In the process of establishing the World Record between 1991 and 1993, the National team of Argentina won two editions of the Copa America (1991 and 1993), the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 1993 Artemio Franchi Trophy / CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions.
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30 UNBEATEN GAMES
WORLD RECORD
Carlo
CERESOLI
(Inter & Bologna)
2 Games,
9 Unused Call-Up
It is very rare that a National Team manages to break the World Record for unbeaten games. However four different National Teams managed to break it or equalize it. Two others came near but did not manage to break the Record. The Azzurri are the only National Team to break this record twice (1939 and 2021), in fact they were the first National Team to establish the World Record way back in 1939 and they are the current World Record Holders.
24 NOVEMBER 1935 - 20 JULY 1939
3 Years, 7 months, 26 days Unbeaten
24 wins, 6 draws, 0 losses
World Record remained unbroken for 54 years and 19 days,
from 20 July 1939 till 8 August 1993
In the process of establishing the World Record between 1935 and 1939, the Italian National team won the 1938 World Cup, the 1936 Olympics (Football) Gold Medal and the third edition (1933/35) of the Coppa Internazionale (Central European International Cup of Nations).
The 30 Unbeaten Games World Record was equaled by FRANCE on the 9 October 1996, after a streak of 2 years, 7 months and 23 days (20 wins, 10 draws and 0 losses) unbeaten, but by this date the World Record had been broken by Argentina in August 1993 (31 Unbeaten Games) and Brazil in January 1996 (35 Unbeaten Games). However it was still a European Record and thus from 9 October 1996, both Italy and France shared this European Unbeaten Games Record until the 1 of April 2009 when Spain won it's 31st. unbeaten game.
Luigi
ALLEMANDI
(Roma)
7 Games, 7 Captain
Alfredo
PITTO
(Inter)
1 Game
Luisito
MONTI
(Juventus)
2 Games
0. (Azzurro Game 120) 27-10-1935 - Prague Czechoslovakia, Coppa Internazionale III - Czechoslovakia vs Italy: (0-0) 2-1.
1. (Azzurro Game 121) 24-11-1935 - Milano Italy, Coppa Internazionale III - Italy vs Hungary: (0-1) 2-2.
2. (Azzurro Game 122) 05-04-1936 - Zurich Switzerland, Friendly - Switzerland vs Italy: (0-1) 1-2.
3. (Azzurro Game 123) 17-05-1936 - Rome Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Austria: (0-1) 2-2.
4. (Azzurro Game 124) 31-05-1936 - Budapest Hungary, Friendly - Hungary vs Italy: (0-1) 1-2.
5. (Azzurro Game 125) 03-08-1936 - Berlin Germany, 1936 Olympics Round One - Italy vs U.S.A.: (0-0) 1-0.
6. (Azzurro Game 126) 07-08-1936 - Berlin Germany, 1936 Olympics Quarter-Finals - Italy vs Japan: (2-0) 8-0.
7. (Azzurro Game 127) 10-08-1936 - Berlin Germany, 1936 Olympics Semi-Finals - Italy vs Norway: (1-0 / 1-1) 2-1 ET.
8. (Azzurro Game 128) 15-08-1936 - Berlin Germany, 1936 Olympics Final - Italy vs Austria: (0-0 / 1-1) 2-1 ET.
9. (Azzurro Game 129) 25-10-1936 - Milano Italy, Coppa Internazionale IV - Italy vs Switzerland: (2-1) 4-2.
10. (Azzurro Game 130) 15-11-1936 - Berlin Germany, Friendly - Germany vs Italy: (2-1) 2-2.
11. (Azzurro Game 131) 13-12-1936 - Genova Italy, Friendly, Italy vs Czechoslovakia: (2-0) 2-0.
-. . (Azzurro Game - ) 21-03-1937 - Vienna Austria, Coppa Internazionale IV - Austria vs Italy: (1-0) 2-0 SUS.
12. (Azzurro Game 132) 25-04-1937 - Torino Italy, Coppa Internazionale IV - Italy vs Hungary: (1-0) 2-0.
