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  • Finland suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
  • Record for most Italy caps: Giacinto Facchetti's 93rd appearance
  • Roberto Bettega scored 4 goals (his 1st and Italy's 26th international hat-trick)
  • Italy vs Finland Head to Head: Italy football team's 6th victory in 8 matches

Italy vs Finland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 15 October 1977, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Italy
6-1
Finland
Competition:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2
Referee:
Nikola Dudin, Sofia /
Bulgaria
Attendance, venue:
62 888, Stadio Comunale, Turin
Goals:
1-0 (29') Roberto Bettega, 2-0 (38') Roberto Bettega, 3-0 (45') Francesco Graziani, 4-0 (59') Roberto Bettega, 5-0 (62') Roberto Bettega, 5-1 (67') Kai Haaskivi, 6-1 (71') Renato Zaccarelli
Italy football team line-up in match Nr.346
Managed by technical commissioner Enzo Bearzot
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.340
Managed by head coach Aulis Rytkönen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Historical data sources
L’Unità (Rome), №278, 16 Oct 1977; L’Unità - Archivio storico
La Stampa (Turin), №236, 16 Oct 1977; La Stampa - Archivio storico dal 1867
Comments

Soproni Démon - posted on 7 March 2011 at 15:36:55

ITALIA-FINLANDIA 1977 - 4 RETI DI BETTEGA
Vittoria per 6 a 1 nella partita di qualificazione ai mondiali in Argentina.
youtube.com

piero - posted on 5 May 2013 at 08:54:36

Italy team:
Francesco Graziani, Dino Zoff, Roberto Mozzini, Roberto Bettega, Claudio Gentile, Romeo Benetti.
Giancarlo Antognoni, Franco Causio, Giacinto Facchetti (c), Renato Zaccarelli, Marco Tardelli. (link: )

Krasowski - posted on 25 June 2020 at 10:54:15

Up: Graziani - Zoff - Mozzini - Bettega - Gentile - Benetti;
Down: Antognoni - Causio - Facchetti - Zaccarelli - Tardelli (link: )

dudd - posted on 16 October 2023 at 17:12:28

Full video
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification - Italy v. Finland
15.10.1977
Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo, Turin.
youtube.com
Italy vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
81.3
P
8
W
6
D
1
L
1
GF
23
GA
7
GF/P
2.875
GA/P
0.875
Av attendance
23 910
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Italy:
players - (from 0 clubs)
goals - 6 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 1)
average age - nan (born 1942-1954)
average caps - nan
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Finland:
players - (from 0 clubs)
goals - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - nan (born 1944-1956)
average caps - nan
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Italy national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
West Germany vs Italy 2-1
West Berlin, Saturday 8 October 1977
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
England vs Italy 2-0
London, Wednesday 16 November 1977
Italy football matches
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Switzerland vs Finland 2-0
Zurich, Wednesday 5 October 1977
Next match:
Friendly International
Soviet Union vs Finland 10-2
Yerevan, Wednesday 5 April 1978
Finland football matches
Top Italy goal scorers
1. Gigi Riva (1967 - 1973) - 35 goals
2. Giuseppe Meazza (1930 - 1938) - 33 goals
... Roberto Bettega (1976 - 1977) - 13 goals
... Francesco Graziani (1976 - 1977) - 9 goals
... Renato Zaccarelli (1977) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 15, 1977)
Italy scorers
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. Kai Pahlman (1957 - 1965) - 13 goals
5. Kalevi Lehtovirta (1948 - 1957) - 13 goals
6. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
7. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Kai Haaskivi (1977) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 15, 1977)
Finland scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 15 Oct 1977
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Italy 6-1 Finland
Goals: 29, 38, 45, 59, 62, 67, 71

Att: 62 888,
Ref: Dudin (Bulgaria)

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