AZZURRO RECORDS: Paolo ROSSI formed part of the Italian National Squad that finished fourth in the 1978 World Cup. He was also declared the Runner-up Best Player in the 1978 World Cup, thus winning the 1978 FIFA/Addidas Silver Ball Award. |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Pietro ANASATASI became European Champion when he formed part of the Azzurri squad that won the European Nations Championship of 1968. He lso scored Azzurro Goal number 600. |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Three Triestina players won the 1938 World Cup with the Italian National team: Gino COLAUSSI, Pietro PASINATI and Bruno CHIZZO who never played with the Italian National team although he formed part of the Azzurri Squad. Gino COLAUSSI won also the 1935 Coppa Internazionale with the Azzurri. By scoring two goals in the 1938 World Cup Final, he became the first European and Italian player to score more than one goal in a World Cup Final and the first Italian player to score more goals than matches played in a World Cup Tournament (4 goals in 3 matches). Piero PASINATI scored Azzurro goal number 300. |
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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letters T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z that gave players to the Italian National team |
PROFILES T-Z |
Clubs: |
TORINO |
FULL NAME: Torino Football Club 1906 NICKNAMES: Granata (Maroons), Toro (Bull). HISTORY: Founded on the the 3 December 1906 as 'Foot ball Club Torino' after the merger of 'Football Club Torinese' (founded in 1894) and a group of desidents from 'Juventus'. In 1936 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Torino', although only for the 1958/59 season the name 'Talmone Torino' was used. In 1977 the name was changed to 'Torino Calcio'.and on the 4 May 1949 the whole team perished in a tragic air accident known as the 'Tragedia di Superga'. In November |
CITY: Torino |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 64 GAMES: 458 SCORERS: 18 GOALS: 96 CAPTAINS: 4 CAPTAINED GAMES: 36 |
Domenico CAPELLO First player in Azzurro |
TRIESTINA |
FULL NAME: Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio Spa NICKNAMES: Alabardati (Lances), Giuliani (from the Region of Venezia-Gulia), Muli (Mules), Unione (The Union). HISTORY: Founded on the 18 December 1918 from the merger of 'Club Sportivo Ponziana' and 'Foot-Ball Club Trieste'. In June 1994 the club was declared bankrupt but was refounded on the 27 July 1994 with the current name. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1980. |
CITY: Trieste |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 8 GAMES: 44 SCORERS: 5 GOALS: 23 CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 1 |
PLAYERS 26 COLAUSSI Gino - A, 1935(d) 11 PASINATI Piero - M, 1936(d) 2 TREVISAN Guglielmo - M, 1940(d) 1 BLASON Ivano - D, 1950(d) 1 GREZAR Giuseppe - M, 1942(d) 1 PETRIS Gianfranco - A, 1958(d) 1 PRESCA Cesare - M, 1948(d) 1 ROCCO Nereo - M, 1934(d) |
Nereo ROCCO First player in Azzurro |
SCORERS 15 COLAUSSI Gino 5 PASINATI Piero 1 GREZAR Giuseppe 1 PETRIS Gianfranco 1 TREVISAN Guglielmo CAPTAINS 1 COLAUSSI Gino UNUSED CALL_UPS CHIZZO Bruno - M |
UDINESE |
FULL NAME: Udinese Calcio NICKNAMES: Bianconeri (White-Blacks), Zebrette (Zebras), Friulani (From the region of Friuli). HISTORY: Founded in 1896 as 'Societa Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma'. In 1923 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Udinese' and eventually to the current 'Udinese Calcio'. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Mitropa Cup, 1 - 1979/80. UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 2000. Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1978. |
CITY: Udine |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 21 GAMES: 125 SCORERS: 5 GOALS: 13 CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 1 |
PLAYERS 26 DI NATALE Antonio - A, 2006 19 IAQUINTA Vincenzo - A, 2005(d) 18 FIORE Stefano - M, 2000(d) 13 PEPE Simone - A, 2008 (d) 11 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio - A, 2007 6 CAUSIO Franco - M, 1982 5 D'AGOSTINO Gaetano - M, 2009(d) 4 BERTOTTO Valerio - D, 2000(d) 3 DI MICHELE David - A, 2005(d) 3 GIANNICHEDDA Giuliano - M, 1999(d) 2 BACHINI Jonathan - M, 1998(d) 2 DE SANCTIS Morgan - G, 2005(d) 2 LOCATELLI Tomas - M, 1999(d) 2 MARIANI Amos - M, 1952(d) 2 MAURI Stefano - M, 2004(d) 2 MENEGOTTI Enzo - M, 1955(d) 1 DOSSENA Andrea - D, 2007(d) 1 FRIGNANI Amleto - A, 1957 1 MESTO Giandomenico - M, 2007 1 PINZI Giampiero - M, 2005(d) 1 ROSSITTO Fabio - M, 1996(d) |