13. (Azzurro Game 133) 23-05-1937 - Prague Czechoslovakia, Coppa Internazionale IV - Czechoslovakia vs Italy: (0-1) 0-1.
14. (Azzurro Game 134) 27-05-1937 - Oslo Norway, Friendly - Norway vs Italy: (0-2) 1-3.
15. (Azzurro Game 135) 31-10-1937 - Geneva Switzerland, Coppa Internazionale IV - Switzerland vs Italy: (2-1) 2-2.
16. (Azzurro Game 136) 05-12-1937 - Paris France, Friendly - France vs Italy: (0-0) 0-0.
17. (Azzurro Game 137) 15-05-1938 - Milano Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Belgium: (2-1) 6-1.
18. (Azzurro Game 138) 22-05-1938 - Genova Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Yugoslavia: (2-0) 4-0.
19. (Azzurro Game 139) 05-06-1938 - Marseille France, 1938 World Cup Round One - Italy vs Norway: (1-0 / 1-1) 2-1 ET.
20. (Azzurro Game 140) 12-06-1938 - Paris France, 1938 World Cup Quarter-Finals - France vs Italy: (1-1) 1-3.
21. (Azzurro Game 141) 16-06-1938 - Marseille France, 1938 World Cup Semi-Finals - Italy vs Brazil: (0-0) 2-1.
22. (Azzurro Game 142) 19-06-1938 - Paris France, 1938 World Cup Final - Italy vs Hungary: (3-1) 4-2.
23. (Azzurro Game 143) 20-11-1938 - Bologna Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Switzerland: (1-0) 2-0.
24. (Azzurro Game 144) 04-12-1938 - Napoli Italy, Friendly - Italy vs France: (1-0) 1-0.
25. (Azzurro Game 145) 26-03-1939 - Firenze Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Germany: (2-1) 3-2.
26. (Azzurro Game 146) 13-05-1939 - Milano Italy, Friendly - Italy vs England: (0-1) 2-2.
27. (Azzurro Game 147) 04-06-1939 - Belgrade Yugoslavia, Friendly - Yugoslavia vs Italy: (0-1) 1-2.
28. (Azzurro Game 148) 08-06-1939 - Budapest Hungary, Friendly - Hungary vs Italy: (0-1) 1-3.
29. (Azzurro Game 149) 11-06-1939 - Bucharest Romania, Friendly - Romania vs Italy: (0-1) 0-1.
30. (Azzurro Game 150) 20-07-1939 - Helsinki Finland, Friendly - Finland vs Italy: (1-2) 2-3.
0. (Azzurro Game 151) 12-11-1939 - Zurich Switzerland, Friendly - Switzerland vs Italy: (1-1) 3-1.
WORLD RECORD
ARGENTINA
31 UNBEATEN GAMES
WORLD RECORD
19 FEBRUARY 1991 - 8 AUGUST 1993
2 Years, 5 months, 20 days Unbeaten
18 wins, 13 draws, 0 losses
World Record remained unbroken for 2 years, 4 months and
12 days, from 8 August 1993 till 20 December 1995
ABBREVIATIONS: PSO - Penalty Shoot-Out, ET - Extra Time, GB - Golden Ball, CONS.T. - Consolation Tournament, SUS - Suspended match and removed from records, GP - Group, NO-RR - Not Official, Removed from Records.
NOTE ON PENALTY SHOOT-OUT - As per international norm, all games that finished with a penalty shoot-out are considered as a draw since the function of the penalty shoot-out is only to decide who will qualify for the next round or win the cup after the proper game had finished in a draw even after playing Extra-time.
NOTE ON OLYMPIC GAMES AND SIMILAR CONTINENTAL GAMES (FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT) - Only Olympic Games / Tournaments prior to the 1956 edition are considered since all Italian football matches played in the Olympic football tournaments after this edition stopped to be regarded as full Italian National games.
