European topscorers in the 1974 World Cup

Qualifiers included.

  10 goals: 

Johan Cruyff (Holland)

  9 goals: 

Johan Neeskens (Holland), Joachim Streich (East Germany)

  8 goals: 

Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Hristo Bonev (Bulgaria)

  7 goals: 

Ralf Edström (Sweden), Gigi Riva (Italy)

  6 goals: 

Roland Sandberg (Sweden), Dušan Bajević (Yugoslavia)

  5 goals: 

Willy Brokamp (Holland), Andrzej Szarmach (Poland), Jürgen Sparwasser (East Germany), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Florea Dumitrache (Romania)

  4 goals: 

Gerd Müller (West Germany), Johnny Rep (Holland), Stanislav Karasi (Yugoslavia)

  3 goals:

 Paul Breitner (West Germany), Bo Larsson (Sweden), Ivica Šurjak (Yugoslavia), Gianni Rivera (Italy), Georgi Denev (Bulgaria), Joe Jordan (Scotland), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Josef Hickersberger & Kurt Jara (Austria), Zdenek Nehoda & Bohumil Veselý (Czechoslovakia)

  2 goals: 

Wolfgang Overath (West Germany), Theo de Jong & Wim van Hanegem (Holland), Robert Gadocha & Jan Domarski (Poland), Josip Katalinski (Yugoslavia), Fabio Capello & Pietro Anastasi (Italy), Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Wolfram Löwe & Bernd Bransch (East Germany), Peter Lorimer (Scotland), Bozhil Kolev (Bulgaria), Odilon Polleunis & Léon Dolmans (Belgium), Nené & Rui Jordão (Portugal), Volodymyr Onyshchenko (USSR), Lajos Kocsis & Sándor Zámbó (Hungary), August Starek (Austria), Osman Arpacıoğlu (Turkey), Ion Dumitru & Mircea Sandu (Romania), Rubén Óscar Valdez & Enrique Claramunt (Spain), Trevor Anderson (Northern Ireland), Terry Conroy (Ireland), Harry Hestad (Norway).

NB: No English player scored more than one goal.

Europe's greatest footballers 1970-74

1. Johan Cruyff (Holland) 

2. Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 

3. Gerd Müller (West Germany) 

4. Günter Netzer (West Germany)

5. Kazimierz Deyna (Poland) 

6. Bobby Moore (England) 

7. Sandro Mazzola (Italy) 

8. Piet Keizer (Holland)

9. Billy Bremner (Scotland) 

10. Gordon Banks (England)

11. Gianni Rivera (Italy) 

12. Hristo Bonev (Bulgaria) 

13. Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) 

14. Ralf Edström (Sweden)

15. Wolfgang Overath (West Germany) 

16. Paul Breitner (West Germany)

17. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)

18. Eusébio (Portugal) 

19. Johan Neeskens (Holland)

20. Dino Zoff (Italy) 

21. Gigi Riva (Italy)

22. Włodzimierz Lubański (Poland)

23. George Best (N. Ireland) 

24. Berti Vogts (West Germany) 

25. Barry Hulshoff (Holland) 

26. Josip Skoblar (Yugoslavia)

27. Jan Tomaszewski (Poland)

28. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 

29. Jan Gadocha (Poland)  

30. Martin Chivers (England)

Le pagelle del Milan 1972/73

6,59 Gianni Rivera

6,41 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

6,34 Giuseppe Sabadini

6,23 Romeo Benetti

6,21 Villiam Vecchi, Luciano Chiarugi

6,15 Dario Dolci, Giulio Zignoli

6,00 Angelo Anquilletti

5,97 Giorgio Biasiolo

5,92 Riccardo Sogliano

5,91 Pierangelo Belli, Alberto Bigon

5,86 Pierino Prati

5,78 Roberto Rosato

5,60 Maurizio Turone

Italy all-time Best XI

According to Guerin Sportivo, 1994.

Dino Zoff
---
Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Carlo Parola
Antonio Cabrini
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Marco Tardelli
Giuseppe Meazza -photo-
Gianni Rivera
---
Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Gigi Riva

Italy ratings in the 1974 World Cup

Ratings: El Gráfico (Argentina).