Amos MARIANI First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro |
SCORERS 8 DI NATALE Antonio 2 FIORE Stefano 1 IAQUINTA Vincenzo 1 MARIANI Amos 1 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio CAPTAINS 1 DI NATALE Antonio |
PLAYERS 47 GRAZIANI Francesco - A, 1975(d) 36 DOSSENA Giuseppe - M, 1981 27 BALONCIERI Adolfo - M, 1925 25 ZACCARELLI Renato - M, 1975(d) 23 JANNI Antonio - M, 1924(d) 19 PULICI Paolino - A, 1973(d) 18 SALA Claudio - M, 1971(d) 17 LIBONATTI Julio - A, 1926(d)(o) 14 ROSATO Roberto - D, 1965(d) 13 ROSSETTI Gino - M, 1927(d) 12 OLIVIERI Aldo - G, 1938 11 ALIBERTI Giuseppe - M, 1923(d) 10 MAZZOLA Valentino - M, 1945 9 BALLARIN Aldo - D, 1945(d) 8 SALA Patrizio - M, 1976(d) 7 CASTIGLIANO Eusebio - M, 1945(d) 7 FERRINI Giorgio - M, 1962(d) 7 GREZAR Giuseppe - M, 1945 7 LOIK Ezio - M, 1945 7 MAROSO Virgilio - D, 1945(d) 7 MENTI Romeo - M, 1947(d) 6 CARAPELLESE Riccardo - A, 1949 6 COLOMBARI Enrico - M, 1928(d) 6 FERRARIS Pietro - A, 1942 6 GABETTO Guglielmo - A, 1942(d) 6 LENTINI Gianluigi - M, 1991(d) 6 MERONI Luigi - M, 1966(d) 6 MOZZINI Roberto - M, 1976(d) 6 PECCI Eraldo - M, 1975(d) 6 POLETTI Fabrizio - D, 1965(d) 5 AGROPPI Aldo - M, 1972(d) 5 BACIGALUPO Valerio - G, 1947(d) 5 MUSSI Roberto - D, 1993(d) 5 PUIA Giorgio - D, 1969 4 FRANCINI Giovanni - D, 1986(d) 4 MARCHEGIANI Luca - G, 1992(d) 4 VIERI Lido - G, 1963(d) 3 DEBERNARDI Enrico - M, 1910(d) 3 FUSI Luca - M, 1992 3 MOLTRASIO Luigi - M, 1954(d) 3 RIGAMONTI Mario - M, 1947(d) 2 CAPELLO Domenico - M, 1910(d) 2 MARTIN Dario - M, 1927(d) 2 MORO Giuseppe - G, 1949 2 SERENA Aldo - A, 1984(d) 2 SPERONE Mario - M, 1927(d) 2 ZUFFI Enea - M, 1912(d) 1 ASTA Antonino - M, 2002(d) 1 BARONE Simone - M, 2006 1 BEARZOT Enzo - M, 1955(d) 1 BUSCAGLIA Pietro - M, 1937(d) 1 CAPRA Carlo - D, 1915(d) 1 CASTELLINI Luciano - G, 1977(d) 1 DANOVA Luigi -D, 1976(d) 1 DE MARCHI Carlo - M, 1912(d) 1 GALLEA Cesare - M, 1937(d) 1 GOGGIO Biagio - M, 1914(d) 1 MARTIN Cesare - D, 1923(d) 1 MORELLI D.P. Vittorio - M, 1912(d) 1 MOSSO Eugenio - M, 1914(d) 1 NERI Bruno - M, 1937 1 ROSINA Alessandro - M, 2007(d) 1 SILENZI Andrea - A, 1994(d) 1 VENTURIN Giorgio - M, 1992(d) |
Stefano FIORE |
2005 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately refounded as 'Torino Football Club', changed in 2006 to the current name. NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 7 - 1927/28, 1942/43, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1975/76 (Torino won the Championship of 1926/27 but the title was removed for malpractices). Coppa Italia, 5 - 1935/36, 1942/43, 1967/68, 1970/71, 1992/93. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Mitropa Cup, 1 - 1991. Coppa delle Alpi, 1 - 1990. |
VADO |
FULL NAME: Football Club Vado. HISTORY: Founded in 1913. NATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa Italia, 1 - 1922. |
CITY: Vado Ligure |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 3 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 3 LEVRATTO Virgilio F. - A, 1924(d) |
Virgilio F. LEVRATTO Only player in Azzurro |
SCORERS No Vado player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Vado player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
VALENCIA |
FULL NAME: Valencia Club de Futbol. NICKNAMES: Los Ches, Xotos (Domestic Goats). HISTORY: Founded in 1919 NATIONAL HONOURS: Spanish Champions, 6 - 1941/42, 1943/44, 1946/47, 1970/71, 2001/02, 2003/04. Spanish Cup, 7 - 1941, 1949, 1954, 1967, 1979, 1999, 2008. Spanish Super Cup, 1 - 1999. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Cup Winners Cup, 1 - 1979/80. UEFA Cup, 3 - 1961/62, 1962/63, 2003/04. European Super Cup, 2 - 1980/81, 2004/05. UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 1998. |
CITY: Valencia (Spain) |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 6 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 3 FIORE Stefano - M, 2004 2 DI VAIO Marco - A, 2004 1 CORRADI Bernardo - A, 2004 |
Stefano FIORE First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro |
SCORERS No Valencia player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Valencia player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
VALENZANA |
FULL NAME: Valenzana Calcio HISTORY: Founded in 1906. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Valenza |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 3 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 3 MORANDO Clemente - G, 1921(d) |
Clemente MORANDO Only player in Azzurro |
SCORERS No Valenzana player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Valenzana player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Gino COLAUSSI Most games in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro Most goals in Azzurro Only captain in Azzurro |
Piero PASINATI |
VARESE |
FULL NAME: Associazione Sportiva Varese 1910. NICKNAMES: Biancorossi (White-Reds), Varesini (From Varese). HISTORY: Founded on the 22 March 1910 as 'Varese Football Club'. In1924 it merged with three other minor clubs and was renamed 'Associazione Sportiva Varesina'. In 1927 the name was changed to 'Varese Sportiva' until in 1947 the original name 'Varese Football Club' was again adapted. In July 2004 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately refounded with the current name. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Varese |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 2 GAMES: 6 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 1 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 4 PICCHI Armando - D, 1967 2 ANASTASI Pietro - A, 1968(d) |
Armando PICCHI First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro |
SCORERS 1 ANASTASI Pietro CAPTAINS No Varse player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Pietro ANASTASI Only scorer in Azzurro |
VENEZIA |
CITY: Venezia-Mestre |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 5 SCORERS: 3 GOALS: 3 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 2 LOIK Ezio - M, 1942(d) 2 MAZZOLA Valentino - M, 1942(d) 1 CORBELLI Guido - M, 1940(d) |
Guido CORBELLI First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro |
SCORERS 1 CORBELLI Guido 1 LOIK Ezio 1 MAZZOLA Valentino CAPTAINS No Venezia player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
VERONA |
FULL NAME: Hellas Verona Football Club (Hellas is the name of Greece in the Greek language). NICKNAMES: Mastini (Mastiffs), Scaligeri (both nicknames derived from the Della Scala princes who ruled Verona in the 13th and 14th Centuries, in particular Mastino I della Scala), Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). HISTORY: Founded in 1903 as 'Hellas' by a group of University students from the 'Liceo Classico Scipione Maffei'. In 1919 it merged with 'Verona' and became 'Hellas |
CITY: Verona |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 6 GAMES: 55 SCORERS: 2 GOALS: 6 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 15 DI GENNARO Antonio - M, 1984(d) 13 FANNA Pietro - A, 1983(d) 10 GALDERISI Giuseppe - A, 1985(d) 10 TRICELLA Roberto - D, 1984(d) 4 LEVRATTO Virgilio F. - A, 1924 3 DE AGOSTINI Luigi - D, 1987(d) |
Virgilio F. LEVRATTO First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro |
SCORERS 4 DI GENNARO Antonio 2 LEVRATTO Virgilio F. CAPTAINS No Verona player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Enrico DEBERNARDI First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro |
Francesco GRAZIANI Most games in Azzurro Most goals in Azzurro |
Adolfo BALONCIERI First captain in Azzurro Most captain in Azzurro |
Renato ZACCARELLI |
Giuseppe DOSSENA |
Luigi MERONI |
Gino ROSSETTI |
Enrico COLOMBRI |
Paolino PULICI |
Claudio SALA |
Antonio JANNI |
Valentino MAZZOLA |
Lido VIERI |
