1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland ™

Group matches

Italy - Belgium

4:1 (1:0)

Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
20 June 1954	17:00	Lugano / Comunale di Cornaredo	24000

Match Officials

Referee Carl Erich STEINER (AUT)	Assistant Referee 1 Raymond VINCENTI (FRA)
	Assistant Referee 2 Emil SCHMETZER (FRG)

Goals scored

Egisto PANDOLFINI (ITA) 41' Penalty goal,
Carlo GALLI (ITA) 48',
Amleto FRIGNANI (ITA) 58',
Benito LORENZI (ITA) 78',
Leopold ANOUL (BEL) 81'

Italy

Line-up

[1]
Giorgio GHEZZI (GK)
[3]
Giovanni GIACOMAZZI
[4]
Maino NERI
[5]
Omero TOGNON
[6]
Fulvio NESTI
[8]
Egisto PANDOLFINI (C)
[9]
Carlo GALLI
[10]
Gino CAPPELLO
[11]
Benito LORENZI
[13]
Ardico MAGNINI
[21]
Amleto FRIGNANI

Substitute(s)

[2]
Guido VINCENZI
[7]
Ermes MUCCINELLI
[12]
Giovanni VIOLA
[14]
Sergio CERVATO
[15]
Giacomo MARI
[16]
Rino FERRARIO
[17]
Armando SEGATO
[18]
Gino PIVATELLI
[19]
Giampiero BONIPERTI
[20]
Guido GRATTON
[22]
Leonardo COSTAGLIOLA

Coach

Lajos CZEIZLER (HUN)

Belgium

Line-up

[1]
Leopold GERNAEY (GK)
[2]
Marcel DRIES
[3]
Alfons VAN BRANDT
[4]
Constant HUYSMANS
[5]
Louis CARRE
[6]
Victor MEES
[9]
Rik COPPENS
[10]
Leopold ANOUL
[11]
Joseph MERMANS (C)
[15]
Poly VAN DEN BOSCH
[16]
Pieter VAN DEN BOSCH

Substitute(s)

[7]
Jozef VLIERS
[8]
Denis HOUF
[12]
Charles GEERTS
[13]
Henri DIRICKX
[14]
Robert VAN KERCKHOVEN
[17]
Raymond AUSLOOS
[18]
Jeff VAN DER LINDEN
[19]
Jo BACKAERT
[20]
Robert MAERTENS
[21]
Jean VAN STEEN
[22]
Luc VAN HOYWEGEN

Coach

Doug LIVINGSTONE (SCO)

Cautions

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution