Sturm Sportklub / Austria)

5- Alfred Jermanis (Sportklub Rapid Wien / Austria)

9- Ales Ceh (Graz Athletiksport Klub / Austria)

7- Dzoni Novak (Nogometni Klub SCT Olimpija Ljubljana)

8- Gregor Zidan (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik)(13-Ales Krizan (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik) 88^th)

6- Srecko Katanec (captain) (free agent)(14-Peter Binkovski (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik) 58^th)

10- Saso Udovic (Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren / Beligum)

11-Primoz Gliha(Nogometni Klub Zeleznicar Oskar Ljubljana)

Coach: Zdenko Verdenik

Booked: Darko Milanic 65

Unused Substitutes:

Bosko Boskovic (Antalyaspor Kulübü / Turkey)

Janez Pate

Mladen Rudonja (SCT Olimpija)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

2- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6- Franco Baresi (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

8- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)(15-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 57^th)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) (14-Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 57^th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Christian Panucci 3, Demetrio Albertini 35

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Alessandro Bianchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Estonia on October 2^nd, 1994:

Goalkeepers: Gianluca Pagliuca, Sebastiano Rossi

Defenders: Luigi Appolloni, Alessandro Costacurta, Giuseppe Favalli, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panucci

Midfielders: Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio, Nicola Berti, Antonio Conte, Roberto Di Matteo, Alberigo Evani

Strikers; Pierluigi Casiraghi, Attilio Lombardo, Roberto Rambaudi, Giuseppe Signori, Gianfranco Zola

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 33

October 8, 1994

Estonia 0-Italy 2

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Tallinn, Kadrioru staadion (Kadriorg)

Attendance:4,000

Referee: Werner Müller (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Estonia): None

(Italy): Christian Panucci 20, Pierluigi Casiraghi 77

Lineups:

Estonia:

1- Mart Poom (captasin) (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

3- Toomas  Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

4- Viktor Alonen (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

2- Marek Lemsalu (Football Club Flora Tallinn)  

5- Dzintar Klavan (Football Club Flora Tallinn)          (15-Risto Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 75^th)

6- Urmas Kaljend (Football Club Lappeenranta / Finland)

7- Marko Kristal (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

8- Martin Reim (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

9- Toomas Krom (Football Club Flora Tallinn)        (14-Indro Olumets (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 70^th)

10- Tarmo Linnumae (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

11- Urmas Kirs (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

Coach: Roman Ubakivi        

Booked : Linnumae, Kaljend, Olumets

Unused Substitutes:

Toomas Tohver (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

Ivan O’Konnel-Bronin (Football Club Norma Tallinn)       

Marko Lelov (Lelle Football Club)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

3- Giuseppe Favalli (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (13-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) 87th)

2- Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Alberigo Evani (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)     (15-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 83rd)

8- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7- Roberto Rambaudi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Unused Substitutes:

Sebastiano Rossi (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Croatia on November 7^th, 1994:

Goalkeepers: Gianluca Pagliuca, Sebastiano Rossi

Defenders: Luigi Appolloni, Alessandro Costacurta, Giuseppe Favalli, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panucci, Paolo Negro

Midfielders: Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio, Antonio Conte, Roberto Di Matteo, Roberto Donadoni

Strikers; Roberto Baggio, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Attilio Lombardo, Roberto Rambaudi, Gianfranco Zola

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 34

November 16, 1994

Italy 1-Croatia 2

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Palermo - Stadio La Favorita      

Attendance:40,000

Referee:Joel Quiniou (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 90

(Croatia): Davor Suker 32,60

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

2-Paolo Negro (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

3- Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

6- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (14-Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 55^th)

7- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

8- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Roberto Rambaudi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (15-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th)

Booked: Alessandro Costacurta 68

Unused Substitutes:

12-Sebastiano Rossi (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

13-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

16-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)     

Croatia:

1- Drazen Ladic (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb) 

2- Elvis Brajkovic (Nogometni Klub Rijeka) 

3- Robert Jarni (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

5- Nikola Jerkan (Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain)

6- Slaven Bilic (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V. / Germany)

4- Igor Stimac (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split)    

7- Aljosa Asanovic (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split)

10- Zvonimir Boban (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)  

9- Davor Suker (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)                  

8- Robert Prosinecki (Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain) (14-Mladen Mladenovic (Sport Verein Casino Salzburg / Austria) 59^th)

11- Nikola Jurcevic (Sport Verein Casino Salzburg / Austria)  (15-Adrijan Kozniku (Association Sportive de Cannes Football / France) 90^th)

Coach: Tomislav Ivic (Standing In for Miroslav Blazevic)

Booked: Robert Jarni 2, Zvonimir Boban 67, Igor Stimac 82

Unused Substitutes:

12- Marijan Mrmic(Nogometni Klub Varteks Varazdin)

13- Darko Butorovic (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split) 

16-Niko Ceko (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split)    

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 71, December 1994 (Roberto Donadoni and Zvonimir Boban, November 16, 1994, EC Qualifier, Italy 1-Croatia 2)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 35

December 21, 1994

Italy 3-Turkey 1

Friendly

Venue: Pescara - Stadio Adriatico

Attendance:10,000

Referee: Gunther Benko (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Massimo Crippa 44, Attilio Lombardo 55, Luigi Apolloni 85

(Turkey): Tolunay Kafkas 61

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

2- Daniele Carnasciali (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) (13-Paolo Negro (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 54^th)

3-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

5- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

8- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 71st)

9-Massimo Crippa (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) (17-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 86th)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Unused Substitutes:

Giuseppe Favalli (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Roberto Rambaudi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Turkey:

1-Şanver Göymen (Altay Spor Kulübü-Izmir)

2-Recep Çetin (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)  

3-Bülent Korkmaz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) (13-Mutlu Topçu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 67^th)

4-Cengiz Atila (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

7- İlker Yağcıoğlu (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) (15-Ertuğrul Sağlam (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 66^th)

5-Ogün Temizkanoğlu (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

8-Tolunay Kafkas (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

10-Oğuz Çetin (captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

6-Abdullah Ercan (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

9-Hami Mandıralı (Trabzonspor Kulübü)

11-Arif Erdem (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)  (14-Suat Kaya (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 59^th)

Coach: Fatih Terim

Booked: Abdullah Ercan, Suat Kaya

Unused Substitutes:

Adnan,

Saffet Sancaklı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Gökhan Keskin (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)  

Sergen Yalçın (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)  

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Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the matches against Estonia/Ukraine on March 20^th:

Goalkeepers: Angelo Peruzzi, Gianluca Pagliuca

Defenders : Paolo Negro, Antonio Bennarivo, Luigi Apolloni,  Paolo Maldini,  Lorenzo Minotti, Amedeo Carboni

Midfielders/Strikers : Attilio Lombardo, Stefano Eranio, Demetrio Albertini, Roberto Di Matteo, Massimo Crippa, Nicola Berti, Dino Baggio, Gianfranco Zola, Alessandro Del Piero, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Fabrizio Ravanelli

On March 21st, Gianluca Pagliuca and Massimo Crippa pulled out due to injuries.

Luca Bucci was called as a replacement for Pagliuca.

Antonio Conte was also later called up.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 36

March 25, 1995

Italy 4-Estonia 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Salerno- Stadio Arechi

Attendance:33,000

Referee: Roger Phillipi (Luxembourg)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Gianfranco Zola 45, 65, Demetrio Albertini 58, Fabrizio Ravanelli 82

(Estonia): Martin Reim 72

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Paolo Negro (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

3- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

6- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

7- Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)              (16-Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 55^th)

9-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)(15-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 70th)

11-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Booked: Paolo Negro

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

13-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

14-Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Estonia:

1-Mart Poom (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

2-Marek Lemsalu (Football Club Flora Tallinn)  

4-Toomas  Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

3-Urmas Kirs (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

5-Indro Olumets (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

6-Meelis Lindmaa (Jalgpalliklubi Tulevik Viljandi)

7-Risto Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)       

8-Tarmo Linnumae (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

9-Marko Kristal (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

10-Alari Lell  (Lelle Football Club)  (14-Mati Pari (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 76^th)

11-Toomas Krom (Football Club Flora Tallinn)(13-Martin Reim (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 72^nd)

Coach: Roman Ubakivi        

Booked: Marko Kristal, Risto Kallaste, Toomas Krom

Photo From : Rahvuskoondise Kumme Aastat 1992-2002, Author Olev Reim (Italy squad, March 25, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 4-Estonia 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 37

March 29, 1995

Ukraine 0-Italy 2

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Kyyiv -Natsional'nyi Sportivnyi Komplex Olimpiys'kyi Stadion

Attendance:10,000

Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Ukraine): None

(Italy): Attilio Lombardo 11, Gianfranco Zola 36

Lineups:

Ukraine:

1-Dmitro Tiapushkin (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva / Russia)     

2-Oleh Luzhniy (captain) (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv) (13-Yuri Bukel (Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa) 60^th)

3-Andriy Telesnenko (Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa)

4-Andriy Khomyn (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

5-Oleksandr Yevtushok (Futbolnyi Klub Karpaty L'viv )

6-Hennadi Orbu (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk)

7-Serhy Myzin (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

8-Yuri Kalitvintsev (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

9-Viktor Leonenko (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

10-Andrei Shevchenko (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

11-Sergei Konovalov (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)  (15-Yevheni Pokhlebaev (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv) 76^th)

Coach:Anatoli Konkov

Booked: Andriy Khomyn

Unused Substitutes:

Oleh Suslov (Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa)

Yuriy Sak (Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa)

Yuri Martyonov (Futbolnyi Klub Zirka-Nibas Kirovohrad) 

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)     (14-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 78th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)  (16-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 61st)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

11- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Booked: Roberto Di Matteo

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 38

April 26, 1995

Lithuania 0-Italy 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Vilnius, Žalgirio stadionas     

Attendance:15,000

Referee: James McCluskey (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Lithuania): None

(Italy): Gianfranco Zola 12

Lineups:

Lithuania:

1-Gintaras Stauce (captain) (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)

2-Tomas Ziukas (Futbolo KlubasRomar Mazeikiai)

3-Viaceslavas Sukristovas (Maccabi Ramat Gan / Israel)

4-Andrius Tereskinas (Futbolo KlubasZalgiris-EBW Vilnius) 

5-Raimundas Vainoras (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas) 

6-Arunas Suika (Futbolo KlubasRomar Mazeikiai)

7-Nerijus Gudaitis (Futbolo KlubasRomar Mazeikiai) (16- Eimantas Poderis (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas) 70^th)

8-Valdas Ivanauskas (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / Germany)

9-Vytautas Apanavicous (FBK (Futbolo Beisbolo Klubas) Kauno- Kaunas) (14-Aidas Preiksaitis (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris-EBW Vilnius)46th)

10-Aurelijus Skarbalius (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas) 

11-Vaidotas Slekys (Fußball Club Wil 1900 / Switzerland)

Coach: Benjaminas Zelkevicius

Unused Substitutes:

12-Valdemaras Martinkenas (Fußball Club Wil 1900 / Switzerland)

13-Rolandas Vaineikis (Futbolo KlubasRomar Mazeikiai)

15-Ramunas Stonkus (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris-EBW Vilnius) 

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8- Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)          (14- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) 24th)

11- Massimo Crippa (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 79th)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Coach: Arrigo Sacchi

Booked: Massimo Crippa 72

Unused Substitutes:

12- Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

13- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

16- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Note: On April 25, 1995, former international Andrea Fortunato passed away at age 23 due to Leukemia.

Italian players wore black armbands in this match as a result.

Fabrizio Ravanelli refused to take part in the match.

Schweizerischer Fussballverband Centenial Cup squad

1- Gianluca Pagliuca  (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (goalkeeper)

2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

5-Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

6-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8-Fabio Petruzzi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

9- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

10-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

11-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma) (goalkeeepr)

13-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

14- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

15-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)

16- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  

17- Francesco Statuto (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

19-Marco Delvecchio (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 39

June 19, 1995

Switzerland 0-Italy 1

Schweizerischer Fussballverband Centenial Cup   

Venue:Lausanne –Stade Olympique de la Pontaise      

Attendance:13,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): None

(Italy): Pierluigi Casiraghi 55

Lineups:

Switzerland:

1- Marco Pascolo (Servette Football Club-Genéve)

2- Marc Hottiger (Newcastle United Football Club / England)               

5- Alain Geiger (captain) (Football Club Sion)

3- Yvan Quentin (Football Club Sion)   

4- Ramon Vega (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

6- Stephane Henchoz (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club)

10- Ciriaco Sforza (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

7- Sébatien  Fournier (Football Club Sion) (17-Christian Colombo (Football Club Lugano) 63rd)

8- Christophe Ohrel (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)

9- Marco Grassi (Stade Rennais Football Club / France) (18-Adrian Knup (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V. / Germany)  80th)

11- Kubilay Turkyilmaz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)  (19-Dario Zuffi (Fußball Club Basel 1893) 74th)

Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)

Booked: Sebastien Fournier, Stephane Henchoz, Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Sent Off; Alain Geiger 63

Unused Substitutes:

12-Pascal Zuberbühler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

13-Harald Gämperle (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

14-Walter Fernandez (Football Club Lugano)

15-Dominique Herr (Football Club Sion)     

16-Pascal  Thüler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

21-Marco Walker (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) (5-Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 49th)

7- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)     (10-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

16- Attilio Lombardo (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  (15-Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan) 34^th)

17- Francesco Statuto (Associazione Sportiva Roma) (13-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 70^th)

14- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Booked: Antonio Bennarivo , Giuseppe Signori

Unused Substitutes:

6-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8-Fabio Petruzzi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

11-Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

19-Marco Delvecchio (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 40

June 21, 1995

Germany 2-Italy 0

Schweizerischer Fussballverband Centenial Cup   

Venue: Zürich -Letzigrund (FC Zürich), Switzerland

Attendance:17,000

Referee: Claude Detruche (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Germany): Thomas Helmer 4, Paolo Maldini (own goal) 38

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Germany:

1- Andreas Köpke (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

6- Matthias Sammer (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

2- Stefan Reuter (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

4- Markus Babbel (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

5- Thomas Helmer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

17- Christian Ziege (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

10- Thomas Häßler (captain) (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V.)

7- Steffen Freund (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

3- Jörg Heinrich (Sport-Club Freiburg e.V.) 

9- Ulf Kirsten (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V.)

11- Stefan Kuntz (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern) (13-Fredi Bobic (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.) 81^st)

Coach: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’  Vogts

Booked: Matthias Sammer 20, Markus Babbel

Unused Substitutes:

Oliver Kahn (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Mehmet Scholl (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Ralf  Weber (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

Andreas Möller (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

Jens Todt (Sport-Club Freiburg e.V.)

Marco Haber (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern)

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma) (8-Fabio Petruzzi (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

7- Lorenzo Minotti (Associazione Calcio Parma) (4-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

6- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

15- Stefano Eranio (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (17-Francesco Statuto (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 57^th)

9- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (13-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

14- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) (20-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 64th)

Booked: Fabio Petruzzi

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

22-Marco Delvecchio (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Slovenia on August 31^st:

Roberto Baggio after a long absence and Gianluca Pagliuca was dropped as goalkeeper.

Squad:

Goalkeepers - Angelo Peruzzi, Luca Bucci

Defenders - Antonio Benarrivo, Ciro Ferrara, Luigi Apolloni, Alessio Tacchinardi, Alessandro Costacurta, Amedeo Carboni.

Midfielders - Roberto Di Matteo, Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio, Francesco Statuto, Angelo Di Livio.

Forwards - Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Del Piero, Giuseppe Signori, Fabrizio Ravanelli.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 41

September 6, 1995

Italy 1-Slovenia 0

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Udine- Stadio Friuli

Attendance:40,000

Referee: Ladislav Gadosi (Slovakia)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Fabrizio Ravanelli 13

(Slovenia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

6- Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (14-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) 80^th)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15-Roberto Baggio (Associazione Calcio Milan) 61^st)

Booked: Gianfranco Zola, Alessio Tacchinardi , Alessandro Costacurta

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

13-Antonio Benarrivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Slovenia:

1- Branko Zupan (Nogometni Klub Publikum Celje)

2- Marinko Galic (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik)

3- Darko Milanic (captain) (Graz Sturm Sportklub / Austria)

4- Andrej Poljsak (Nogometni Klub Mura Murska Sobota)

5- Alfred Jermanis (Nogometni Klub HIT Nova Gorica)

6- Ales Ceh (Graz Athletiksport Klub / Austria)

7- Vladimir Kokol (Nogometni Klub Mura Murska Sobota) (14-Peter Binkovski (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik) 46^th)

9- Zlatko Zahovic (Vitória Sport Clube- Guimarães / Portugal) (15-Vili Becaj (Nogometni Klub HIT Nova Gorica) 58^th)

8- Matjaz Cvikl (Nogometni Klub Rudar Velenje)          (16-Sandi Valenticic (Nogometni Klub HIT Nova Gorica) 78th)

10- Saso Udovic (Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren / Beligum)

11- Primoz Gliha(Chamois Niortois Football Club / France)                 

Coach: Zdenko Verdenik

Booked: Alfred Jermanis, Andrej Poljsak, Peter Binkovski

Unused Substitutes:

12-Mladen Dabanovic (Nogometni Klub Maribor Branik)

13-Edo Bajraktarevic (Nogometni Klub Publikum Celje)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, September 6, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 1-Slovenia 0)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Croatia on October 2^nd:

Squad:

Goalkeepers - Angelo Peruzzi, Luca Bucci.

Defenders - Antonio Benarrivo, Ciro Ferrara, Luigi Apolloni, Paolo Maldini, Amedeo Carboni, Alessandro Costacurta.

Midfielders - Roberto Di Matteo, Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio, Francesco Statuto, Angelo Di Livio, Massimo Crippa, Alessandro Del Piero.

Forwards - Gianfranco Zola, Marco Simone, Fabrizio Ravanelli

Note: Angelo Peruzzi had to withdraw due to injury. Francesco Toldo was called up as a replacement.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 42

October 8, 1995

Croatia 1-Italy 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Split- Stadion Poljud

Attendance:40,000

Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Croatia): Davor Suker 47 pen

(Italy): Demetrio Albertini 29

Lineups:

Croatia:

1- Drazen Ladic (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb) 

2- Nikola Jurcevic (Sport Verein Casino Salzburg / Austria)  (13-Ardjan Kozniku (Association Sportive de Cannes Football / France) 46^th)

3- Mladen Mladenovic (Sport Verein Casino Salzburg / Austria)

4- Igor Stimac (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split)    

5- Nikola Jerkan (Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain)

6- Dubravko Pavlicic (Hercules de Alicante Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

7- Aljosa Asanovic (Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

8- Mario Stanic (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)

9- Davor Suker (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)                  

11- Alen Boksic (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

10- Zvonimir Boban (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)  

Coach: Miroslav Blazevic

Booked: Nikola Jurcevic 13, Aljosa Asanovic 17, Mladen Mladenovic 19, Dubravko Pavlicic 26, Zvonimir Boban 74

Unused Substitutes:

Tonci Gabric (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split)    

Nenad Pralija (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split) 

Robert Spehar (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium)

Dario Simic (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb) 

Italy:

1- Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)(13-Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma) 83rd)

6- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (14-Massimo Crippa (Associazione Calcio Parma) 86th)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)         (12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 10^th)

Booked: Paolo Maldini 37, Francesco Toldo 48

Sent Off; Luca Bucci 9

Unused Substitutes:

Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)    

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1995  (Luigi Apolloni between Zvonimir Boban and Alen Boksic, October 8, 1995, EC Qualifier, Croatia 1-Italy 1)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the matches against Ukraine/Lithaunia on November 6^th:

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Angelo Peruzzi, Francesco Toldo

Defenders: Antonio Benarrivo, Roberto Mussi, Ciro Ferrara, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Negro, Paolo Maldini.

Midfielders: Amedeo Carboni, Angelo Di Livio, Dino Baggio, Demetrio Albertini, Roberto Di Matteo, Francesco Statuto

Forwards: Alessandro Del Piero, Massimo Crippa, Gianfranco Zola, Marco Simone, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Fabrizio Ravanelli.

Note: Roberto Mussi had to withdraw due to injury. Luigi Apolloni was called as his replacement.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 43

November 11, 1995

Italy 3-Ukraine 1

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Bari- Stadio San Nicola

Attendance:54,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Fabrizio Ravanelli 21, 48, Paolo Maldini 54   

(Ukraine): Andry Polunin 69

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)          (14-Massimo Crippa (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)          (15-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan) 65^th)

9- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (13- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 87th)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Booked: Dino Baggio 31, Massimo Crippa  71

Unused Substitutes:

12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

16-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Ukraine:

1-Oleh Suslov(Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa)      

2-Oleh Luzhniy (captain) (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

4-Serhiy Bezhenar (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

5-Vladimir Gorily (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)   (13-Oleksandr Yevtushok (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) 15^th)

3-Viktor Skrypnik (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)  

8-Yuri Kalitvintsev (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv)

9-Serhiy Nahornyak (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)  (14-Yevheni Pokhlebaev (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv) 71^st)

10-Volodimir Sharan (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)  (15-Serhiy Popov (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk) 51^st)

6-Andry Polunin (Futbolnyi Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)    

7-Hennadi Orbu (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk)

11-Timerlan Huseinov (Futbolnyi Klub Chornomorets Odesa)

Coach: Anatoli Konkov

Booked: Volodymyr Horiliy 10, Oleh Luzhniy 60

Unused Substitutes:

12-Dmytro Shutkov (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk)

16-Andry Husyn (Futbolnyi Klub CSKA (Central'nyj Sportyvnyj Klub Armyy) -Borysfen Kyiv)   

Photo From : World Soccer, January 1996 (Alessandro Del Piero, November 11, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 3-Ukraine 1)

Photo From : World Soccer, June 1996 (Italy squad, November 11, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 3-Ukraine 1)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 44

November 15, 1995

Italy 4-Lithuania 0

UEFA European Championship Qualifier -Group 4

Venue: Reggio Emilia- Stadio Giglio

Attendance:22,000

Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Arunas Suika (Own Goal) 51, Gianfranco Zola 65,80,83

(Lithaunia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (13- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 71st)

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Francesco Statuto (Associazione Sportiva Roma) (15- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46th)

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)(16- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

10- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11- Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Booked: Marco Simone 62

Unused Substitutes:

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

14- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Lithaunia:

1-Gintaras Stauce (captain)  (Karsiyaka Spor Kulübü-Izmir / Turkey)

2-Tomas Ziukas (Kareda-Sakalas Siauliai)

3-Andrius Tereskinas (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius) 

4-Ramunas Stonkus (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius) 

5-Raimundas Vainoras (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas) 

6-Arunas Suika (Lyngby Boldklub af 1921 / Denmark) (16-Donatas Vencevicius (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius)78th)

7-Darius Maciulevicius (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas)   (13-Rimantas Zvingilas (Kareda-Sakalas Siauliai)’72)

8-Valdas Ivanauskas (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / Germany)(14-Raimondas Zutautas (Aras Klaipeda) 59th)

9-Aidas Preiksaitis (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius) 

10-Aurelijus Skarbalius (Futbolo Klubas Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas) 

11-Gintaras Rimkus (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius) 

Coach: Benjaminas Zelkevicius

Booked: Andrius Tereskinas 20, Valdas Ivanauskas 25, Raimundas Vainoras 32

Unused Substitutes:

12-Valdemaras Martinkenas (Fußball Club Wil 1900 / Switzerland)

15-Virginijus Baltisnikas (Futbolo Klubas Zalgiris Vilnius)  

Photo From: Planete Foot,  April 1996 (Fabrizio Ravanelli, November 15, 1995, EC Qualifier, Italy 4-Lithuania 0)

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Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 45

January 24, 1996

Italy 3-Wales 0

Friendly

Venue: Terni - Stadio Libero Liberati

Attendance:16,095

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Del Piero 1, Fabrizio Ravanelli 49, Pierluigi Casiraghi 76

(Wales): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 46^th)

2- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (13-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

5- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

8- Demetrio Albertini  (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6- Alessandro Costacurta (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (16-Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 23^rd)

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17-Massimo Crippa (Associazione Calcio Parma) 79th)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 73rd)

Unused Substitutes:

Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Fabio Cannavaro (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Wales:

1-Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)      

2-Stephen Robert Jenkins (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)  

6-Christopher Coleman (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)  

3-Christopher Jeremiah‘Kit’ Symons (Manchester City Football Club / England)  

5-Adrian Williams (Reading Football Club / England)  

7-Barry Horne  (captain) (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)  

8-Glyn Peter Hodges (Sheffield United Football Club / England)  (14-Marcus Trevor Browning (Bristol Rovers Football Club / England) 57^th)

4-David Owen Phillips (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)  

11-Gary Andrew Speed (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)  (16-Nathan Alexander Blake (Bolton Wanderers Football Club / England) 77^th)

9-Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)  (13-Gareth Keith Taylor (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)  59^th)

10-Mark Leslie Hughes (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)  

Coach: Robert Alfred ‘Bobby’ Gould

Unused Substitutes:

Darren Ward (Notts County Football Club-Nottingham / England)  

Eric Young (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)  

Paul J. Mardon (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)  

Lee Martin Nogan (Reading Football Club / England)      

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 46

May 29, 1996

Italy 2-Belgium 2

Friendly

Venue: Cremonese- Stadio Giovanni Zini

Attendance:13,247

Referee: Kurt Zuppinger (Swizterland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Del Piero 25, Enrico Chiesa 55

(Belgium): Geoffrey Claeys 5, Amedeo Carboni (Own Goal) 11

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (13-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46th)

2- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8- Demetrio Albertini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (18- Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 46^th)

9- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (14- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) 65^th)

10- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th)

Unused Substitutes:

12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

15-Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

16-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

Belgium:

1- Philippe Vande Walle (Koninklijke Football Club Germinal Ekeren)

2- Bertrand Crasson (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) (15- Gunther Verjans (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging) 46^th)

6-Geoffrey Claeys (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge)

3- Dirk Medved (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

4- Pascal Renier (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

7- Lorenzo  Staelens (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

9- Geert Verheyn (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging) (17- Christophe Lauwers (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge) 78^th)

5- Phillipe Leonard (Royal Standard de Liege)

10- Vincenzo Scifo (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)

11- Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (Cagliari Calcio / Italy)

8-Nico Van Kerkhoven (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring) (16-Karel Snoeckx (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring) 65^th)

Coach: Wilfred van Moer

Booked: Gunther Verjans 55

Unused Substitutes:

12- Yves Van der Straeten (Royal Antwerp Football Club)

13-Davy Gijsbrechts  (Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen)

14-Tjorven De Brul (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 47

June 1, 1996

Hungary 0-Italy 2

Friendly

Venue: Budapest- Nepstadion

Attendance:25,000

Referee: Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

Goalscorers:

(Hungary): None

(Italy): Pierluigi Casiraghi 6, Janos Banfi (Own Goal) 47

Lineups:

Hungary:

1- Attila Hajdu (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)    

2- Mihaly Mracsko (Békéscsabai Elöre Futball Club)

3- Attila Plokai (Kispesti Honvéd Fútball Club-Budapest)

6- Janos Banfi (captain) (Koninklijke Atletiekclub Eendracht Aalst / Belgium)

5- Vilmos Sebok (Újpesti Torna Egyesület- Novabau -Budapest) (18-Arpad Hahn (Kispesti Honvéd Fútball Club-Budapest)80^th)

4- Norbert Nagy (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest) (17-Imre Aranyos (Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club -Dreher) 39^th)

7-Florian urban (Gyori Eto) (12-Andras Telek (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest) 85^th)

8- Krisztian Lisztes (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest) (14-Bella Illes (MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre )-  Fútball Club Budapest) 74th)

10- Tibor Balog (Royale Charleroi Sporting Club / Belgium)

9-Gabor Torma (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Belgium)

11- Istvan Vincze (Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club -Dreher) (15-Gabor Egressy  (Újpesti Torna Egyesület- Novabau -Budapest) 85^th)

Coach: Janos Csank

Booked: Norbert Nagy, Vilmos Sebők, Krisztian Lisztes

Unused Substitutes:

16-Zoltan Vegh (Hapoel Haifa / Israel)

13-Ferenc Horvath (Fehérvár Parmalat Fútball Club- Székesfehérvári)

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 46^th)

2- Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan) (13-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46th)

6- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)          (14-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46th)

4- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)    (16-Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine) 70th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

10- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17-Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 62^nd)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Booked: Alessandro Costacurta

Unused Substitutes:

Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

15-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

EC 1996 Finals squad:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

6-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)

8- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9- Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

11-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

13- Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

14- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

15- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

16- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

17- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

19-Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)

20- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 48

June 11, 1996

Italy 2-Russia 1

UEFA European Championships- Group C

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield Road Stadium, England

Attendance:35,120

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Pierluigi Casiraghi 5, 52

(Russia): Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar 21

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

2- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

16- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

15- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 62nd)

14- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46th)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (20- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 80th)

Booked: Demetrio Albertini 14, Roberto Donadoni 83

Unused Substitutes:

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

6-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

9- Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

13- Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

19-Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)

Russia:

12- Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (Milch Tirol Innsbruck Fußball club / Austria)

2- Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze (Futbol'nyj KlubAlania Vladikavkaz)

5- Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo Moskva)

7- Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (captain)(Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain)

13- Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Bushmanov (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva) (8- Igor Sergeyevich Yanovski (Futbol'nyj KlubAlania Vladikavkaz) 46^th)

19- Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

4- Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva) (14- Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolsky (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo Moskva) 71^st)

6- Valeri Georgiyevich Karpin (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian / Spain) (11- Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V. / Germany) 63^rd)

10- Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi  (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France)

8- Andrei Anastasovich Kanchelskis (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

9- Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov (Foggia Calcio / Italy)

Coach: Oleg Ivanovich Romantsev

Booked: Viktor Onopko 9, Igor Kolyvanov 31, Yuri Kovtun 82

Unused Substitutes:

1- Dmitri Viktorovich Kharin (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

22- Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinikov (Futbol'nyj Klub Lokomotiv Moskva)

20- Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

15- Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov (Udinese Calcio / Italy)

21-Dmitri Valeriyevich Khokhlov (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

17- Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh(Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)

16- Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov (Associazione Calcio Reggiana-Reggio Emilia  / Italy)

3- Yuri Valeriyevich Nikiforov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996 (Gianfranco Zola, June 11, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Italy 2-Russia 1)

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Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 49

June 14, 1996

Czech Republic 2-Italy 1

UEFA European Championships- Group C

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield Road Stadium, England

Attendance:37,20

Referee: Antonio Jesus Lopez Nieto (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Czech Republic): Pavel Nedved 5, Radek Bejbl 35

(Italy): Enrico Chiesa 18

Lineups:

Czech Republic:

1- Petr Kouba (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

15- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

5- Miroslav Kadlec (captain) (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

2- Radoslav Latal (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)    (6- Vaclav Némecek (Servette Football Club-Genéve / Switzerland) 88^th)

7- Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

3- Jan Suchoparek (Sportovni KlubSlavia Praha)

8- Karel Poborsky (Sportovni KlubSlavia Praha)

13- Radek Bejbl (Sportovni KlubSlavia Praha)

4- Pavel Nedved (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

14- Patrik Berger (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (17- Vladimir Smicer (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 64^th)

9- Pavel Kuka (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Jan Suchoparek 21, Radoslav Latal 51, Pavel Kuka 59, Miroslav Kadlec 90

Unused Substitutes:

16- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

10- Radek Drulak  (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice)

11- Martin Frydek (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

12- Lubos Kubik (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice)

18-Martin Kotulek (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

19-Karel Rada (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

20-Pavel Novotny  (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

21-Milan Kerbr (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

22- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

12- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

17- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) (4-Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 39th)

20- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)(18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 58th)

19- Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) (21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 78th)

Booked: Luigi Apolloni 7, Diego Fuser 90     

Sent Off: Luigi Apolloni 29

Unused Substitutes:

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

 9-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

16-Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

15-Angelo  Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

13- Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

14-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996 (Patrik Berger and Roberto Mussi, June 14, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 2-Italy 1)

1996 (June 14) Czech Republic 2-Italy 1...by sp1873

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 50

June 19, 1996

Germany 0-Italy 0

UEFA European Championships- Group C

Venue: Manchester- Old Trafford, England

Attendance:53,740

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Germany): None

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Germany:

1- Andreas Köpke (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

4- Steffen Freund (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

6- Matthias Sammer (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

19- Thomas Strunz (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

5- Thomas Helmer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

17- Christian Ziege (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

21- Dieter Eilts (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

10- Thomas Häßler (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V.)

7- Andreas Möller (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.)   (3- Marco Bode (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.) 89^th)

9- Fredi Bobic (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

18- Jürgen Klinsmann (captain) (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Coach: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’  Vogts

Booked: Thomas Strunz 11    

Sent Off: Thomas Strunz 60

Unused Substitutes:

22-Oliver Kahn (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

12-Oliver Reck (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

2-Stefan Reuter (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 

8-Mehmet Scholl (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

11-Stefan  Kuntz (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)

16- René Schneider (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock e.V.)

20-Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese Calcio / Italy) 

14- Markus Babbel (Bayern Munich) (suspended)

15- Jürgen Kohler (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) (injured sent home)

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  (9- Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 77th)

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

17- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (15-Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  81st)

16- Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (19-Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 68th)

18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

21- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Booked: Pierluigi Casiraghi 7

Unused Substitutes:

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

12- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) (suspended)

13-Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

14-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

20-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996  (Fredi Bobic and Roberto di Matteo, June 19, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Germany 0-Italy 0)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996 (Arrigo Sacchi during the 1996 Euros)

1996 (June 19) Italy 0-Germany 0 (European...by sp1873

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the matches against Moldova/Georgia on September 29^th :

Note: Alessandro Del Piero and Demetrio Albertini were ruled out due to injuries. The uncapped Damiano Tommasi of Roma was called up.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Luca Bucci, Francesco Toldo

Defenders: Christian Panucci, Amedeo Carboni, Alessandro Costacurta, Ciro Ferrara, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Pessotto;

Midfielders: Dino Baggio, Antonio Conte, Angelo Di Livio, Diego Fuser, Roberto Di Matteo, Damiano Tommasi;

Strikers: Pierluigi Casiraghi, Enrico Chiesa, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Gianfranco Zola.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 51

October 5, 1996

Moldova 1-Italy 3

World Cup Qualifier- Group 2

Venue: Chişinău -Stadionul Republican (Stadionul National)

Attendance:11,800

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Moldova): Alexandru Curtianu 12 

(Italy): Fabrizio Ravanelli 9, 86 pen, Pierluigi Casiraghi 69

Lineups:

Moldova:

1- Denis Romanenco (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

4- Vasile Toloconnicov (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

2- Serghei Secu (Fotbal Club Tiligul Tiraspol)

5- Vitali Culibaba (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

3- Ion Testimiţanu (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

6-Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc (Fotbal Club Tiligul Tiraspol)

8- Serghei Epureanu (Fotbal Club Agro Chişinău) 

7- Alexandru Curtianu (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău) (17-Iurie Miterev (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău) 52^nd)

9- Oleg Şişchin (Fotbal Club Constructorul '93 Chişinău)

10- Radu Rebeja (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău) (16-Serghei Rogaciov (Fotbal Club Olimpia Bălţi) 78^th)

11- Serghei Cleşcenco (Go Ahead Eagles- Deventer / Holland) 

Coach : Ion Caras

Booked: Ion Testimiţanu 10

Unused Substitutes:

12- Evgheni Ivanov (Fotbal Club Tiligul Tiraspol)

13- Marin Spânu (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

14- Oleg Fistican (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

15- Alexandru Popovici (Fotbal Club Tiligul Tiraspol) 

18- Boris Cebotari (Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal Zimbru Chişinău)

Italy:

1- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

2- Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

7- Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8- Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

6- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) (18-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 70^th)

10- Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15-Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough Footrball Club / England)

Booked: Francesco Toldo 15, Alessandro Nesta 32, Fabrizio Ravanelli 18

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

14-Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

13-Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

17-Damiano Tommasi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

16-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 52

October 9, 1996

Italy 1-Georgia 0

World Cup Qualifier- Group 2

Venue: Perugia- Stadio Renato Curi 

Attendance:25,000

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Fabrizio Ravanelli 43

(Georgia): None 

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

4- Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

3- Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

2- Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5- Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

7- Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)(13- Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan) 82^nd)

8- Antonio Conte (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) 66^th)

10- Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

6- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  (18- Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 17th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough Footrball Club / England)

Unused Substitutes:

12- Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

14- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

15- Damiano Tommasi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

17- Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Georgia:

1- Irakli Zoidze (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

2- Nugbar Lobjanidze (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

3- Kakhaber  Tskhadadze (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. / Germany)

4- Murtaz Shelia (Futbol'nyj KlubAlania Vladikavkaz / Russia)

5- Dimitri Kudinov (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi) (15- Gela Inalashvili (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi) 46th)

6- Kakhaber Gogichaishvili (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

7- Georgi Nemsadze (Trabzonspor Kulübü / Turkey)

8- Levan Kobiashvili (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

9- Timur Ketsbaia (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina / Greece)

10- Georgi Kinkladze (Manchester City Football Club / England)    

11- Gocha Gogrichiani (Futbol'nyj KlubZhemchuzhina Sochi / Russia) (14- Revaz Arveladze (Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen / Belgium) 30th)

Coach: Aleksandr Chivadze

Booked: Dimitri Kudinov 44

Unused Substitutes:

12- Nikoloz  Togonidze (Football Club Dinamo Batumi)

13- Mamuka Machavariani (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

16- Mikhail Kavelashvili (Manchester City Football Club / England)   

17- Levan  Tskitishvili (Football Club Dinamo Tblissi)

18- Mikhail  Jishkariani (Futbol'nyj Klub KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny / Russia)

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1996 (Pierluigi Casiraghi, October 9, 1996, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Georgia 0)

Squad selected by Arrigo Sacchi for the match against Bosnia and herzegovina on November 4^th :

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Francesco Toldo, Luca Marchegiani

Defenders: Daniele Carnasciali, Moreno Torricelli, Alessandro Nesta, Alessandro Costacurta, Pasquale Padalino, Paolo Maldini.

Midfielders: Dino Baggio, Gianluigi Lentini, Roberto Di Matteo, Demetrio Albertini, Federico Giunti.

Forwards: Gianfranco Zola, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Enrico Chiesa, Marco Simone.

Arrigo Sacchi managed match No. 53

November 6, 1996

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-Italy 1

Friendly

Venue:Sarajevo -Olimpiskij Stadion Koševo (FK Sarajevo)    

Attendance:40,000

Referee:Robert Sedlacek (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Bosnia and Herzegovina): Hasan Salihamidzic 5, Elvir Bolic 43

(Italy): Enrico Chiesa10

Lineups:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

1-Mirsad Dedic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

3-Murat Jasarevic (Fußball-Sport-Verein Zwickau e.V. / Germany)

5-Senad Begic (Fudbalski Klub Celik Zenica)

4-Muhamed Konjic (captain) (Fußball Club Zürich / Switzerland) (13-Sanin Pintul (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo) 75^th)

2-Nermin Sabic (Nogometni Klub Osijek / Croatia)  (17-Pavo  Dadic (Fudbalski Klub Celik Zenica) 71^st)

7-Vlatko Glavas (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V. / Germany)

10-Hasan Salihamidzic (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V./ Germany)

8-Sejad Halilovic (Hapoel Beer Sheva / Israel) (16-Saed Kapetanovic (Verein für Leibesübungen 1945 Wolfsburg e.V. / Germany) 62^nd)

6-Bakir Besirevic (Nogometni Klub Osijek / Croatia)

9-Elvir Bolic (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul / Turkey)  (15-Senad Brkic (Nogometni Klub Rijeka / Croatia)63^rd)

11-Elvir Baljic (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)          (14-Vedin Music (Antalyaspor Kulübü / Turkey) 61^st)

Coach: Fuad Musurovic

Booked: Sejad Halilovic, Murat Jasarevic, Senad Begic

Unused Substitutes:

Samir Sabanovic

Petranovic

Italy:

1-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) (12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th)

2-Daniele Carnasciali (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

5-Pasquale Padalino (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

3-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (13-Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma) 70^th)

6-Paolo Maldini (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

8-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)         (15-Gianluigi Lentini (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo) 46^th) 

4-Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)(14-Federico Giunti (Associazione Calcio Perugia) 46^th) 

10-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)          (17-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough Footrball Club / England) 46^th) 

11-Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma) (16-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46^th) 

Booked: Moreno Torricelli, Demetrio Albertini

Unused Substitutes:

None

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Players Selected during the Arrigo Sacchi Era (1991/1996):

1-Gianluca Pagliuca 

2-Luca Marchegiani (first capped by Sacchi)

3-Franco Baresi 

4-Alessandro Costacurta (first capped by Sacchi)

5-Ciro Ferrara

6-Riccardo Ferri  

7-Paolo Maldini  

8-Raffaele Sergio (Selected, but never played)

9-Carlo Ancelotti (played one match only) 

10-Nicola Berti 

11-Fernando De Napoli  

12-Fabrizio Di Mauro (first capped by Sacchi)

13-Stefano Eranio

14-Gianluigi Lentini

15-Attilio Lombardo

16-Giancarlo Marocchi (Selected, but never played)

17-Fausto Pari (Selected, but never played)

18-Gianfranco Zola (first capped by Sacchi)

19-Francesco Baiano (first capped by Sacchi)        

20-Pierluigi Casiraghi

21-Ruggiero Rizzitelli 

22-Gianluca Vialli

23-Walter Zenga                   

24-Dino Baggio (first capped by Sacchi)

25-Demetrio Albertini  (first capped by Sacchi)

26-Roberto Baggio        

27-Alberigo Evani (first capped by Sacchi)

28-Moreno Mannini (first capped by Sacchi)

29-Massimo Carrera (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

30-Alessandro Bianchi (first capped by Sacchi)

31-Roberto Donadoni

32-Amedeo Carboni  (first capped by Sacchi)

33-Luca Fusi (played three matches only)