Giorgio FERRINI |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Pioneer Club - Domenico CAPELLO and Enrico DEBERNARDI played in the first match of the Azzurri. One Torino player won the 1982 World Cup with the Italian National team: Giuseppe DOSSENA, whilst three others finished Runner-Up World Champions: 1970 - Fabrizio POLETTI, Giorgio PUIA; 1994 - Roberto MUSSI. Torino is the second most Azzurro Club with fourth place players in the World Cup - 6: 1978 - Francesco GRAZIANI, Eraldo PECCI, Paolino PULICI, Claudio SALA, Patrizio SALA, Renato ZACCARELLI. Two Torino players won the European Nations Championships when the Azzurri won the 1968 edition: Giorgio FERRINI and Lido VIERI, whilst three others finished in the fourth place: 1980 - Francesco GRAZIANI, Renato ZACCARELLI; 1988 - Roberto CRAVERO who never played with the Italian National team although he formed part of the Azzurri Squad. Three Torino players won the Olympic Bronze Medal when the Italian National Team finished third in the 1928 Olympics Football Tournament: Adolfo BALONCIERI, Antonio JANNI and Gino ROSSETTI whilst five others won the 1930 Coppa Internazionale with the Azzurri: Adolfo BALONCIERI, Enrico COLOMBARI, Antonio JANNI, Julio LIBONATTI and Gino ROSSETTI. Julio LIBONATTI formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished second in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale. Enrico DEBERNARDI is one of the first Azzurri players to score in his debut match and the Italo-Argentinian Julio LIBONATTI is the Oriundo who scored most goals with the Italian National team, 15 goals. He is also the first Oriundo to play with two National Teams and the first Argentinian Oriundo to play with the National Team of both Argentina and Italy. Adolfo BALONCIERI was the Azzurro Captain of the Italian National Squad that finished Third in the Football Tournament of the 1928 Olympic Games and also Captain (in 5 of the 8 matches) of the Italian National Team when the Azzurri won the 1930 Coppa Internazionale. Adolfo BALONCIERI also scored the Azzurro Goal number 100 whilst Francesco GRAZIANI scored the Azzurro Goal number 700. Renato ZACCARELLI is the Azzurro Midfielder with most unused call-ups (21 unused call-ups) |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Pioneer Club - Mario DE SIMONI, Franco VARISCO and Arturo BOIOCCHI played in the first match of the Azzurri, thus Mario DE SIMONI was the first Azzurro Goalkeeper. |
U.S. MILANESE |
FULL NAME: Unione Sportiva Milanese. NICKNAMES: Scacchi (Chess / Chequered). HISTORY: Founded in 1902 as 'Club Ginnico Milano' but changed to the current name later on. The football section was created in 1903 and in 1905 it took over the players of the defunct 'Società per l'Educazione Fisica (SEF) Mediolanum' known also as 'Ginnastica Mediolanum' (founded in 1896). 1928 it merged with 'Internazionale Foot Ball Club Milano' to create the 'Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana', that eventually evolved in today's 'Inter'. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Milano |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 15 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 2 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 7 DE SIMONI Mario - G, 1910(d) 6 BOIOCCHI Arturo - A, 1910(d) 2 VARISCO Franco - D, 1910(d) |
Mario DE SIMONI First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro |
SCORERS 2 BOIOCCHI Arturo CAPTAINS No U.S. Milanese player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Arturo BOIOCCHI First player in Azzurro Only scorer in Azzurro |
Franco VARISCO First player in Azzurro |
U.S. TORINESE |
FULL NAME: Unione Sportiva Torinese HISTORY: Active in the Federation Cup of 1916, the Italian National Championships of 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and the Coppa Italia of 1922. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Torino |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 2 GAMES: 2 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 1 BERARDO Felice - A, 1920 1 MATTEA Angelo - M, 1921 |
Felice BERARDO First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro |
SCORERS No U.S. Torinese player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No U.S. Torinese player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Angelo MATTEA Most games in Azzurro |
Vincenzo IAQUINTA |
Franco CAUSIO |
Antonio DI NATALE Most games in Azzurro Most goals in Azzurro Only Captain in Azzurro |
Marco DI VAIO First player in Azzurro |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Valencia is the foreign club (together with Spanish club Real Madrid) who gave most Azzurri players to the Italian National Team. |
