Dino Zoff - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Italian 'keeper, who obtained 112 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1  20/ 4/68   Napoli          Bulgaria        2-0     European Championship
  2   5/ 6/68   Napoli          Soviet Union    0-0     European Championship
  3   8/ 6/68   Roma            Yugoslavia      1-1     European Championship
  4  10/ 6/98   Roma            Yugoslavia      2-0     European Championship
  5  23/10/68   Cardiff         Wales           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  6   1/01/69   Cd. de México   Mexico          3-2
  7  29/ 3/69   East Berlin     East Germany    2-2     World Cup Qualifier
  8  27/ 5/69   Torino          Bulgaria        0-0
  9  22/11/69   Napoli          East Germany    3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 10  21/ 2/70   Madrid          Spain           2-2
 11  17/10/70   Bern            Switzerland     1-1
 12  20/ 2/71   Cagliari        Spain           1-2
 13  10/ 5/71   Dublin          Ireland         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 14   9/ 6/71   Stockholm       Sweden          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 15  25/ 9/71   Genova          Mexico          2-0
 16   9/10/71   Milano          Sweden          3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 17  20/10/71   Roma            Austria         2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 18   4/ 3/72   Athinai         Greece          1-2
 19  17/ 6/72   Bucuresti       Romania         3-3
 20  20/ 9/72   Torino          Yugoslavia      3-1
 21   7/10/72   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 22  21/10/72   Bern            Switzerland     0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 23  13/ 1/73   Napoli          Turkey          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 24  25/ 2/73   Istanbul        Turkey          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 25  31/ 3/73   Genova          Luxembourg      5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 26   9/ 6/73   Roma            Brazil          2-0
 27  14/ 6/73   Torino          England         2-0
 28  29/ 9/73   Milano          Sweden          2-0
 29  20/10/73   Roma            Switzerland     2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 30  14/11/73   London          England         1-0
 31  26/ 2/74   Roma            West Germany    0-0
 32   8/ 6/74   Wien            Austria         0-0
 33  15/ 6/74   München         Haiti           3-1     World Cup
 34  19/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Argentina       1-1     World Cup
 35  23/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Poland          1-2     World Cup
 36  28/ 9/74   Zagreb          Yugoslavia      0-1
 37  20/11/74   Rotterdam       Netherlands     1-3     European Champ. Qual.
 38  29/12/74   Genova          Bulgaria        0-0
 39  19/ 4/75   Roma            Poland          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 40   5/ 6/75   Helsinki        Finland         1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 41   8/ 6/75   Moskva          Soviet Union    0-1
 42  27/ 9/75   Roma            Finland         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 43  26/10/75   Warszawa        Poland          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 44  22/11/75   Roma            Netherlands     1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 45  30/12/75   Firenze         Greece          3-2
 46   7/ 4/76   Torino          Portugal        3-1
 47  23/ 5/76   Washington      USA XI          4-0 [a] Bicentennial Tournament
 48  28/ 5/76   New York        England         2-3     Bicentennial Tournament
 49  31/ 5/76   New Haven       Brazil          1-4     Bicentennial Tournament
 50   5/ 6/76   Milano          Romania         4-2
 51  22/ 9/76   København       Denmark         1-0
 52  25/ 9/76   Roma            Yugoslavia      3-0
 53  16/10/76   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 54  17/11/76   Roma            England         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 55  22/12/76   Lisboa          Portugal        1-2
 56  26/ 1/77   Roma            Belgium         2-1
 57   8/ 6/77   Helsinki        Finland         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 58   8/10/77   West Berlin     West Germany    1-2
 59  15/10/77   Torino          Finland         6-1     World Cup Qualifier
 60  16/11/77   London          England         0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 61   3/12/77   Roma            Luxembourg      3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 62   8/ 2/78   Napoli          France          2-2
