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Italy 5-0 Luxembourg - March 31, 1973 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1974

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1974 - Group 2

Stadio Luigi Ferraris - Genoa - Italy

March 31, 1973

50 000

Italy

5 - 0

Luxembourg

Luigi Riva

18'

Luigi Riva

45'

Gianni Rivera

63'

Luigi Riva

70'

Luigi Riva

80'

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18' - Goal Luigi Riva18

44' - Substitution Pietro Anastasiis substituted by Paolino Pulici44

45' - Goal Luigi Riva45

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63' - Goal Gianni Rivera63

70' - Goal Luigi Riva70

75' - Substitution Louis Trierweileris substituted by Guy Weis

80' - Goal Luigi Riva80

83' - Substitution Gianni Riverais substituted by Claudio Sala83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Italy

5 - 0

Luxembourg

Italy Luxembourg

Team line-ups

Italy

Zoff

Dino Zoff

Italy

B.date28/02/1942

Age31 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Spinosi

Luciano Spinosi

Italy

B.date09/05/1950

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Burgnich

Tarcisio Burgnich

Italy

B.date25/04/1939

Age33 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Sabadini

Giuseppe Sabadini

Italy

B.date26/03/1949

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Facchetti

Giacinto Facchetti

Italy

B.date18/07/1942

Age30 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Mazzola

Sandro Mazzola

Italy

B.date08/11/1942

Age30 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Benetti

Romeo Benetti

Italy

B.date20/10/1945

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Capello

Fabio Capello

Italy

B.date18/06/1946

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rivera6383

Gianni Rivera

Italy

B.date18/08/1943

Age29 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Anastasi44

Pietro Anastasi

Italy

B.date07/04/1948

Age24 years

H1m73

positionForward

Riva45701880

Luigi Riva

Italy

B.date07/11/1944

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dino Zoff		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luciano Spinosi		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tarcisio Burgnich		33	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giuseppe Sabadini		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giacinto Facchetti		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sandro Mazzola		30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Romeo Benetti		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabio Capello		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gianni Rivera	6383	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pietro Anastasi	44	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luigi Riva	45701880	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Luxembourg

Zender

Raymond Zender

Luxembourg

B.date18/07/1950

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Joé Hansen

Luxembourg

B.date12/01/1947

Age26 years

positionDefender

Jeitz

Fernand Jeitz

Luxembourg

B.date29/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Da Grava

Robert Da Grava

Luxembourg

B.date17/08/1944

Age28 years

positionDefender

Trierweiler75

Louis Trierweiler

Luxembourg

B.date12/09/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Fandel

Roger Fandel

Luxembourg

B.date09/04/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Philipp

Paul Philipp

Luxembourg

B.date21/10/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Braun

Nico Braun

Luxembourg

B.date26/10/1950

Age22 years

H1m84

positionForward

Langers

Pierrot Langers

Luxembourg

B.date15/06/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Kirsch

Johny Kirsch

Luxembourg

B.date26/11/1944

Age28 years

positionForward

Dussier

Gilbert Dussier

Luxembourg

B.date23/12/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Raymond Zender		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joé Hansen		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernand Jeitz		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Da Grava		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Louis Trierweiler	75	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roger Fandel		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Philipp		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nico Braun		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierrot Langers		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johny Kirsch		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gilbert Dussier		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Claudio Sala	83	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Paolino Pulici	44	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Guy Weis	75	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giuseppe Sabadini

Francesco Morini

OUT

Romeo Benetti

Giuseppe Furino

OUT

Gianni Rivera

Franco Causio

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joé Hansen

René Flenghi

OUT

Nico Braun

Dominique Di Genova

OUT

Pierrot Langers

Jean-Pierre Hoffmann

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ferruccio Valcareggi

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Valcareggi vs Luxembourg

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1973

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Referee

Heidi Seoudi

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	General total	Luxembourg1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	Season total	Luxembourg1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 31, 1973					Latest figure on March 31, 1973

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Key figures

Italy keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Luxembourg at home running (since 29/05/1924). It's a record streak. The first of history

Italy keeps its 6 matches without conceding any goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 22/11/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/10/1968 (2 matches)

Italy keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Luxembourg running (since 29/05/1924). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VItaly 2-0 Mexico25/09/1971

VItaly 3-0 Sweden09/10/1971

DItaly 2-2 Austria20/11/1971

DItaly 0-0 Belgium29/04/1972

VItaly 3-1 Yugoslavia20/09/1972

DItaly 0-0 Turkey13/01/1973

Overall

DBulgaria 1-1 Italy21/06/1972

VItaly 3-1 Yugoslavia20/09/1972

VLuxembourg 0-4 Italy07/10/1972

DSwitzerland 0-0 Italy21/10/1972

DItaly 0-0 Turkey13/01/1973

VTurkey 0-1 Italy25/02/1973

Current form

Away

DMalta 1-1 Luxembourg04/01/1970

LNetherlands 6-0 Luxembourg24/02/1971

DYugoslavia 0-0 Luxembourg27/10/1971

LBelgium 1-0 Luxembourg07/11/1971

LLuxembourg 0-8 Netherlands17/11/1971

LTurkey 3-0 Luxembourg10/12/1972

Overall

LBelgium 1-0 Luxembourg07/11/1971

LLuxembourg 0-8 Netherlands17/11/1971

LCzechoslovakia 6-0 Luxembourg26/04/1972

LLuxembourg 0-4 Italy07/10/1972

VLuxembourg 2-0 Turkey22/10/1972

LTurkey 3-0 Luxembourg10/12/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	18	1
Drawless streak	3	6
Goalless streak	5	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Luigi Riva	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Nico Braun
	Pietro Anastasi	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Nico Braun

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 07, 1972
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 07, 1972 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Luxembourg

0 - 4

Italy

May 29, 1924 - Jeux Olympiques 1924

Italy

2 - 0

Luxembourg logo Luxembourg

Best historical scorers against Luxembourg

Luigi Riva	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Fabio Capello	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Giuseppe Della Valle	1 goal	1924 - 1924
Giorgio Chinaglia	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Adolfo Baloncieri	1 goal	1924 - 1924

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Italy

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luxembourg

Virginio Rosetta	1 match	1924 - 1924
Gastone Baldi	1 match	1924 - 1924
Dino Zoff	1 match	1972 - 1972
Giuseppe Della Valle	1 match	1924 - 1924
Aldo Agroppi	1 match	1972 - 1972
Virgilio Levratto	1 match	1924 - 1924

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Alfred Kieffer	1 match	1924 - 1924
Henri Roemer	1 match	1972 - 1972
Marcel Schumann	1 match	1924 - 1924
Raymond Zender	1 match	1972 - 1972
Paul Philipp	1 match	1972 - 1972
Nicolas Kirsch	1 match	1924 - 1924