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The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the List of men's national association football teams of the members of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global govern...
, was held in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from 13 June to 11 July. Spain was chosen as hosts
FIFA World Cup hosts

Early FIFA World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was highly controversial, given the three week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football at the time....
 by FIFA
FIFA

The F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by its acronym, FIFA , is the international sport governing body of association football....
 in July 1966. This World Cup was won by Italy
Italy national football team

The Italian national football team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation and represents Italy in international Football competition....
, who beat West Germany
Germany national football team

The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
 3-1 in the final. With their third World Cup title (after 1934
1934 FIFA World Cup

The 1934 FIFA World Cup, or the World's Cup as it was known then, was the second football World Cup staged, and hosted by Italy from 27 May to 10 June....
 and 1938
1938 FIFA World Cup

The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. France was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1938 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in August 1936....
), Italy drew level with Brazil
Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions....
 as the most successful nations at the World Cup. This tournament was marked by a series of great matches and is widely regarded as the second-best ever after the 1970
1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1970 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in October 1964....
 edition.






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The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the List of men's national association football teams of the members of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global govern...
, was held in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from 13 June to 11 July. Spain was chosen as hosts
FIFA World Cup hosts

Early FIFA World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was highly controversial, given the three week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football at the time....
 by FIFA
FIFA

The F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by its acronym, FIFA , is the international sport governing body of association football....
 in July 1966. This World Cup was won by Italy
Italy national football team

The Italian national football team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation and represents Italy in international Football competition....
, who beat West Germany
Germany national football team

The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
 3-1 in the final. With their third World Cup title (after 1934
1934 FIFA World Cup

The 1934 FIFA World Cup, or the World's Cup as it was known then, was the second football World Cup staged, and hosted by Italy from 27 May to 10 June....
 and 1938
1938 FIFA World Cup

The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. France was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1938 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in August 1936....
), Italy drew level with Brazil
Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions....
 as the most successful nations at the World Cup. This tournament was marked by a series of great matches and is widely regarded as the second-best ever after the 1970
1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1970 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in October 1964....
 edition. This was also the first World Cup to feature 24 teams, an expansion from at most 16 in the previous tournaments.

Qualification

1982 World Cup
The most surprising absences from the finals were those of 1974
1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as FIFA World Cup hosts#1974, 1978, 1982 FIFA World Cups by FIFA....
 and 1978
1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. Argentina was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1974, 1978, 1982 FIFA World Cups by FIFA in July 1966....
 runners-up Netherlands
Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team is the national Association football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association....
 (eliminated by Belgium
Belgium national football team

The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association....
 and France
France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
), North America's power Mexico
Mexico national football team

The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federaci?n Mexicana de F?tbol and represents Mexico in international association football competition....
 (eliminated by El Salvador
El Salvador national football team

The El Salvador national football team is the national team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federaci?n Salvadore?a de F?tbol. The team have qualified twice to the FIFA World Cup; firstly in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and then in 1982 FIFA World Cup....
), and to a lesser extent 1974 and 1978 participant Sweden
Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.History...
 (eliminated by Scotland
Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in FIFA football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England national football team, whom they played in the world's Scotland v England in 1872....
 and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football . In such events, the individual countries of the United Kingdom compete separately, but do not participate in the Olympic Games....
). England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia It was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association from 1922 to 1993....
, Belgium
Belgium national football team

The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association....
, and the Soviet Union were back in the Finals after a 12-year absence. Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football....
 were also back after missing the 1978 tournament. Algeria
Algeria national football team

The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs , is the national team of Algeria and is controlled by the F?d?ration Alg?rienne de Football....
, Cameroon
Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the F?d?ration Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side; Cameroon have qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times - in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 - more than any other African nation....
, Honduras
Honduras national football team

The Honduras national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federaci?n Nacional Aut?noma de F?tbol de Honduras .They are a rising power in CONCACAF, an ascent that started with their third place finish in the Copa Am?rica 2001, where they were a late invitee, due to a late withdr...
, Kuwait
Kuwait national football team

The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one Football World Cup Finals appearance, in Football World Cup 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia national football team but losing to England national football team and France national football team....
, and New Zealand
New Zealand national soccer team

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites , is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football....
 all participated in the World Cup for the first time.

Summary


First round

The format of the competition changed from 1978
1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. Argentina was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1974, 1978, 1982 FIFA World Cups by FIFA in July 1966....
: for the first time, 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four (1 through 6). The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round, where they split into four groups of three (A to D). The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals. This was the only World Cup to be played under this format. The decision to expand from 16 to 24 teams came from FIFA to give the opportunity to more teams to participate, especially teams from North America, Africa and Asia.

The first round was marked by a series of surprisingly strong showings by these supposedly weaker teams, although the more established football powers generally prevailed in advancing to the next stage. In Group 1, first-time participants Cameroon
Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the F?d?ration Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side; Cameroon have qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times - in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 - more than any other African nation....
 held both Poland
Poland national football team

The Poland national football team is the national Football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Football Association .Poland's football history is littered with boom and bust periods, with legendary teams such as the one of the mid-seventies that beat England national football team at Wembley to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World...
 and Italy
Italy national football team

The Italian national football team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation and represents Italy in international Football competition....
 to draws, and only failing to advance only on the basis of fewer goals scored than Italy. However, there was some controversy in the group. In the Peru-Cameroon game, Cameroonian striker Roger Milla
Roger Milla

Roger Milla is a Cameroonian former football striker. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three FIFA World Cup for the Cameroon national football team....
 had a goal disallowed for offside, but TV replays showed that Milla was clearly onside when he scored the goal. The decision contributed to Cameroon's early exit, as Italy would have been eliminated instead if Milla's goal stood. As a result, Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and Peru
Peru national football team

The Peru national football team is controlled by the Federaci?n Peruana de F?tbol and represents Peru in international football competitions. Created in 1927, the team competes with nine other teams in the CONMEBOL conference within FIFA....
. Italian journalists and tifosi
Tifosi

Tifosi is an Italian language word to describe a group of fans. The term for a single male fan is Tifoso. The female singular version is Tifosa, and the plural term for an all female group is Tifose....
 criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent Serie A
Serie A

Serie A is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system. It is widely regarded as one of the elite leagues of the footballing world....
 scandal, where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting. Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi is an Italy former Association football Forward . In 1982, he led Italy national football team to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot/maximo goleador honors, and the FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball....
 was singled out for his poor form, being described as a ghost wandering aimlessly over the field. The Azzurri decided on a press black-out from then on, with only coach Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot

Enzo Bearzot is a former Italy football player and manager. He is mostly renowned for having led the Italy national football team to a triumph in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
 and captain Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff

Dino Zoff is an Italy former Association football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the Football World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italy national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, at the age of 40....
 allowed to speak to the press.

Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2-1 victory of Algeria
Algeria national football team

The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs , is the national team of Algeria and is controlled by the F?d?ration Alg?rienne de Football....
 over reigning European Champion West Germany
Germany national football team

The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
. This memorable game resulted in the controversial match between West Germany and Austria
Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the Football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
, their third and final match. As Algeria had already played their third match the day before, West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. The fourth team in the group, Chile
Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federaci?n de F?tbol de Chile which was established in 1895....
, were eliminated regardless of the outcome. After 10 minutes of furious attack, West Germany succeeded in scoring through a goal by Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch

Horst Hrubesch is a retired Germans football player and currently employed as a youth trainer at the DFB. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills....
. After the goal was scored, the two German-speaking teams went into an unspoken agreement and just kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the appalled Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This sham performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans who had hoped for a hot rematch of the 1978 FIFA World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. Argentina was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1974, 1978, 1982 FIFA World Cups by FIFA in July 1966....
 match in which Austria had beaten West Germany. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust. As a result of the outcome, FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.

Group 3, where the opening ceremonies and first match of the tournament took place, yielded a major upset with Belgium
Belgium national football team

The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association....
 beating defending champions Argentina
Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociaci?n del F?tbol Argentino . Argentina has the world record for most international titles won by any national team....
 1–0. The Camp Nou
Camp Nou

The Camp Nou is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA Stadia List, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999 UEFA Champions League Final....
 stadium was the home of Barcelona
FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Bar?a , is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
, and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
, who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of Hungary
Hungary national football team

The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international Football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an innovator in the sport in the 1950s....
 and El Salvador
El Salvador national football team

The El Salvador national football team is the national team of El Salvador and is controlled by the Federaci?n Salvadore?a de F?tbol. The team have qualified twice to the FIFA World Cup; firstly in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and then in 1982 FIFA World Cup....
 despite Hungary's 10-1 win over the Central American nation — which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (as well as Brazil's 6-5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8-3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament), second to the 12-goal Austria-Switzerland (7-5) match in the 1954 tournament.

Group 4 opened at record speed with England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
 midfielder Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson Order of the British Empire is an England former association football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United F.C., where he was the longest serving captain in club history....
's goal against France
France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
 after only 27 seconds of play. England won the game 3-1 and qualified along with France over Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia It was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association from 1922 to 1993....
 and Kuwait
Kuwait national football team

The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one Football World Cup Finals appearance, in Football World Cup 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia national football team but losing to England national football team and France national football team....
, though the tiny Gulf emirate created yet another sensation by holding Czechoslovakia to a 1-1 draw. This group was also the stage of a farcical incident during the game between Kuwait and France. As Les Bleus were leading 3-1, France midfielder Alain Giresse
Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse was a France professional football midfielder. He played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup ....
 scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, as the French player was in a suspicious, arguably offside position, which they thought had come from Soviet referee Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, brother of the Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwaiti Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to give the referee a vociferous piece of his mind. The visibly shaken Stupar countermanded his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the understandable fury of the French. Maxime Bossis
Maxime Bossis

Maxime Bossis is a retired football Defender from France, who obtained 76 caps for the French national team. He is mostly remembered for missing the last penalty in 1982 FIFA World Cup semifinal between Germany national football team and France national football team....
 scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4-1. Stupar lost his international refereeing credentials due to this incident, and al-Sabah received a $10,000 fine.

In Group 5, the uprising of the minnows continued with Honduras
Honduras national football team

The Honduras national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federaci?n Nacional Aut?noma de F?tbol de Honduras .They are a rising power in CONCACAF, an ascent that started with their third place finish in the Copa Am?rica 2001, where they were a late invitee, due to a late withdr...
 holding hosts Spain
Spain national football team

The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the . They are the current European Champions, having won the Euro 2008....
 to a 1-1 draw, then became a full-fledged revolution as unfancied Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football . In such events, the individual countries of the United Kingdom compete separately, but do not participate in the Olympic Games....
 won the group outright, eliminating Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football....
 and beating Spain 1-0 on its home ground in the process, the result was even more impressive as Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy
Mal Donaghy

Malachy Martin "Mal" Donaghy is a Northern Ireland former association football player....
 was dismissed. The home team showed that they were not serious contenders this year, barely scraping by thanks to yet another controversial penalty in its 2-1 victory over Yugoslavia.

All eyes were on Brazil
Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions....
 in Group 6. Around Zico
Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico Zico scored 66 goals in 88 international matches for Brazil national football team, and represented them in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup World Cups....
, Sócrates
Socrates

Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
, Falcăo
Paulo Roberto Falcăo

Paulo Roberto Falc?o is a retired Brazilian football er. He is widely considered one of the best players in Sport Club Internacional and A.S. Roma history, and one of the most talented midfielders of all time....
, Éder
Éder Aleixo de Assis

?der Aleixo de Assis, was also known as ?der or ?der Assis , is a former Brazilian football . He played as a left winger and striker, most notably with Gr?mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Clube Atl?tico Mineiro and with the Brazil national football team....
 and fellows, the rejuvenated auriverde boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970
1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1970 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in October 1964....
. The tri-campeăo lived up to all expectations, beating an unexpectedly strong Soviet
USSR national football team

The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the History of the Soviet Union . FIFA considers the CIS national football team as its successor team allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside the Russian...
 side 2-1 in a very entertaining first match thanks to a 20 metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then Scotland
Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in FIFA football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England national football team, whom they played in the world's Scotland v England in 1872....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand national soccer team

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites , is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football....
 with four goals each. The promising Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth at the expense of the Scots, Rinat Dasayev emerging as a worthy successor to all-time legend Lev Yashin
Lev Yashin

Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Russian, USSR national football team goalkeeper , considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game....
 in the Soviet goal with a rarely talked about save from Joe Jordan
Joe Jordan (footballer)

Joseph "Joe" Jordan is a Scotland Association football Coach , currently working as one of Harry Redknapp's assistants at Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur F.C.....
's header. The ball was virtually on the line when Dasayev flicked it around the post with his finger at the last possible moment, much to the disbelief of the Scots and watching spectators. New Zealand earned international respect in their World Cup opener against Scotland, cutting the Scots' 3-0 lead to 3-2 before conceding two more goals late in the game.

Second Group Round

Poland opened Group A with a 3-0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a Zbigniew Boniek
Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew 'Ziggy' Boniek is a former Poland football er and coach. He first played at Zawisza Bydgoszcz and later at Widzew L?dz. Boniek was named by Pel? as one of the FIFA 100 and by FIFA as one of the 100 best-ever players....
 hat-trick
Hat-trick

A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts. In North America it is often rendered as hat trick, with no hyphen....
. The Soviet Union prevailed 1-0 in the next match over a Belgian side which clearly had peaked too early in the tournament. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semifinal spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0-0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a martial law
Martial law in Poland

Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983 when the government of the People's Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life by introducing martial law in an attempt to crush the political opposition against the Communism rule in Poland....
 a few months earlier to quash internal dissent and forestall a Soviet invasion.

In Group B, a tense yet fair-minded opening match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany took an option on the semifinal spot in their second match by beating Spain 2-1. The home side salvaged some national pride on the last day by drawing 0-0 against England, denying Ron Greenwood
Ron Greenwood

Ronald 'Ron' Greenwood Order of the British Empire was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982....
's team a semi-final place.

It was in Group C, a true Group of Death
Group of death

Group of death is an informal sobriquet used in football and other team sports to describe a situation that often occurs during the round-robin tournament of a Tournament#Multi-stage tournaments , where:...
 with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, that World Cup history was made. In the opener, the Azzurri prevailed 2-1 over Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
's side after an ill-tempered, obscure battle in which Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea
Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea was an Italy Football player who is considered one of the greatest Defender of all-time .Scirea is one of only five players in :Category:UEFA competitions history -join to Antonio Cabrini, Sergio Brio, Stefano Tacconi and Danny Blind- to have won UEFA_competition_records#List_of_players_to_have_won_all_international_club...
 and Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile

Claudio Gentile is an Italy football Coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus F.C....
 proved to be able to stop the Argentinian attack. Gentile's dominance of Maradona is still considered one of the best performances of all time for a marking defensive back. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but they were no match as the Seleçăo attacking game, characterised by nimble, one-touch passing on-the-run, eclipsed the reigning World Champions. The final score of 3-1 — Argentina only scoring in the last minute — could have been much higher had Brazil centre-forward Serginho
Serginho Chulapa

S?rgio Bernardino, also known as Serginho or Serginho Chulapa was a Brazil football striker.His career, started in 1974, he played for Mar?lia Atl?tico Clube, S?o Paulo Futebol Clube, Santos Futebol Clube, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, CS Mar?timo, Clube Atl?tico Sorocaba, Associa??o Portuguesa de Desportos, Malatya...
 not wasted a series of near-certain scoring opportunities. Frustrated because of the poor refereeing and the imminent loss, Diego Maradona kicked brazilian player Joao Batista, who previously kicked an Argentinian's face without due sanction. Also, the referee denied a clear penalty foul from the back against Maradona.