34-Giorgio Venturin (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

35-Roberto Galia (played three matches only) (first capped by Sacchi)

36-Alberto Di Chiara (first capped by Sacchi)

37-Giuseppe Signori  (first capped by Sacchi)

38-Roberto Mancini 

39-Luigi Appoloni (first capped by Sacchi)

40-Lorenzo Minotti (first capped by Sacchi)

41-Marco Lanna (first capped by Sacchi)

42-Angelo Carbone(Selected, but never played in an Official match)

43-Mauro Tassotti (first capped by Sacchi)

44-Marco Simone (first capped by Sacchi)

45-Pietro Vierchowod

46-Eugenio Corini (Selected, but never played)

47-Diego Fuser (first capped by Sacchi)

48-Sergio Porrini (played two matches only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

49-Alessandro Melli (played two matches only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

50-Maurizio Ganz (Selected, but never played)

51-Daniele Zoratto (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

52-Antonio Bennarivo (first capped by Sacchi)

53-Andrea Fortunato (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

54-Antonio Manicone (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

55-Daniele Carnasciali (played two matches only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

56-Roberto Mussi (first capped by Sacchi)

57-Giovanni Stroppa  (first capped by Sacchi)

58-Massimiliano Cappioli (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

59-Andrea Silenzi (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

60-Daniele Massaro

61-Antonio Conte (first capped by Sacchi)

62-Luca Bucci (first capped by Sacchi)

63-Christian Panucci (first capped by Sacchi)

64-Giuseppe Favalli (first capped by Sacchi)

65-Roberto Rambaudi (played two matches only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

66-Sebastiano Rossi  (Selected, but never played)

67-Roberto Di Matteo (first capped by Sacchi)

68-Paolo Negro (first capped by Sacchi)

69-Massimo Crippa

70-Angelo Peruzzi (first capped by Sacchi)

71-Alessandro Del Piero (first capped by Sacchi)

72-Fabrizio Ravanelli (first capped by Sacchi)

73-Fabio Petruzzi (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

74-Francesco Statuto (first capped by Sacchi)

75-Marco Delvecchio(Selected, but never played)

76-Alessio Tacchinardi (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

77-Angelo Di Livio (first capped by Sacchi)

78-Francesco Toldo (first capped by Sacchi)

79-Moreno Torricelli (first capped by Sacchi)

80-Fabio Cannavaro(Selected, but never played)

81-Enrico Chiesa (first capped by Sacchi)

82-Fabio Rossitto (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

83-Alessandro Nesta (first capped by Sacchi)

84-Gianluca Pessotto (played one match only) (first capped by Sacchi)

85-Damiano Tommasi(Selected, but never played)

86-Pasquale Padalino (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

87-Federico Giunti (played one match only)  (first capped by Sacchi)

54 players earned their first caps under Arrigo Sacchi

10 players were selected but never earned a cap under Sacchi

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Year 1991	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
Year 1992	9	5	4	0	15	6	9
Year 1993	8	7	0	1	18	4	14
Year 1994	16	9	3	4	20	12	8
Year 1995	9	7	1	1	17	5	12
Year 1996	9	5	2	2	15	8	7
Sum:	53	34	11	8	88	36	52

Sacchi Era Goalscorers:

Roberto Baggio 17 (4 pen)

Pierluigi Casiraghi 11

Fabrizio Ravanelli 8 (1 pen)

Giuseppe Signori 7

Dino Baggio 7

Gianfranco Zola 7

Gianluca Vialli 3

Stefano Eranio 3

Paolo Maldini 3

Roberto Mancini 3

Enrico Chiesa 3

Roberto Donadoni 2

Alessandro Costacurta 2 (1 pen)

Attilio Lombardo 2

Demetrio Albertini 2

Alessandro Del Piero 2

Ruggiero Rizzitelli 1

Pietro Vierchowod 1

Daniele Massaro 1

Christian Panucci 1

Massimo Crippa 1

Luigi Apolloni 1

Arunas Suika (Own Goal) 1

Janos Banfi (Own Goal) 1

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1994 (Arrigo Sacchi)

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Bernd Schuster: The Blond Angel, A Legacy Brilliance and Controversy

There are players in History who for various reasons never had the chance to participate in a World Cup or a major Tournament.

The reasons range from injury, not playing for the right team at the right time, etc. Then, there is the rare breed whose exclusion is self inflicted.

German star Bend Schuster is that type of a player, that seemingly had everything going for him, yet due to a difficult character missed out on some of the biggest events of his playing days.

What is more astonishing is that he refused despite pleas from his Managers and his Federation Leadership who had more or less rolled out the red carpet for him.

A German journalist once described him a combination of Beckenbauer, Overath and Schnellinger.

There has not been a player, whose talent in abundance was universally acclaimed on equal terms as his difficult character and off field antics were derided.

Schuster was born in Ludwigshafen, on December 22^nd, 1959, but brought up in Augsburg.

He joined local team SV Hammerschmiede in 1971 at Junior Level. His talent did not go undetected and after a few seasons, Augsburg wanted to sign him.

Schuster was ready and willing, however, he was convinced by the SV Hammerschmiede Manager, Ludwing Paula, to stay a few more years to develop better as a player. Paula felt that at such a young age, Schuster would not be able to make the first team and therefore needed the more stable atmosphere of Hammerschmiede.

He finally did join Augsburg in 1976 as a 16 year old.

In no time, he was detected and selected by DfB at youth level. He played for the Schwabing Youth Selection and the Bavaria Youth Selection and was eventually selected for the West German Youth squad under Jupp Derwall (The future Senior level Manager).

West Germany were involved in a youth level Tournament in Israel in late 1977. Legendary Manager Hennes Weisweiler (at the time managing Koln) happened to be in the audience and was immediately captivated by the 17-year-old Schuster.

His vision and precision passing was already evident and showed a level of maturity in his play that was beyond his age.

This was also the start for his career long taste for controversy.

Two months later Weisweiler convinced Schuster to sign for Koln.

In the meantime, Augsburg had received and agreed on a superior offer from Borussia Moenchengladbach. Schuster preferred to join Koln and as a result Moenchengladbach sued Schuster for breach of contract. The club were asking for £500,000 to buy a replacement. The courts dismissed the case, but Schuster received a short suspension.

At the end of the season, in the summer of 1978, he finally did join Koln as an eighteen year old. Koln had just won the Bundesliga title and he believed it was a difficult time for any young player trying to break through.

Schuster was fortunte to be under the tutelage of Hennes Weisweiler. He would describe him as his best manager and spiritual father.

Initially at Koln, he was living with two other young professionals Holger Willmer and Gerald Ehrmann.

But after a while, due to his more independent spirit, he rented a studio in the city.

He also treated himself to a brand new Porsche, much to the dismay of Weisweiler.

For that first season (1978/79), his initial ambition was to make the substitutes bench, little did he know that by the end of that first season he would be a full International.

Midway through the season, an injury to teammate Gerd Strack gave him his chance to firmly establish himself in the squad. Weisweiler selected him in Strack’s position of Stopper in a match against Eintracht Braunschweig on February 2^nd, 1979 (3-1).   Schuster handled Eintracht striker Harald Nickel to great effect much to the delight of Weisweiler who never doubted Schuster’s abilities.

At the end of the season (May 22, 1979), another injury (that of Rainer Bonhof) earned him his first cap for his Nation vs. Republic of Ireland at Dublin (3-1 win), now under the Managership of Jupp Derwall.

The Koln fans nicknamed him ‘der Blone Engel’(the Blonde Angel), and the world seemed to be his oyster at this point

Soon, his private life would be the focal center of the gossip papers when he married at the age of nineteen, a former call girl named Gaby, who was eight years older.

For the rest of his career, the outspoken Gaby would be his Personal Manager, as well as a source of tension and conflict for Schuster’s succeeding Managers and teammates.

It was said that on the day of his marriage, upon exiting the church, guests and others could buy photos of Gaby (semi-nude).

The press intrusion on his life increased but his performances on the field were flawless.

He continued his positive performances in the new season (1979/80). Initially deployed as a midfielder, he was switched to great effect as Sweeper from March 8, 1980 (in an away match vs. Schalke, 1-1).

This was a move that did not please the National Team Manager, Jupp Derwall, who had wanted Schuster to develop as a midfielder for a few more years and then be tried as a Sweeper. However, Weisweiler replied that he had to select a squad in the interests of his team.

Schuster had a scare in January 1980, when a pregnant Gaby was involved in a car accident. Fortunately, the mother and the baby were safe and some time later, Schuster’s first-born Benjamin came into the world.

Towards the end of the season, there was the possibility of a transfer to Bayern Munich as Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck was showing signs of age. The Koln Management opposed any such move.

At the end of the season, Schuster was introduced on the big stage, as he was part of West Germany’s UEFA European Championships squad in Italy.

He made his debut, in West Germany’s second match vs. Holland on June 14^th, 1980. Schuster played a brilliant and star making match and assisted on two of West Germany’s goals (hat trick by Klaus Allofs) in a (3-2) win.

Photo From:  France Football, Issue 1812, December 30, 1980 (Bernd Schuster, June 14, 1980, UEFA European Championships, West Germany 3-Holland 2)

He did pick up a yellow card, and with West Germany having already qualified for the Final, Derwall chose to rest him for their upcoming Group match vs. Greece.

But he was ready and back in the lineup for the Final vs. Belgium on June 22, 1980.

Once again he excelled (this time in the left side of midfield) and helped his Nation win the trophy (2-1 win). In the match, Schuster set up Horst Hrubesch’s first goal in the 10^th minute.

He had been the revelation of the Tournament due to his young age and many were already predicting an even brighter future him Internationally.

He came back to Koln as a conquering hero, but his adventure with the club was about to end. The incessant media coverage of his private life with Gaby, as well as the Coaching change at the club were instigators in his desire to leave.

Schuster had a number of disagreements with the new Koln Manager Karl-Heinz Hedergott. He vowed that he never play for Koln again and asked for a transfer. He had a valid contract until 1982, and Koln set his transfer fee at 5 Million Deutschmarks (£1.25 Million).

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 7, October 1980 (Bernd Schuster at Koln)

It was a price that Bundesliga clubs could not afford and therefore a transfer abroad was the only option.

The New York Cosmos came calling first (now managed by his mentor Weisweiler).

Koln accepted their offer of £900,000. However, the transfer fell through after the NASL’s players’ Union blocked it. This was part of their effort to abolish transfer fees and earn freedom of contract.

It was at this point that Barcelona came calling. They offered Koln £850,000 plus the receipts from a friendly between the clubs (for a four year contract).

Barcelona Manager Ladisalo Kubala had not even been consulted about the transfer, but had to quickly make a choice between the remaining two foreign players: Austrian Hans Krankl and Denmark’s Allan Simonsen.

Hans Krankl was loaned out again to make room with Simonsen staying on.

Soon afterwards Kubala himself was dismissed as the team struggled. Former Legendary Manager Helenio Herrera was called in as his replacement.

Given the team’s precarious situation, Schuster immediately felt responsible and reveled in it. Schuster scored many goals and the team’s position improved.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1981 (Bernd Schuster at Barcelona)

However, Schuster did not get on with Herrera, whom he accused of restraining him and not giving him the freedom that he craved. Schuster also felt the (old school) Herrera was unaware of new methods of training and as result the team suffered physically.

By the New Year his performances for Barcelona and most importantly his displays in the European Championship Finals earned him second place in the France Football’s Ballon d’Or award (Compatriot and soon nemesis Karl-Heinz Rummenigge won the award).

However, given his character his first trouble with his teammates was right around the corner.

In Barcelona, he lived a very private life, under the watchful eye of Gaby, and was isolated from his teammates.

In interviews, Schuster would praise his teammates, but privately he felt that they did not pass to him enough.

It was reported that in the club’s New Year’s Eve Party, he told his teammates that since they had played without him, they also could drink champagne without him. There were also reports of an altercation in training (the first of many) with Barça veteran Migueli.

On one occasion,  also walked out prior to the Barcelona derby vs. Espanol on January 11^th, 1981 and traveled back to West Germany.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 5, September October 1981 (Bernd Schuster with family at Barcelona)

By the end of the season, he would also complain about the standards of refereeing in Spain, claiming there was little dialogue and as a result expected to be carded routinely.

With the team well positioned to win the League a tragedy struck the team that derailed their season.

Barcelona striker Quini was kidnapped on March 1st. Naturally the news affected the entire team including Schuster. The players had decided to boycott all matches until Quini was freed. However, Herrera and the management forced them to play.

Schuster had not wanted to play against Atletico Madrid on March 8^th (the first match after the kidnapping). He sought advice from his wife Gaby, Rainer Bonhof and Berti Vogts before agreeing to play. However, Schuster, clearly with his mind elsewhere, had a poor display. Herrera described him as ‘our worst player in every away game.’

Schuster lamented the club’s lack of humanity in forcing the squad to play under these circumstances (for which he was heavily fined).

Schuster claimed that during this ordeal he would receive letters from rival fans  threatening to kidnap him as well if he scored.

Fortunately Quini would be released unharmed, but the damage had been done as far their title hopes as they had lost many matches after the kidnapping.

Barcelona did win the Spanish Cup at the end of the season by defeating Sporting Gijon (3-1) on June 18^th, 1981.

Fearing his and his family’s safety, Schuster who was living in a secluded villa moved his family in the city and employed security.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1982 (Gaby and Bernd Schuster)

There were also changes with the National Team set-up. West Germany Manager Jupp Derwall had re-integrated Paul Breitner into the National Team in the Spring of 1981. This would be the start of Schuster’s problems with the National Team. He would vehemently oppose the Bayern Munich duo of Breitner and Rummenigge, who were now the kingpins of the team.

In May 1981, when there were reports that Barcelona might be interested in signing Rummenigge, Schuster threatened to leave the team.

The onset of his problems with the National Team were after West Germany’s match vs. Brazil (May 19, 1981, 2-1 Brazil win).

Teammate Hansi Muller had thrown a party and had invited the entire squad. Schuster did not attend this party, which angered Derwall. Schuster claimed that he had told Harald Schumacher (one of his old friends from Koln days) that he needed sleep, as he had to fly back the next day for a match with Barcelona.

Derwall dropped him from West Germany’s World Cup Qualifier in June vs. Finland.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1982 (Jupp Derwall and Bernd Schuster)

The match against Brazil would be his last match for West Germany until November 17^th, 1982 (vs. Northern Ireland).

In the summer of 1981, Barcelona dismissed Herrera and appointed Schuster’s compatriot Udo Latteck.

Unlike Herrera, who positioned Schuster just behind the strikers, Latteck placed him as a defensive midfielder. Schuster was pleased as this gave him the space that he needed to organize and unleash his pinpoint passes from long range.

Latteck imposed a counter attacking system built around Schuster and also appointed him as Captain.

Schuster played some of his best Football and the team was winning and seemed headed to win the League title.

He was full of praise of Spanish Football, that he considered livelier and less cerebral than the cold German style.

A much happier Schuster also started to identify more with the Catalan mentality.

All appeared positive at club level (despite another training fight with teammate Estella), the situation with the National Team was another matter.

Schuster upped his anti- Breitner/Rummenigge rhetoric by declaring that Breitner wielded too much influence in running the team and that Derwall was powerless.

After these statements, Derwall tried to contact him but was unable to reach him despite many atempts.

This forced him to declare that as long as he was Manager, Schuster would not play in the National Team. Schuster’s reply was that as long as Derwall was Manager, he would refuse any National Team except that of Catalonia.

He declared he would refuse to be involved with the National Team while Breitner and Rummenigge were still present and allegedly running things.

Schuster also disliked the German Management’s disparaging view of Gaby.

DfB President Hermann Neuberger tried to act as mediator and contacted Schuster to usher him back into the fold for the World cup in Spain in the summer of 1982. Schuster appeared to be willing to return after Neuberger’s intervention.

These attempts were for naught after Barcelona’s match vs. Athletic Bilbao at San Mames on December 13^th, 1981. Schuster’s season ended on that day after Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetchea ‘the Butcher of Bilbao’ seriously injured him to put him out for the rest of the season.

He would go on and call this the worst moment of his career and would compare going to San Mames akin to the Korean War.

In panic, the Barcelona Management tried to sign Austria’s Bruno Pezzey on loan, as well as Brazilians Socrates and Toninho Cerezo (though none of these options materialized).

His only consolation for this season was the birth of his second child and once again finishing on the podium (third place) in the voting for the France Football’s Ballon d’Or award. Though he most likely took little comfort from that given that the two players ahead of him were Rummenigge and Breitner.

Barcelona, without Schuster, were once again within touching distance of winning the League title, but a late collapse, allowed Real Sociedad to repeat as Champions.

Barcelona also reached the Final of the Cup Winners Cup vs. Standard Liege, but without their talented German star, they won the trophy by using brutality in one of the most shameful Finals of the competition.

In the summer of 1982, Argentina Superstar Diego Maradona arrived at Barcelona and his partnership with Schuster promised much.

However, Maradona’s season was hampered by Hepatitis. Schuster’s relationship with Latteck was also straining. In October 1982, after being substituted he threw his boots at Latteck and then later called him a drunk. He later apologized to Latteck in the presence of Club President Jose Luis Nunez and the matter seemed settled.

He did make a comeback with the National Team (Breitner had retired from the National Team after the World Cup). His comeback match for the National Team (after 18 months away) was a European Championship qualifier at Belfast on November 17, 1982 (1-0 Irish win).

He was substituted during the match by debutant Rudi Völler.

Barcelona’s season was below expectations and Latteck paid the price and was sacked midway through the season and replaced with Argentinean Manager Cesar Luis Menotti.

In April 1983, he turned out for West Germany in matches against Turkey and Austria. It was reported that the players in the squad had been opposed to his inclusion, but Derwall and Neuberger had wanted him.

He scored his last goal for West Germany in a friendly vs. Yugoslavia on June 7^th, 1983 (4-2 win). Barcelona also won the Spanish Cup (vs. Real Madrid (2-1) on June 4^th, 1983) to end the season on a somewhat positive note.

The following season (1983/84), Menotti was optimistic of Schuster’s input and publicly praised him his importance to the rest of his teammates.

Unfortunately, Barcelona’s season was once again taken off course as this time it was Maradona’s turn to be Goikoechea’s victim in a match vs. Bilbao on September 24th, 1983. He would miss many months which affected Barcelona’s chances for the title.

Schuster was also beset with some other problems in the second half of the season. Apparently, he was being blackmailed by a Journalist from Koln Newspaper ‘Express’, who had photos of Gaby prior to their marriage (you can draw your own conclusions what type of photos these were) and in turn Schuster was being asked for exclusivity on the said journalist’s articles.

Among other things there were also articles about him being tired of Barcelona and wanting a transfer to either Koln or Bayern Munich. He denied any desire to leave but fans started to jeer him more as such articles continued.

There were also rumors that Barcelona were interested in signing Roma’s Brazilian midfielder Paulo Roberto Falcao to replace him. He criticized the Barcelona directors for this proposal.

As far as the National Team, he played his last ever match for them in a friendly vs. Belgium (February 29, 1984, 1-0 win) and refused to appear during the UEFA European Championships in France.

In the new season (1984/85); there was a change in Management for both club and country. At Barcelona, Menotti had departed, along with Maradona, who joined Napoli. In their place came the British duo of English Manager Terry Venables and Scottish striker Steve Archibald.

West Germany also appointed a new Manager following Jupp Derwall’s exit. The new man in charge was former Legend Franz Beckenbauer.

Following the news, Schuster had initially shown willingness for a return and had sought to play as Libero.

Beckenbauer rejected this idea and from the onset laid down the law for the troublesome Schuster.

Beckenbauer stated that Schuster ‘had a big mouth’ and it was time for him to prove his worth. He also made it clear that he would never go to Barcelona to beg for his release for Internationals.

Schuster once again closed the door to the National Team, by saying that ‘Beckenbauer has too much power and Neuberger is powerless’ and ‘Beckenbauer is responsible for everything and therein lies the danger’.

Schuster also felt that Derwall’s selections were better than those Beckenbauer was planning.

At club level, things could not be better that season as Venables’ system was better suited to the team and the team ran away with the title, their first since 1974.

That first season Schuster was full of praise for Venables, who he felt transmitted his ideas better than his predecessors. According to Schuster, in the new system players were freer, whereas with Menotti everything had to go through Maradona.

His performances earned him the 1985 award as the Best Foreign player of the Spanish League.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 110, February 1985 (Esteban , Steve Archibald, Schuster and Terry Venables, 1984/85)

After the title win, in an Interview, Schuster was reflective about his future in the Bundesliga and the West German National Team.

He believed at that stage of his career it would be impossible to return to the Bundesliga, since they trained twice a day and after so many years in Spain that type of a professional life would be too difficult.

He also once again re-iterated his desire to never play for the National Team. This was mostly due to the adverse pressure for the Press who denigrated all his performances which would affect his play. Therefore, he had nothing to gain and preferred the club Football of Barcelona.

In fact he felt the Barcelona League title was superior to winning the 1980 Europeo, since the League title was for an entire season.

Strangely at the time, he saw no future in himself as a Manager. He felt that type of a stressful life was not for him, but did like the idea of being a talent scout.

His performances once again (for the third time after 1980 and 1981) earned him a place on the podium (third place) for the Ballon d’Or Award of 1985.

The following season (1985/86) turned out to be the one that irreparably damaged his relationship with the club.

But before that there was yet another attempt to entice Schuster to return to the National Team.

During the 1985 Oktoberfest, Franz Beckenbauer held a secret meeting with Schuster to discuss his return. DfB Chief Neuberger was aware of the meeting, as were Adidas who were very keen for the reconciliation (both player and Manager were under contract with them).

Beckenbauer made overtures, but insisted Schuster had to make the first move as he could not bring him from Barcelona ‘in handcuffs.’

West Germany were in desperate need for a playmaker, as they had struggled towards the end of the Qualification matches for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Beckenbauer was hoping Schuster could put his differences with Rummenigge aside for the good of the team. Schuster’s animosity with Rummenigge went back years and he had felt that Rummenigge’s performances with the National Team had been poor.

In reply, Rummenigge felt ‘Schuster has the intelligence of an East Friesian teabag’.

Near the end of the season, Schuster claimed he had been in phone contact with Beckenbauer who was still encouraging him to return.

Schuster issued two conditions for his return: 1) The entire squad should agree for his re-instatement. 2) The Media and the DfB should make a public statement that they will not treat him neither as a hero nor a scapegoat in case of failure.

Some of the players, such as Lothar Matthaus felt that his inclusion would be unfair to any player who had participated in the qualification phase.

Others such as Thomas Berthold, Pierre Littbarski and Assistant Manager Horst Koppel were skeptical of the success of his return.

Needless to say, Schuster once again closed the door to the National Team.

It was really the events at club level that grabbed the headlines.

The problems started on December 22^nd, 1985, in the Derby vs. Espanol (0-0 tie). Schuster became enraged after Venables substituted him for the first time.

He sought a transfer out (preferably Italy) and started missing training sessions. He also insulted Barcelona’s Board of Directors along the way.

He would come to training to treat his various injuries and leave without speaking to any of his teammates nor Venables.

In fact, he did not speak to Venables for the remainder of the season.

Venables was forced to strip him of the Captaincy (Schuster would claim that he had stood up twice to Venables and that was the reason he was stripped).

He declared that he needed a fresh challenge and claimed that he had received  offers from Bundesliga clubs such as Hamburg, Leverkusen and Koln.

He declared his intention to play one season in the Bundesliga and then transfer to Italy (Once the borders would re-open in 1987).

It was rumored that AC Milan would acquire him and then loan him for one season to Koln before joining them.

The last straw between the player and the club occurred for the Champions Cup Final vs. Steaua Bucharest on May 7^th, 1986.

Venables replaced Schuster near the end of regulation time by Moratalla. Venables reasoning was that Schuster had looked tired.

Schuster (enraged after such incidents as always) immediately left the stadium and went to the Team Hotel. He did not even wait to see the final outcome of the match (scoreless tie and penalty kick shoot-out loss for Barcelona).

His relationship with Venables already beyond repair, Club President Jose Luis Nunez also found this act unacceptable.

He declared that Schuster would never play for the club again.

A transfer out seemed to be the only logical solution. But of course with Schuster there had to be continuous controversy. Schuster decided that he would see out the remainder of his contract (another two years and then leave as a free agent).

In the meantime Barcelona had acquired Welshman Mark Hughes and English striker Gary Lineker and registered them as its two authorized foreigners for the season.

Schuster’s lawyers pointed out that his contract required the club to register him for the first team and even attempted to block Gary Lineker’s registration. He joined the squad on their pre-seaosn training camp knowing full well that he would not be playing.

Schuster would sit out the entire (1986/87) season and instead would fight his battles in the courtroom.

His lawyers lodged complaints with the Labor, Civil, Criminal Tribunals and the Spanish Federation for his re-instatement.

The Spanish Federation, the Criminal and Labor Tribunals dismissed his claims.

They concluded that the Club was under no obligation to play Schuster in Official matches, since the reasons for selection are subjective and due to technical and disciplinary considerations. However, he had the right to the Club installations and services and had a right to train and play in friendlies.

In March 1987, it was concluded that he could not rescind his contract.

The court proceedings (1110 pages in total) also revealed that the double contract policy had produced tax irregularities.

On June 5^th, Schuster lost the court battle for reinstatement in first team. He lost through a technicality related to the timing of his claim.

Unbelievably, Barcelona offered him a new long-term contract in July 1987.

He rejected it and even stated he would be willing to sit another entire season and leave as a free agent.

Barcelona had been dissatisfied with Mark Hughes, the previous season; as a result, Bernd Schuster was re-integrated in the first team for the new season (1987/88).

In a poor season for Barcelona, Venables was sacked in the early stages and replaced with Luis Aragones.

It would be a difficult season as the team struggled and were even out of contention to qualify for Europe.

In February 1988, the Spanish Tax Authorities alleged that Schuster owed back taxes. (By June he would be formally accused).

In the same month, his club for the manner in which he asked to be substituted in a League match fined him. He was later also fined for making an obscene gesture to the fans.

By midseason, there were rumors that Schuster had or was about to sign with archrivals Real Madrid.

Barcelona and Schuster salvaged the season by qualifying for Europe by winning the Spanish Cup vs. Real Sociedad (1-0) on March 30^th, 1988.

Towards the end he was involved in yet another fight with one of his teammates in training (this time Jose Ramon Alesanco).

He played his last match for Barcelona on April 30^th, 1988 vs. Real Madrid (2-0 win).

He officially signed with Real Madrid on June 7^th, 1988. When he finally left, Victor, the Barcelona veteran and teammate for so many years described Schuster as a poor teammate and too individualistic.

For the new season (1988/89), he joined an excellent Real Madrid squad that had won the last three League Championships.

He fit in perfectly in this well-oiled machine and won the League and Cup Double with Real.  He was also cleared of the Tax evasion charges.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 104, October-November 1988 (Bernd Schuster at Real Madrid)

The following season (1989/90), the new Manager Welshman John Toshack positioned him as Libero. Once again Schuster had a good season and Real Madrid once again won the League Title.

The end of the season, yet another disagreement led to his departure.

In May-June 1990, Real Madrid were to tour Mexico and California. It was reported that he refused to Tour without his family, though he finally relented and played in some of the matches.

There are some who have suggested that his initial refusal to tour was to due to an injury that he did not want to aggravate. Others felt that the Real Madrid hierarchy wanted to enroll the Romanian Gheorge Hagi and used this situation as a pretext to dismiss him.

On June 7^th, 1990, Real Madrid bought out his contract and released him.

After being inactive for the first few months of the new season (1990/91), he was surprisingly signed by Jesus Gil’s Atletico Madrid (against Manager Tomislav Ivic’s wishes) on October 9^th.

He was an inspired signing and Atletico Madrid challenged Barcelona for the title and finished as runner-ups. They did win the Spanish Cup (vs. Mallorca (1-0) on June 29^th, 1991) and thereby Schuster won the Copa Del Rey with all the big three clubs.

At the end of the season, he was voted as the League’s Best Foreign player for the second time.

For the following season, Luis Aragones became his manager again like his last season at Barcelona.

The team was once again in the running for the League title just falling short at the end. Atletico Madrid repeated as Spanish Cup winners, this time defeating city rivals Real Madrid (2-0) on June 27, 1992. Schuster scored the first goal from a free kick.

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1993 (Bernd Schuster at Atletico Madrid)

The following season (1992/93) would signal his end with the club. During the season, he was sidelined with an injury to his ankle (it was finally diagnosed to be an infection). He was recommended antibiotics by the medical staff, however, due to his Christian Scientist beliefs Schuster refused such a treatment and instead took Herbal remedies.

The volatile Jesus Gil threatened to rescind his contract, as the player missed many months. In any case, by the end of that season, Atletico Madrid’s Technical Director felt Schuster was past his best and recommended other signings and Gil himself felt that Schuster was burnt-out.

So after thirteen years, Schuster (with Gaby and his four Children: David, Benjamin, Sarah and Rebecca) returned to the Bundesliga by joining Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 1993.

Leverkusen General Manager Reiner Calmund (XX Large) felt Schuster’s presence would give the team the extra ‘character’ needed for a title challenge.

It was seen as a move to wind down his career, but his displays were so impressive that there was yet another movement (by the Press) to recall him for the National Team.

Schuster, for once seemed open to the idea, but stated that he did not want to place any pressure on Germany Manager Berti Vogts and would gladly concentrate on his club.

By the following season (1994/95), Vogts put the issue to rest by stating that he would not be doing Schuster any favors by selecting for two matches and never calling him back up again. In any case, Vogts felt he was already well covered for the position with two alternatives. 

His troubles with Leverkusen started in the middle of that season when he stated criticizing the tactics of Manager Dragoslav Stepanovic. Schuster suggested that Stepanovic should field only one striker and should choose between Rudi Völler and Ulf Kirsten.

Völler replied that if he wanted improved performances he should stop lobbing passes from far and pass in close proximity of the strikers.

By April, 1995, with elimination in the semifinals of the UEFA Cup looming (vs. Parma), Stepanovic was replaced by Erich Ribbeck (Derwall’s assistant as National Team Manager a decade earlier).

For the second Leg, Ribbeck installed Schuster as Libero. He had a sub-par performance and afterwards refused to play as sweeper.

By the time, the following season (1995/96) rolled around, Ribbeck would routinely criticize Schuster and his performances.

Schuster was also angry with Calmund, who had stated that in defense Schuster was no better than a regional level player.

Schuster submitted a five-page document drafted by his lawyers that asked his employers not to criticize him in public and asked for a retraction and apology.

He was immediately suspended and Ribbeck removed him from the lineup vs. SV Hamburg (On November 3rd, 1995).

Photo From: Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996 (Bernd Schuster at Bayer Leverkusen)

Nonetheless Schuster appeared and even sat on the bench even though the club had suggested he should sit in the stands. Rudi Völler also felt that Schuster had gone too far. The club voted (13-0) to strip him of the captaincy in favor of Völler

There were some who felt that much of this was intentionally orchestrated by Ribbeck to remove Schuster from the team.

The courts ordered the club to allow him train. Schuster once again employed his lawyers to get him back in the team and sought compensation for not being invited to the winter training camp. (Almost a replay of his court battle with Barcelona).

Schuster was under contract until 1997 and was seeking 4 Million Deutschmarks. On March 14, 1996, he accepted a settlement of 2.8 Million Deutschmarks and he was released from his contract.

At first it looked as if he might join San Jose Clash of the new American professional League (MLS) but that did not materialize.

In December 1996, he surprisingly signed for Mexican club UNAM.

He only managed to play nine matches, before retiring from the game. Despite his reluctance to enter Management, he started to manage Fortuna Koln (1997/98) shortly after his retirement in the Second Division.

He then managed his former club Koln (1998/99) after their relegation.

He started managing in Spain with Xerez (2001/03), Levante (2004/05) with one spell in Ukraine in between (Shakhtar Donetsk (2003/04)).

He did fine work at small Spanish club Getafe (2005/07) and achieved UEFA Cup qualification. This led him to be the Real Madrid Manager in 2007. In his first season (2007/08) he led the club to the Title and earned the distinction (with Jorge Valdano) of winning a League title with Real Madrid as a player and Manager (as a foreigner). Midway through the next season (2008/09) he stepped down after a loss vs. Barcelona on December 13th, 2008.

As always he was contentious with the media and would refuse to answer questions at times and walk out of press conferences.

He followed up with short spells at Besiktas (2010/11) and Malaga (2013/2014).

By 2008, he had parted ways with Gaby and by 2012 had married a Spanish Lawyer.

It is the story of a complex man and a brilliant athlete and no superlatives could do justice in describing his skills.

On the other hand, for the German Press, he was ‘a child in a man’s body’.

Despite having a strong enough character to lead wherever he went, each adventure ended badly with him quarrelling with everyone.

Perhaps it was fitting that at Koln his closest friend on the team was the equally controversial Harald Schumacher.

The question remains as to why controversy and disputes followed him everywhere.

Was it due to himself or was it Gaby’s influence that polluted the environment(s)?

Many saw her as THE negative factor on his dealings with clubs and the National Team and crossed swords with many influential Managers/Directors along the way.

It beggars belief that a player of such merit would sit out an entire season (1986/87) just to sit on a contract and to spite everyone.

It is doubtful if any other player used the Legal Courts as much as he did in his career (probably not even Bosman).

He could potentially have represented the German National Team in three World Cups (Even though he had indicated he would be partipating in the 10982 Edition, prior to his injury, given the rest of his career, it is safe to assume, he would most likely have refused with Breitner/Rummeigge still around). It will remain a mystery what they could have achieved with him on board. Certainly there would have been less reliance on their physical attributes and more on technique and skill, as the team was sorely lacking a skillful organizer of his quality.

While most players have a burning desire to play for their Nation, for him it was an annoyance. He managed just 21 caps, a waste for such a talent. If not for Alfredo Di Stefano, he could be considered as the greatest player never to play in a World Cup.

References:

World Soccer, August 1980 (‘Schuster pays tribute to England’s Woodcock’ By Keir Radnedge )

Mondial, New series, issue 7, October 1980

World Soccer, December 1980 (By Arthur Rotmil)

World Soccer, January 1981 (By Keir Radnedge)

World Soccer, March 1981 (By Keir Radnedge)

Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1981

World Soccer, May 1981 (By Keir Radnedge)

World Soccer, July 1981 (By Arthur Rotmil)

Fussball Magazin, Issue 5, September October 1981

Mondial, new series, issue 19, October 1981 (By Joan Valls)

World Soccer, November 1981 (By Arthur Rotmil)

World Soccer, December 1981 (By Keir Radnedge)

France Football, Issue 1861, December 8, 1981  (‘Le Regne de Bernd Schuster’ By I . Jaen)

Mondial, New series, issue 21, December 1981 (‘Schuster, le footballeur qui derange’ By Francois Sorton and Joan Valls)

World Soccer, February 1982

World Soccer, April 1982 (By Arthur Rotmil)

World Soccer, December 1982 (By Keir Radnedge)

World Soccer, April 1983 (By Keir Radnedge)

World Soccer, May 1983

World Soccer, June 1983 (By Arthur Rotmil)

France Football, Issue 1951, August 30, 1983 (‘Un Pont d”or pour Schuster’ By Andres Merce Varela)

World Soccer, April 1984 (‘Schuster back in the headlines’ By Duncan Shaw)

World Soccer, October 1984 (By Arthur Rotmil)

Mondial, new series, issue 63, June 1985

World Soccer, December 1985 (By Arthur Rotmil)

Mondial, Hors Serie 3, 1986

World Soccer, February 1986

World Soccer, March 1986 (By Duncan Shaw)

World Soccer, April 1986 (By Duncan Shaw)

World Soccer, May 1986 (By Arthur Rotmil)

World Soccer, September 1986

France Football, Issue 2125, December 30, 1986  (‘Schuster-Barca: L’Imbroglio Juridique’ By Andres Merce Varela)

World Soccer, March 1987

World Soccer, August 1987

World Soccer, September 1987

World Soccer, March 1988

World Soccer, April 1988

World Soccer, June 1988

World Soccer, July 1988

World Soccer, August 1988

World Soccer, August 1988 (‘Bernd still in the news’ By Michael Butcher)

Mondial, new series, issue 104, October-November 1988

World Soccer, January 1989

World Soccer, July 1990

World Soccer, November 1990

World Soccer, February 1993

World Soccer, July 1993 (‘Still one of the best’ By Graham Turner)

World Soccer, October 1993 (By Keir Radnedge)

France Football, Issue 2587, November 7, 1995 (‘Schuster Claque La Porte’ By Rainer Kalb)

Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996

Soccer Memories-Part 32-‘La Caisse Noire’: The Downfall of Saint Etienne

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In  1976, French Club AS Saint Etienne captured the heart of the French public with its glorious run in the European Champions Cup that ended in defeat in the Final vs. Franz Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich (0-1) at Glasgow (May 12^th, 1976). Their epic European adventure that stretched through many seasons, had made Saint Etienne, ‘Les Verts (the Greens)’ the toast of the Nation.

Many credit France’s Football revival due to the public interest generated from  Saint Etienne’s memorable matches in the European Cups, known in France as ‘L’Épopéedes Verts’.

The team contained some of the best French players around, such as Dominique Rocheteau, Jean-Michel Larqué, Christian Lopez, Gerard Janvion, Dominique Bathenay, the Revelli brothers, etc.

The main architects of their ascension were off the field. In April 1961, Roger Rocher became President of the Club.  The man known for his trademark smoking pipe oversaw the development of the most dominant team in the Nation for nearly two decades with League Titles and Cups galore.

His chief recruiter was Pierre Garonnaire (a former player for the club in the 30s-40s and recruiter since the 50s), who had a keen eye in finding the best young talent around who would eventually make the step up to the First Team.

The last piece of the puzzle was the Team Manager Robert Herbin (known as ‘Le Sphinx’). He had joined Saint Etienne as a player in 1957 and was appointed as Player-Manager and eventually as Manager of the Team.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 99, March 1984 (Roger Rocher and Robert Herbin)

Herbin would go on and win many titles as a player and Manager in his more than two decades with the Club. This triumvirate was regarded as a complimentary efficient unit responsible for the Club’s continuous dominance.

The match at Glasgow in retrospect was the zenith for the club. In the following years they were still a player in France and in Europe, but the magic and aura that they had achieved in Europe was slowly dissipating.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 69, September 1981-uploaded (Pierre Garonnaire and Robert Herbin)

In a bid to recapture this magic, Rocher signed France’s Superstar at the time; Michel Platini and Dutch striker Johnny Rep in the summer of 1979. They helped Saint Etienne regain the French League in 1981 (they missed out on the domestic Double by losing in the French Cup Final vs. Bastia).

While a League title could have been viewed as a return to prominence and stability, just brewing beneath the surface a Scandal was about to unfold, that would destroy this once great side.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 60, December 1980 (Johnny Rep and Michel Platini)

Despite the latest League triumph, all was not well at ‘Le Forez’ (The region at La Loire near Saint Etienne). In the offseason, Jacques Santini (future National Team Manager) left to join Montpellier to gain some playing time. Upon departure, he criticized Herbin, not only as Manager, but his human qualities as well.

Attorney Andre Buffard (a member of the Club’s Administration), who would be one of the chief actors in the events that would follow, recounted that the early signs of trouble started in the spring of 1981.

According to him, many administrators were suspicious of Rocher’s financial practices at the club. Any attempts to question Rocher about the financial affairs and dealings of the club would result in no compliance by Rocher and his allies.

Rocher behaved like a dictator and his relationship with Herbin and Garonnaire was deteriorating. Many believed Rocher wanted to dismiss both loyal servants of the club.

That season (1981/82) despite challenging for the title and the Cup until the end, there was a negative mood at the club.

Michel Platini and Jean-François Larios were incompatible at midfield and did not complement one another that resulted in tension within the club (They would have even bigger troubles with one another that we shall get to).

Photo From: Onze, Hors serie 11, 1981 (Saint Etienne squad, 1981/82)

Roger Rocher also wanted to place former goalkeeper, the Yugoslav Yvan Curkovic on the Technical Staff (against the wishes of Herbin).

The rift between Herbin/Garonnaire and Rocher was growing evermore.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 47, November 1979 (Yvan Curkovic)

It was towards the end of March 1982, that Rocher learned of an impending ‘Coup’ against him.

The leaders of this anti-Rocher faction (de-facto pro-Herbin) were Henri Fiéloux and Attorney Andre Buffard (Members of the Club Administration).

Photo From: Onze, Issue 99, March 1984 (Andre Buffard)

On April 1^st, the ‘Loire-Matin’ newspaper informed its readers that Roger Rocher would be questioned in the Club’s General Assembly about the suspect Financial State of the Club.

Many refer to this newspaper article as the starting point of the ‘La Caisse Noire’ scandal.

This anti-Rocher lobby brought forth Four Items at the Club’s General Assembly meeting for Rocher to answer to:

1)     The Club’s Financial Deficit and the actual cost.

2)     The Contract with McCormack International.

3)     The exact role of Yvan Curkovic on the Technical Staff and his salary.

4)     Whether he is open to Power Sharing (since they felt he ruled like a tyrant).

The Communist Mayor of Saint Etienne Jacques Sanguedolce, who was a Rocher Supporter, condemned this and considered it a betrayal.

The meeting on April 5^th took five hours (with a Pro-Rocher mob outside waiting).

At 1 AM, he came out of the meeting, and was still in control of the team. It appeared that this initial attempt to oust him had been unsuccessful.

He reassured that he would not conduct a witch-hunt on the opposition.

Herbin was losing popularity amongst the Saint Etienne faithful, as the instigators of this Coup were perceived to be pro-Herbin.

Herbin had himself declared that it was going to be either him or Rocher, one of them had to go.

On April 12^th, Herbin’s house was broken into (presumably by pro-Rocher loyalists). Herbin also stated that he believed there had been an attempt to poison his dogs.

On May 6^th, Rocher once again pushed for the inclusion of Curkovic on the technical staff.

Herbin and Pierre Garonnaire were now allied in their opposition of Rocher and believed Curkovic’s propsed appointment was an attempt by Rocher to lessen their influence by having his ‘own-man’ in the dressing room.

The Anti-Rocher faction once again demanded an Emergency meeting, After checking the books, 3,600,000 Million French Francs were discovered for the salaries of month of May that Rocher could or would not account for.

In addition, funds were discovered coming from ‘Boutique des Verts’ (Club’s merchandising shop) that were allocated to a yet unnamed source (that would soon be named ‘La Caisse Noire’).

With the pressure mounting on him, on May 17^th, Rocher resigned (after 21 years) from the Saint Etienne Presidency along with seven of his supporters. It was a ‘tactical’ resignation, as he believed in the next election he would be overwhelmingly re-elected and his detractors would be kicked out.

Despite his resignation, he still maintained an office at the stadium with the title of ‘ASSSE-Promotion’.

In the meantime, the club had lost the French League title on the last day by one point to AS Monaco. They also lost the French Cup Final to Paris St. Germain.

At the end of that season, Michel Platini left having signed for Juventus.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 60, December 1980 (Michel Platini)

Team Captain Christian Lopez (Pro-Rocher) left Saint Etienne after Rocher’s resignation and joined Toulouse. He declared he would have stayed had Rocher remained in control. Amongst the players, he was viewed as the strongest Pro-Rocher supporter. Along with Platini and Rep, he had refused to sign a petition declaring support for Herbin.

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 11, February 1981 (Christian Lopez)

After Rocher’s resignation, Yvan Curkovic’s position at the club had become untenable and he was predictably ousted from the club in June 1982.

During the 1982 World Cup (in June and July), the extra-marital affair of Jean-François Larios with Michel Platini’s wife was discovered.

Rocher demanded the removal of Larios for his act; however, Herbin sided with Larios and maintained him in the team (needless to say, Larios was in the pro-Herbin camp).

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 15, June 1981 (Jean-Francois Larios)

On July 17^th, the anti-Rocher opposition (Fieloux-Buffard), who were now part of a caretaker board, reported to the Police and the Tax Authorities the club’s Financial Records’ Irregularities.

On July 18^th, Rocher admitted that some players had been paid from a slush fund.

Upon this admission, the scheduled July 26^th Club Assembly (where Rocher was due to declare himself as Candidate once more) was postponed until October.

On August 9^th, Fieloux was elected as caretaker President. He refused to sanction an extraordinary General Meeting as demanded by the Pro-Rocher faction.

On August 14^th, Rocher formally admitted the existence of  ‘La Caisse Noire’ (The slush fund used for under the table payments).

On August 18^th, Herbin and Larios declared that they had received payments from the ‘La Caisse Noire’.

In time it would be revealed that between 1977 and 1982 more than 20 Million French Francs were deposited into this fund. (Some had estimated the origin of this secret fund to as far back as 1947, but its most activity was during the 1977-1982 years).

Rocher used this fund (that he would refer to as a ‘war chest’) to be able to hang onto his best players.

In addition to the previously mentioned funds from the ‘Boutique des Verts’, additional sums were collected from the revenue from their European Cup matches.

A percentage from each source would be collected and placed under anonymous bonds.

On August 24^th, a Television Investigation revealed that some of these funds were used as payoffs to local Politicians.

On September 10, Mayor Sanguedolce demanded the presence of a Representative from the Municipality to ‘keep an eye’ on the Financial affairs.

On October 13^th, the temporary Board at the behest of the French Football Federation agreed to have a General Meeting on December 1^st.

On October 21^st, Lyon Prosecutor Jacques Fayen was appointed to this case.

On November 10^th, The French Football Federation entered the legal process to have access on all the club’s paperwork.

On the days of November 16 thru 18, 1982, Rocher along with Louis Arnaud, Lucian Dumas, Jean Brunel (Treasurer), Jean-Claude Marjollet (Administraive secretary) and even caretaker President Fieloux (because he was aware of the ongoing irregularities) were all charged for Falsifying Documents, Mismanagement, etc.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 99, March 1984 (The six accused: Top: Rocher, Arnaud, Fieloux, Bottom: Marjollet, Brunel, Dumas)

Before the General Assembly in December, Rocher had been told by the Prosecutor to stay away from the proceedings and not to interfere.

Pierre Fourneyon of the Pro-Rocher side withdrew his bid to be President, presumably for the possible return of Rocher.

Despite the charges, after the December 5^th General Assembly, the Pro-Rocher faction came out victorious. Herbin’s fate was most likely sealed that day.

Rocher had lost the first part of the conflict to Herbin in May, but now had the upper hand (at least his faction was).

In fact had Pierre Fourneyron been elected President, chances are Herbin would have been dismissed with immediate effect.

The conflict with Buffard and Fourneyron bought him some time.

On December 7^th, French Federation’s top Brass: Fernand Sastre and Jean Sadoul arrived at Saint Etienne to resolve the ongoing matter.

On December 9^th, Paul Bressy, from the Pro-Rocher side, was elected as the new Club President. He held meetings with other members, players, and staff and explained that sacrifices would have to be made due to the club’s financial status. Herbin had even declared that he would accept a cut in his salary.

Bressy re-iterated that there would be no reprisals against the pro-Herbin crowd and everyone would have to pull together.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 99, March 1984 (Mayor Joseph Sanguedolce and Paul Bressy)

For a short time, it seemed a semblance of stability had been achieved.

On the Technical front, the season had been disappointing, as the uncertainty on the matters off the field compounded with the loss of Platini and Lopez had affected the team.

The acquisitions of current and former Internationals: defender Phillipe Mahut and midfielders Bernard Genghini and Alain Moizan had not been enough.

The team’s foreign signing, the Danish striker Flemming Christensen also had little impact.

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 15, 1982 (Saint Etienne squad, 1982/83)

In the meantime, Claude Faure, the Municipality Representative from the Mayoral Office, had been nominated on the club board.

His inclusion was further sign that Herbin would be on his way out.

Bad results in the League had further weakened his position. The team’s League standing was one its worst in over a decade

After the New Year, on January 9^th, 1983, Mayor Sanguedolce exasperated the situation by once again entering the fray and publicly blaming Herbin for all the club’s problems.

On the same day, Bressy summoned Herbin and told him to wait for the Postman, as he was about to receive an important mail from the Club (It was the letter of his dismissal).

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1918, January 11, 1983 (cartoon showing Rocher delivering the mail to Herbin notifying his dismissal)

On January 10^th, Herbin was sacked, as was his Assistant Bernard Gardon.

Gardon, a former player loyal to Herbin, was acting as a Superintendent on the Technical staff. According to Christian Lopez, Gardon was responsible for the petition to support Herbin and this had earned him his new position.

Guy Briet, the Manager of the club’s Third Division side (reserve team) was appointed as the new Manager (Financially the cheapest solution).

After his dismissal many of the players placed the blame on Herbin. Among them Janvion, Genghini and Johnny Rep, who outright described him as a bad Coach. Rep squarely blamed the crisis on Herbin for starting the conflict with Rocher.

Janvion, had actually wanted to leave in the summer after Rocher’s resignation, but Herbin and Garonnaire had opposed his departure.

Janvion felt that at one point Herbin had been an excellent Manager and should have left much earlier with his reputation still intact.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 63, March 1981 (Gerard Janvion)

Defender Phillipe Mahut felt Herbin’s departure would bring calm and tranquility to the squad and they would be able to work in a more favorable environment.

The Mayor Sanguedolce had also stated that Herbin had refused a reduction in his salary, which was no longer compatible with the club finances.

Rocher from a distance declared that Herbin’s firing was logical given the turn of events.

Herbin’s main supporter was predictably Larios. He declared his intention to leave (he did so shortly thereafter).

Herbin had repeated many times he had no intention resigning and would have liked to work in peace to re-launch the club.

Many criticized the manner in which Herbin heightened the tensions by giving an ultimatum that ‘it’s either Rocher or me’.

Herbin left Saint Etienne as the most decorated individual in French Soccer. As a player he had won five League Titles and three Cups. As a Manager he had won four League Titles and three Cups.

More Importantly it was the Legacy of his squad’s matches in the European Cups especailly the Final in Glasgow in 1976.

Herbin would manage regional rival Olympique Lyonnais in the Second division (1983/85) before working in Saudi Arabia (Al Nassr) and then retuning to France (Strasbourg, 1986/87).

He would eventually return to his beloved Saint Etienne in 1987 and remain as Manager until 1990.

Pierre Garonnaire, was 66 years old and was due to retire anyway on March 31, 1983. Otherwise, he would have shared a similar fate as Herbin. (Garonnaire passed away on July 8^th, 1998.)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 63, March 1981 (Pierre Garonnaire)

Many felt Rocher and the Mayor Sanguedolce had plotted Herbin’s downfall. Bressy, despite his reassurances to the contrary, had been powerless since the Club needed the Municipality’s assistance to remain solvent.

Herbin decried the involvement of the Mayor’s Office in the mix, as they were outsiders, and felt his firing was an attempt by the Mayor to curry favor with the electorate to win votes (since Herbin was very unpopular at the time and was being constantly booed during matches).

If that was the plan, it backfired, since in March 1983, Sanguedolce lost the Mayoral election to the right leaning candidate Dublanchet.

On January 13^th, 1983, Fernand Sastre and other Federation representatives checked the club’s books in greater detail. They discovered that Herbin, Gardon, Garonnaire, Larios, Patrick Battiston, Gerard Janvion and other officials had all been paid from the slush fund.

In all cases, the players knew that they were receiving illicit money, but were unaware of its origin (nor were the politicians).

Sastre declared that the funds had been reported to Tax Authorities and would be subject to taxation but there would be neither legal action nor penalties.

On May 4^th, Bressy resigned under pressure from the opposition (Andre Buffard faction).

Andre Laurent succeeded him as President.

Shortly afterwards, Buffard revealed the existence of a second ‘Caisse Noire’ with bank accounts in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

The following season (1983/84), Jean Djorkaeff was appointed as new Manager.

In the offseason the club lost many of its last remaining stars.

Patrick Battiston (pro-Herbin) joined Bordeaux and Gerard Janvion (the last survivor from 1976) joined Paris St. Germain.

Former youth prospect Laurent Roussey joined Toulouse.

Dutchman Johnny Rep returned to Holland (PEC Zwolle) and Bernard Genghini joined AS Monaco.

The ineffective Christensen also departed to pastures new.

The team now operating on a limited budget could only attract the likes of Paraguayan Carlos Diarte (Betis) and Poland’s Janusz Kupcewicz (Lech Poznan).

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 17, 1983 (Saint Etienne squad, 1983/84)

The team was severely weakened and struggled in the League.

The few remaining links with the past were goalkeeper Jean Castaneda and midfielder Jean-Louis Zanon.

On the Legal front, the new Prosecutor in charge of the case was Patrick Desmure (He had taken over from Fayen on February 1983).

On November 30^th, 1983, he interrogated Rocher for six hours. Afterwards Rocher was placed in the Saint-Joseph Prison in Lyon.

He would remain in Prison until March 1984 and then released on bail.

At the end of the season, the once mighty Saint Etienne were relegated to the Second Division after a playoff against Racing Club Paris.

The Legal proceedings dragged on for nearly a decade. Finally on May 15, 1991, Roger Rocher was sentenced to three years of Prison (4 months suspended) and a fine of 800,000 French Francs (Prior to appealing, he had originally been sentenced to 4 years with 18 months suspended and a fine of 200,000 French Francs).

The sentence affirmed that Rocher had enriched himself 313,000 French Francs through his Company SFTP (Société forézienne de Travaux Publics).

Rocher to the end denied the accusations and stated that ‘Saint Etienne was my mistress for 21 years, would a man steal from his mistress?’

After Four months in Prison, French President François Mitterrand pardoned him on October 18^th, 1991.

Despite his release, he still had to pay the fine. To raise the funds for his fine he was forced to sell his house. In addition, he was also forced to sell all his trophies to Montpellier President Louis Nicollin (an avid collector of such Memorabilia).

To this day, the club has not regained its past glory and has suffered further relegations in 1996 (3 years in Division 2) and 2001 (3 years in Division 2).

Since 2004, the team has been a mainstay at the Top Division and a stable team but nowhere near its former glory and is now playing second fiddle in the region to Olympique Lyonnais.

The ordeal had taken a toll on Rocher and he withdrew from Public life for the remaining years of his life.

Roger Rocher passed away on March 29^th, 1997 at the age of 77.

He was the French club President with the most titles in the history of French Soccer (Nine League Titles (plus one Second Division title) and six Cups).

His was a cautionary tale that was not heeded by future French Club Presidents such as Claude Bez (Girondins de Bordeaux) and Bernard Tapie (Olynpique Marseille), who both in turn crashed and burned in their quest for glory.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 63, March 1981 (Roger Rocher)

Note:

1-As far as the players, the primary beneficiary from this secret fund appears to have been Jean-François Larios who received 1,110,000 French Francs.

Others player included: Gerard Janvion (964,780 FF), Michel Platini (880,000 FF), Oswaldo Piazza (325,399 FF)…….Alain Merchandier (23,333 FF).

It appears Doninique Rocheteau did not participate in this scheme.

Match Organizer Christian Duraincie received 350,000 FF.

Robert Herbin rcceived 623, 222 FF

Political figures such as Lucien Neuwirth recived 50,000 FF and Michel Durafour received 90,000 FF.

2-In the course of the investigation most of the funds and their beneficiaries have been accounted for, but there is still a balance of 6 Million French Francs still unaccounted for as to its origin and beneficiary.

References:

France Football, Issue 1918, January 11, 1983 (‘La Loi du Milieu’ By Denis Chaumier, Onze, Issue 99, March 1984 (‘Tout, Tout, Tout, Sur L’Affaire des Verts’ By Guy Mislin)

World Soccer, March 1983 (‘Saint-Etienne Scandal’ By Andre Duclos (aka Brian Glanville))

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Nowadays, the UEFA European Championships is after the World Cup, the most prestigious International Soccer Tournament on earth.

A far cry from its modest beginnings when many major European Nations snubbed it.

French Federation’s General Secretary, Henri Delaunay, conceived the original idea for this Tournament.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (European nations Cup trophy)

He proposed the concept on February 5^th, 1927. In its initial form this Tournament would take place every two years.

However, this idea was shelved as the FIFA members were in the process of launching the very first World Cup in 1930.

Delaunay’s idea was lost in the shadow of the first few World Cups, as well as the World War II.

It is important to note that while this idea had not taken hold, there was a semi-regular Tournament from the late 1920’s called the Dr. Gero Cup that involved Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (and later Yugoslavia). This was seen as a precursor to the future Euros Tournament.

The idea of a European Cup inched closer as UEFA was formed in 1954 and Henri Delaunay became its first General Secretary.

Other proponents of his idea included Hungarian Manager Gustav Sebes and other administrators: Alfred Fey (Austria), Cosntantin Constantaras (Greece) and Dr. Ebbe Schwartz (Denmark).

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 128, September 1999 (Henri Delaunay)

Unfortunately, Delaunay did not get to realize his dream in his lifetime and passed away in 1955.

His idea was sanctioned on June 8^th, 1958 in Stockholm, two days before the start of the World Cup.

This Tournament was to be called the European Cup of Nations. UEFA President Dr. Ebbe Schwartz proposed that this new trophy to be sub-titled as the ‘Henri Delaunay Trophy’ in homage of his memory.

This initial edition was to be held in 1960 in France. However, many Nations were still lukewarm to this new competition. This included major Footballing Nations such as England, Scotland West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. In fact from UEFA’s 32 members only 17 accepted to participate.

Many believed Italy refused to participate since they felt their squad was too weak, as they had just been eliminated from qualifying to the 1958 World Cup by Northern Ireland.

The withdrawals gave this edition a more Eastern European feel as the entire Eastern bloc Nations (except Albania) gladly took part.

The series was to have a home and away elimination format with the Finals to be held in the host Nation France in July 1960.

On September 28, 1958, USSR and Hungary kicked off the very first Euros qualifiers in Moscow (3-1 USSR win). The Soviets won the return leg in Hungary (1-0) a year later.

Incidentally, a pre-Qualifying Round should have preceded this match between Republic of Ireland and Czechoslovakia, but this round took place in the following year and the much stronger Czechs advanced.

France destroyed Greece (7-1 at home) in the latter months of 1958, while Alfredo Di Stefano’s Spain easily defeated Poland home and away. Czechoslovakia continued its advance by defeating Denmark, while Austria eliminated Norway and Yugoslavia eliminated Bulgaria.

The Quarterfinals were to take place in the spring of 1960 just more than a month before the Finals.

Cold War Politics marred the matchup between Spain and USSR. Spain, under General Franco, had not had diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union since the onset of the Spanish Civil War in the 30s. Franco was at odds with the Soviets for their involvement in helping the opposition in that war.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (A cartoon ahead of the USSR and Spain matchup that did not take place)

The Spanish Football Federation were willing for the matches to take place but they were vetoed by Franco who refused to grant visas to the Soviets. In the end the tie was awarded to the Soviets (3-0) since Spain refused to comply.

In the other ties, France defeated Austria home and away, as did Czechoslovakia to Romania. Yugoslavia after losing the first leg defeated Portugal by a heavy margin (5-1).

The Final Four was set with hosts France and three Eastern Bloc Nations (USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia).

The hosts France had been one of the emerging Nations with Europe who were hoping to build up on their Third place finish in the previous World Cup in Sweden.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (France squad for the 1960 Euros)

They were managed by Albert Batteux but the ‘Selectionneur’ was Alex Thépot. He had come on board following the death of Paul Nicholas in a Traffic Accident the previous year. Many had hoped that Raymond Kopa’s transfer back to Reims in 1959 (from Real Madrid) would have made his availability for the National Team easier. However, the French were hampered by not only the absence through injury of Kopa, but his two Reims teammates and fellow 1958 heroes including top goalscorer Just Fontaine and Roger Piantoni. In addition experienced AS Monaco defender Raymond Kaelbel had to withdraw through injury.

Czechoslovakia were managed by Rudolf Vytlacil who emphasized on technique. The squad had the backbone of the squad that would finish runner-ups in the following World Cup in 1962 in Chile. These included Future Ballon d’Or winner Jozef Masopust, as well as goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf and defenders Ladislav Novák and Jan Popluhár.

The Yugoslavs were the youngest team of the series and were seen as an exciting technical side.

A committee consisting of Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric and Dragomir Nikolic managed them.

The offensive potential of the squad was exemplified by the likes of Drazen Jerkovic, Dragoslav Sekularac, Milan Galic and Borivoje Kostic.

Gavril Kachalin’s Soviets had been one of the rising teams of the continent with legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin. They had been isolated for decades and were recent newcomers in the International arena.

They had won the 1956 Olympics and had reached the 1958 World Cp Quarterfinals.

The Euros kicked off with a doubleheader on July 6^th. The Hosts France taking on Yugoslavia at Paris and USSR taking on Czechoslovakia at Marseille.

In what turned out to be s see-saw match, Yugoslavia took the lead in the 11^thminute in front of a Parisian crowd of less than 27,000. Just a minute later, Jean Vincent (one of the heroes of 1958) tied the match for France.

Just before halftime François Heutte gave France the lead. Early in the second half, Maryan Wisnieski gave France s (3-1) lead, but Ante Zanetic reduced the deficit a few minutes later.

Photo From: France Football Hors-Série - Les Bleus et l’Euro - 2016 (France’s François Heutte, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

Photo From: France Football Hors-Série - Les Bleus et l’Euro - 2016 (Jean Vincent and Branko Zebec, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

 In the 62^ndminute, François Heutte once again gave France a two-goal cushion (4-2) with a controversial goal. Heutte was in an offside position and the linesman raised his flag. The Yugoslav players stopped and Heutte himself believed the play was dead and just went ahead and scored without conviction  (nowadays he would have been booked for continuing play after such a call).

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (Soskic making a save, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

To everyone’s disbelief the match referee, the Belgian Gaston Grandain validated the goal despite Yugoslavian protests.

The match seemed done and dusted and appeared beyond Yugoslavia’s grasp.

However, this match has gone down in the annals of French Soccer History as the match that France lost due to the many errors of the nervous OGC Nice goalkeeper Georges Lamia. In three minutes (from the 75^thto the 78^th minute), Yugoslavia scored unanswered goal from Tomislav Knez and Drazen Jerkovic (two goals) to take a (5-4) lead.

For the technical Yugoslavs, Sekularac and Perusic had been able to dictate the play with Kostic and Jerkovic also standing out.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Lamia at the end of the match with ball boys, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

France Selectionneur Alex Thépot admitted that he had made tactical errors.

Experienced defender Robert Jonquet had been rested, in the hopes that he would be fresh for the Final. In his place, France had gambled on the inexperienced Robert Herbin. This turned out to be an error, as Herbin’s Youth could not compensate Jonquet’s leadership. Thepot would state that Herbin was not yet a leader in the defense.