7,00 Sandro Mazzola
6,67 Dino Zoff, Giacinto Facchetti
5,67 Tarcisio Burgnich
5,00 Franco Causio
4,67 Luciano Spinosi, Francesco Morini, Fabio Capello
4,50 Giuseppe Wilson
4,33 Romeo Benetti, Pietro Anastasi
4,00 Gianni Rivera
3,50 Giorgio Chinaglia

20 greatest Italian footballers of all time

 

1. Giuseppe Meazza [1910-79]
Inter - Milan - Juventus - Varese - Atalanta - Inter

2. Roberto Baggio [1967]
LR Vicenza - Fiorentina - Juventus - Milan - Bologna - Inter - Brescia

3. Paolo Maldini [1968]
Milan 

4. Gigi Buffon [1978]
Parma - Juventus - Paris-SG - Juventus

5. Franco Baresi [1960]
Milan 

6. Gianni Rivera [1943]
Alessandria - Milan 

7. Silvio Piola [1913-96]
Pro Vercelli - Lazio - Torino - Juventus - Novara

8. Dino Zoff [1942]
Udinese - Mantova - Napoli - Juventus

9. Valentino Mazzola [1919-49]
Tresoldi - Alfa Romeo - Venezia - Torino    

10. Andrea Pirlo [1979]
Brescia - Inter - Reggina - Brescia - Milan - Juventus - New York City

11. Giacinto Facchetti [1942-2006]
Inter

12. Gigi Riva [1944]
Legnano - Cagliari

13. Paolo Rossi [1956]
Como - LR Vicenza - Perugia - Juventus - Milan - Verona

14. Sandro Mazzola [1942]
Inter

15. Gaetano Scirea [1953-89]
Atalanta - Juventus

16. Francesco Totti [1976]
Roma

17. Giampiero Boniperti [1928]
Juventus

18. Fabio Cannavaro [1973]
Napoli - Parma - Inter - Juventus - Real Madrid - Juventus - Al-Ahli (Dubai)

19. Marco Tardelli [1954]
Pisa - Como - Juventus - Inter - St. Gallen

20. Alessandro Del Piero  [1974]
Padova - Juventus - Sydney FC - Delhi Dynamos

Italian poll 'Campione Mio', 1986

 

20 greatest Italian footballers of all time

1. Giuseppe Meazza [1910-79]
Inter - Milan - Juventus - Varese - Atalanta - Inter

2. Roberto Baggio [1967]
LR Vicenza - Fiorentina - Juventus - Milan - Bologna - Inter - Brescia

3. Paolo Maldini [1968]
Milan 

4. Gigi Buffon [1978]
Parma - Juventus - Paris-SG - Juventus

5. Franco Baresi [1960]
Milan 

6. Gianni Rivera [1943]
Alessandria - Milan 

7. Silvio Piola [1913-96]
Pro Vercelli - Lazio - Torino - Juventus - Novara

8. Dino Zoff [1942]
Udinese - Mantova - Napoli - Juventus

9. Valentino Mazzola [1919-49]
Tresoldi - Alfa Romeo - Venezia - Torino    

10. Andrea Pirlo [1979]
Brescia - Inter - Reggina - Brescia - Milan - Juventus - New York City

11. Giacinto Facchetti [1942-2006]
Inter

12. Gigi Riva [1944]
Legnano - Cagliari

13. Paolo Rossi [1956]
Como - LR Vicenza - Perugia - Juventus - Milan - Verona

14. Sandro Mazzola [1942]
Inter

15. Gaetano Scirea [1953-89]
Atalanta - Juventus

16. Francesco Totti [1976]
Roma

17. Giampiero Boniperti [1928]
Juventus

18. Fabio Cannavaro [1973]
Napoli - Parma - Inter - Juventus - Real Madrid - Juventus - Al-Ahli (Dubai)

19. Marco Tardelli [1954]
Pisa - Como - Juventus - Inter - St. Gallen

20. Alessandro Del Piero  [1974]
Padova - Juventus - Sydney FC - Delhi Dynamos


I migliori calciatori italiani di sempre

Memory Lane: Football's greatest one club players.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Gigi Riva (-photo- , Cagliari)
2. Ryan Giggs (Man United)
3. Paolo Maldini (Milan)
4. Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus)
5. Francesco Totti (Roma)
6. Giacinto Facchetti (Inter)
7. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
8. Javier Zanetti (Inter)
9. Giancarlo Antognoni (Fiorentina)
10. Gianni Rivera (Milan)
11. Sandro Mazzola (Inter)
12. Bobby Charlton (Man United)
13. Franco Baresi (Milan)
14. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna)
15. Giorgio Ferrini (Torino)
16. Giovanni De Prà (Genoa)
17. Pelé (Santos)
18. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid)
19. Giampiero Combi (Juventus)
20. Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter)
21. Giuseppe Bruscolotti (Napoli)
22. Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
23. Raúl (Real Madrid)
24. Gaetano Scirea (Juventus)
25. Jackie Charlton (Leeds United)

European Footballer of the Year, 1960s.

1960 
1. Luís Suárez (Barcelona) 
2. Puskás (Real Madrid) 
3. Seeler (Hamburger SV) 
4. Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) 
5. Jashin (Dinamo Moscow) 
6. Kopa (Reims) 
7. Charles (Juventus), B. Charlton (Man United) 
9. Sívori (Juventus) 
10. Szymaniak (Karlsruhe). 