The third-day match between Brazil and Italy was the tournament shocker. Brazil brought to the game the best and most sophisticated and modern attack in the world, characterised by their precision one-touch passing on the run, Italy their vaunted and smothering defence built around the two central defenders, Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile

Claudio Gentile is an Italy football Coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus F.C....
 and Gaetano Scirea
Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea was an Italy Football player who is considered one of the greatest Defender of all-time .Scirea is one of only five players in :Category:UEFA competitions history -join to Antonio Cabrini, Sergio Brio, Stefano Tacconi and Danny Blind- to have won UEFA_competition_records#List_of_players_to_have_won_all_international_club...
. The majority of the game, in fact, was played around the Italian area, with the Italian mid-fielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such as Zico, Socrates and Falcao. Italian centre back Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile

Claudio Gentile is an Italy football Coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus F.C....
 was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, and his brutal play earned him a yellow card and a sit-out for the following game against Poland. Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot

Enzo Bearzot is a former Italy football player and manager. He is mostly renowned for having led the Italy national football team to a triumph in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
's opportunistic striker, Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi is an Italy former Association football Forward . In 1982, he led Italy national football team to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot/maximo goleador honors, and the FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball....
, silent thus far in the tournament, opened the scoring when he headed in Antonio Cabrini
Antonio Cabrini

Antonio Cabrini is a football coach and former successful player from Italy. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus F.C.. He won the Football World Cup 1982 with the Italy national football team....
's cross with just five minutes played. Socrates equalised for Brazil twelve minutes later, but in the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped past a Brazilian defender who had been screening him, intercepted an ill-advised pass across the Brazilians' own goal, and drilled the shot home. Rossi's opportunism shocked the Brazilians, who threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. For a time it seemed they would hold out, but on 68 minutes, Falcao collected a pass from Junior and fired home from 20 yards out to tie the match. Twice now Italy gained the lead on Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi is an Italy former Association football Forward . In 1982, he led Italy national football team to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot/maximo goleador honors, and the FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball....
 goals, and twice Brazil came back. At 2-2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but at 74 minutes, a poor clearance on an Italy corner kick went back to the Brazil six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani
Francesco Graziani

Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani is an Italian people football manager and former player....
 were waiting. Both world-class strikers reflexively aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick
Hat Trick

Hat Trick, hat-trick or Hattrick may refer to:*hat-trick ? in various sports, achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match...
 and sending Italy into the lead for good. At this point, the Italians fell back into their trademark defensive style, and smothered the Brazilians the rest of the way. Nevertheless two minutes before the end of regular time Italy's Giancarlo Antognoni managed to score again but his goal was declared void for off side (although nowadays this goal is widely considered regular) so the match ended 3 - 2 for Italy. This great semifinal upset is still considered one of the best all-time matches of World Cup history.

To this day, Brazilian football aficionados consider this a great upset, given the facts that 1) Brazil had a spectacular campaign up to that point, 2) Italy had advanced to the quarter-finals with only a single victory and the rest of their games tied, and 3) that Rossi, who would go on to become the tournament's top scorer and win the Golden Boot, had not scored a single goal in the tournament before this match. The game was also a contest between Brazil's offensive brilliance and Italy's defensive discipline, coupled with a calculated counter-strike strategy in which Italy kept ten men around their area and left only Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi is an Italy former Association football Forward . In 1982, he led Italy national football team to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot/maximo goleador honors, and the FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball....
 high to seize opportune moments. The Italian strategy worked, first, because the Brazilians could never outnumber the Italians in the Italian area, and second because of the standout defensive performances by centre backs Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile

Claudio Gentile is an Italy football Coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus F.C....
 and Gaetano Scirea
Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea was an Italy Football player who is considered one of the greatest Defender of all-time .Scirea is one of only five players in :Category:UEFA competitions history -join to Antonio Cabrini, Sergio Brio, Stefano Tacconi and Danny Blind- to have won UEFA_competition_records#List_of_players_to_have_won_all_international_club...
.

The last group, Group D, paled in comparison, the unexpected second-place finish of Spain in the first round having sent them to another group and cleared a path for the French. Les Bleus dispatched Austria 1-0 in their opener, then strolled 4-1 past Northern Ireland for their first semifinal appearance since 1958
1958 FIFA World Cup

The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1958 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in June 1950....
.

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

In the wake of its brilliant second-round performance, Italy easily dispatched Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. However, this stunning performance by the Italians was immediately overshadowed by the unforgettable confrontation between France and West Germany. After the Germans opened the scoring through an inspired Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Littbarski

Pierre Michael Littbarski is a Germany football manager and former player, and was a Football World Cup winner with Germany national football team in Football World Cup 1990....
 strike in the 17th minute, the French held on, equalising nine minutes later with a Michel Platini
Michel Platini

Michel Fran?ois Platini is a France former football player, manager and current president of the UEFA.Platini was a member of the France national football team that won the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, a tournament in which he was voted the best player and top goalscorer....
 penalty. The closely fought match continued until the middle of the second half when a long through ball sent French defender Patrick Battiston
Patrick Battiston

Patrick Battiston is a former France football player, who played for the France national football team in three FIFA World Cup and won the 1984 European Football Championship....
 racing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston adn the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeper Harald Schumacher
Harald Schumacher

Harald Anton Schumacher , commonly known as Toni Schumacher, was a Football goalkeeper of the 1980s, member of the Germany national football team, with which he won the 1980 European Football Championship and lost two Football World Cup finals, in Football World Cup 1982 and Football World Cup 1986....
 from the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping to block it. Schumacher missed the ball and twisted his body in mid-air to turn his front away from the impact, so that his buttocks first connected with Battiston which knocked the French player unconscious and caused two of his teeth to fall out. The ball went just wide of the post and, to the vociferous astonishment of the French, Dutch referee Charles Corver
Charles Corver

Charles George Reinier Corver is a former Netherlands football referee.He was decorated twice by the Queen and the football association .He is remembered for his controversial decision in the 1982 FIFA World Cup semifinal between Germany and France in Seville, Spain, when he deemed goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's collision with Patrick B...
 deemed Schumacher's assault on Battiston to be not a foul and awarded a goal kick
Goal kick

A goal kick is a method of restarting play in a game of Football ....
. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious, was carried off the field on a stretcher. The match went on without retaliatory violent actions, to the credit of both teams. After French defender Manuel Amoros
Manuel Amoros

Manuel Amoros is a retired football Defender from France. He was capped 82 times for the France national football team, and played in the Euro Cup finals of 1984 European Football Championship and 1992 European Football Championship, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986....
 had sent a thundering 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper Marius Trésor
Marius Trésor

Marius Tr?sor is a retired football Defender from France, who was named by Pel? as one of the FIFA 100 in March 2004.Tr?sor's career began with the French club AC Ajaccio....
, in a rare attack, fired a splendid swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2-1. Six minutes later, an unmarked Alain Giresse
Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse was a France professional football midfielder. He played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup ....
 drove in a beautiful 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3-1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a flowing counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substitute Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....
 turned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3-2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear their lines once, the ball was played around by Germany to Littbarski whose sublime cross to Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch

Horst Hrubesch is a retired Germans football player and currently employed as a youth trainer at the DFB. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills....
 was headed back to the centre to Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer

Klaus Fischer is a Germany former Association football and coach....
 who was unmarked thanks to Hrubesch winning his header over two defenders. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeper Jean-Luc Ettori
Jean-Luc Ettori

Jean-Luc Ettori is a retired football goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco FC. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s....
 with one of his trademark spectacular bicycle kicks, levelling the scores at 3-3 and sending the match to penalties. This goal was voted the greatest goal in the history of German football by German supporters. In penalties, Giresse, Manfred Kaltz
Manfred Kaltz

Manfred Kaltz is a former Germany football player and manager.Kaltz played in the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and 13 times for FC Mulhouse in Ligue 1 after initially joining Mulhouse league rivals FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1989....
, Manuel Amoros
Manuel Amoros

Manuel Amoros is a retired football Defender from France. He was capped 82 times for the France national football team, and played in the Euro Cup finals of 1984 European Football Championship and 1992 European Football Championship, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986....
, Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner

Paul Breitner is a former Germany Football player. One of Germany national football team's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country....
 and Dominique Rocheteau
Dominique Rocheteau

Dominique Rocheteau is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association....
 all converted penalties until Uli Stielike
Uli Stielike

Ulrich "Uli" Stielike is a former Germany Football player and manager....
 was stopped by Ettori, giving France a huge advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and promptly pulled off a diving stop on Didier Six
Didier Six

Didier Six is a France former football . He played as a winger and he earned 52 cap and scored 13 goals for the France national football team....
's shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis, a pillar of strength on the left flank throughout the tournament, then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it well, and Hrubesch stepped up confidently to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a 3–3 (4–5) victory on penalties. The match is today considered the greatest ever played in the competition and one of the greatest matches all-time, with the only argument generally being Italy's epic semi-final win over West Germany in FIFA World Cup 1970. Asked years later what he thought of the game, Michel Platini replied, "For me, no book or film or play could ever recapture the way I felt that day. It was so complete, so strong and so fabulous."

Coming after in the wake of Italy's spectacular quarter-final victory of the favoured Brazilians and on the heals of the monumental French-German semifinal, the final seemed anticlimactic. The Italians were fresh and confident following their easy win over Poland, but the West Germans were tired and had not recovered from the bruising epic in which they had been involved only days earlier against one the tournament's toughest teams. After a scoreless first half during which Antonio Cabrini
Antonio Cabrini

Antonio Cabrini is a football coach and former successful player from Italy. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus F.C.. He won the Football World Cup 1982 with the Italy national football team....
 fired a penalty wide of goal, the fresher legs of the Italians and the confidence gained from their previous two victories began to make the difference between the teams. After a deliberate foul just outside the area by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Italian central defender Claudio Gentile
Gentile

The term Gentile refers to non-Israelite tribes or nations in translations of the Bible, most notably the English King James Version.It serves as the Latin and subsequenly English translation of the Hebrew language words ??? and ???? in the Old Testament and the Greek language word ???? in the New Testament....
 raced upfield to set the ball and initiate the quick restart, catching the German Goalkeeper Schumacher out of position and the German defence unprepared. Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Once behind, the Germans threw more men forward at the expense of defence in the hopes they could equalise quickly without having to exert too much control. This choice was problematic for them, in their tired condition, and left large gaps at the back for Italy to counter-attack. Exploiting the situation, the Azzurri scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their best-in-the-world defence to hold the Germans. With Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile

Claudio Gentile is an Italy football Coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus F.C....
 and Gaetano Scirea
Gaetano Scirea

Gaetano Scirea was an Italy Football player who is considered one of the greatest Defender of all-time .Scirea is one of only five players in :Category:UEFA competitions history -join to Antonio Cabrini, Sergio Brio, Stefano Tacconi and Danny Blind- to have won UEFA_competition_records#List_of_players_to_have_won_all_international_club...
 of Juventus
Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club , most commonly referred to as Juventus and as simply Juve, is a professional football club based in Turin, Italy....
 holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence. Marco Tardelli
Marco Tardelli

Marco Tardelli is a former association football player from Italy, and is the current assistant manager for the Republic of Ireland national football team....
's splendid shot from the edge of the area (and his legendary shouting and arm-pumping celebration) beat Schumacher first, and Alessandro Altobelli
Alessandro Altobelli

Alessandro Altobelli is an Italy former Association football player.Nicknamed Spillo for his slender build, Altobelli was one of the most effective Italian forwards of the late 1970s and 1980s....
, the substitute for injured striker Francesco Graziani
Francesco Graziani

Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani is an Italian people football manager and former player....
, made it 3-0 at the end of a trademark solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out winger Bruno Conti
Bruno Conti

Bruno Conti is an Italian ex-football player and former Coach of the Serie A team A.S. Roma from 14 March 2005 to 30 June 2005. His two sons Daniele Conti and Andrea Conti are both professional footballers....
. Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president Sandro Pertini
Sandro Pertini

Alessandro Pertini was an Italy Socialism, probably the most popular President of the Italian Republic....
 to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture, overcoming an initial reluctance from the Italian crowd to declare victory early after West Germany's famous comeback in the semi-final. In the 83rd minute, however, Paul Breitner managed to put a small scare back into the Italians by driving home a goal against the otherwise spectacular Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff

Dino Zoff is an Italy former Association football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the Football World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italy national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, at the age of 40....
 but it was never enough and Italy claimed their first World Cup title in 48 years, and their third in total with a 3-1 victory.

Coming after the 1934
1934 FIFA World Cup

The 1934 FIFA World Cup, or the World's Cup as it was known then, was the second football World Cup staged, and hosted by Italy from 27 May to 10 June....
 and 1938
1938 FIFA World Cup

The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. France was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1938 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in August 1936....
 victories, Italy had now drawn level with record champions Brazil. Italy's Paolo Rossi won both the Golden Boot
FIFA World Cup awards

At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game....
 as the tournament's top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball
FIFA World Cup awards

At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game....
 as the tournament's best player (handed out for the very first time), and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff

Dino Zoff is an Italy former Association football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the Football World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italy national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, at the age of 40....
 became the oldest-ever player to win the World Cup. Germany would recover to reach the World Cup final again in 1986 and finally winning in 1990.

In the third-place match, Poland edged an exhausted, depleted and emotionally drained French side 3-2 which matched Poland's best ever performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win the European Championship
European Championship

There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level:*athletics:**European Championships in Athletics*auto racing:...
 two years later

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Naranjito, an orange
Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
, a typical fruit in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, wearing the kit of the host's national team
Spain national football team

The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the . They are the current European Champions, having won the Euro 2008....
. Its name comes from naranja, Spanish for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".

Venues

Fourteen cities hosted the tournament:
  • Alicante
    Alicante

    Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of the Alacant?, in the southern part of the Valencian Community....
    , Estadio José Rico Pérez
    Estadio José Rico Pérez

    Estadio Jos? Rico P?rez is a multi-use stadium in Alicante, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 29,584 people....
  • Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    , Camp Nou
    Camp Nou

    The Camp Nou is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA Stadia List, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999 UEFA Champions League Final....
     and Estadio Sarriá
    Estadio Sarriá

    Estadi de Sarri? was a multi-use stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of RCD Espanyol matches. The stadium held 41,000 and was built in 1923....
  • Bilbao
    Bilbao

    Bilbao, is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay .The city has 354,145 inhabitants and is the most financially and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country?s population lives....
    , Estadio San Mamés
    San Mamés Stadium

    Estadio San Mam?s, AKA La Catedral , is a football stadium in Bilbao, Spain. The stadium is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as "Los leones de San Mam?s-Bilboko leoiak" ....
  • La Coruńa
    A Coruńa

    A Coru?a is the second largest city in Galicia in northwestern Spain, second only in size to the port of Vigo in the Pontevedra . The city is also the capital of A Coru?a and it was the capital of Galicia from the year 1563 to 1982 when it moved to Santiago de Compostela....
    , Riazor
  • Elche
    Elx

    Elche or Elx is a city located in the comarca of Baix Vinalop?, in the Alicante province which, in turn, is a part of the Valencian Community, Spain....
    , Nuevo Estadio
    Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

    The Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero is a multi-use stadium in Elche, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Elche CF....
  • Gijón
    Gijón

    Gij?n , is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous communities of Spain of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia"....
    , El Molinón
    El Molinón

    El Molin?n is an association football stadium in Gij?n , Spain. It's the home ground of Sporting de Gij?nThe stadium's address is Parque de Isabel la Cat?lica, 33390 Gij?n....
  • Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    , Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
    Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

    The Santiago Bernab?u is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is the home of Real Madrid. Work on the grounds started on October 27 1944. Originally called Estadio Chamart?n after Madrid's previous stadium, it was inaugurated in December 1947....
     and Estadio Vicente Calderón
    Vicente Calderón Stadium

    The Vicente Calder?n Stadium in Madrid, is the home stadium of Atl?tico Madrid football club. It is located in the heart of Madrid by the banks of the Manzanares....
  • Málaga
    Málaga

    M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
    , La Rosaleda
  • Oviedo
    Oviedo

    Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
    , Estadio Carlos Tartiere
    Estadio Carlos Tartiere

    Estadio Carlos Tartiere, generally referred to as the Nuevo Carlos Tartiere, is a multi-use stadium in Oviedo, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches by Real Oviedo....
  • Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
    , Estadio Benito Villamarín
    Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera

    Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera is a Association football stadium in Seville, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Real Betis. It was previously called Estadio Benito Villamar?n before the current owner of the club, Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, decided to build a new stadium over the old one in 2000....
     and Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
    Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

    The Estadio Ram?n S?nchez Pizju?n is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla FC. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucharest and Barcelona and the 1982 Football World Cup Semifinal game between Germany national football team and France national football team....
  • Valencia
    Valencia (city in Spain)

    Valencia is the capital of the Spanish Valencia and its Valencia . It is the third largest city in Spain and the 21st largest in the European Union....
    , Estadio Luis Casanova
    Mestalla