Final Positions of the World Cup 2014
The Azzurri who broke the World Record
Roberto
PORTA
(Inter)
1 Game
Attilio
DEMARIA
(Inter)
6 Games, 2 Goals
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
(Inter)
21 Games, 6 Goals
16 Captain
Giovanni
FERRARI
(Inter)
17 Games, 4 Goals,
2 Captain
1 Unused Call-Up
Gino
COLAUSSI
(Triestina)
22 Games, 14 Goals
1 Unused Call-Up
Guido
MASETTI
(Roma)
1 Game,
7 Unused Call-Ups
Mario
PIZZIOLO
(Fiorentina)
1 Game
Riccardo
FACCIO
(Inter)
3 Games
Piero
PASINATI
(Triestina)
11 Games,
5 Goals,
3 Unused Call-Ups
Silvio
PIOLA
(Lazio)
22 Games,
21 Goals
Ugo
AMORETTI
(Juventus)
1 Game,
5 Unused Call-Ups
Pietro
BUSCAGLIA
(Torino)
1 Game,
1 Unused Call-Up
Carlo
REGUZZONI
(Bologna)
1 Unused Call-Up
Giuseppe
PERUCHETTI
(Brescia)
2 Games
Teobaldo
DEPETRINI
(Juventus)
5 Games
Michele
ANDREOLO
(Bologna)
22 Games,
1 Goal
Giordano
CORSI
(Bologna)
4 Games,
1 Unused Call-Up
Raffaele
SANSONE
(Bologna)
1 Game,
1 Unused Call-Up
Bruno
VENTURINI
(Sampierdarenese)
4 Games
Pietro
RAVA
(Juventus)
22 Games
Giuseppe
BALDO
(Lazio)
4 Games
Achille
PICCINI
(Fiorentina)
5 Games
Ugo
LOCATELLI
(Inter)
18 Games
Annibale
FROSSI
(Inter)
5 Games, 8 Goals
Libero
MARCHINI
(Lucchese)
5 Games
Luigi
SCARABELLO
(Spezia)
1 Game,
3 Unused Call-Ups
Carlo
BIAGI
(Pisa)
4 Games, 4 Goals
Giulio
CAPPELLI
(Viareggio)
2 Games, 1 Goal
2 Captain,
2 Unused Call-Up
Alfonso
NEGRO
(Fiorentina)
1 Game, 1 Goal
3 Unused Call-Ups
Francesco
GABRIOTTI
(Lazio)
1 Game
3 Unused Call-Ups
Sergio
BERTONI
(Pisa)
3 Games,
5 Unused Call-Ups
Paolo
VANNUCCI
(Pisa)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Mario
GIANI
(Sestrese)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Lamberto
PETRI
(Bologna)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Corrado
TAMIETTI
(Brescia)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Sandro
PUPPO
(Piacenza)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Adolfo
GIUNTOLI
(Alessandria)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Mario
NICOLINI
(Livorno)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Carlo
GIROMETTA
(Piacenza)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Mario
MONTESANTO
(Bologna)
1 Game
Bruno
NERI
(Lucchese & Torino)
3 Games
Aldo
OLIVIERI
(Lucchese & Torino)
19 Games
Mario
PERAZZOLO
(Genoa)
5 Games,
4 Unused Call-Ups
In the process of establishing the World Record between 1993 and 1996, the National team of Brazil won the 1994 World Cup.
BRAZIL
35 UNBEATEN GAMES
WORLD RECORD
16 DECEMBER 1993 - 18 JANUARY 1996
2 Years, 1 month, 2 days Unbeaten
29 wins, 6 draws, 0 losses
World Record remained unbroken for 22 years, 8 months and
22 days, from 18 January 1996 till 10 October 2018
In the process of establishing the World Record between 2007 and 2009, the National team of Spain won the EURO 2008.
SPAIN
35 UNBEATEN GAMES
WORLD RECORD EQUALLED
7 FEBRUARY 2007 - 20 JUNE 2009
2 Years, 4 month, 13 days Unbeaten
32 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses
World Record remained unbroken for 9 years, 3 months and
20 days, from 20 June 2009 till 10 October 2018
The 35 Unbeaten Games World Record was also equaled by ALGERIA on the 11 January 2022, after a streak of 3 years, 1 months and 24 days (24 wins, 11 draws and 0 losses) unbeaten, but by this date the World Record had been broken by Italy in September 2021 (37 Unbeaten Games). However this was and still is an African Record.