1961 
1. Sívori (Juventus) 
2. Luis Suárez (Inter) 
3. Jashin (Dinamo Moscow) 
4. Haynes (Fulham) 
5. Seeler (Hamburger SV) 
6. Puskás (Real Madrid) 
7. Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) 
8. J. Charles (Juventus) 
9. Gento (Real Madrid) 
10. Hamrin (Fiorentina), Masopust (Dukla Prague) & Metreveli (Torpedo Moscow). 


1962 
1. Masopust (Dukla Prague) 
2. Eusébio (Benfica) 
3. Schnellinger (Köln) 
4. Šekularac (Crvena zvezda) 
5. Jurion (Anderlecht) 
6. Rivera (Milan) 
7. Greaves (Tottenham) 
8. Galić (Partizan) 
9. J. Charles (Juventus) 
10. Göröcs (Újpest) 


1963 
1. Jashin (Dinamo Moscow) 
2. Rivera (Milan) 
3. Greaves (Tottenham) 
4. Law (Man United) 
5. Eusébio (Benfica) 
6. Schnellinger (Mantova) 
7. Seeler (Hamburger SV) 
8. Luís Suárez (Inter), B. Charlton (Man United), Trapattoni (Milan). 


1964 
1. Law (Man United) 
2. Luís Suárez (Inter) 
3. Amancio (Real Madrid) 
4. Eusébio (Benfica) 
5. Van Himst (Anderlecht) 
6. Greaves (Tottenham) 
7. Corso (Inter) 
8. Jashin (Dinamo Moscow) 
9. Rivera (Milan) 
10. Voronin (Torpedo Moscow). 


1965 
1. Eusébio (Benfica) 
2. Facchetti (Inter) 
3. Luís Suárez (Inter) 
4. Van Himst (Anderlecht) 
5. B. Charlton (Man United) 
6. Albert (Ferencváros) 
7. Rivera (Milan) 
8. Asparoukhov (Levski Sofia) 
9. Mazzola (Inter) 
10. Law (Man United), Voronin (Torpedo Moscow). 


1966 
1. B. Charlton (Man United) 
2. Eusébio (Benfica) 
3. Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) 
4. B. Moore (West Ham) 
5. Albert (Ferencváros) 
6. Bene (Újpest) 
7. Jashin (Dinamo Moskva) 
8. Ball (Everton) & Farkas (Vásas) 
10. Torres (Benfica). 


1967 
1. Albert (Ferencváros) 
2. B. Charlton (Man United) 
3. J. Johnstone (Celtic) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) 
5. Eusébio (Benfica) 
6. Gemmel (Celtic) 
7. G. Müller (Bayern Munich) & Best (Man United) 
9. Chislenko (Dinamo Moscow) 
10. Mazzola (Inter), Farkas (Vásas) & Pirri (Real Madrid). 


1968 
1. Best (Man United) 
2. B. Charlton (Man United) 
3. Džajić (Crvena zvezda) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
5. Facchetti (Inter) 
6. Riva (Cagliari) 
7. Amancio (Real Madrid) 
8. Eusébio (Benfica) 
9. Rivera (Milan) 
10. Greaves (Tottenham) & Pirri (Real Madrid). 


1969 
1. Rivera (Milan) 
2. Riva (Cagliari) 
3. G. Müller (Bayern Munich) 
4. Kindvall (Feyenoord) 
5. Cruyff (Ajax) 
6. Best (Man United) 
7. Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) 
8. Prati (Milan) 
9. Jekov (CSKA Sofia) 
10. J. Charlton (Leeds). 


1960-69*
1. Eusébio : 50
2. B. Charlton : 41
3. L. Suárez : 39
4. Rivera : 32
5. Jashin : 31
6. Beckenbauer : 26
7. Albert : 21
8. Best : 19
9. Seeler, Greaves, Law : 18
12. Facchetti : 15
13. Puskás, Riva : 14
15. Schnellinger, Van Himst : 13
17. Sívori, Amancio, G. Müller : 12
20. Di Stéfano, Masopust : 11
22. J. Charles : 9
23. Johnstone, Džajić : 8
25. Haynes, Šekularac, Moore, Kindvall : 7
29. Jurion, Cruyff : 6
31. Kopa, Bene, Gemmel : 5
34. Corso, Farkas : 4
36. Galic, Trapattoni, Asparukhov, S. Mazzola, Ball, Prati : 3
42. Gento, Voronin, Chislenko, Pirri, Jekov : 2
47. Szymaniak, Hamrin, Metreveli, Göröcs, Torres, J. Charlton : 1.


*) awarding ten points for a 1st place, nine for a 2nd, eight for a 3rd etc.