    Estadio Mestalla is a football stadium in Valencia , Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Valencia C.F. With a capacity of 55,000 seats, it ranks as the fifth largest stadium in Spain....
  • Valladolid
    Valladolid

    ||-||} is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, upon the Pisuerga River and within the Ribera del Duero wine-making region. It is the capital of the Valladolid and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile and Leon, therefore is part of the historical region of Castile ....
    , Estadio José Zorrilla
    Estadio José Zorrilla

    Estadio Jos? Zorrilla is a multi-use stadium in Valladolid, Spain. It is the home stadium of Real Valladolid. The stadium holds 26,512 people. The stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet Jos? Zorrilla y Moral....
  • Vigo
    Vigo

    Vigo is a city in Galicia , Spain, located in the province of Pontevedra . Vigo is the largest city in Spain which is not a provincial capital. It is known as The Olive City....
    , Estadio Balaidos
    Balaidos Stadium

    Bala?dos is a football stadium in Vigo, Spain. It is the home of the team Celta Vigo. The stadium has been renovated twice, once in 1982 to host the Group A matches of the FIFA World Cup 1982 and once again in 2004 for Celta Vigo's participation in the UEFA Champions League....
  • Zaragoza
    Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
    , La Romareda
    La Romareda

    La Romareda is the home stadium of Real Zaragoza, in Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on September 8 1957 with a game between Real Zaragoza and CA Osasuna ....


Match officials

Africa
  • Benjamin Dwomoh
    Benjamin Dwomoh

    Benjamin Dwomoh is a retired Ghanaian football . He is known to have refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, between Kuwait national football team and Czechoslovakia national football team in Valladolid....
  • Yousef El-Ghoul
    Yousef El-Ghoul

    Yousef Mohammed El-Ghoul is a retired Libyan football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, between the USSR national football team and New Zealand national football team in Estadio La Rosaleda....
  • Belaid Lacarne
    Belaid Lacarne

    Belaid Lacarne is a retired Algeria football .Lacarne refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain between Argentina national football team and Hungary national football team....

Asia
  • Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy
    Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy

    Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy is a retired Bahraini football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, which was Hungary national football team's record 10-1 demolition of El Salvador national football team in Elche on June 15, 1982....
  • Thompson Chan Tam-Sun
    Thompson Chan Tam-Sun

    Thompson Chan Tam-Sun is a retired football referee from Hong Kong. He is best-known for being a referee at the FIFA World Cup 1982. He was the referee for one match and served as a linesman for 3 other matches....

Europe
  • Paolo Casarin
    Paolo Casarin

    Paolo Casarin . Is a retired football referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain...
  • Vojtech Christov
    Vojtech Christov

    Vojtech Christov is a former Slovakia football . He is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and one in the 1986 FIFA World Cup....
  • Charles Corver
    Charles Corver

    Charles George Reinier Corver is a former Netherlands football referee.He was decorated twice by the Queen and the football association .He is remembered for his controversial decision in the 1982 FIFA World Cup semifinal between Germany and France in Seville, Spain, when he deemed goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's collision with Patrick B...
  • Bogdan Dotchev
    Bogdan Dotchev

    Bogdan Guanev Dotchev is a retired Bulgarian football . He is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1982 FIFA World Cup and one in 1986 FIFA World Cup....
  • Walter Eschweiler
    Walter Eschweiler

    Walter Eschweiler , is a retired Germany football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Erik Fredriksson
    Erik Fredriksson

    Erik Fredriksson is a former Sweden football referee. He officiated four FIFA World Cup games: Yugoslavia national football team v Northern Ireland national football team in 1982 FIFA World Cup; Italy national football team v Bulgaria national football team and USSR national football team v Belgium national football team in 1986 FIFA World...
  • Bruno Galler
    Bruno Galler

    Bruno Galler is a retired football referee from Switzerland. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He also refereed the UEFA Cup in 1989 and the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship in 1992....
  • Antonio Garrido
    António Garrido (referee)

    Ant?nio Jos? da Silva Garrido is a former Portugal football . He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and one in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Alojzy Jarguz
  • Abraham Klein
    Abraham Klein (referee)

    Abraham Klein was an Israeli international Football Referee in the 1960s to the 1980s....
  • Augusto Lamo Castillo
  • Henning Lund-Sřrensen
    Henning Lund-Sřrensen

    Henning Lund-S?rensen is a retired DenmarkReferences...
  • Damir Matovinovic
    Damir Matovinovic

    Damir Matovinovic . Is a former football referee from Croatia. He is mostly known for supervising one match during the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Malcolm Moffatt
  • Károly Palotai
    Károly Palotai

    K?roly Palotai is a retired Hungaryfootball player and football .He was a successful player with Gyori ETO FC and also won a Gold Medal at the Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when Hungary defeated Czechoslovakia in the final with 2-1....
  • Alexis Ponnet
    Alexis Ponnet

    Alexis Ponnet is a former Belgium football . Most known for supervising two matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and one in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico....
  • Adolf Prokop
    Adolf Prokop

    Adolf Prokop , is a former football referee from East Germany. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1978 FIFA World Cup and one in 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Nicolae Rainea
    Nicolae Rainea

    Nicolae Rainea is a retired Romania football , mostly known for have refereed five matches in the FIFA World Cup: one in 1974 FIFA World Cup, two in 1978 FIFA World Cup and two in 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Miroslav Stupar
    Miroslav Stupar

    Miroslav Stupar is a former Soviet Union football referee.He is best remembered for his officiating of the 1982 FIFA World Cup game between France national football team and Kuwait national football team in Valladolid in Spain....
  • Michel Vautrot
    Michel Vautrot

    Michel Vautrot is a retired football referee from France. He is mostly known for supervising 5 matches in the FIFA World Cup: two in 1982 FIFA World Cup and three in 1990 FIFA World Cup....
  • Bob Valentine
    Bob Valentine

    Robert Bonar "Bob" Valentine is a former football referee from Scotland. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain: the infamous "Great Gijon Swindle" between West Germany national football team and Austria national football team, and the second-round match between Poland national football team and th...
  • Clive White
    Clive White

    Clive Bradley White is a retired England Football Referee from London Borough of Harrow, Middlesex....
  • Franz Wöhrer
    Franz Wöhrer

    Franz W?hrer . Is a former football referee from Austria. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, between Cameroon national football team and Peru national football team....
North and Central America
  • Rómulo Méndez
    Rómulo Méndez

    R?mulo M?ndez Molina is a retired Guatemalan football . He was the first Guatemalan referee ever to participate in a FIFA World Cup finals, refereeing one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • David Socha
    David Socha

    David Socha is a former soccer referee from the United States. He is best known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1982 FIFA World Cup and one in 1986 FIFA World Cup....
  • Luis Paulino Siles
    Luis Paulino Siles

    Lu?s Paulino Siles Calder?n is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He is known for officiating two matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Lamberto Rubio Vázquez

Oceania
  • Tony Boskovic
    Tony Boskovic

    Anton "Tony" Boskovic is a retired football referee from Australia. He is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1974 FIFA World Cup and one in 1982 FIFA World Cup....

South America
  • Gilberto Aristízabal
    Gilberto Aristízabal

    Murcia Gilberto Arist?zabal is a retired Colombian football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Luis Barrancos
    Luis Barrancos

    Luis Barrancos Alvarez is a retired Bolivian football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.Barrancos was a panelist at CONMEBOL's 'Futuro III' referee's conference in Buenos Aires in May 2008....
  • Juan Daniel Cardellino
    Juan Daniel Cardellino

    Juan Daniel Cardellino de San Vicente was a retired football Referee from Uruguay, who officiated at two FIFA World Cups: 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1990 FIFA World Cup ....
  • Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
    Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

    Arnaldo David C?zar Coelho was the first Brazilian, indeed first non-European to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West Germany....
  • Gastón Castro
    Gastón Castro

    Gast?n Edmundo Castro Makuc is a retired Chile football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.He has chaired the Chilean committee of referees and is a FIFA trainer of referees....
  • Arturo Ithurralde
    Arturo Ithurralde

    Arturo Andr?s Ithurralde is a retired Argentina football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Enrique Labo Revoredo
    Enrique Labo Revoredo

    Enrique Labo Revoredo is a retired Peru football . He is known for having refereed one match at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. Labo also refereed at the Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics....
  • Héctor Ortíz
    Héctor Ortíz (referee)

    H?ctor Ort?z is a retired Paraguayan football . He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.References...


Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1982 FIFA World Cup squads
1982 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1982 FIFA World Cup tournament in Spain....
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Results


First round

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Group 1
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312051
4
4
30302203
30301103
302126
2


Group 2
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
320163
3
4
320131
2
4
32015504
300338
0


Group 3
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321031
2
5
320162
4
4
3111126
6
3
3003113
0


Group 4
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330061
5
6
311165
1
3
302124
2
301226
1


Group 5
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312021
1
4
31113303
31112203
302123
2


Group 6
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3300102
8
6
311164
2
3
31118803
3003212
0


Second round


Group A
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
211030
3
3
211010
1
3
200204
0


Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
211021
1
3
20200002
201112
1


Group C
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
220053
2
4
210154
1
2
200225
0


Group D
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220051
4
4
201123
1
201136
1


Knockout stage


Semi-finals


Third place match

Final


Scorers

6 goals
  • Paolo Rossi
    Paolo Rossi

    Paolo Rossi is an Italy former Association football Forward . In 1982, he led Italy national football team to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot/maximo goleador honors, and the FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball....


5 goals
  • Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
    Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

    Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....


4 goals
  • Zico
    Zico

    Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico Zico scored 66 goals in 88 international matches for Brazil national football team, and represented them in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup World Cups....
  • Zbigniew Boniek
    Zbigniew Boniek

    Zbigniew 'Ziggy' Boniek is a former Poland football er and coach. He first played at Zawisza Bydgoszcz and later at Widzew L?dz. Boniek was named by Pel? as one of the FIFA 100 and by FIFA as one of the 100 best-ever players....


3 goals
  • Falcăo
    Paulo Roberto Falcăo

    Paulo Roberto Falc?o is a retired Brazilian football er. He is widely considered one of the best players in Sport Club Internacional and A.S. Roma history, and one of the most talented midfielders of all time....
  • Alain Giresse
    Alain Giresse

    Alain Giresse was a France professional football midfielder. He played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup ....
  • László Kiss
    László Kiss (footballer)

    L?szl? Kiss is an Hungary football coach and former striker. He played for the Hungary national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he gained notability after becoming the first substitute player to score three goals in a World Cup match....
  • Gerry Armstrong
    Gerry Armstrong (footballer)

    Gerard "Gerry" Joseph Armstrong is a Northern Ireland former Association football. He spent the majority of his career in England, as well as having a spell in Spain....


2 goals
  • Salah Assad
    Salah Assad

    Salah Assad is a former Algerian football player and manager.He played for clubs RC Kouba, when won one Algerian tournament in 1981 and one African Cup Winner's Cup, and in France for FC Mulhouse and Paris Saint-Germain FC....
  • Daniel Bertoni
    Daniel Bertoni

    Ricardo Daniel Bertoni is a former Argentina football that played in a Football positions role.He played 31 times for the Argentina national football team between 1974 and 1982....
  • Diego Maradona
    Diego Maradona

    Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
  • Daniel Passarella
    Daniel Passarella

    Daniel Alberto Passarella is a former Argentina Football defender #Centre back and former manager of the Argentina national football team and Uruguay national football team national football teams....
  • Walter Schachner
    Walter Schachner

    Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player . He is currently coach at VfB Admira Wacker M?dling.As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname chocolate....
  • Éder
    Éder Aleixo de Assis

    ?der Aleixo de Assis, was also known as ?der or ?der Assis , is a former Brazilian football . He played as a left winger and striker, most notably with Gr?mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Clube Atl?tico Mineiro and with the Brazil national football team....
  • Serginho
    Serginho Chulapa

    S?rgio Bernardino, also known as Serginho or Serginho Chulapa was a Brazil football striker.His career, started in 1974, he played for Mar?lia Atl?tico Clube, S?o Paulo Futebol Clube, Santos Futebol Clube, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, CS Mar?timo, Clube Atl?tico Sorocaba, Associa??o Portuguesa de Desportos, Malatya...
  • Sócrates
    Socrates

    Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
  • Antonín Panenka
    Antonín Panenka

    Anton?n Panenka is a former Czech Republic football er.An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for FC Bohemians Praha for most of his career, joining the club as a youth in 1959....
  • Trevor Francis
    Trevor Francis

    Trevor John Francis , is a former Association football who won 52 cap s for England national football team. He was England's first pound sterling1 million player....
  • Bryan Robson
    Bryan Robson

    Bryan Robson Order of the British Empire is an England former association football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United F.C., where he was the longest serving captain in club history....
  • Bernard Genghini
    Bernard Genghini

    Bernard Genghini is a France former football midfielder....
  • Michel Platini
    Michel Platini

    Michel Fran?ois Platini is a France former football player, manager and current president of the UEFA.Platini was a member of the France national football team that won the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, a tournament in which he was voted the best player and top goalscorer....
  • Dominique Rocheteau
    Dominique Rocheteau

    Dominique Rocheteau is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association....
  • Didier Six
    Didier Six

    Didier Six is a France former football . He played as a winger and he earned 52 cap and scored 13 goals for the France national football team....
  • Klaus Fischer
    Klaus Fischer

    Klaus Fischer is a Germany former Association football and coach....
  • Pierre Littbarski
    Pierre Littbarski

    Pierre Michael Littbarski is a Germany football manager and former player, and was a Football World Cup winner with Germany national football team in Football World Cup 1990....
  • László Fazekas
    László Fazekas

    L?szl? Fazekas was an Hungary Football player who played the second most international games for the Hungarian national football team. Fazekas played in the Football World Cup 1938 and the Football World Cup 1982....
  • Tibor Nyilasi
    Tibor Nyilasi

    Tibor Nyilasi is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. He signed with Ferencv?rosi TC in 1972 and played there until transferring to FK Austria Wien in 1983....
  • Gábor Pölöskei
  • Marco Tardelli
    Marco Tardelli

    Marco Tardelli is a former association football player from Italy, and is the current assistant manager for the Republic of Ireland national football team....
  • Billy Hamilton
    Billy Hamilton (footballer)

    William Robert Hamilton is a former Northern Ireland football who played as a forward.At club level, Billy played for Linfield F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C., Burnley F.C., Oxford United F.C., Limerick F.C., Sligo Rovers F.C., Coleraine F.C....
  • John Wark
    John Wark

    John Wark is a Scotland former football who played for Ipswich Town F.C., Liverpool F.C. and Middlesbrough F.C.. Wark was a midfield player, though he sometimes played as a central defender, and occasionally as a forward ....


1 goal
  • Lakhdar Belloumi
    Lakhdar Belloumi

    Lakhdar Belloumi was a former Algerian football player and manager.He participated at 1980 Summer Olympics and at two edition of FIFA World Cup, in 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup....
  • Tedj Bensaoula
    Tedj Bensaoula

    Tedj Bensaoula is a former Algerian football player in striker role.He played mostly with MC Oran and in France with Le Havre AC.For Algeria national football team he participated at two editions of FIFA World Cup, in 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup....
  • Rabah Madjer
    Rabah Madjer

    Rabah Madjer is a former Algerian Football who played as a skilled striker. He reached stardom as a FC Porto player during the 1980s, and is widely regarded as the best Algerian football player of all time....
  • Osvaldo Ardiles
    Osvaldo Ardiles

    Osvaldo C?sar Ardiles commonly known as Ossie Ardiles is a football coach and former midfielder who won the Football World Cup 1978 as part of the Argentina national football team....
  • Ramón Díaz
    Ramón Díaz

    Ram?n ?ngel D?az , is a former Argentina football player. For most of his career he played for, and later coached, Club Atl?tico River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ....
  • Reinhold Hintermaier
    Reinhold Hintermaier

    Reinhold Hintermaier is a former Austria football ....
  • Hans Krankl
    Hans Krankl

    Johann Krankl is a former professional football player....
  • Bruno Pezzey
    Bruno Pezzey

