Italy national football team

Italy
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Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri
Association	FIGC
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621150718" alt="Flag of Italy" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Italy.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Italy.gif" width="22" height="15" > Roberto Mancini
Captain	Giorgio Chiellini
Most caps	Gianluigi Buffon (175)
Top scorer	Luigi Riva (35)
Ground	Various
FIFA code	ITA
FIFA ranking	14 <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/c/c1/Steady2.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/11?cb=20140822225124" alt="Steady" class="" data-image-key="Steady2.svg.png" data-image-name="Steady2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" > (19 December 2019))
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (November 1993, February 2007, April–June 2007, September 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	21 (August 2018)
Elo ranking	8 <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/5/5b/Increase2.svg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/11?cb=20131114142704" alt="Increase" class="" data-image-key="Increase2.svg.png" data-image-name="Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" > 2 (18 November 2019))
Highest Elo ranking	1 (June 1934 – March 1940, December 1940 – November 1945, July–August 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	21 (November 1959)
First international	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621150718" alt="Flag of Italy.gif" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Italy.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Italy.gif" width="22" height="15" > Italy 6–2 France <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/6/62/Flag_of_France.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621122732" alt="Flag of France.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_France.png" data-image-name="Flag of France.png" width="22" height="15" >; (Milan, Italy; 15 May 1910)
Biggest win	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621150718" alt="Flag of Italy.gif" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Italy.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Italy.gif" width="22" height="15" > Italy 9–0 United States <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130622163015" alt="Flag of the United States.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_the_United_States.png" data-image-name="Flag of the United States.png" width="22" height="12" >; (Brentford, England; 2 August 1948)
Biggest defeat	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/0/00/Flag_of_Hungary.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130622204359" alt="Flag of Hungary.png" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Hungary.png" data-image-name="Flag of Hungary.png" width="22" height="11" > Hungary 7–1 Italy <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/b2/Flag_of_Italy.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20130621150718" alt="Flag of Italy.gif" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Italy.gif" data-image-name="Flag of Italy.gif" width="22" height="15" >; (Budapest, Hungary; 6 April 1924)
World Cup appearances	18 (First in 1934)
Best result	Winners, 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
UEFA European Championship appearances	10 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winners, 1968
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/b/bc/Italy_2018_Home.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/100?cb=20180609130734" alt="Italy 2018 Home" class="" data-image-key="Italy_2018_Home.png" data-image-name="Italy 2018 Home.png" width="100" height="100" ><img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-football-database/images/0/03/Italy_2018_Away.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/100?cb=20180609130731" alt="Italy 2018 Away" class="" data-image-key="Italy_2018_Away.png" data-image-name="Italy 2018 Away.png" width="100" height="100" >

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The Italian national football team is the national association football team of Italy and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy. The current team head coach is Roberto Mancini. Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy,

Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006. Italy has also won a European Championship title in 1968. The team is known as gli Azzurri (the Blues).

History

Main article: History of the Italy national football team

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	3	1	1	0	0	4	0
1938	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	5	Qualified as defending champions
1950	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	4	3	Qualified as defending champions
1954	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	6	7	2	2	0	0	7	2
1958	Did not qualify								4	2	0	2	5	5
1962	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	10	2
1966	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	2	2	6	4	1	1	17	3
1970	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	10	8	4	3	1	0	10	3
1974	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4	6	4	2	0	12	0
1978	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	9	6	6	5	0	1	18	4
1982	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	12	6	8	5	2	1	12	5
1986	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	5	6	Qualified as defending champions
1990	Third place	3rd	7	6	1	0	10	2	Qualified as hosts
1994	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	8	5	10	7	2	1	22	7
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	2	0	8	3	10	6	4	0	13	2
2002	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	5	5	8	6	2	0	16	3
2006	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	12	2	10	7	2	1	17	8
2010	Group stage	26th	3	0	2	1	4	5	10	7	3	0	18	7
2014	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	2	3	10	6	4	0	19	9
2018	Did not qualify								12	7	3	2	21	9
2022	TBD
2026	TBD
Total	4 titles	18/21	83	45	21	17	128	77	109	74	26	9	221	69

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record									UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter								Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify								4	2	1	1	8	3
1968	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	3	1	8	6	1	1	21	6
1972	Did not qualify								8	4	3	1	13	6
1976	Did not qualify								6	2	3	1	3	3
1980	Fourth place	4th	4	1	3	0	2	1	Qualified as hosts
1984	Did not qualify								8	1	3	4	6	12
1988	Semi-finals	4th	4	2	1	1	4	3	8	6	1	1	16	4
1992	Did not qualify								8	3	4	1	12	5
1996	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3	10	7	2	1	20	6
2000	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	4	8	4	3	1	13	5
2004	Group stage	9th	3	1	2	0	3	2	8	5	2	1	17	4
2008	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4	12	9	2	1	22	9
2012	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	3	1	6	7	10	8	2	0	20	2
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	6	2	10	7	3	0	16	7
2020	Qualified								10	10	0	0	37	4
2024	TBD
Total	1 title	10/16	38	16	16	6	39	27	118	74	30	14	224	76

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018–19	A	Group stage	8th	4	1	2	1	2	2
2020–21	A	To be determined
Total		Group stage League A	1/1	4	1	2	1	2	2

Results and fixtures

2019

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 23 March 2019	Italy	2–0	Finland	Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barella 7' Kean 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 26 March 2019	Italy	6–0	Liechtenstein	Parma, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sensi 17' Verratti 32' Quagliarella 35' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.) Kean 69' Pavoletti 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 19,834 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8 June 2019	Greece	0–3	Italy	Athens, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Barella 23' Insigne 30' Bonucci 33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,828 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 11 June 2019	Italy	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Insigne 49' Verratti 86'	Report	Džeko 32'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 5 September 2019	Armenia	1–3	Italy	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Karapetian 11'	Report	Belotti 28' Lo. Pellegrini 77' Ayrapetyan 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8 September 2019	Finland	1–2	Italy	Tampere, Finland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pukki 72' (pen.)	Report	Immobile 59' Jorginho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 16,292 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 12 October 2019	Italy	2–0	Greece	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorginho 63' (pen.) Bernardeschi 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,274 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 15 October 2019	Liechtenstein	0–5	Italy	Vaduz 19, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bernardeschi 2' Belotti 70', 90+2' Romagnoli 77' El Shaarawy 82'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 5,087 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 15 November 2019	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Acerbi 21' Insigne 37' Belotti 52'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 18 November 2019	Italy	9–1	Armenia	Palermo, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Immobile 8', 33' Zaniolo 9', 64' Barella 29' Romagnoli 72' Jorginho 75' (pen.) Orsolini 78' Chiesa 81'	Report	Babayan 79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 27,752 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

2020

International friendly 27 March 2020	England	v	Italy	London, England
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium

International friendly 31 March 2020	Germany	v	Italy	Nuremberg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

International friendly 29 May 2020	Italy	v	San Marino	Cagliari, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

International friendly 4 June 2020	Italy	v	Czech Republic	TBD, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: TBD

UEFA Euro 2020 12 June 2020	Turkey	v	Italy	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

UEFA Euro 2020 17 June 2020	Italy	v	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

UEFA Euro 2020 21 June 2020	Italy	v	Wales	Rome, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 November 2019 and Armenia on 18 November 2019.

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2019, after the match against Armenia.

#	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Salvatore Sirigu	12 January 1987 (1987-01-12) (age 33)	24	0	Torino
12	1GK	Alex Meret	22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) (age 23)	1	0	Napoli
21	1GK	Gianluigi Donnarumma	25 February 1999 (1999-02-25) (age 21)	16	0	Milan
	1GK	Pierluigi Gollini	18 March 1995 (1995-03-18) (age 25)	1	0	Atalanta

2	2DF	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	4 August 1993 (1993-08-04) (age 26)	2	0	Napoli
3	2DF	Cristiano Biraghi	1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) (age 27)	7	1	Internazionale
5	2DF	Armando Izzo	2 March 1992 (1992-03-02) (age 28)	3	0	Torino
7	2DF	Alessandro Florenzi	11 March 1991 (1991-03-11) (age 29)	35	2	Roma
13	2DF	Alessio Romagnoli	12 January 1995 (1995-01-12) (age 25)	12	2	Milan
15	2DF	Francesco Acerbi	10 February 1988 (1988-02-10) (age 32)	6	1	Lazio
19	2DF	Leonardo Bonucci (captain)	1 May 1987 (1987-05-01) (age 33)	95	7	Juventus
	2DF	Emerson Palmieri	3 August 1994 (1994-08-03) (age 26)	7	0	Chelsea
	2DF	Andrea Cistana	1 April 1997 (1997-04-01) (age 23)	0	0	Brescia

4	3MF	Gaetano Castrovilli	17 February 1997 (1997-02-17) (age 23)	1	0	Fiorentina
6	3MF	Sandro Tonali	8 May 2000 (2000-05-08) (age 20)	3	0	Brescia
8	3MF	Jorginho	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) (age 28)	22	4	Chelsea
11	3MF	Nicolò Zaniolo	2 July 1999 (1999-07-02) (age 21)	5	2	Roma
16	3MF	Rolando Mandragora	29 June 1997 (1997-06-29) (age 23)	1	0	Udinese
18	3MF	Nicolò Barella	7 February 1997 (1997-02-07) (age 23)	12	3	Internazionale

9	4FW	Andrea Belotti	20 December 1993 (1993-12-20) (age 26)	27	9	Torino
10	4FW	Lorenzo Insigne	4 June 1991 (1991-06-04) (age 29)	34	7	Napoli
14	4FW	Federico Chiesa	25 October 1997 (1997-10-25) (age 22)	17	1	Fiorentina
17	4FW	Ciro Immobile	20 February 1990 (1990-02-20) (age 30)	39	10	Lazio
20	4FW	Federico Bernardeschi	16 February 1994 (1994-02-16) (age 26)	24	4	Juventus
22	4FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) (age 27)	25	4	Shanghai Shenhua
23	4FW	Riccardo Orsolini	24 January 1997 (1997-01-24) (age 23)	1	1	Bologna

Recent call-ups

The following footballers have been selected in the past 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alessio Cragno	28 June 1994 (1994-06-28) (age 26)	0	0	Cagliari	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2019
GK	Antonio Mirante	8 July 1983 (1983-07-08) (age 37)	0	0	Roma	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2019
GK	Mattia Perin	10 November 1992 (1992-11-10) (age 27)	2	0	Juventus	v. Liechtenstein, 26 March 2019

DF	Leonardo Spinazzola	25 March 1993 (1993-03-25) (age 27)	8	0	Roma	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
DF	Gianluca Mancini	17 April 1996 (1996-04-17) (age 24)	3	0	Roma	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
DF	Danilo D'Ambrosio	9 September 1988 (1988-09-09) (age 31)	3	0	Internazionale	v. Greece, 12 October 2019 ^INJ
DF	Luca Pellegrini	7 March 1999 (1999-03-07) (age 21)	0	0	Cagliari	v. Finland, 8 September 2019
DF	Giorgio Chiellini	14 August 1984 (1984-08-14) (age 35)	103	8	Juventus	v. Armenia, 5 September 2019 ^INJ
DF	Mattia De Sciglio	20 October 1992 (1992-10-20) (age 27)	39	0	Juventus	v. Armenia, 5 September 2019 ^INJ
DF	Cristiano Piccini	26 September 1992 (1992-09-26) (age 27)	3	0	Valencia	v. Finland, 23 March 2019 ^INJ

MF	Marco Verratti	5 November 1992 (1992-11-05) (age 27)	36	3	Paris Saint-Germain	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
MF	Bryan Cristante	3 March 1995 (1995-03-03) (age 25)	7	0	Roma	v. Liechtenstein, 15 October 2019
MF	Stefano Sensi	5 August 1995 (1995-08-05) (age 24)	4	1	Internazionale	v. Greece, 12 October 2019 ^INJ
MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini	19 June 1996 (1996-06-19) (age 24)	12	1	Roma	v. Finland, 8 September 2019

FW	Domenico Berardi	1 August 1994 (1994-08-01) (age 26)	5	0	Sassuolo	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
FW	Vincenzo Grifo	7 April 1993 (1993-04-07) (age 27)	2	0	Freiburg	v. Liechtenstein, 15 October 2019
FW	Kevin Lasagna	10 August 1992 (1992-08-10) (age 27)	4	0	Udinese	v. Finland, 8 September 2019
FW	Fabio Quagliarella	31 January 1983 (1983-01-31) (age 37)	28	9	Sampdoria	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2019
FW	Moise Kean	28 February 2000 (2000-02-28) (age 20)	3	2	Everton	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2019
FW	Leonardo Pavoletti	26 November 1988 (1988-11-26) (age 31)	1	1	Cagliari	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2019
FW	Matteo Politano	3 August 1993 (1993-08-03) (age 27)	3	1	Internazionale	v. Greece, 8 June 2019 ^INJ

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Roberto Mancini
Assistant Coach(es)	Alberigo Evani Attilio Lombardo Giulio Nuciari Fausto Salsano
Goalkeeping Coach	Massimo Battara
Team Manager	Gabriele Oriali

Alumni

Former players

Main List of Italian international players

Managers

Main List of Italy international managers

Honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Italian national team

FIFA World Cup

Winner (4): 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
Runner-up (2): 1970, 1994
Third place (1): 1990
Fourth place (1): 1978

UEFA European Championship

Winner (1): 1968
Runner-up (2): 2000, 2012
Fourth place (1): 1980
Semi-finals (1): 1988

FIFA Confederations Cup

Third place (1): 2013

Olympic football tournament

Gold Medal (1): 1936
Bronze Medal (2): 1928, 2004

External links

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League competitions	IFF	Cup competitions
Serie A	Italy	Coppa Italia
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Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (Promozione · Prima Categoria · Seconda Categoria · Terza Categoria)	List of leagues	Coppa Italia Serie D
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FIFA World Cup winners
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UEFA European Championship finals winners
1960: Soviet Union · 1964: Spain · 1968: Italy · 1972: West Germany · 1976: Czechoslovakia · 1980: West Germany · 1984: France · 1988: Netherlands · 1992: Denmark · 1996: Germany · 2000: France · 2004: Greece · 2008: Spain · 2012: Spain · 2016: Portugal · 2020: TBD ·

Italy – 1934 FIFA World Cup
1. Cavanna 2. Combi 3. Masetti 4. Allemandi 5. Caligaris 6. Monzeglio 7. Rosetta 8. Bertolini 9. Castellazzi 10. Ferraris 11. Monti 12. Pizziolo 13. Varglien 14. Arcari 15. Borel 16. Demaria 17. Ferrari 18. Guaita 19. Guarisi 20. Meazza 21. Orsi 22. Schiavio Manager: Vittorio Pozzo]

Italy – 1938 FIFA World Cup
1. Andreolo 2. Bertoni 3. Biavati 4. Ceresoli 5. Chizzo 6. Colaussi 7. Donati 8. Ferrari 9. Ferraris 10. Foni 11. Genta 12. Locatelli 13. Masetti 14. Meazza 15. Monzeglio 16. Olivieri 17. Olmi 18. Pasinati 19. Perazzolo 20. Piola 21. Rava 22. Serantoni Manager: Vittorio Pozzo

Italy – 1950 FIFA World Cup
1. Amadei 2. Annovazzi 3. Blason 4. Boniperti 5. Campatelli 6. Cappello 7. Caprile 8. Carapellese 9. Casari 10. Fattori 11. Furiassi 12. Giovannini 13. Lorenzi 14. Magli 15. Mari 16. Moro 17. Muccinelli 18. Pandolfini 19. Parola 20. Remondini 21. Sentimenti 22. Tognon Manager: Ferruccio Novo

Italy – 1954 FIFA World Cup
1. Ghezzi 2. Vincenzi 3. Giacomazzi 4. Neri 5. Tognon 6. Nesti 7. Muccinelli 8. Pandolfini 9. Galli 10. Cappello 11. Lorenzi 12. Viola 13. Magnini 14. Cervato 15. Mari 16. Ferrario 17. Segato 18. Pivatelli 19. Boniperti 20. Gratton 21. Frignani 22. Costagliola Manager: Lajos Czeizler

Italy – 1962 FIFA World Cup
1. Buffon 2. Losi 3. Radice 4. Salvadore 5. Maldini 6. Trapattoni 7. Mora 8. Maschio 9. Altafini 10. Sívori 11. Menichelli 12. Mattrel 13. Albertosi 14. Rivera 15. Sormani 16. Robotti 17. Pascutti 18. David 19. Janich 20. Tumburus 21. Ferrini 22. Bulgarelli Manager: Paolo Mazza & Giovanni Ferrari

Italy – 1966 FIFA World Cup
1. Albertosi 2. Anzolin 3. Barison 4. Bulgarelli 5. Burgnich 6. Facchetti 7. Fogli 8. Guarneri 9. Janich 10. Juliano 11. Landini 12. Leoncini 13. Lodetti 14. Mazzola 15. Meroni 16. Pascutti 17. Perani 18. Pizzaballa 19. Rivera 20. Rizzo 21. Rosato 22. Salvadore Manager: Edmondo Fabbri

Italy – UEFA Euro 1968
1. Albertosi 2. Anastasi 3. Anquilletti 4. Bercellino 5. Burgnich 6. Bulgarelli 7. Castano 8. De Sisti 9. Domenghini 10. Facchetti 11. Ferrini 12. Guarneri 13. Juliano 14. Lodetti 15. Mazzola 16. Prati 17. Riva 18. Rivera 19. Rosato 20. Salvadore 21. Vieri 22. Zoff Manager: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Italy – 1970 FIFA World Cup
1. Albertosi 2. Burgnich 3. Facchetti 4. Poletti 5. Cera 6. Ferrante 7. Niccolai 8. Rosato 9. Puia 10. Bertini 11. Riva 12. Zoff 13. Domenghini 14. Rivera 15. Mazzola 16. De Sisti 17. Vieri 18. Juliano 19. Gori 20. Boninsegna 21. Furino 22. Prati Manager: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Italy – 1974 FIFA World Cup
1. Zoff 2. Spinosi 3. Facchetti 4. Benetti 5. Morini 6. Burgnich 7. Mazzola 8. Capello 9. Chinaglia 10. Rivera 11. Riva 12. Albertosi 13. Sabadini 14. Bellugi 15. Wilson 16. Juliano 17. Re Cecconi 18. Causio 19. Anastasi 20. Boninsegna 21. Pulici 22. Castellini Manager: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Italy – 1978 FIFA World Cup
1. Zoff 2. Bellugi 3. Cabrini 4. Cuccureddu 5. Gentile 6. Maldera 7. Manfredonia 8. Scirea 9. Antognoni 10. Benetti 11. Pecci 12. Conti 13. P. Sala 14. Tardelli 15. Zaccarelli 16. Causio 17. C. Sala 18. Bettega 19. Graziani 20. Pulici 21. Rossi 22. Bordon Manager: Enzo Bearzot

Italy – UEFA Euro 1980
1. Zoff 2. F. Baresi 3. G. Baresi 4. Bellugi 5. Cabrini 6. Collovati 7. Gentile 8. Maldera 9. Scirea 10. Antognoni 11. Benetti 12. Bordon 13. Buriani 14. Oriali 15. Tardelli 16. Zaccarelli 17. Altobelli 18. Bettega 19. Causio 20. Graziani 21. Pruzzo 22. Galli Manager: Enzo Bearzot

Italy – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1. Zoff 2. Baresi 3. Bergomi 4. Cabrini 5. Collovati 6. Gentile 7. Scirea 8. Vierchowod 9. Antognoni 10. Dossena 11. Marini 12. Bordon 13. Oriali 14. Tardelli 15. Causio 16. Conti 17. Massaro 18. Altobelli 19. Graziani 20. Rossi 21. Selvaggi 22. Galli Manager: Enzo Bearzot

Italy – 1986 FIFA World Cup
1. Galli 2. Bergomi 3. Cabrini 4. Collovati 5. Nela 6. Scirea 7. Tricella 8. Vierchowod 9. Ancelotti 10. Bagni 11. Baresi 12. Tancredi 13. De Napoli 14. Di Gennaro 15. Tardelli 16. Conti 17. Vialli 18. Altobelli 19. Galderisi 20. Rossi 21. Serena 22. Zenga Manager: Enzo Bearzot

Italy – UEFA Euro 1988
1. Zenga 2. Baresi 3. Bergomi 4. Cravero 5. Ferrara 6. Ferri 7. Francini 8. Maldini 9. Ancelotti 10. De Agostini 11. De Napoli 12. Tacconi 13. Fusi 14. Giannini 15. Romano 16. Altobelli 17. Donadoni 18. Mancini 19. Rizzitelli 20. Vialli Manager: Azeglio Vicini

Italy – 1990 FIFA World Cup
1. Zenga 2. Baresi 3. Bergomi 4. De Agostini 5. Ferrara 6. Ferri 7. Maldini 8. Vierchowod 9. Ancelotti 10. Berti 11. De Napoli 12. Tacconi 13. Giannini 14. Marocchi 15. Baggio 16. Carnevale 17. Donadoni 18. Mancini 19. Schillaci 20. Serena 21. Vialli 22. Pagliuca Manager: Azeglio Vicini

Italy – 1994 FIFA World Cup
1. Pagliuca 2. Apolloni 3. Benarrivo 4. Costacurta 5. Maldini 6. Baresi 7. Minotti 8. Mussi 9. Tassotti 10. R. Baggio 11. Albertini 12. Marchegiani 13. D. Baggio 14. Berti 15. Conte 16. Donadoni 17. Evani 18. Casiraghi 19. Massaro 20. Signori 21. Zola 22. Bucci Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

Italy – UEFA Euro 1996
1. Peruzzi 2. Apolloni 3. Maldini 4. Carboni 5. Costacurta 6. Nesta 7. Donadoni 8. Mussi 9. Torricelli 10. Albertini 11. Baggio 12. Toldo 13. Rossitto 14. Del Piero 15. Di Livio 16. Di Matteo 17. Fuser 18. Casiraghi 19. Chiesa 20. Ravanelli 21. Zola 22. Bucci Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

Italy – 1998 FIFA World Cup
1. Toldo 2. Bergomi 3. P. Maldini 4. Cannavaro 5. Costacurta 6. Nesta 7. Pessotto 8. Torricelli 9. Albertini 10. Del Piero 11. D. Baggio 12. Pagliuca 13. Cois 14. Di Biagio 15. Di Livio 16. Di Matteo 17. Moriero 18. R. Baggio 19. Inzaghi 20. Chiesa 21. Vieri 22. Buffon Manager: Cesare Maldini

Italy – UEFA Euro 2000
1. Abbiati 2. Ferrara 3. Maldini 4. Albertini 5. Cannavaro 6. Negro 7. Di Livio 8. Conte 9. Inzaghi 10. Del Piero 11. Pessotto 12. Toldo 13. Nesta 14. Di Biagio 15. Iuliano 16. Ambrosini 17. Zambrotta 18. Fiore 19. Montella 20. Totti 21. Delvecchio 22. Antonioli Manager: Dino Zoff

Italy – 2002 FIFA World Cup
1. Buffon 2. Panucci 3. Maldini 4. Coco 5. Cannavaro 6. Zanetti 7. Del Piero 8. Gattuso 9. Inzaghi 10. Totti 11. Doni 12. Abbiati 13. Nesta 14. Di Biagio 15. Iuliano 16. Di Livio 17. Tommasi 18. Delvecchio 19. Zambrotta 20. Montella 21. Vieri 22. Toldo 23. Materazzi Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

Italy – UEFA Euro 2004
1. Buffon 2. Panucci 3. Oddo 4. Zanetti 5. Cannavaro 6. Ferrari 7. Del Piero 8. Gattuso 9. Vieri 10. Totti 11. Corradi 12. Toldo 13. Nesta 14. Fiore 15. Favalli 16. Camoranesi 17. Di Vaio 18. Cassano 19. Zambrotta 20. Perrotta 21. Pirlo 22. Peruzzi 23. Materazzi Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

Italy – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Winner (4th title)
1. Buffon 2. Zaccardo 3. Grosso 4. De Rossi 5. Cannavaro 6. Barzagli 7. Del Piero 8. Gattuso 9. Toni 10. Totti 11. Gilardino 12. Peruzzi 13. Nesta 14. Amelia 15. Iaquinta 16. Camoranesi 17. Barone 18. Inzaghi 19. Zambrotta 20. Perrotta 21. Pirlo 22. Oddo 23. Materazzi Manager: Marcello Lippi

Italy – UEFA Euro 2008
1. Buffon 2. Panucci 3. Grosso 4. Chiellini 5. Gamberini 6. Barzagli 7. Del Piero 8. Gattuso 9. Toni 10. De Rossi 11. Di Natale 12. Borriello 13. Ambrosini 14. Amelia 15. Quagliarella 16. Camoranesi 17. De Sanctis 18. Cassano 19. Zambrotta 20. Perrotta 21. Pirlo 22. Aquilani 23. Materazzi Manager: Roberto Donadoni

Italy – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Group stage (F)
1. Buffon 2. Maggio 3. Criscito 4. Chiellini 5. Cannavaro 6. De Rossi 7. Pepe 8. Gattuso 9. Iaquinta 10. Di Natale 11. Gilardino 12. Marchetti 13. Bocchetti 14. De Sanctis 15. Marchisio 16. Camoranesi 17. Palombo 18. Quagliarella 19. Zambrotta 20. Pazzini 21. Pirlo 22. Montolivo 23. Bonucci Manager: Marcello Lippi

Italy – UEFA Euro 2012
1. Buffon (c) 2. Maggio 3. Chiellini 4. Ogbonna 5. Motta 6. Balzaretti 7. Abate 8. Marchisio 9. Balotelli 10. Cassano 11. Di Natale 12. Sirigu 13. Giaccherini 14. De Sanctis 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Borini 18. Montolivo 19. Bonucci 20. Giovinco 21. Pirlo 22. Diamanti 23. Nocerino Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Italy – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
1. Buffon (c) 2. De Sciglio 3. Chiellini 4. Darmian 5. Motta 6. Candreva 7. Abate 8. Marchisio 9. Balotelli 10. Cassano 11. Cerci 12. Sirigu 13. Perin 14. Aquilani 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Immobile 18. Parolo 19. Bonucci 20. Paletta 21. Pirlo 22. Insigne 23. Verratti Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Italy – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-finals
1. Buffon 2. De Sciglio 3. Chiellini 4. Darmian 5. Ogbonna 6. Candreva 7. Zaza 8. Florenzi 9. Pellè 10. Motta 11. Immobile 12. Sirigu 13. Marchetti 14. Sturaro 15. Barzagli 16. De Rossi 17. Éder 18. Parolo 19. Bonucci 20. Insigne 21. Bernardeschi 22. El Shaarawy 23. Giaccherini Manager: Antonio Conte

Template:Italy squad (2018 FIFA World Cup)

Italy

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri
Association	FIGC
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Roberto Mancini
Captain	Giorgio Chiellini
Most caps	Gianluigi Buffon (175)
Top scorer	Luigi Riva (35)
Ground	Various
FIFA code	ITA
FIFA ranking	14 (19 December 2019))
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (November 1993, February 2007, April–June 2007, September 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	21 (August 2018)
Elo ranking	8 2 (18 November 2019))
Highest Elo ranking	1 (June 1934 – March 1940, December 1940 – November 1945, July–August 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	21 (November 1959)
First international	Italy 6–2 France (Milan, Italy; 15 May 1910)
Biggest win	Italy 9–0 United States (Brentford, England; 2 August 1948)
Biggest defeat	Hungary 7–1 Italy (Budapest, Hungary; 6 April 1924)
World Cup appearances	18 (First in 1934)
Best result	Winners, 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
UEFA European Championship appearances	10 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winners, 1968

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