 63  18/ 5/78   Roma            Yugoslavia      0-0
 64   2/ 6/78   Mar del Plata   France          2-1     World Cup
 65   6/ 6/78   Mar del Plata   Hungary         3-1     World Cup
 66  10/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-0     World Cup
 67  14/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    West Germany    0-0     World Cup
 68  18/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    Austria         1-0     World Cup
 69  21/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    Netherlands     1-2     World Cup
 70  24/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    Brazil          1-2     World Cup
 71  20/ 9/78   Torino          Bulgaria        1-0
 72   8/11/78   Bratislava      Czechoslovakia  0-3
 73  21/12/78   Roma            Spain           1-0
 74  24/ 2/79   Milano          Netherlands     3-0
 75  26/ 5/79   Roma            Argentina       2-2
 76  26/ 9/79   Firenze         Sweden          1-0
 77  17/11/79   Udine           Switzerland     2-0
 78  16/ 2/80   Napoli          Romania         2-1
 79  15/ 3/80   Milano          Uruguay         1-0
 80  19/ 4/80   Torino          Poland          2-2
 81  12/ 6/80   Milano          Spain           0-0     European Championship
 82  15/ 6/80   Torino          England         1-0     European Championship
 83  18/ 6/80   Roma            Belgium         0-0     European Championship
 84  21/ 6/80   Napoli          Czechoslovakia  1-1 [1] European Championship
 85  24/ 9/80   Genova          Portugal        3-1
 86  11/10/80   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 87   1/11/80   Roma            Denmark         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 88  15/11/80   Torino          Yugoslavia      2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 89   6/12/80   Athinai         Greece          2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 90  25/ 2/81   Roma            UEFA            3-0
 91  19/ 4/81   Udine           East Germany    0-0
 92   3/ 6/81   København       Denmark         1-3     World Cup Qualifier
 93  23/ 9/81   Bologna         Bulgaria        3-2
 94  17/10/81   Beograd         Yugoslavia      1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 95  14/11/81   Torino          Greece          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 96   5/12/81   Napoli          Luxembourg      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 97  23/ 2/82   Paris           France          0-2
 98  14/ 4/82   Leipzig         East Germany    0-1
 99  28/ 5/82   Genève          Switzerland     1-1
100  14/ 6/82   Vigo            Poland          0-0     World Cup
101  18/ 6/82   Vigo            Peru            1-1     World Cup
102  23/ 6/82   Vigo            Cameroon        1-1     World Cup
103  29/ 6/82   Barcelona       Argentina       2-1     World Cup
104   5/ 7/82   Barcelona       Brazil          3-2     World Cup
105   8/ 7/82   Barcelona       Poland          2-0     World Cup
106  11/ 7/82   Madrid          West Germany    3-1     World Cup
107  27/10/82   Roma            Switzerland     0-1
108  13/11/82   Milano          Czechoslovakia  2-2     European Champ. Qual.
109   4/12/82   Firenze         Romania         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
110  12/ 2/83   Limassol        Cyprus          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
111  16/ 4/83   Bucuresti       Romania         0-1     European Champ. Qual.
112  29/ 5/83   Göteborg        Sweden          0-2     European Champ. Qual.

[1] Italy lost 8-9 on penalty kicks.

Note: from 7/10/1972 until 8/6/1974, Dino Zoff did not concede a goal in
      12 consecutive matches (for a total of 1.143 minutes), which is a
      world record for national teams.

NB: following FIFA's decision not to count matches against FIFA XI's or
    confederational representations as full internationals, match number
    90 should be deleted; however, as the Italian FA insists this match
    is a full international, FIFA let them.

[a] match 47 involved a selection of (mostly foreign) players in the US
    league, yet the Italian FA amazingly consider it an official international,
    unlike the English and Brazilian FAs whose teams played the same US
    selection in the tournament.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   112    56   36   20  169-  91     148      66.07

Types of Matches        
Friendlies             46      
World Cup Qualifiers   23      
World Cup              17      
European Champ. Qual.  15
European Championship   8
Other Tournaments       3

Total                 112    
Goals conceded:        91  (0.81 per match)


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