The outstanding Italian coach coached the Italian national team for 104 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 26- 9-1927 Died: 21-12-2010 Country: Italy Matches as Coach: 104 (W51-D28-L25 - GF149-GA100 - %62.50) Age First Match: 48 yr 1 d 27- 9-1975 vs. Finland 0-0 Age Last Match: 58 yr 264 d 17- 6-1986 vs. France 0-2 National Team Career: 10 yr 263 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 27- 9-75 Roma Finland 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
2 26-10-75 Warszawa Poland 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
3 22-11-75 Roma Switzerland 1-0 European Ch. Qualifier
4 30-12-76 Firenze Greece 3-2
5 7- 4-76 Torino Portugal 3-1
6 23- 5-76 Washington DC United States 4-0 USA Bicentennial Cup
7 28- 5-76 New York England 2-3 USA Bicentennial Cup
8 31- 5-76 New Haven Brazil 1-4 USA Bicentennial Cup
9 5- 6-76 Milano Romania 4-2
10 22- 9-76 København Denmark 1-0
11 25- 9-76 Roma Yugoslavia 3-0
12 16-10-76 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 17-11-76 Roma England 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 22-12-76 Lisboa Portugal 1-2
15 26- 1-77 Roma Belgium 2-1
16 8- 6-77 Helsinki Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 8-10-77 Berlin West Germany 1-2
18 15-10-77 Torino Finland 6-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 16-11-77 London England 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
20 3-12-77 Roma Luxembourg 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 21-12-77 Liège Belgium 1-0
22 25- 1-78 Madrid Spain 1-2
23 8- 2-78 Napoli France 2-2
24 18- 5-78 Roma Yugoslavia 0-0
25 2- 6-78 Mar del Plata France 2-1 World Cup
26 6- 6-78 Mar del Plata Hungary 3-1 World Cup
27 10- 6-78 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 World Cup
28 14- 6-78 Buenos Aires West Germany 0-0 World Cup
29 18- 6-78 Buenos Aires Austria 1-0 World Cup
30 21- 6-78 Buenos Aires Netherlands 1-2 World Cup
31 24- 6-78 Buenos Aires Brazil 1-2 World Cup
32 20- 9-78 Torino Bulgaria 1-0
33 23- 9-78 Firenze Turkey 1-0
34 8-11-78 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-3
35 21-12-78 Roma Spain 1-0
36 24- 2-79 Milano Netherlands 3-0
37 26- 5-79 Roma Argentina 2-2
38 13- 6-79 Zagreb Yugoslavia 1-4
39 26- 9-79 Firenze Sweden 1-0
40 17-11-79 Udine Switzerland 2-0
41 16- 2-80 Napoli Romania 2-1
42 15- 3-80 Milano Uruguay 1-0
43 19- 4-80 Torino Poland 2-2
44 12- 6-80 Milano Spain 0-0 European Champ.
45 15- 6-80 Torino England 1-0 European Champ.
46 18- 6-80 Roma Belgium 0-0 European Champ.
47 21- 6-80 Napoli Czechoslovakia 1-1 [1] European Champ.
48 24- 9-80 Genova Portugal 3-1
49 11-10-80 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
50 1-11-80 Roma Denmark 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
51 15-11-80 Torino Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
52 6-12-80 Athinai Greece 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
53 3- 1-81 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Mundialito Gold Cup
54 6- 1-81 Montevideo Netherlands 1-1 Mundialito Gold Cup
55 25- 2-81 Roma UEFA 0-3
56 19- 4-81 Udine East Germany 0-0
57 3- 6-81 København Denmark 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
58 23- 9-81 Bologna Bulgaria 3-2
59 17-10-81 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
60 14-11-81 Torino Greece 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
61 5-12-81 Napoli Luxembourg 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
62 23- 2-82 Paris France 0-2
63 14- 4-82 Leipzig East Germany 0-1
64 28- 5-82 Genève Switzerland 1-1
65 14- 6-82 Vigo Poland 0-0 World Cup
66 18- 6-82 Vigo Peru 1-1 World Cup
67 23- 6-82 Vigo Cameroon 1-1 World Cup
68 29- 6-82 Barcelona Argentina 2-1 World Cup
69 5- 7-82 Barcelona Brazil 3-2 World Cup
70 8- 7-82 Barcelona Poland 2-0 World Cup
71 11- 7-82 Madrid West Germany 3-1 World Cup
72 27-10-82 Roma Switzerland 0-1
73 13-11-82 Milano Czechoslovakia 2-2 European Ch. Qualifier
74 4-12-82 Firenze Romania 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
75 12- 2-83 Lemesos Cyprus 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier
76 16- 4-83 Bucuresti Romania 0-1 European Ch. Qualifier
77 29- 5-83 Göteborg Sweden 0-2 European Ch. Qualifier
78 5-10-83 Bari Greece 3-0
79 15-10-83 Napoli Sweden 0-3 European Ch. Qualifier
80 16-11-83 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-2 European Ch. Qualifier
81 22-12-83 Perugia Cyprus 3-1 European Ch. Qualifier
82 4- 2-84 Roma Mexico 5-0
83 3- 3-84 Istanbul Turkey 2-1
84 7- 4-84 Verona Czechoslovakia 1-1
85 22- 5-84 Zürich West Germany 0-1 80th FIFA Anniversary
86 26- 5-84 Toronto Canada 2-0
87 30- 5-84 East Rutherford United States 0-0
88 26- 9-84 Milano Sweden 1-0
89 3-11-84 Lausanne Switzerland 1-1
90 8-12-84 Pescara Poland 2-0
91 5- 2-85 Dublin Ireland 2-1
92 13- 3-85 Athinai Greece 0-0
93 3- 4-85 Ascoli Portugal 2-0
94 2- 6-85 Cd. de México Mexico 1-1
95 6- 6-85 Cd. de México England 2-1
96 25- 9-85 Lecce Norway 1-2
97 16-11-85 Chorzów Poland 0-1
98 5- 2-86 Avellino West Germany 1-2
99 26- 3-86 Udine Austria 2-1
100 11- 5-86 Napoli China 2-0
101 31- 5-86 Cd. de México Bulgaria 1-1 World Cup
102 5- 6-86 Puebla Argentina 1-1 World Cup
103 10- 6-86 Puebla South Korea 3-2 World Cup
104 17- 6-86 Cd. de México France 0-2 World Cup
[1] Italy lost 9-10 on penalty kicks.
Remark: Bearzot became FIFA World Cup champion in 1982
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
104 51 28 25 149- 100 65 62.50
Types of Matches
Friendlies 51
World Cup 18
World Cup Qualifier 14
European Ch. Qualifier 11
European Championship 4
"Mundialito" Gold Cup 2
Other Tournaments 4
Total matches: 104
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