Giovanni
VARGLIEN
(Juventus)
2 Games
Pietro
SERANTONI
(Roma)
12 Games
Cesare
GALLEA
(Torino)
1 Game
Egidio
CAPRA
(Milan)
2 Games
Pietro
FERRARIS
(Inter)
3 Games,
1 Goal,
3 Unused Call-Ups
Giuseppe
BONIZZONI
(Milan)
1 Unused Call-Up
Amedeo
BIAVATI
(Bologna)
10 Games, 3 Goals,
1 Unused Call-Up
Bruno
CHIZZO
(Triestina)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Aldo
DONATI
(Roma)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Mario
GENTA
(Genoa)
1 Game,
4 Unused Call-Ups
Renato
OLMI
(Inter)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Aldo
BOFFI
(Milan)
1 Game
Aldo
CAMPATELLI
(Inter)
1 Game
ITALY
37 UNBEATEN GAMES
WORLD RECORD
Gianluigi
DONNARUMMA
(Milan & Paris St Germain)
28 Games,
7 Unused Call-Ups
10 OCTOBER 2018 - 8 SEPTEMBER 2021
2 Years, 10 months, 29 days Unbeaten
28 wins, 9 draws, 0 losses
World Record still on after more then three years and eight months
Alessandro
FLORENZI
(Roma, Paris St Germain
& Milan)
18 Games, 2 Captain,
15 Unused Call-Ups
Cristiano
BIRAGHI
(Fiorentina & Inter)
10 Games, 1 Goal,
15 Unused Call-Ups
Nicolo
BARELLA
(Cagliari & Inter)
31 Games, 6 Goals,
6 Unused Call-Ups
Giorgio
CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
16 Games, 16 Captain,
10 Unused Call-Ups
0. (Azzurro Game 809) 10-09-2018 - Lisbon Portugal, Nations League I - Portugal vs Italy: (0-0) 1-0.
1. (Azzurro Game 810) 10-10-2018 - Genova Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Ukraine: (0-0) 1-1.
2. (Azzurro Game 811) 14-10-2018 - Chorzow Poland, Nationa League I - Poland vs Italy: (0-0) 0-1.
3. (Azzurro Game 812) 17-11-2018 - Milano Italy, Nations League I - Italy vs Portugal: (0-0) 0-0.
4. (Azzurro Game 813) 20-11-2018 - Genk Belgium, Friendly - Italy vs U.S.A.: (0-0) 1-0.
5. (Azzurro Game 814) 23-03-2019 - Udine Italy, Euro 2020 Qualification - Italy vs Finland: (1-0) 2-0.
6. (Azzurro Game 815) 26-03-2019 - Parma Italy, Euro 2020 Qualification - Italy vs Liechtenstein: (4-0) 6-0.
7. (Azzurro Game 816) 08-06-2019 - Athens Greece, Euro 2020 Qualification - Greece vs Italy: (0-3) 0-3.
8. (Azzurro Game 817) 11-06-2019 - Torino Italy, Euro 2020 Qualification - Italy vs Bosnia-Herzegovina: (0-1) 2-1.
9. (Azzurro Game 818) 05-09-2019 - Yerevan Armenia, Euro 2020 Qualification - Armenia vs Italy: (1-1) 1-3.
10. (Azzurro Game 819) 08-09-2019 - Tampere Finland, Euro 2020 Qualification - Finland vs Italy: (0-0) 1-2.
11. (Azzurro Game 820) 12-10-2019 - Rome Italy, Euro 2020 Qualification, Italy vs Greece: (0-0) 2-0.
12. (Azzurro Game 821) 15-10-2019 - Vaduz Liechtenstein, Euro 2020 Qualification - Liechtenstein vs Italy: (0-1) 0-5.
13. (Azzurro Game 822) 15-11-2019 - Zenica Bosnia-Herzegovina, Euro 2020 Qualif. - Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Italy: (0-2) 0-3.
14. (Azzurro Game 823) 18-11-2019 - Palermo Italy, Euro 2020 Qualification - Italy vs Armenia: (4-0) 9-1.