    Bruno Edmund Pezzey was an Austrian Football ....
  • Ludo Coeck
    Ludo Coeck

    Ludo Coeck was a Flemish people-Belgium footballer who played as midfielder or midfielder . His clubs included K. Berchem Sport, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Internazionale Milano F.C....
  • Alexandre Czerniatynski
    Alexandre Czerniatynski

    Alex Czerniatynski was a Belgium football striker. He is currently coach of KSK Beveren. He played successively for R. Charleroi S.C., R. Antwerp F.C., R.S.C....
  • Erwin Vandenbergh
    Erwin Vandenbergh

    Erwin Vandenbergh was a legendary Belgium football striker. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Jupiler League, with three different clubs ....
  • Júnior
  • Oscar
    José Oscar Bernardi

    Jos? Oscar Bernardi , nicknamed Oscar, is a noted Brazilian football player, having been on the Brazil national football team and a member of S?o Paulo Futebol Clube and Associa??o Atl?tica Ponte Preta, and having played in defence at the Football World Cup in Football World Cup 1978 , 1982, and as a reserve in Football World Cup 1...
  • Grégoire Mbida
    Grégoire Mbida

    Gr?goire Mbida is a retired Cameroonian professional Football . He competed for the Cameroon national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Juan Carlos Letelier
    Juan Carlos Letelier

    Juan Carlos Letelier Pizarro is a former football striker from Chile, who was nicknamed "Pato" and/or "Lete". He played for his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Gustavo Moscoso
    Gustavo Moscoso

    Gustavo Moscoso Segundo is a retired football player from Chile, who played as an attacking midfielder and/or striker. A player of Universidad Cat?lica he represented Chile national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number eleven jersey....
  • Miguel Ángel Neira
    Miguel Ángel Neira

    Miguel ?ngel Neira Pincheira is a retired football midfielder from Chile, who represented his Chile national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number twenty jersey....
  • Luis Ramírez
    Luis Ramírez Zapata

    Luis Baltazar Ram?rez Zapata is a former Salvadoran football .Nicknamed "El Pel?", he played for C.D. Aguila spending nearly 20 years at the club, Atl?tico Marte and Alianza F.C....
  • Paul Mariner
    Paul Mariner

    Paul Mariner is a former association football player, who played as a centre forward for Plymouth Argyle F.C., Ipswich Town F.C., Arsenal F.C. and England national football team during the 1970s and 1980s....
  • Maxime Bossis
    Maxime Bossis

    Maxime Bossis is a retired football Defender from France, who obtained 76 caps for the French national team. He is mostly remembered for missing the last penalty in 1982 FIFA World Cup semifinal between Germany national football team and France national football team....
  • Alain Couriol
    Alain Couriol

    Alain Couriol is a former football striker from France, who earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the France national football team, including playing in the 1982 FIFA World Cup where France finished fourth....
  • René Girard
    René Girard (footballer)

    Ren? Girard is a former football midfielder from France. He won seven caps for France national football team and was a member of the squad that finished fourth at the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Gérard Soler
    Gérard Soler

    G?rard Soler is a former French-Moroccan footballer , who played as a Striker or attacking midfielder. He is of Spanish descent, Soler being a Catalan surname....
  • Marius Trésor
    Marius Trésor

    Marius Tr?sor is a retired football Defender from France, who was named by Pel? as one of the FIFA 100 in March 2004.Tr?sor's career began with the French club AC Ajaccio....
  • Paul Breitner
    Paul Breitner

    Paul Breitner is a former Germany Football player. One of Germany national football team's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country....
  • Horst Hrubesch
    Horst Hrubesch

    Horst Hrubesch is a retired Germans football player and currently employed as a youth trainer at the DFB. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills....
  • Uwe Reinders
    Uwe Reinders

    Uwe Reinders is a former Germany football player and manager.He played 206 times and scored 67 goals for SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga between 1977?1985....
  • Antonio Laing
  • Héctor Zelaya
    Héctor Zelaya

    H?ctor Ram?n Zelaya Rivera is a retired Honduras association football player....
  • Lázár Szentes
    Lázár Szentes

    L?z?r Szentes is a former Hungarian football player of the 1970's and 1980's. He appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Hungary national football team....
  • József Tóth
    József Tóth (footballer born 1951)

    J?zsef T?th is a former Hungarian football player of the 1970's and 1980's. He made 56 appearances and scored 1 goal for the Hungary national football team as a left defender....
  • József Varga
    József Varga

    J?zsef Varga is a retired Hungary football player.He made his debut for the Hungary national football team in 1980, and got 31 caps and 1 goal until 1986....
  • Alessandro Altobelli
    Alessandro Altobelli

    Alessandro Altobelli is an Italy former Association football player.Nicknamed Spillo for his slender build, Altobelli was one of the most effective Italian forwards of the late 1970s and 1980s....
  • Antonio Cabrini
    Antonio Cabrini

    Antonio Cabrini is a football coach and former successful player from Italy. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus F.C.. He won the Football World Cup 1982 with the Italy national football team....
  • Bruno Conti
    Bruno Conti

    Bruno Conti is an Italian ex-football player and former Coach of the Serie A team A.S. Roma from 14 March 2005 to 30 June 2005. His two sons Daniele Conti and Andrea Conti are both professional footballers....
  • Francesco Graziani
    Francesco Graziani

    Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani is an Italian people football manager and former player....
  • Abdullah Al-Buloushi
    Abdullah Al-Buloushi

    Abdullah Al-Buloushi is a Kuwaiti footballer. He played for Al Arabi Kuwait and Kuwait national football team. He is famous for scoring a goal against France national football team in the 1982 World Cup, the game finished 4-1 for France national football team....
  • Faisal Al-Dakhil
    Faisal Al-Dakhil

    Faisal al-Dakhil is a famous Kuwait national football teami footballer, well known because of his famous goal against Czechoslovakia national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
  • Steve Sumner
    Steve Sumner

    Steve Sumner is an expatriate England born, New Zealand soccer player, who was captain of the New Zealand national football team during the country's only successful campaign to qualify for the Football World Cup, in 1982....
  • Steve Wooddin
    Steve Wooddin

    Steve Wooddin was a New Zealand soccer player, and a leading striker during the country's only successful campaign to qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, in Spain....
  • Rubén Toribio Díaz
    Rubén Toribio Díaz

    Rub?n Toribio D?az Rivas is a retired professional soccer from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Guillermo La Rosa
    Guillermo La Rosa

    Guillermo La Rosa Laguna is a retired soccer forward from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number nineteen jersey....
  • Andrzej Buncol
    Andrzej Buncol

    Andrzej Buncol is a retired Poland football player.He played for clubs such as Ruch Chorz?w, Legia Warszawa, FC Homburg , Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna D?sseldorf ....
  • Wlodzimierz Ciolek
    Wlodzimierz Ciolek

    Wlodzimierz Ciolek is a retired Poland football player.He played for clubs such as G?rnik Walbrzych and Stal Mielec. In season 1983/84 he was a topscorer of Orange Ekstraklasa, playing for G?rnik Walbrzych....
  • Janusz Kupcewicz
    Janusz Kupcewicz

    Janusz Kupcewicz is a retired Poland Association football player.He played for clubs such as Stomil Olsztyn, Arka Gdynia, Lech Poznan, AS Saint-Etienne, Larissa FC, Lechia Gdansk and Adanaspor....
  • Grzegorz Lato
    Grzegorz Lato

    Grzegorz Lato is a former Polish football striker, the all-time cap leader for the Poland national football team and the World Cup Golden Boot at the Football World Cup 1974....
  • Stefan Majewski
    Stefan Majewski

    Stefan Majewski is a retired Poland soccer and subsequently a coach .Majewski played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warszawa, 1....
  • Wlodzimierz Smolarek
    Wlodzimierz Smolarek

    Wlodzimierz Smolarek is a retired Poland football player, who played for clubs such as Widzew L?dz, Legia Warszawa, Eintracht Frankfurt , Feyenoord Rotterdam and FC Utrecht ....
  • Andrzej Szarmach
    Andrzej Szarmach

    Andrzej Szarmach is a former Poland football player.He played in the Polish national team during its "golden age" in the 1970s. With Grzegorz Lato at his right, Robert Gadocha at his left, and Kazimierz Deyna in support, Szarmach profitted from the absence of Wlodzimierz Lubanski to lead the Poland national football team attack, the best...
  • Steve Archibald
    Steve Archibald