FULL NAME: Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia. NICKNAMES: Arancioneroverdi (Orange-Black-Greens), Lagunari (People of the Lagoons). HISTORY: Founded in 1907 as 'Venezia Football Club'. In 1920 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Venezia' and for the period 1930 to 1934 the name 'Societa Sportiva Serenissima' was used. In 1987 it merged with 'Associazione Calcio Mestre' to became 'Venezia-Mestre Calcio' until in 1989 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Venezia 1907'. In June 2005 it was declared Bankrupt but was immediately refounded with the current name. NATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa Italia, 1 - 1940/41. |
Valentino MAZZOLA Most games in Azzurro |
Ezio LOIK Most games in Azzurro |
Verona' and in 1929 it merged with 'Bentegodi' and 'Scaligera' to became 'Associazione Calcio Verona'. In 1960 it absorbed 'Hellas' (No connection with the original Hellas Club) and changed the name to 'Associazione Calcio Hellas Verona', but in 1991 it was declared bankrupt. Immediately refounded, it took the name 'Verona Football Club' but changed it to the current one in 1995. NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 1 - 1984/85. |
Antonio DI GENNARO Most games in Azzurro Most goals in Azzurro |
VIAREGGIO |
FULL NAME: Football Club Esperia Viareggio NICKNAMES: Zebre (Zebras). HISTORY: Founded in 1919 as 'Associazione Calcio Viareggio Ese', in the 1930's it used the name 'Vezio Parducci Viareggio'. In 2002 the club was declared bankrupt, but was immediately refounded with the current name. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Viareggio |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 2 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 1 CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 2 |
PLAYERS 2 CAPPELLI Giulio - A, 1936(d) |
Giulio CAPPELLI Only player in Azzurro |
SCORERS 1 CAPPELLI Giulio CAPTAINS 2 CAPPELLI Giulio |
VICENZA |
FULL NAME: Vicenza Calcio NICKNAMES: Biancorossi (White-Reds), Lane (Wools), Berici (The name of a chain of hills called Berici in the outskirts of the city of Vicenza), Nobile Provinciale (Noble Provincials) HISTORY: Founded on the 9 March 1902 as 'Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza' but called in abbriviation 'ACIVI '. In 1953 the name was changed to 'Associazion Calcio Lanerossi Vicenza' until 1990 when the current name was adapted. NATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa Italia, 1 - 1996/97. |
CITY: Vicenza |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 4 GAMES: 18 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 7 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 14 ROSSI Paolo - A, 1977(d) 2 PUIA Giorgio - D, 1962(d) 1 DAVID Mario - M, 1958(d) 1 MAINI Giampiero - M, 1997(d) |
Mario DAVID First player in Azzurro |
SCORERS 7 ROSSI Paolo CAPTAINS No Vicenza player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Paolo ROSSI Most games in Azzurro Only scorer in Azzurro |
VIRTUS BOLOGNA |
FULL NAME: Virtus Bologna. HISTORY: Founed on the 17 January 1871 as an evening sports club at the 'Scuole Tecniche San Domenico'. Soon the club was organised and named 'Società Sezionale di Ginnastica in Bologna' (abbriviated to 'Società Ginnastica Bologna') and represented a number of different sports activities. In 1922 the name was changed to 'Societa Educazione Fisica Virtus' (abbriviated to 'SEF Virtus'). The football section was created around 1919 and participated in the Italian National Championships of 1920 as 'Gruppo Sportivo Bolognese', 1921 and 1922 as 'Gruppo Sportivo Virtus Bolognese', 1923, 1924 and the Coppa Italia of 1922 as 'Virtus Bologna'. HONOURS: Nil. |
CITY: Bologna |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 1 GIUSTACCHINI Giuseppe - M, 1921(d) |
Giuseppe GIUSTACCHINI Only player in Azzurro |
SCORERS No Virtus Bologna player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Virtus Bologna player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
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AZZURRO RECORDS: Viareggio is one of only two clubs who gave players to the Italian National team from the Seria B only. It is the club who gave the Azzurri the first Captain and most Captained Games from the Seria B. In fact, Giulio CAPPELLI was the first Captain and the most to lead the Azzurri as Captain from the Serie B. He was also the first Azzurro to play with the Italian national team from the Serie B only. Giulio CAPPELLI won the 1936 Olympics Gold Medal when he formed part of the Azzurri squad that won the football tournament of the 1936 Olympic Games. He was Captain of the Azzurri during these Olympics in two out of four games. |
Valerio BERTOTTO |
Giorgio PUIA |
Fabrizio POLETTI |
Roberto MUSSI |
Eraldo PECCI |
Patrizio SALA |
Roberto ROSATO |
Julio LIBONATTI |
Riccardo CARAPELLESE |
Aldo OLIVIERI |
Giuseppe ALIBERTI |
Guglielmo GABETTO |
Romeo MENTI |
Aldo BALLARIN |
Ezio LOIK |
Guglielmo TREVISAN |
Giuseppe GREZAR |
Gianfranco PETRIS |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Two Udinese players won the World Cup with the Italian National Team: 1982 - Franco CAUSIO; 2006 - Vincenzo IAQUINTA. Stefano FIORE formed part of the Azzurri Squad when the Italian National Team finished second in the European Nations Championships of 2000. Fabio QUAGLIARELLA scored Azzurro Goal number 1200. |
Giuliano GIANNICHEDDA |
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA |
David DI MICHELE |
Bernardo CORRADI |
Giampiero MAINI |
Giorgio PUIA |
WOLFSBURG |
FULL NAME: VfL Wolfsburg-Fusball GmbH. NICKNAMES: Die Wolfe (The Wolves). HISTORY: Founded on the 12 September 1945 with the name 'VSK Wolfsburg' as a replacment for 'BSG Volkswagenwerk Stadt des KdF-Wagen', established in 1939 by the workers of the Volkswagen Beetle factory, that was defunct in early 1945. In 1946 the name was changed to the current one. HONOURS: German Champions, 1 - 2008/09 |
CITY: Wolfsburg (Germany) |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 2 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 2 BARZAGLI Andrea - D, 2008 |
Andrea BARZAGLI Only Player in Azzurro |
SCORERS No Wolfsburg player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Wolfsburg player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
VILLARREAL |
FULL NAME: Villarreal Club de Futbol. NICKNAMES: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) HISTORY: Founded on the 10 March 1923. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA Intertoto Cup, 2 - 2003, 2004. |
CITY: Villarreal (Spain) |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 14 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 3 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS 14 ROSSI Giuseppe - A, 2008 (d) |
Giuseppe ROSSI Only Player in Azzurro |
SCORERS 3 ROSSI Giuseppe CAPTAINS No Villarreal player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain |
Simone PEPE |
SCORERS 20 GRAZIANI Francesco 18 BALONCIERI Adolfo 15 LIBONATTI Julio 9 ROSSETTI Gino 5 GABETTO Guglielmo 5 MENTI Romeo 5 PULICI Paolino 3 LOIK Ezio 3 MAZZOLA Valentino 2 CARAPELLESE Riccardo 2 FERRARIS Pietro 2 MERONI Luigi 2 ZACCARELLI Renato 1 CASTIGLIANO Eusebio 1 DEBERNARDI Enrico 1 DOSSENA Giuseppe 1 JANNI Antonio 1 MAROSO Virgilio CAPTAINS 24 BALONCIERI Adolfo 5 CARAPELLESE Riccardo 5 MAZZOLA Valentino 2 FERRARIS Pietro UNUSED CALL-UPS ABBIATI Christian - G CALVI Giuseppe - A CRAVERO Roberto - D CRIPPA Massimo - M SELVAGGI Franco - A ZECCHINI Luciano - D |
LEGEND OF LISTS: Number of Games / Goals / Captained Games, Surname, Name, Position, Year of first game in Azzurro from the Club. POSITIONS: G - Goalkeeper, D - Defender, M - Midfielder, A - Attacker. ABBRIVIATIONS: (d) - Debut, Played his first game in Azzurro in that year and with that club. (o) - Oriundo UNUSED CALL-UPS: Statistics covered only from Azzurro Game 299 (25 September 1971) till TODAY. It includes also the Squads for the World Cups: 1970, 1966, 1962, 1954, 1950, 1938, 1934; European Nations Cup: 1968; Olympic Games Football Tournaments: 1952, 1948, 1936, 1928, 1924, 1920, 1912. The Players displayed for each club are not necessary the best or most memorable players from the club, but statistically they are the main players. Displayed are mainly, the first players to play in Azzurro, score in Azzurro and Captain the Azzurri from the club and the players who played the most in Azzurro, scored most in Azzurro and Captained most the Azzurri from the Club. Where space permitted other significant statistical players from the club were displayed. |
Gaetano D'AGOSTINO |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Giuseppe ROSSI is the Azzurro player who played most games in Azzurro and the only to score from all the players who played with the Italian National team only from a non-Italian Club. |