15. (Azzurro Game 824) 04-09-2020 - Firenze Italy, Nations League II - Italy vs Bosnia-Herzegovina: (0-0) 1-1.
16. (Azzurro Game 825) 07-09-2020 - Amsterdam Netherlands, Nations League II - Netherlands vs Italy: (0-1) 0-1.
17. (Azzurro Game 826) 07-10-2020 - Firenze Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Moldova: (5-0) 6-0.
18. (Azzurro Game 827) 11-10-2020 - Gdansk Poland, Nations League II - Poland vs Italy: (0-0) 0-0.
19. (Azzurro Game 828) 14-10-2020 - Bergamo Italy, Nations League II - Italy vs Netherlands: (1-1) 1-1.
20. (Azzurro Game 829) 11-11-2020 - Firenze Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Estonia: (2-0) 4-0.
21. (Azzurro Game 830) 15-11-2020 - Reggio Emilia Italy, Nations League II - Italy vs Poland: (1-0) 2-0.
22. (Azzurro Game 831) 18-11-2020 - Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nations League II - Bosnia-Herzegov. vs Italy: (0-1) 0-2.
23. (Azzurro Game 832) 25-03-2021 - Parma Italy, 2022 World Cup Qualification - Italy vs Northern Ireland: (2-0) 2-0.
24. (Azzurro Game 833) 28-03-2021 - Sofia Bulgaria, 2022 World Cup Qualification- Bulgaria vs Italy: (0-1) 0-2.
25. (Azzurro Game 834) 31-03-2021 - Vilnius Lithuania, 2022 World Cup Qualification - Lithuania vs Italy: (0-0) 0-2.
26. (Azzurro Game 835) 28-05-2021 - Cagliari Italy, Friendly - Italy vs San Marino: (2-0) 7-0.
27. (Azzurro Game 836) 04-06-2021 - Bologna Italy, Friendly - Italy vs Czech Republic: (2-0) 4-0.
28. (Azzurro Game 837) 11-06-2021 - Rome Italy, Euro 2020 Round One - Italy vs Turkey: (0-0) 3-0.
29. (Azzurro Game 838) 16-06-2021 - Rome Italy, Euro 2020 Round One - Italy vs Switzerland: (1-0) 3-0.
30. (Azzurro Game 839) 20-06-2021 - Rome Italy, Euro 2020 Round One - Italy vs Wales: (1-0) 1-0.
31. (Azzurro Game 840) 27-06-2021 - London England, Euro 2020 Round Two - Italy vs Austria: (0-0) 2-1.
32. (Azzurro Game 841) 02-07-2021 - Munich Germany, Euro 2020 Quarter-Finals - Italy vs Belgium: (2-1) 2-1.
33. (Azzurro Game 842) 06-07-2021 - London England, Euro 2020 Semi-Finals - Italy vs Spain: (0-0) 1-1 [5-3 PSO].
34. (Azzurro Game 843) 11-07-2021 - London England, Euro 2020 Final - England vs Italy: (1-0) 1-1 [3-4 PSO].
35. (Azzurro Game 844) 02-09-2021 - Firenze Italy, 2022 World Cup Qualification - Italy vs Bulgaria: (1-1) 1-1.
36. (Assurro Game 845) 05-09-2021 - Basel Switzerland, 2022 World Cup Qualification - Switzerland vs Italy: (0-0) 0-0.
37. (Azzurro Game 846) 08-09-2021 - Reggio Emilia, 2022 World Cup Qualification - Italy vs Lithuania: (4-0) 5-0.
0. (Azzurro Game 847) 06-10-2021 - Milano Italy, Nations League II Semi-Final - Italy vs Spain: (0-2) 1-2.
WORLD RECORD EQUALLED
Final Positions of the World Cup 2014
The Azzurri who broke the World Record
In the process of establishing the World Record between 2018 and 2021, the Italian National team won the EURO 2020.
ARGENTINA came close to equalize the 37 Unbeaten Games World Record when they reached 36 Unbeaten Games on the 16 November 2022, after a streak of 3 years, 4 months and 14 days (25 wins, 11 draws and 0 losses) unbeaten. However this was and still is a South American Record.
