The France 1938 World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup. Italy retained the championship, beating
Hungary 4–2 in the final. Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title and were once more crowned World Cup winners. Coach Vittorio Pozzo and thanks to the genius of Giuseppe Meazza, who is considered one of the great.Italian football managers and players of all time.
Azurri with the previous design kits, which had been worn in the World Cup 1934, Azurri blue shirts and white shorts and black socks colour came from the Royal blue of the House of Savoy.
Italia Maglia Nera (black shirt) was worn once in whole tournament, in the quater-final match against France June 12, 1938, Italy worn 3-1. Under instruction of Benito Mussolini, Italy wore on all black strip in this match. Same shirts was ocassionally worn as the keeper kits.