    Steven Archibald is a retired Scotland Football and Coach ....
  • Kenny Dalglish
    Kenny Dalglish

    Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish Order of the British Empire is a former Scotland national football team Football player. He was famous for his successes with Celtic F.C....
  • Joe Jordan
    Joe Jordan (footballer)

    Joseph "Joe" Jordan is a Scotland Association football Coach , currently working as one of Harry Redknapp's assistants at Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur F.C.....
  • David Narey
    David Narey

    David Narey, Order of the British Empire is a former Scotland national football team Football , who spent 21 years with Dundee United F.C., coinciding with United's most successful era, under the management of Jim McLean....
  • John Robertson
    John Neilson Robertson

    John Neilson Robertson is a former Scotland football . He played for Nottingham Forest F.C. when they were at the peak of their success under manager Brian Clough....
  • Graeme Souness
    Graeme Souness

    Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known as the former captain of the successful Liverpool F.C....
  • Andriy Bal
    Andriy Bal

    Andriy Mikhaylovich Bal was a Soviet football , currently an assistant coach....
  • Sergei Baltacha
    Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha

    Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha is a former association football player who won 47 full caps for the USSR national football team and made nearly 300 appearances for FC Dynamo Kyiv....
  • Oleg Blokhin
    Oleg Blokhin

    Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin , is A Ukraine football Coach of mixed Ukrainians and Russians ethnicity who was formerly a striker for the USSR national football team....
  • Aleksandr Chivadze
    Aleksandr Chivadze

    Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze , in Russian, or Aleksandre Chivadze, in Georgian, , is a former Georgia football defender and coach.Chivadze spent his entire club career at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing from 1974 to 1987....
  • Yuri Gavrilov
    Yuri Gavrilov

    Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow. He made 46 appearances for the USSR national football team and scored 10 goals....
  • Khoren Oganesian
    Khoren Oganesian

    Khoren Oganesian is a former Armenian and USSR soccer midfielder, player of the USSR national football team. At the club level, he mostly played for club Ararat Yerevan....
  • Ramaz Shengelia
    Ramaz Shengelia

    Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengelia is a former Georgia football . He won 26 caps and scored 10 goals for the USSR national football team, and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Juanito
    Juan Gómez González

    Juan G?mez Gonz?lez , commonly referred to as Juanito, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Atl?tico Madrid, Burgos CF, Real Madrid C.F., CD M?laga and Spain national football team....
  • Roberto López Ufarte
    Roberto López Ufarte

    Roberto L?pez Ufarte is a Spanish footballer, nicknamed the little devil. He played for Real Uni?n, Real Sociedad, Atl?tico Madrid, Real Betis and Spain national football team....
  • Enrique Saura
    Enrique Saura

    Enrique Saura Gil is a former Spain football . He played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup for Spain national football team. During his club career, he played for CD Castell?n and Valencia CF....
  • Jesús María Zamora
    Jesús María Zamora

    Jes?s Mar?a Zamora Ansorena is a former Spain football . He played for the Spain national football team, earning 30 caps and scoring 3 goals. He took part in the 1980 European Football Championship and 1982 FIFA World Cup....
  • Ivan Gudelj
    Ivan Gudelj

    Ivan Gudelj is a Croats former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia....
  • Vladimir Petrovic


Own goals
  • Jozef Barmoš
    Jozef Barmoš

    Jozef Barmo? was a footballer of Slovaks descent . He played in defence for Czechoslovakia national football team, and won 52 international caps....
     (for England)


Trivia

  • Italy beat the three previous winners: Argentina, West Germany and Brazil, on their way to winning the world cup.
  • England were eliminated without being defeated (in 5 games).
  • At just 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland national football team

    The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football . In such events, the individual countries of the United Kingdom compete separately, but do not participate in the Olympic Games....
     forward Norman Whiteside
    Norman Whiteside

    Norman Whiteside is a former Northern Ireland national football team football player who represented his country in two FIFA World Cup. He played for Manchester United F.C....
     was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.
  • This tournament saw the most appearances by third-choice goalkeeper
    Goalkeeper

    In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
    s in World Cup history. Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia national football team

    The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia It was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association from 1922 to 1993....
     and Belgium
    Belgium national football team

    The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association....
     used all three goalkeepers from their squads due to injury, suspension, or poor performance. Also, Jean-Luc Ettori
    Jean-Luc Ettori

    Jean-Luc Ettori is a retired football goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco FC. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s....
     of France
    France national football team

    The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
     and Frank van Hattum
    Frank van Hattum

    Frank van Hattum is a former New Zealand football player who was a Goalkeeper during the country's only Football World Cup finals tournament in 1982....
     of New Zealand had originally been selected as second alternates but were designated starters thanks to strong performance in training.


Firsts

  • This was the first World Cup in which teams from all 6 continental confederations participated. While teams from all confederations qualified for the 2006 World Cup, as of 1 January 2006, Australia became a member of the Asian Football Confederation
    Asian Football Confederation

    The 46 member Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including Australia.The AFC was founded in 1954 in Manila, Philippines, and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations....
    , moving from the Oceania Football Confederation
    Oceania Football Confederation

    The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six "continental" confederations of international football , consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Islands countries....
    .
  • Italy
    Italy national football team

    The Italian national football team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation and represents Italy in international Football competition....
     became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (even though Cameroon
    Cameroon national football team

    The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the F?d?ration Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side; Cameroon have qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times - in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 - more than any other African nation....
     were eliminated in the very same way). However, the second round was also a group stage, and they subsequently went on to win the tournament. In 1986, Bulgaria
    Bulgaria national football team

    The Bulgaria national football team is the national football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. Bulgaria's best Football World Cup performance was in the Football World Cup 1994 in USA, where they beat defending champions Germany national football team to reach the semi-finals, losing to Italy national footba...
     and Uruguay
    Uruguay national football team

    The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociaci?n Uruguaya de F?tbol.Uruguay is one of the most successful national football teams in the world....
     would qualify for the knockout stages as one of the four best third-place teams, after two draws and a loss in the first round (as the second round allowed 16 teams instead of 12 in 1982). In 1990, both the Republic of Ireland
    Republic of Ireland national football team

    The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Republic of Ireland in Association Football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Croke Park in Dublin....
     and Netherlands
    Netherlands national football team

    The Netherlands national football team is the national Association football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association....
     advanced after drawing all three games. Ireland subsequently defeated Romania
    Romania national football team

    The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil national football team, France national football team, and Belgium national football team, that took part in the first three FIFA World Cu...
     by penalty kicks
    Penalty shootout (football)

    Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a draw in a game of association football....
     to reach the quarter-finals, the first to do so without winning a single game in regulation. Chile would also advance to the second round in 1998 after drawing all three games in the first round, when the tournament featured 32 teams, (although, in another group, Belgium were eliminated with three draws).
  • Algeria
    Algeria national football team

    The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs , is the national team of Algeria and is controlled by the F?d?ration Alg?rienne de Football....
     became the first African team to defeat a European team at the World Cup (2-1 against West Germany
    Germany national football team

    The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
     in the first round).
  • László Kiss
    László Kiss (footballer)

    L?szl? Kiss is an Hungary football coach and former striker. He played for the Hungary national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he gained notability after becoming the first substitute player to score three goals in a World Cup match....
     of Hungary
    Hungary national football team

    The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international Football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an innovator in the sport in the 1950s....
     was the first substitute ever to score a hat-trick
    Hat-trick

    A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts. In North America it is often rendered as hat trick, with no hyphen....
     in a World Cup match.
  • Antonio Cabrini
    Antonio Cabrini

    Antonio Cabrini is a football coach and former successful player from Italy. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus F.C.. He won the Football World Cup 1982 with the Italy national football team....
     of Italy was the first player to miss a penalty in a World Cup final match.
  • The semifinal match between West Germany and France was the first ever in a World Cup to be decided in a penalty shootout. After a 3-3 draw in 120 minutes, The Germans beat the French 5-4 and advanced to the final match against Italy.


Lasts

  • For the last time the games of the 3rd leg in the group stage were played in different times. The way in which the match between Austria and West Germany was played is thought to have influenced the decision.


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