Lamia felt that he was wrongfully scapegoated and personally accepted culpability only for the second goal. He felt he was blameless for the last three goals and felt the defense should share some of the blame. He believed with the experience of Kaelbel and Jonquet, France would have never conceded five goals in such an important match.

On the same day, at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome, the Soviets defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0) to book their place in the Final vs. Yugoslavia.

Valentin Ivanov scored twice, though the second appeared offside.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Valentin Ivanov, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 3-Czechoslovakia 0)

It was not a match of pleasant quality, but the more athletic Soviets dominated with their collective play.

Despite the three goals conceded, Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Schroif played well, as did Popluhar and Bubernik.

Yashin was as expected excellent in the Soviet goal. At the end of the match some French fans entered the field and carried him over their shoulders.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Schroif making a save, Ponodelnik on the left, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 3-Czechoslovakia 0)

A demoralized France squad took the field at Marseille for the Third place match vs. Czechoslovakia.

There was such lack of interest for this match that the audience was unbelievably less than 10,000.

The unimportance of this match could perhaps explain in the tame displays in view.

In some ways this could explain why in time, third place matches were outright disbanded for the Euros.

Georges Lamia was dropped after his nightmarish match vs. Yugoslavia. Jean Taillandier started in the net. Robert Jonquet was restored back in the lineup, however, his error led to Czechoslovakia’s first goal in the 58^th minute.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Popluhar and Stivenard, July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (Schroif making a save in front of Stievenard, July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

The Czechs scored a second goal near the end to cap off a miserable and forgettable Tournament for the hosts.

In this match, the French were outright catastrophic. In addition, the home crowd was against them.  The Marseille crowd jeered every French error.

Alex Thépot described this as France’s worst match in 30 years, while Albert Batteux could not understand why the Marseille audience taunted the home team by chanting ‘Allez l’OM’.

France walked off the field in a chorus of boos.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Masopust and Douis, July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (France’s Heutte and Wisnieski leaving the field dejected, July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

Many blamed France’s poor displays due to the absence of Kopa, Fontaine, Piantoni and Kaelbel. Others pointed out the calendar, saying that the month of July was not meant for Football.

If France had been planning to build up on the success of 1958, it had been a fiasco.

The following day, at Paris’ Parc des Princes, the very first Final of the Euros took place in all Eastern Bloc affair between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

Once again the crowd was poor, less than 18,000, mainly due to the rain and the absence of the hosts.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 128, September 1999 (July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

It was a match that showcased the contrast in styles, the young and exciting and more talented Yugoslavs against the more physical Soviets.

Yugoslavia dominated for long spells and took the lead before halftime through Galic. Had it not been for the excellence of Yashin in the goal, the Yugoslavs would have built a larger lead.  He was by far the man of the match.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Miladinovic and Bubukin, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

In fact both goalkeepers Yashin and Yugoslavia’s Blagoje Vidinic shone in this match.

It was an intense match, full of action and opportunities from both sides.

Just after halftime, the Soviets got back into the game and tied through Slava Metrevelli. Despite pressure from both sides the match remained a stalemate and went into extra time.

This favored the more physical Soviets and finally all the pressure paid off and they scored a second goal in the 114^th minute through Viktor Ponedelnik.

The Soviets became the first victors of the European Nations Cup.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (USSR’s Lev Yashin, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 22, August 1999 (USSR captain Igor Netto collecting the trophy, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

This initial experiment had not been the grand success that many would have envisioned. The attendances were poor and would remain so for some time.

But there was enough to entice all the absentees to particpate in the future editions, as the competition definitely needed the major Nations.

In time, standards and interest would grow one Tournamnet after another.

Fifty-six years later Henri Delaunay’s dream has become even bigger than he might have imagined back in 1927.

Photo From: Спортивные игры (Sport Games) 1960.zip (A cartoon showing Gavril Kachalin and Igor Netto leaving Paris with the Euroepan Championship trophy)

Note:

1-Gabriel Hanot, the Editor of L’Equipe selected the team of the Tournamant as follows:

Lev Yashin (USSR), Ladislav Novak (Czechoslovakia), Jovan Miladinovic (Yugoslavia), Fahrudin Jusufi (Yugoslavia), Titus Bubernik(Czechoslovakia), Ante Zanetic (Yugoslavia), Slava Metrevelli (USSR), Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Milan Galic (Yugoslavia), Valentin Bubukin (USSR), Dragoslav Sekularac (Yugoslavia)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

References:

Calcio 2000, Issue 22, August 1999 (‘Vento Dell’Este’ By Vincenzo Barreca)

Onze-Mondial, Issue 128, September 1999 (‘La Montangne Russe’ By Nicolas Gettliffe)

Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (‘Le Roman Vrai de la Premiere Coupe d’Europe des Nations’ By Jean Gaillard)

Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (‘Yougoslavie: la Nouvelle Vague bat tous les records’ By Petar Stevcic)

Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (‘U.R.S.S.: Le Football le plus massif du monde’ By Beknazar Youzbachev)

Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (‘Tchecoslovaquie: Le Football Anglais a l’heure d’Europe Centrale’ By Victor Sinet)

Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Match Reports)

Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Gabriel Hanot a forme l’equipe de la Coupe d’Europe)

Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Jacques de Rhyswick dresse un bilan inquoetant pour le football Francais’)

World Soccer, June 1992 (‘History of the European Nations’ Cup’ By John Kelly)

France Football Hors-Série - Les Bleus et l’Euro – 2016  (By Arnaud Tulipier)

L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

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I.          Qualifying Round

April 5, 1959

Republic of Ireland 2-Czechoslovakia 0

Qualifying Round, First Leg

Venue:Dublin, Dalymount Park

Attendance:35,000

Referee:Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Liam Tuohy 22, Noel Cantwell 42 pen

(Czechoslovakia): None

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

James Anthony O'Neill(Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

John Brendan McNally (Luton Town Football Club / England)

Noel Eucharia Cantwell(captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

Michael McGrath (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Charles John Hurley (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Patrick Saward (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

Thomas Hamilton(Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Christopher Doyle (Shelbourne Football Club-Dublin)

George Cummins (Luton Town Football Club / England)

William ‘Liam’ Tuohy (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Coach: Technical Commission

Czechoslovakia:

Imrich Stacho (DSO Spartak Trnava)

Jiri Tichy(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Gustav Mraz(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)    (Jiri Hildebrandt(TJ Dynamo Praha)  18^th)

Svatopluk Pluskal (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Jan Popluhar(Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Titus Bubernik(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Jan Brumovsky (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Anton Moravcík (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Ladislav Kacani (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Pavel Molnar (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Tadeas Kraus(Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)    

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, April 5, 1959, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Czechoslovakia 0)

May 10, 1959

Czechoslovakia 4-Republic of Ireland 0

Qualifying Round, Second Leg

Venue:Bratislava - Tehelné Pole Stadion

Attendance:60,000

Referee:Joseph Barberan (France)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Imrich Stacho 3 pen, Titus Bubernik 57, Ladislav Pavlovic 67, Milan Dolinsky 75 

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Imrich Stacho (DSO Spartak Trnava)

Jiri Tichy(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Jan Popluhar(Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Ladislav Novák (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Anton Moravcík (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Titus Bubernik(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Stefan Matlak (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tatran Presov)

Adolf Scherer(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)  

Ladislav Kacani (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Milan Dolinsky(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil

Republic of Ireland:

James Anthony O'Neill(Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Richard ‘Dick’ Whittaker (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Noel Eucharia Cantwell(captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

Francis ‘Frank’ O'Farrell (Preston North End Football Club / England)

Charles John Hurley (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Michael McGrath (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Alfred Ringstead(Sheffield United Football Club / England)

Thomas Hamilton(Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Arthur Gerard Fitzsimons(Lincoln City Football Club / England)

George Cummins (Luton Town Football Club / England)

William ‘Liam’ Tuohy (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Coach: Technical Commission

Note: Czechoslovakia advanced with an aggregate score (4-2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, May 10, 1959, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 4-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo from: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996 (Republic of Ireland squad at Bratislava)

II.      One Eighth Finals

September 28, 1958

USSR 3-Hungary 1

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue: Moscow- The Central V.I.Lenin's Stadium

Attendance:120,000

Referee:Franz Alfred Grill (Austria) 

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Anatoly Illin 4, Slava Metrevelli 20, Valentin Ivanov 32

(Hunagry): János Göröcs 84

Lineups:

USSR:

Vladimir Beliayev (Dynamo Moskva)

Vladimir Petrovich Kesarev (Dynamo Moskva)

Anatoly Maslyonkin (Spartak Moskva)

Boris Dmitrievich Kuznetsov (Dynamo Moskva)

Yury Nikolaevich Voynov(Dynamo Kiev)

Viktor Grigorievich Tsarev (Dynamo Moskva)

Slava Kalistratovich Metrevelli (Torpedo Moskva)

Valentin Koz’mich Ivanov(Torpedo Moskva)

Nikita Pavlovich Simonian (captain) (Spartak Moskva)

Alekper Amirovich Mamedov (Dynamo Moskva)

Anatoly Mihaylovich llyin (Spartak Moskva)

Coach: Gavril Kachalin

Hungary:

Béla Bakó (Csepel Sport Club)  

Bela Karpati (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )   

Ferenc Sipos (MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre)–Budapest)  

Laszlo Sarosi (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti ) 

Deszo Bundzsak (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )   

Pal Berendi (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )   

Laszlo Budai II (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)   

János Göröcs (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) 

Lajos Csordás (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )   

Lajos Tichy (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)   

Jozsef Bencsics (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) 

Coach: Lajos Baroti

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, September 27, 1958, EC Qualifier, USSR 3-Hungary 1)

September 27, 1959

Hungary 0-USSR 1

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Budapest-Nepstadion

Attendance:90,000

Referee:Jozef Kowal (Poland)

Goalscorers:

(Hunagry): None

(USSR): Yury Voynov 59

Lineups:

Hungary:

Gyula Grosics (Tatabányai Bányász Sport Club) 
Sandor Matrai  (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)                

Ferenc Sipos (MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre)–Budapest)  

Laszlo Sarosi (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti ) 

József Bozsik (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)   

Antal Kotász (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)   

Karoly Sandor (MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre)–Budapest)              

János Göröcs (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest) 

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)   

Lajos Tichy (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)     

Mate Fenyvesi  dr (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)   

Coach: Lajos Baroti

USSR:

Lev Ivanovich Yashin(Dynamo Moskva)

Vladimir Petrovich Kesarev (Dynamo Moskva)

Anatoly Maslyonkin (Spartak Moskva)

Boris Dmitrievich Kuznetsov (Dynamo Moskva)

Yury Nikolaevich Voynov(Dynamo Kiev)

Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (captain) (Spartak Moskva)

Slava Kalistratovich Metrevelli (Torpedo Moskva)

Anatoly Konstantinovich  Isayev (Spartak Moskva)

Valentin Koz’mich Ivanov(Torpedo Moskva)

Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moskva)

Mikhail Shalvovich Meshi (Dynamo Tblissi)

Coach: Mikhail Yakushin

Note: USSR advanced with an aggregate score (4-1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, September 27, 1959, EC Qualifier, Hungary 0-USSR 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, September 27, 1959, EC Qualifier, Hungary 0-USSR 1)

June 28, 1959

Poland 2-Spain 4

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue:Chorzów- Stadion Śląski (Silesian Stadium)

Attendance:100,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Ernest Pol 34, Lucjan Brychczy 62 

(Spain): Luis Suárez 40, 52, Alfredo di Stéfano 42, 56

Lineups:

Poland:

Tomasz Stefaniszyn (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Henryk Szczepański (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)    

Roman Korynt (Budowlany Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk) 

Jerzy Woźniak (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Marceli Strzykalski (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Edmund Zientara (captain) (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)      

Ernest Pol (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Lucjan Brychczy (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)     

Stanisław Hachorek (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Jan Liberda (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom) 

Krzysztof Baszkiewicz (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

FA Captain: Czesław Krug

Coach: Tadeusz Foryś

Other Substitutes :

Ginter Gawlik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Jan Gawroński,

Zbigniew Szarzyński (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Edward Szymkowiak (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom) 

Kazimierz Trampisz(Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom) 

Spain:

Antonio Ramallets Simon (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Fernando Olivella Pons(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Jesus Garay Vecino (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Sigfrido Gracia Royo(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Joan Segarra Iracheta(captain) (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Enric Gensana Mercies(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Justo Tejada Martinez (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Enrique Mateos Mancebo(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Alfredo Di Stefano(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Luis Suarez Miramontes (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Francisco Gento Lopez(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Managers: José Luis Costa Cenzano, Ramón Gabilondo Alberdi, José Luis Lasplazas

Coach: Helenio Herrera Gávillan

Photo from: Marca, June 29, 1959 (June 28, 1959, EC Qualifier, Poland 2-Spain 4)

Photo from: Marca, June 29, 1959 (June 28, 1959, EC Qualifier, Poland 2-Spain 4)

Photo from: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski (Poland squad, June 28, 1959, EC Qualifier, Poland 2-Spain 4)

October 14, 1959

Spain 3-Poland 0

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Madrid- Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

Attendance:100,000

Referee: Károly Baila (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Alfredo di Stéfano 31, Enric Gensana 70, Francisco Gento 86

(Poland): None 

Lineups:

Spain:

Antonio Ramallets Simon (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Fernando Olivella Pons(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Jesus Garay Vecino (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Sigfrido Gracia Royo(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Joan Segarra Iracheta(captain) (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Enric Gensana Mercies(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Justo Tejada Martinez (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Ladislao Kubala Stecz(Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Alfredo Di Stefano(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Luis Suarez Miramontes (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Francisco Gento Lopez(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Managers: José Costa, Ramón Gabilondo, José Lasplazas

Coach: Helenio Herrera Gávillan

Poland:

Tomasz Stefaniszyn (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Henryk Szczepański (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)      

Roman Korynt  (Budowlany Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk) 

Fryderyk Monica (Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisla Krakow)  

Witold Majewski (ZKS (ZaglebieKlub Sportowy) Stal Sosnowiec)

Henryk Grzybowski (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Edmund Zientara (captain) (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)      

Ernest Pol (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Stanisław Hachorek (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Zbigniew Szarzyński (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Krzysztof Baszkiewicz (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

FA Captain: Czesław Krug

Coach: Tadeusz Foryś

Other Substitutes :

Jan Gawroński (Warszawski Klub Sportowy Gwardia Warszawa)

Konrad Kornek,

Jan Liberda (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)   

Antoni Nieroba (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Marceli Strzykalski (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Note: Spain advanced with an aggregate score (7-2)

Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1959 (October 14, 1959, EC Qualifier, Spain 3-Poland 0)

Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1959 (October 14, 1959, EC Qualifier, Spain 3-Poland 0)

Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1959 (October 14, 1959, EC Qualifier, Spain 3-Poland 0)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, October 14, 1959, EC Qualifier, Spain 3-Poland 0)

November 2, 1958

Romania 3-Turkey 0

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue:Bucureşti (Bucharest) -Stadionul 23 August        

Attendance:70,000

Referee:Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): Nicolae Oaida 62, Gheorghe Constantin 77, Constantin Dinulescu 81

(Turkey): None

Lineups:

Romania:

Costica Toma (captain) (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Corneliu Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Alexandru Karikas (Progresul Bucuresti)

Dumitru Macri (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Vasile Alexandru (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Oaida (Progresul Bucuresti)

Gheorghe Constantin (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Constantin Dinulescu (Progresul Bucuresti)

Haralambrie Eftimie (Dinamo Bacau)

Nicolae Tataru (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Coach: Augustin Botescu

Turkey:

Turgay Şeren (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

İsmail Kurt (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Basri Dirimlili (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Mustafa Ertan (Muhafızgücü Spor Kulübü- Ankara)        

Naci Erdem (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 

Ahmet Berman (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)   

Hilmi Kiremitçi (Vefa Simtel Spor Kulübü-Istanbul)

Can Bartu (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 

Metin Oktay (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Kadri Aytaç-KG,

Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Note: Can Bartu replaced the injured Turgay Şeren at 77^th minute in the net.

April 26, 1959

Turkey 2-Romania 0

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Ístanbul –Mihat Pasha Stadyumu

Attendance:35,000

Referee:Borce Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): Lefter Küçükandonyadis 11 pen, 54

(Romania): None

Lineups:

Turkey:

Özcan Arkoç (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

İsmail Kurt (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Basri Dirimlili (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Mustafa Ertan (Muhafızgücü Spor Kulübü- Ankara)        

Naci Erdem (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 

Ahmet Berman (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Hilmi Kiremitçi (Vefa Simtel Spor Kulübü-Istanbul)

Can Bartu (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul) 

Suat Mamat (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Kadri Aytaç-KG

Romania:

Costica Toma (captain) (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Corneliu Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Alexandru Karikas (Progresul Bucuresti)

Valeriu Soare (Progresul Bucuresti)

Emerich Jenei(CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Oaida (Progresul Bucuresti)

Vasile Alexandru (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Alecsandrescu (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Francisc Zavoda (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Vasile Aanghel (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Coach: Augustin Botescu

Note: Romania advanced with an aggregate score (3-2)

September 23, 1959

Denmark 2-Czechoslovakia 2

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue:København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:34,200

Referee:Johan Bronkhorst (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Poul Pedersen 15, Bent Hansen 19

(Czechoslovakia): Ladislav Kacani 26, Milan Dolinsky 42   

Lineups:

Denmark:

Per Funch Jensen (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Erling Linde Larsen (Boldklubben 1909-Odense)

Poul Jensen (Vejle Boldklub)

Bent Hansen (Boldklubben 1903-Copenhagen)

Hans Christian Nielsen (AGF-Aarhus Gymnastik Forening af 1880)

Erik Pondal Jensen (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Poul Pedersen (captain) (AIA (Arbejdernes Idrætsklub Aarhus)- Aarhus)

John Danielsen (Boldklubben 1909-Odense)

Harald Nielsen (Frederikshavn forenede Idrætsklubber)

Henning Enoksen (Vejle Boldklub)

Jorn Sorensen (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Coach:  Arne Sorensen

Czechoslovakia:

Imrich Stacho (DSO Spartak Trnava)

Jiri Tichy(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Jan Popluhar(Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Ladislav Novák (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Stefan Matlak (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Titus Bubernik(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tatran Presov)

Adolf Scherer(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)  

Ladislav Kacani (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Milan Dolinsky(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Coach:Rudolf Vytlacil

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, September 23, 1959, EC Qualifier, Denmark 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

October 18, 1959

Czechoslovakia 5-Denmark 1

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Brno -Za Luzankami Stadion       

Attendance:31,217

Referee:Helmuth Köhler (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Titus Bubernik 40, 56, Adolf Scherer 49, 86, Milan Dolinsky 62   

(Denmark): John Kramer 32

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Viliam Schrojf(Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Jiri Tichy(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Jan Popluhar(Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Ladislav Novák (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Svatopluk Pluskal (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Titus Bubernik(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tatran Presov)

Pavel Molnar (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Anton Moravcík (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava) 

Adolf Scherer(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Milan Dolinsky(CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Coach:Rudolf Vytlacil

Denmark:

Erling Sorensen (Vejle Boldklub)

Richard Moller Nielsen (Odense Boldklub)

Poul Jensen (Vejle Boldklub)

Bent Hansen (Boldklubben 1903-Copenhagen)

Hans Christian Nielsen (AGF-Aarhus Gymnastik Forening af 1880)

Flemming Nielsen (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Poul Pedersen (captain) (AIA (Arbejdernes Idrætsklub Aarhus)- Aarhus)

John Kramer (B 1901 (Nykøbing Falster Boldklub af 1901)

Henning Enoksen (Vejle Boldklub)

John Danielsen (Boldklubben 1909-Odense)

Jorn Sorensen (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Coach:  Arne Sorensen

Note: Czechsolovakia advanced with an aggregate score (7-3)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, October 18, 1959, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 5-Denmark 1)

October 1, 1958

France 7-Greece 1

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue:Paris -Parc des Princes        

Attendance:37,590

Referee:Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Raymond Kopa 23, Just Fontaine 25, 85’, Thadée Cisowski 29, 68, Jean Vincent 61, 87

(Greece): Ilias Yfantis 47       

Lineups:

France:

Dominique Colonna (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Raymond Kaelbel (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

André Lerond (Olympique Lyonnais)

Armand Penverne (captain) (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Maurice Lafont (Nîmes Olympique) 

Jean-Jacques Marcel (Olympique de Marseille)

Yvon Douis (Lille Olympique Sporting Club -Lille Métropole)    

Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

Just Fontaine (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Thadée Cisowski (Racing Club de Paris) 

Jean Vincent (Stade de Reims -Champagne) 

Coach: Albert Batteux

Other Substitutes :

François Remetter (Limoges Football Club)   

Roger Marche (Racing Club de Paris) 

Stanislas Dombeck (Stade Rennais Université Club)   

Greece:

Savvas Theodoridis(Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Takis Papoulidis (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)   

Kostas Linoxylakis (captain) (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Mimis Stefanakos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Kostas Polychroniou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Takis Loukanidis (Gymnasticós Sillegós Drámas Dóxa)

Lakis Emmanoulidis (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)  

Kostas Nestoridis (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)  

Dimitris Theofanis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Ilias Yfantis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Ioannis Cholevas (Gymnastikós Sillegós Apollon Athina-Smyrni)  

Coach: Rino Matrini (Italy)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (October 1, 1958, EC Qualifier, France 7-Greece 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (Raymond Kopa, October 1, 1958, EC Qualifier, France 7-Greece 1)

Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre official de l'equiep de France, Author: Dominique Grimault, 1997 (France squad, October 1, 1958, EC Qualifier, France 7-Greece 1)

December 3, 1958

Greece 1-France 1

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Athens- Apostolos Nikolaidis (Leoforos Alexandras)(Panathinaikos)      

Attendance:26,000

Referee:Vicenzo Orlandini (Italy) 

Goalscorers:

(Greece): Roger Marche (own goal) 85 

(France): Stéphane Bruey 71

Lineups:

Greece:

Savvas Theodoridis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Takis Papoulidis (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)   

Kostas Linoxylakis (captain) (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Sotiris Aggelopoulos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Kostas Polychroniou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Ioannis Nembidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Georgios Sideris (A.P.S.( Athlitikos Podosferikos Syllogos) Atromitos Zarouchleika Patra)

Andreas Papaemmanouil (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)   

Ilias Yfantis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Kostas Nestoridis (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)  

Stelios Psychos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)   

Coach: Antonis Migiakis

France:

Claude Abbes (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Raymond Kaelbel (Association Sportive de Monaco)    

Roger Marche (captain) (Racing Club de Paris) 

René Ferrier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Bruno Bollini (Racing Club de Paris) 

André Lerond (Olympique Lyonnais)

Maryan Wisnieski (Racing Club de Lens)

Roland Guillas (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)   

Stéphane Bruey (Sporting Club de l'Ouest d'Angers) 

Stanislas Dombeck (Stade Rennais Université Club)   

Léon Deladeriere (Football Club Nancy) 

Coach: Albert Batteux

Other Substitutes :

Georges Lamia (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)     

Koczur Ferry (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Yvon Goujon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Note: France advanced with an aggregate score (8-2)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (December 3, 1958, EC Qualifier, Greece 1-France 1)

May 20, 1959

Norway 0-Austria 1

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue: Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion                 

Attendance:22,000

Referee: Werner Bergmann (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Norway): None

(Austria): Erich Hof 32 

Lineups:

Norway:

 Asbjorn Hansen (Sarpsborg Fotballklubb)
Arne Natland (Eik Idrettsforening-Tønsberg- Vestfold)  
Thorbjørn Svenssen (Sandefjord Ballklubb)  
Hans Jacob Mathisen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)
Roar Johansen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)
Tore Halvorsen (Eik Idrettsforening-Tønsberg- Vestfold)  
Bjørn Borgen (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo) 
Per Kristoffersen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)
Harald Hennum (Skeid –Oslo)
Kjell Kristiansen (Asker Skiklubb Fotball)   
Rolf Birger Pedersen (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

Coach: Kristian Henriksen

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Jack Kramner

Knut Sandengen

Roald Muggerud (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo) 

Arne Legernes (Larvik Turn og Idrettsforening)

Austria:

Kurt Schmied (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Heinrich Bullwatsch (Wiener Sport-Club)
Karl Stotz (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Erich Hasenkopf (Wiener Sport-Club)
Gerhard Hanappi (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Koller (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Walter Horak (Wiener Sport-Club)
Adolf Knoll (Wiener Sport-Club)
Erich Hof (Wiener Sport-Club)
Josef Hamerl (Wiener Sport-Club) 
Karl Skerlan(Wiener Sport-Club)

Coach: Karl Decker

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, May 20, 1959, EC Qualfier, Norway 0-Austria 1)

September 23, 1959

Norway 5-Austria 2

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Wien (Vienna)-Praterstadion         

Attendance:30,000

Referee:Demostene Strathatos (Greece) 

Goalscorers:

(Austria): Erich Hof 2,26, Horst Nemec 21, 73, Karl Skerlan60     

(Norway): Ove Ødegaard 20, 35

Lineups:

Austria:

Kurt Schmied (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Rudolf Oslansky (Wiener Sport-Club)
Karl Stotz (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Erich Hasenkopf (Wiener Sport-Club)
Gerhard Hanappi (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Koller (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Paul Halla (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Erich Hof (Wiener Sport-Club)
Horst Nemec (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Wilhelm Huberts I (Grazer Athletiker Klub)
Karl Skerlan(Wiener Sport-Club)

Coach: Karl Decker

Norway:

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  
Arne Bakker (Asker Skiklubb Fotball)   
Thorbjørn Svenssen (Sandefjord Ballklubb)  
Åge Spydevold(Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)
Arne Natland (Eik Idrettsforening-Tønsberg- Vestfold)  
Arnold Johannesen (Pors Idrettsforening)    
Åge Sørensen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Rolf BjørnBacke (Gjøvik / Lyn Fotballklubb)    
Harald Hennum (Skeid –Oslo)
Ove Ødegaard (Odds Ballklubbs- Skien tik)  
Finn Gundersen (Skeid-Oslo)

Coach: Kristian Henriksen

Other Substitutes:

Hans Saksvik (Ranheim Idrettslag) 

Odd Oppedal (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

Per Kristoffersen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Roald Muggerud (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo) 

Svein Weltz (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Note: Austria advanced with an aggregate score (6-2)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (September 23, 1959, EC Qualfier, Austria 5-Norway 2)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, September 23, 1959, EC Qualfier, Austria 5-Norway 2)

June 21, 1959

East Germany 0-Portugal 2

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue: East-Berlin, Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion                 

Attendance:40,000

Referee:Alojz Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Goalscorers:

(East Germany): None

(Portugal): Matateu 12, Mario Coluna 67     

Lineups:

East Germany:

Karl-Heinz Spickenagel (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Bringfried Müller (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Werner Heine (Sport Club Dynamo Berlin)

Konrad Wagner (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Waldemar Mühlbächer (Sport Club Dynamo Berlin)

Manfred Kaiser (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Horst Assmy (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Günter Schroter (captain) (Sport ClubDynamo Berlin)

Gerhard Vogt (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Lothar Meyer (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Günter Wirth (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Coach: Fritz Godicke

Portugal:

Acursio Alves Carrelo (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Virgilio Marques Mendes (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Angelo Gaspar Martins (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

Fernando Mamede Mendes(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Raul Antonio Leandro de Figueiredo (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)

Vicente Lucas(Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)

Carlos Domigos Duarte (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Antonio Dias Teixeira(Futebol Clube do Porto)

Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca ‘Matateu’ (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)

Mario Esteves Coluna (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Coach: José Maria Antunes

June 28, 1959

Portugal 3-East Germany 2

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue: Porto, Estadio das Antas          

Attendance:35,000

Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): Mario Coluna 45, 62, Cavem 68       

(East Germany): Gerhard Vogt 47, Horst Kohle 72

Lineups:

Portugal:

Acursio Alves Carrelo (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Virgilio Marques Mendes (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Angelo Gaspar Martins (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

Fernando Mamede Mendes(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Raul Antonio Leandro de Figueiredo (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)

Alfredo Saul Abrantes Abreu (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

Carlos Domigos Duarte (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Antonio Dias Teixeira(Futebol Clube do Porto)

Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca ‘Matateu’ (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)

Mario Esteves Coluna (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Coach: José Maria Antunes

East Germany:

Klaus Thiele (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Bringfried Müller (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Werner Heine (Sport Club Dynamo Berlin)

Konrad Wagner (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Werner Unger (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Siegfried Wolf (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Roland Ducke (Sport Club Motor Jena)

Günter Schroter (captain) (Sport ClubDynamo Berlin)

Gerhard Vogt (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Dieter Erler (Sport Club Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt-Aue)    

Horst Kohle (Zentraler ASK (Armee Sport Klub)Vorwärts Berlin)

Coach: Fritz Godicke

Note: Portugal advanced with an aggregate score (5-2)

May 31, 1959

Yugoslavia 2-Bulgaria 0

One Eighth Finals, First Leg

Venue:Beograd (Belgrade), Stadion JNA (Jugoslavenska Norodna Armia) (Stadium of the Army)             

Attendance:40,000

Referee:Mihai Popa (Romania)

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Milan Galic 1, Lazar Tasic 87

(Bulgaria): None   

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Vladimir Beara (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)   

Bruno Belin (captain) (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Vasilije Sijakovic (OFK Beograd)    

Dobrosav Krstic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)      

Tomislav Crnkovic(Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)         

Lazar Tasic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Aleksandar Petakovic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki- Beograd)   

Branko Zebec (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)     

Milan Galic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)     

Branislav Mihajlovic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric, and Dragomir Nikolic

Bulgaria:

Georgi Spirov Naidenov (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Ilia Kirchev (Spartak Varna)

Ivan Dimitrov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)     

Hristo Lazarov (Sportno Druzestvo Cherno more  Varna)

Kiril Rakarov (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Stoian Kitov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)   

Ivan Kolev (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Stefan Abadjiev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)   

Panaiot Panaiotov (captain) (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Bojidar Mitkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Spartak  Plovdiv)  

Aleksandar Vasilev (Septemvri Sofia)

Coach: Stoian Ormandjiev and  Krum Milev

October 25, 1959

Bulgaria 1-Yugoslavia 1

One Eighth Finals, Second Leg

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion                 

Attendance:50,000

Referee:Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Todor Diev 54     

(Yugoslavia): Muhamed Mujic 57

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Georgi Spirov Naidenov (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Kiril Rakarov (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Manol Manolov (captain) (CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Ivan Dimitrov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)     

Dimitar Largov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Nikola Kovachev(CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Todor Diev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)  

Georgi Sokolov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)   

Panaiot Panaiotov(CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Dimitar Yakimov (Septemvri Sofia)

Ivan Kolev(CDNA (Centralnij Dom da Narodna Armija) Sofia) 

Coach: Stoian Ormandjiev and Krum Milev

Sent off: Nikola Kovachev 83

Yugoslavia:

Blagoje Vidinic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki- Beograd)   

Vladimir Durkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Fahrudin Jusufi (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Stevan Bena (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)      

Tomislav Crnkovic (captain) (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)        

Lazar Tasic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Luka Liposinovic(Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)         

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Muhamed Mujic (Fudbalski Klub Velez- Mostar)

Borivoje Kostic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)  

Branislav Mihajlovic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric, and Dragomir Nikolic

Sent off: Dragoslav Sekularac 63

Note: Yugoslavia advanced with an aggregate score (3-1)

III.          Quarter Finals

On May 20^th, 1960, USSR were scheduked to host Spain at Moscow, with the return leg scheduled at Madrid on June 10^th, 1960.

Due to the refusal of Spain on political grounds, the Soviets were awarded the match (3-0) and advanced to the Finals stage.

May 22, 1960

Romania 0-Czechoslovakia 2

Quarter Finals, First Leg

Venue:Bucureşti (Bucharest) -Stadionul 23 August

Attendance:80,000

Referee:Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): None   

(Czechoslovakia): Josef Masopust 8, Vlastimil Bubnik 45

Lineups:

Romania:

Petre Mindru (ProgresulBucureşti)    

Corneliu Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Alexandru Apolzan (captain) (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Valeriu Soare (ProgresulBucureşti)    

Emerich Jenei (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Emanoil Hasoti (Steagul rosu-Brasov)

Gavril Raksi (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Viorel Mateianu (Stiinta Cluj )

Haralambie Eftimie (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Tataru (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Coach: Augustin Botescu

Czechoslovakia:

Imrich Stacho (DSOSpartak Trnava)   

Jozef Bomba (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Jan Popluhár (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Ladislav Novák (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Titus Bubernik (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Jozef Masopust (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Josef Vojta (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)      

Andrej Kvasnak (TJ Jednota Kosice)

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)

Milan Dolinsky (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)  

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil.

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, May 22, 1960, EC Qualifier, Romania 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

May 29, 1960

Czechoslovakia 3-Romania 0

Quarter Finals, Second Leg

Venue: Bratislava - Tehelné Pole Stadion

Attendance:50,000

Referee:Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Titus Bubernik 1, 15, Vlastimil Bubnik 17

(Romania): None   

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Viliam Schrojf (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Jozef Bomba (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Jan Popluhár (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Ladislav Novák (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Titus Bubernik (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Jozef Masopust (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Josef Vojta (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)      

Andrej Kvasnak (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)     

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)

Milan Dolinsky (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil

Romania:

Petre Mindru (ProgresulBucureşti)    

Corneliu Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Alexandru Fronea (Petrolul Ploiesti) 

Valeriu Soare (ProgresulBucureşti)    

Vasile Alexandru (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Gheorghe Cacoveanu (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Gheorghe Constantin (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Constantin Dinulescu (ProgresulBucureşti)    

Viorel Mateianu (Stiinta Cluj )

Nicolae Tataru (captain) (CCA (Casa Centrala Armetei)- Bucureşti)       

Coach: Augustin Botescu

Note: Czechoslovakia advanced with an aggregate score (5-0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, May 29, 1960, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 3-Romania 0)

December 13, 1959

France 5-Austria 2

Quarter Finals, First Leg

Venue:Paris (Stade de Colombes)-Stade Olympique          -Stade Yves du Manoir  

Attendance:43,775

Referee:Manuel Asensi (Spain) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Just Fontaine 6,18,70, Jean Vincent 38,80 

(Austria): Walter Horak 40, Rudolf Pichler 65

Lineups:

France:

Georges Lamia (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Wendling (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Roger Marche (captain) (Racing Club de Paris)

Armand Penverne (Red Star Olympique Audonien-Paris) 

Robert Jonquet (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

René Ferrier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

François Heutte (Racing Club de Paris)

Raymond Kopa (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Just Fontaine (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Lucien Muller (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Jean Vincent (Stade de Reims -Champagne) 

Coach: Albert Batteux

Other Substitutes :

François Remetter (Limoges Football Club)   

Raymond Kaelbel (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Guy Sénac (Racing Club de Paris)

Yvon Douis (Le Havre Athletic Club)  

Austria:

Kurt Schmied (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Paul Halla (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Stotz (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Karl Nickerl (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Gerhard Hanappi (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Koller (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Walter Horak (Wiener Sport-Club)
Helmut Senekowitsch (First Vienna Football Club 1894-Wien)
Horst Nemec (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Rudolf Pichler (Wiener Neustadt)
Karl Hofer (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)

Coach: Karl Decker

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (Lucien Muller, December 13, 1959, EC Qualifier, France 5-Austria 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2957 bis, December 13, 2002 (December 13, 1959, EC Qualifier, France 5-Austria 2)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 6, July 1960 (François Heutte , December 13, 1959, EC Qualifier, France 5-Austria 2)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, December 13, 1959, EC Qualifier, France 5-Austria 2)

March 27, 1960

Austria 2-France 4

Quarter Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Wien (Vienna)-Praterstadion         

Attendance:38,000

Referee:Leo Helge (Denmark) 

Goalscorers:

(Austria): Horst Nemec 26, Erich Probst 64    

(France): Jean-Jacques Marcel 46, Bernard Rahis 59, François Heutte77, Raymond Kopa 84 pen 

Lineups:

Austria:

Rudolf Szanwald (Wiener Sport-Club)
Johann Windisch (Wiener Sport-Club)
Guiseppe Koschier(Admira Wacker Sportklub -Wien)
Erich Hasenkopf (Wiener Sport-Club)
Gerhard Hanappi (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Koller (First Vienna Football Club1894-Wien)
Walter Horak (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Paul Kozlicek (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Horst Nemec (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Wilhelm Huberts I (Grazer Athletiker Klub)
Erich Probst (Sportverein Austria Salzburg)

Coach: Karl Decker

France:

Georges Lamia (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Wendling (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Bruno Rodzik (Stade de Reims -Champagne)    

Jean-Jacques Marcel (Sporting Club de Toulon et du Var)   

Raymond Kaelbel (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

René Ferrier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Pierre Grillet (Racing Club de Paris)

Lucien Muller (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

François Heutte (Racing Club de Paris)

Raymond Kopa (captain) (Stade de Reims -Champagne) 

Bernard Rahis (Nîmes Olympique)

Coach: Alex Thépot

Other Substitutes :

Dominique Colonna (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Georges Peyroche (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Henri Skiba (Nîmes Olympique)

Note: France advanced with an aggregate score (9-4)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (Jean-Jacques Marcel, March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960 (March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, March 27, 1960, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-France 4)

May 8, 1960

Portugal 2-Yugoslavia 1

Quarter Finals, First Leg

Venue: Lisbon-Estadio Nacional

Attendance:50,000

Referee:Joseph Barberan (France)

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): Santana 29, Matateu 69

(Yugoslavia): Borivoje Kostic 89    

Lineups:

Portugal:

Acursio Alves Carrelo (Futebol Clube do Porto)
VirgilioMarques Mendes (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Germano de Figueiredo (Atlético Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

David Abrão Julio (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Angelo Gaspar Martins (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Fernando Mamede Mendes (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Mario Esteves Coluna (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Hernani Ferreira da Silva (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca ‘Matateu’ (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa) 

Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Coach: José Maria Antunes      

Yugoslavia:

Milutin Soskic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Vladimir Durkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Fahrudin Jusufi (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)      

Ante Zanetic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 

Tomislav Crnkovic (captain) (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Zeljko Perusic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)   

Muhamed Mujic (Fudbalski Klub Velez- Mostar)   

Brnako Zebec (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Milan Galic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Borivoje Kostic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric, and Dragomir Nikolic

May 22, 1960

Yugoslavia 5-Portugal 1

Quarter Finals, Second Leg

Venue:Beograd (Belgrade), Stadion JNA (Jugoslavenska Norodna Armia) (Stadium of the Army)   

Attendance:55,000

Referee:Josef Stoll (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Dragoslav Sekularac 8, Zvezdan Cebinac 44, Borivoje Kostic Kostic 50, 88, Milan Galic 79      

(Portugal): Cavem 29

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Milutin Soskic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Vladimir Durkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Fahrudin Jusufi (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Ante Zanetic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Zarko Nikolic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)

Zeljko Perusic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Zvezdan Cebinac (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Tomislav Knez (Fudbalski Klub Borac Banja Luka) 

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Milan Galic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Borivoje Kostic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic , Ljubomir Lovric , and Dragomir Nikolic

Portugal:

Acursio Alves Carrelo (Futebol Clube do Porto)
VirgilioMarques Mendes (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Germano de Figueiredo (Atlético Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

David Abrão Julio (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Mario João (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Fernando Mamede Mendes (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Mario Esteves Coluna (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Hernani Ferreira da Silva (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca ‘Matateu’ (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa) 

Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Coach: José Maria Antunes      

Note: Yugoslavia advanced with an aggregate score (6-3)

Photo From : World Soccer, April 1962 (Bora Kostic scoring with Germano unable to stop him, May 22, 1960, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 5-Portugal 1)

Photo From : World Soccer, November 1960 (Yugoslavia squad, May 22, 1960, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 5-Portugal 1)

Photo From : World Soccer, May 1961 (Portugal squad, May 22, 1960, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 5-Portugal 1)

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IV.     Semi Finals

July 6, 1960

USSR 3-Czechoslovakia 0

Semi Finals

Venue:Marseille-Stade Velodrome, France

Attendance:25,184

Referee:Cesare Jonni (Italy) 

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Valentin Ivanov 34,56, Viktor Ponedelnik 66       

(Czechoslovakia): None  

Lineups:

USSR:

Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Givi Dmitrievich Choheli (Dynamo Tblissi)

Anatoly Maslenkin (Spartak Moskva)     

Anatoly Fedorovich Krutikov (Spartak Moskva)     

Yuri Nikolaevich Voynov (Dynamo Kiev)

Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (Spartak Moskva) 

Slava Kalistratovich Metrevelli (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valentin Koz’mich Ivanov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu) 

Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moskva) 

Mikhail Shalvovich Meshi (Dynamo Tblissi)

Coach: Gavril Kachalin

Czechoslovakia:

Viliam Schrojf (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Frantisek Safranek(VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Ladislav Novák (captain) (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jozef Masopust (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Popluhár (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Titus Bubernik (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Josef Vojta (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)    

Anton Moravcik (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Andrej Kvasnak (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)    

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)

Milan Dolinsky (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, July 6, 1960, EC, USSR 3-Czechoslovakia 0)

July 6, 1960

France 4-Yugoslavia 5

Semi Finals

Venue:Paris -Parc des Princes

Attendance:25,184

Referee:Gaston Grandain (Belgium) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Jean Vincent 12, François Heutte 43, 62, Maryan Wisnieski 52 

(Yugoslavia): Milan Galic 11, Ante Zanetic 55, Tomislav Knez 75, Drazen Jerkovic 77,78

Lineups:

France:

Georges Lamia (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Wendling (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Bruno Rodzik (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Jean-Jacques Marcel (Racing Club de Paris)

Robert Herbin (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

René Ferrier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

François Heutte (Racing Club de Paris)

Lucien Muller (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Maryan Wisnieski (Racing Club de Lens)

Michel Stievenard(Racing Club de Lens) 

Jean Vincent (captain) (Stade de Reims -Champagne) 

Coach: Alex Thépot

Other Substitutes :

Jean Tailandier (Racing Club de Paris)

André Chorda (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Robert Jonquet (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Robert Siatka (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Yvon Douis (Le Havre Athletic Club)  

Paul Sauvage (Limoges Football Club) 

Yugoslavia:

Milutin Soskic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Vladimir Durkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Fahrudin Jusufi (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Ante Zanetic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Branko Zebec (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Zeljko Perusic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Tomislav Knez (Fudbalski Klub Borac Banja Luka)   

Drazen Jerkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Milan Galic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Borivoje Kostic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric, and Dragomir Nikolic

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Lamia unable to stop Yugoslavia’s second and fourth goals, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (Knez and Jean-Jacques Marcel , July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

Photo From: France Football Hors-Série - Les Bleus et l’Euro - 2016 (France goalkeeper Geoges Lamia, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

Photo From: France Football Hors-Série - Les Bleus et l’Euro - 2016 (France’s Maryan Wisnieski, July 6, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 4-Yugoslavia 5)

V.      Third Place

July 9, 1960

France 0-Czechoslovakia 2

Third Place

Venue:Marseille-Stade Velodrome

Attendance:9,438

Referee:Cesare Jonni (Italy) 

Goalscorers:

(France): None   

(Czechoslovakia): Vlastimil Bubnik 58, Ladislav Pavlovic 88           

Lineups:

France:

Jean Taillandier (Racing Club de Paris)

Bruno Rodzik (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

André Chorda (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean-Jacques Marcel (Racing Club de Paris)

Robert Jonquet (captain) (Stade de Reims -Champagne) 

Robert Siatka (Stade de Reims -Champagne)    

François Heutte (Racing Club de Paris)

Yvon Douis (Le Havre Athletic Club)    

Maryan Wisnieski (Racing Club de Lens)

Michel Stievenard (Racing Club de Lens)

Jean Vincent (captain) (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Coach: Alex Thépot

Other Substitutes :

Georges Lamia (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Wendling (Stade de Reims -Champagne)   

Robert Herbin (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Paul Sauvage (Limoges Football Club) 

Czechoslovakia:

Viliam Schrojf (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Frantisek Safranek(VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Jan Popluhár (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Ladislav Novák (captain) (VTJ Dukla Praha)        

Titus Bubernik (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Jozef Masopust (VTJ Dukla Praha)   

Ladislav Pavlovic (TJ Tartan Presov)      

Josef Vojta (Sokol Spartak Sokolovo Praha)    

Pavel Molnar (Slovan NV(Národný výbor) Bratislava)   

Vlastimil Bubnik (RH (Rudá hvezda) Brno)

Milan Dolinsky (CH (Cervena hviezda) Bratislava)   

Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (Schroif making another save, July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (July 9, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, July 9, 1960, EC, France 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

VI.     Final

July 10, 1960

USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1

Final

Venue:Paris -Parc des Princes, France

Attendance:18,000

Referee:Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Slava Metreveli 49, Viktor Ponedelnik 114               

(Yugoslavia): Milan Galic 41               

Lineups:

USSR:

Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Givi Dmitrievich Choheli (Dynamo Tblissi)

Anatoly Fedorovich Krutikov (Spartak Moskva)     

Yuri Nikolaevich Voynov (Dynamo Kiev)

Anatoly Maslenkin (Spartak Moskva)     

Igor Aleksandrovich Netto  (Spartak Moskva) 

Slava Kalistratovich Metrevelli (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valentin Koz’mich Ivanov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu) 

Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moskva) 

Mikhail Shalvovich Meshi (Dynamo Tblissi)

Coach: Gavril Kachalin

Yugoslavia:

Blagoje Vidinic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki- Beograd)

Vladimir Durkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Fahrudin Jusufi (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Ante Zanetic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Jovan Miladinovic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)      

Zeljko Perusic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Zeljko Matus (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Drazen Jerkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)  

Dragoslav Sekularac (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Milan Galic (JSD (Jugoslovenko Sportsko Drustvo) Partizan- Beograd)    

Borivoje Kostic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic, Ljubomir Lovric, and Dragomir Nikolic

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1992 (Kostic heading, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

Top Goalscorer:

Finals: François Heutte (France), Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Ponodelnik (USSR), Milan Galic, Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) 2 goals

Qualifiers: Just Fontaine (France) 6 goals

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960 (USSR squad, July 10, 1960,  European Nations’ Cup, USSR 2-Yugoslavia 1)

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Euro 2016 Reflections

August 3, 2016, 9:34 pm

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It had promised to be a Tournament showcasing the best of the continent. In the end it was won by a Portuguese squad, who despite boasting one of the greatest players in the history of the game (not to mention a more than adequate supporting cast), stuck with its safety first mentality to defeat the host Nation of France, who themselves would not have been particularly worthy winners.

Most would be hard pressed to find a truly deserving winner for a Tournament that dragged on longer than it should have.

Therein lies the major problem for this edition of the Euros. In the decades past, the Euro Finals were restricted to eight teams only (the hosts and teams that had won their qualifying groups outright). Starting the 1996 edition, the number of participants was raised to sixteen. This seemed like a good balance, the Tournament had the feel of a mini World Cup without losing quality.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, August 2016 (Portugal’s winning squad)

However, UEFA (no thanks to Michel Platini) had the grand idea of increasing the number of participants even more to 24. The reason needless to say was economics, but by doing so they increased the quantity, which directly decreased the quality at hand.

UEFA contains slightly more than 50 members; therefore roughly half the members participated in the Finals. To make up the numbers, playoffs were needed between Nations who had finished third in their qualifying groups. While many Nations’ fans were overjoyed to see their Nation in the Finals after so many years of absence, it went against all sense of fair competition to have third placed teams in the Finals of a major Tournament (Turkey, Ukraine, Republic of Ireland, Hungary and Sweden advanced in such manner).

It was also a year of many firsts as traditional absentees Iceland, Albania, Wales and Northern Ireland qualified. Wales had been absent from the Finals of any major competition since 1958.

France had last hosted the Finals in 1984 in relatively simpler times. In fact the success of those Finals had kicked off the Euros in high gear and made it the most important Football competition after the World Cup. Michel Platini, the player and Captain, was at his zenith and scored nine goals to lead France in its first major trophy.

Platini, the Administrator, was conspicuous by his forced absence (due to his suspension from the FIFA Ethics Committee).

Didier Deschamps, who as a player, captained France to victory in the 1998 World Cup as well as the 2000 Euros was tasked with building a squad to triumph at home just like 1984.

Unfortunately, his squad was not as talented as the Platini/Giresse/Tigana generation of 1984 nor his own generation led by Zinedine Zidane that contained the likes of Thierry Henry and Laurent Blanc among others.

France’s hopes were to be carried over the shoulders of new leaders Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann. Unfortunately, despite a late burst of goals from Griezmann, neither rose to the occasion in a manner of a Platini and /or Zidane.

Pogba and Griezmann have the talent and the potential to succeed at the highest level but clearly lacked the match (and Tournament) winning personalities of their glorious predecessors.

Griezmann finished as top goalscorer, but he was guilty of missing a glorious chance in the Final.

Deschamps was also criticized for constantly tinkering with his formations (sometimes even during matches). While this may have suggested the symptoms of an unsettled side, his positional switches worked, especially in overturning a deficit in defeating the Republic of Ireland.

Deschmaps seemed unable to place Pogba in an ideal position to exploit his talents. France seemed hesitant at times and only impressed in patches during matches. In fact, it is hard to remember a match that they dominated completely from start to finish. In the end the match against Portugal seemed one match too many fort France to maintain their late momentum that reached its height in defeating Germany in the semifinals.

Deschmaps’ success was getting this ‘not yet ready’ side all the way to the Final.

France’s surprise package was Dimitri Payet, who made the Finals squad after a successful season at West Ham United. His winner vs. Romania in the opener made him the toast of the Nation and an unlikely early Hero.

Newcastle United midfielder Moussa Sissoko also helped to improve France once Deschamps chose to start with him.

If the previous World Cup could be dismissed as an accident, these Euros confirmed that Spain’s Era, as a power appears to be over. Despite opening up solidly with two wins, no one could blame misfortune for their defeats against Croatia and Italy.

Vicente Del Bosque stepped down after eight years and some players may also follow.

As far as Italy, they flattered in the early going for their tactical discipline. They played efficiently as a unit, especially the defensive end. Many praised the ever-youthful Gianluigi Buffon’s rapport with his Juventus teammates in defense (Chiellini, Bonnucci and Barzagli). Perhaps they were unlucky that in the Quarterfinals, they were paired with Germany. Germany had advanced as always by efficiently defeating weaker opposition. Thomas Muller had been disappointing by his standards and injuries had forced the recall of Mario Gomez, who had been out of International reckoning for many seasons.

The first round had been such business as usual that for the Germans the talking point had been Joachim Löw’s hand movements on the bench (I will spare the details).

As always the Germany-Italy matchup will be considered a classic in the history of their encounters. But this was THE worst penalty kick shoot-out that I have witnessed.

The Italian Simone Zaza’s run-up to take his spot and the ensuing miss was virally parodied mercilessly.

And what can be said of England and Roy Hodgson. Unlike their Welsh neighbors who rose to the occasion and reached the semifinals, the English never impressed with Rooney a major disappointment in perhaps his last Finals of any kind.

For Wales, Bale rose to the occasion as did Aaron Ramsey, whose absence cost the Welsh significantly in the semifinals.

England Manager Roy Hodgson failed to bring out the best in a youthful squad and resigned after the shock elimination against Iceland.

Speaking of Iceland, if you had a heart, you had to be on the Iceland bandwagon.

They reached as far as the Quarterfinals and were soundly defeated by the hosts (2-5), though they did manage to show some French defensive deficiencies in the second half of that match and did not give up until the end.

The Iceland Clap-Chant led by Team captain Aron Gunnarsson at the end of matches is sure to remain as one of the highlights of an otherwise emotionless Cup.

Although at times the praise went overboard (If I had a dollar every time I heard commentators make statements such as:  “This is a Nation with a population of only 330,000…. This is similar to what Leicester did in the EPL this season…..About a decade ago they decided to set up a program to develop better players, etc…..”.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, August 2016 (Iceland’s Clap Chant)

Since we live in a viral age, a day would not go by where something would pop up on Facebook on the events on and off the field.

The most noticeable were the Irish fans. There would be a barrage of viral videos on a daily basis showing the warm nature of the Irish fans. These included events such as ‘cheering for the French Police’, ‘Singing to help a baby sleep on a train’, ‘serenading beautiful women in the streets’, etc.

Despite the praises, Republic of Ireland’s Assistant Manager, the fiery and competitive Roy Keane actually criticized the mentality of the Irish fans for being too eager to be liked.

As far as Northern Ireland’s, their song “Will Grigg’s on Fire” about the Wigan Athletic striker also became a viral hit (even though, the player did not play a single minute).

We also had to relive the emotional commentary of Icelandic Television Reporters when describing Icelandic winning goals. Many likened these to the Norwegian Commentator after the 1981 World Cup qualifier on September 9, 1981 (2-1 Norway win over England).

And finally, to sum it all up, “The Commissioner of Football”, Eric Cantona had to get in the mix and comment on the events of the day and even sang “Will Grigg’s on Fire” on one occasion.

In the end we should be thankful that Eder’s goal in the overtime at least spared us from a penalty kick shoot-out.

Portugal earned its long overdue title as a Nation, but did it in such a miserly way that most pundits compared them to the Denmark of 1992 and especially Greece of 2004, before the trophy and medals were even handed out.

It’s virtually unprecedented for a team that only won once in regulation during an entire Tournament to be triumphant. Not many would have bet on them after they were unable to defeat teams such as Austria, Iceland and Hungary that were very much for the taking (at least on paper) in the First Round. Just to think that they advanced as the third best team in their Group also makes a mockery of the new Tournament format.

Naturally Cristiano Ronaldo will take all the plaudits and has finally won the International trophy that he craved. Although his detractors will repeatedly point out that he was not even on the field at the moment of his Nation’s greatest triumph.

Given this triumph, we are unfortunately still set for the unending Cristiano Ronaldo-Lionel Messi duopoly for the Ballon d’Or and of course this time CR7 will edge ahead.

He certainly did not dominate the Tournament the manner in which a player of his caliber should, but neither did anyone else.

In fact it is hard to distinguish a single team, nor player, that truly rose above the competition and dominated it reminiscent of France with Michel Platini in 1984 and Holland and Marco van Basten in 1988 to name just two.

The Tournament spanning a whole month in the end felt long, by a week or two. This may have actually longed some fans for the days of Eight Team Finals. But alas, we are sure to be stuck with this format. This may turn out to be Platini’s biggest mistake as an UEFA Boss. Platini, the player, dazzled the continent as a player in 1984 like no other on the same soil. Thirty-two years later as an Administrator (even if absent), he has tarnished his legacy by kick starting a bloated and listless Tournament on the same soil.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 52, July 1984 (Michel Platini, June 27, 1984, UEFA European Championships, France 2-Spain 0)

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An article about Brian Clough’s player purchases at Nottingham Forest

(Magazine / Language : Shoot, June 15, 1991 / English)

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1980 (Brian Clough and Peter Taylor)

An article about the Football of Developped Europe vs. Under-Developped South America  (‘De La Rivalité Sportive A La Condrontation de L’Europe Nantie et De L’Amerique Latine Sous-Developpees’)

(Magazine / Language : Miroir du Football , Issue 130, April-May 1970 / French By Francis Huertas)

An article about Italian Transfers at Milan’s Alberga Milanese Hotel (‘De Bello Gallia’)

(Magazine / Language : Guerin Sportivo, Issue 494 (Number 25), June 20-26, 1984 / Italian By Silvano Tauceri)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 494 (Number 25), June 20-26, 1984 (AC Milan President Franco Carrano and his Cagliari counterpart Andrea Arrica discussing player transfers)

An article about 1940s River Plate and ‘La Maquina’

(Magazine / Language : LIBRO DEL FUTBOL, Fasciculo 2, 1974 / Spanish)

Photo From: LIBRO DEL FUTBOL, Fasciculo 2, 1974 (La Maquina)

Clough / Europe v. South America / Italian calciomercato / La Maquina

Eric Batty, Brian Glanville and other World Soccer Columns- Part Eighteen

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I.  Eric Batty

WS Magazine, September 1969

Article Title(s): ‘Baroti declines Polish Offer’

WS Magazine Issue: July 1979

Article Title(s): ‘The Rise and Fall of Borussia Moenchengladbach’

WS Magazine Issue: May 1982

Article Title(s): ‘Only a Miracle will stop Spain and Yugoslavia’ and ‘Lack of goals may cost Brazil the World Cup’

          -Reviewing Groups 5 and 6 of the 1982 World Cup

WS Magazine Issue: January 1990

Article Title(s):  1970 World Cup Final-Brazil 4-Italy 1

II.   Brian Glanville

WS Magazine Issue: September 1969

Article Title(s): ‘Sad Demise of Clippers’

WS Magazine Issue: July 1979

Article Title(s): ‘Of Referees and Others’ 

WS Magazine Issue: September 1982

Article Title(s): ‘Where to Now…The domes, Kingdomes and Astrodomes?’ and ‘German Match still rankles’

- His regular Column and as Andre Duclos on the Frech Scene

WS Magazine Issue: January 1990

Article Title(s): ‘Come, Fly with Me’

III.  Other Writers:

a) Leslie Vernon

WS Magazine Issue: September 1969

Article Title(s): ‘A Soccer Paradox?’

          -Discussing the soccer-war between Honduras and El Salvador

b) Alex Gordon

WS Magazine Issue: July 1979

Article Title(s): ‘Scotland Hat Trick of 3-Goal Defeats’

c) Keir Radnedge

WS Magazine Issue: November 1982

Article Title(s): ‘Doors open at the valley but not elsewhere for Simonsen’

- Allan Simonsen’s transfer to Charlton Athletic’

d) Keir Radnedge

WS Magazine Issue: January 1990

Article Title(s): 

- The 1990 World Cup Draw

Eric Batty, Brian Glanville and Other Writers’ Columns-Part 18

Transfers that did not happen, Part Seventeen

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1- In the summer of 1989, Ascoli (and former Italy and Napoli) striker Bruno Giordano was set to join Torino in the Serie B.

However, On September 30, 1989, the deal was called off as Manager Gigi Radice and some of the Torino players protested. Giordano joined Bologna instead.

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 27, February 2000 (Bruno Giordano at Lazio)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 39, March 2001 (Gigi Radice and Torino defender Nello Santin)

2-In the summer of 1983, French and Saint Etienne defender Patrick Battiston had an offer to join Swiss club Lausanne. He was also close to joining Paris St. Germain and it seemed like a done deal.

However, he felt the PSG hierarchy were hesitant towards him and joined Bordeaux instead.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 92, August 1983 (Patrick Battiston upon joining Bordeaux, summer 1983)

3- In August 1969, Englishstriker Gerry Hitchens wanted to join Aston Villa. However, his Italian club Cagliari refused as they wanted (60 Million Lira).

Photo From: Goal, Issue 28, January 1998 (Gerry Hitchens at Internazionale Milano)

4- Romania and Red Star Belgrade Libero Miodrag Beloidedic was set to join Sampdoria in the summer of 1992.

However, the deal did not materialize and he joined Valencia.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 850  (Number 25),  June 19-25, 1991 (Miodrag Beloidedic with a Sampdoria jersey that he never got to wear)

5- In the summer of 1985, Aston Villa Manager Graham Turner wanted to exchange Liverpool’s Paul Walsh with Steve Mc Mahon and £400,000.

Liverpool Player-Manager Kenny Dalglish refused the offer.

Weeks later, Dalglish signed McMahon outright without Walsh in the mix (he was his first signing as Liverpool Manager). 

Photo From: Goal, Issue 20, May 1997 (Steve McMahon)

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 62, May 1985 (Paul Walsh, April 24, 1985, Champions Cup, Panathinaikos 0-Liverpool 1)

Photo From: Goal, Issue 20, May 1997 (Kenny Dalglish)

Events and Consequences, Part Seventeen

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1- Event:

Zinedine Zidane being sent off twice in the Champions League in the Fall of 2000

Consequence:

Juventus’ Zinedine Zidane had led France to triumph in the UEFA European Championships in the summer of 2000. Many predicted that he would be elected as France Football’s Ballon d’Or at the end of the year.

However, he was sent off twice within weeks in the Champions League in the new season (On September 26, 2000 (Juventus 0-Deportivo La Coruna 0) and on October 24, 2000 (Juventus 1-SV Hamburg 3)).

In the match vs. SV Hamburg, he was sent off for head butting Jochen Kientz.

When the time for the balloting came, many of the Journalists admitted that they gave him a lower placing precisely for the double sending offs.

As a result Luis Figo was elected as the Ballon d’Or.

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 36 Suppplement, November-December 2000 (Zinedine Zidane headbutting Jochen Kientz)

2- Event:

Ubaldo Fillol refusing to wear Adidas kit in 1983

Consequence:

In the summer of 1983, River Plate annulled goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol’s contract because he refused to wear Adidas equipment like the rest of the squad as club contract had stipulated.

He had to be transferred to Argentinos Juniors in order to avoid a players' strike.

Shortly afterwards, he signed for Brazil’s Flamengo. Argentina were playing Brazil in Rio for the Copa America, he stayed behind and negotiated a transfer to Flamengo.

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº 3356 (31-1-1984) (Ubaldo Fillol with Junior at Flamnego)

3- Event:

Jim Beglin’s injury after a tackle by Gary Stevens

Consequence:

Liverpool and Republic of Ireland International defender Jim Beglin seemed headed for a long career for club and country.

On January 21, 1987, Everton defender Gary M. Stevens’ tackle injured him severely during their League Cup encounter (Everton 0-Liverpool 1).

His Liverpool career was effectively over and joined Leeds United in the Second Division in 1989. He made few appearances and was loaned twice.

By the summer of 1991, he was forced to retire at age 27 due to the recurrence of his injury.

Photo From: Shoot, June 15, 1991 (Jim Beglin at Liverpool)

4- Event:

A linesman was hit by an orange thrown from the stands from Spanish fans at Valencia in a UEFA European Championship Qualifier (October 10, 1979, EC Qualifier, Spain 0-Yugoslavia 1).

Consequence:

Valencia’s Estadio Luis Casanova was banned 22 months from hosting any International Matches.

5- Event:

French goalkeeper Lionel Letizi’s error in a Friendly.

Consequence:

French and FC Metz goalkeeper Lionel Letizi had an outside chance to make it as France’s number three goalkeeper for the 1998 World Cup behind Fabien Barthez and Bernard Lama.

On March 25, 1998, he was given a chance to start in a Friendly vs. Russia at Moscow.

His error led to Russia scoring their only goal. Many feel he was overlooked for the number three position (Lionel Charbonnier was chosen instead) because of his error.

After transferring to Paris St. Germain in 2000, he earned two more caps, but his career is always remembered mostly for this one error in an International.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998 (Lionel Letizi)