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MATCHFIFA World Cup1982Final1982-07-11
Italy
3–1
West Germany

25' Antonio Cabrini missed a penalty for Italy.

Match details

At a glance

Venue
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
City
Madrid
Kick-off
20:00
Attendance
~90,000
Referee
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
Stage
Final
Scoring

Goals

57'
69'
81'
83'
Paul BreitnerWest Germany
Starting XI

Lineups

Italy

  1. Dino Zoff
  2. Claudio Gentile
  3. Gaetano Scirea
  4. Fulvio Collovati
  5. Giuseppe Bergomi
  6. Antonio Cabrini
  7. Gabriele Oriali
  8. Marco Tardelli
  9. Bruno Conti
  10. Francesco Graziani
  11. Paolo Rossi

West Germany

  1. Harald Schumacher
  2. Manfred Kaltz
  3. Uli Stielike
  4. Karlheinz Förster
  5. Bernd Förster
  6. Wolfgang Dremmler
  7. Paul Breitner
  8. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  9. Hans-Peter Briegel
  10. Pierre Littbarski
  11. Klaus Fischer
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

Italy 3-1 West Germany lineup graphic
ITA-FRG 1982-07-11.svg — Secret Agent Julio (alt) — CC BY-SA 4.0
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeArnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
OfficialAbraham Klein (Israel)
OfficialVojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Context

Why this match matters

  • Italy won its third FIFA World Cup title.
  • Paolo Rossi finished as the tournament's top scorer with six goals.
  • Dino Zoff, aged 40, captained Italy to the title.
Research

Sources

  • RSSSF — World Cup 1982 finalskickoff, venue, attendance, referee crew, lineups, substitutions, scorers, cards and incidentshttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/82full.html
  • RSSSF — World Cup 1982 overviewcompetition structure and result cross-checkhttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/82f.html
  • Wikimedia Commonsmedia and rights metadatahttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ITA-FRG_1982-07-11.svg