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The Italy national football team ( italian : Nazionale di calcio dell’Italia ) has represented Italy in international football since its first catch in 1910. The national team is controlled by the italian Football Federation ( FIGC ), the governing consistency for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA. Italy ‘s home matches are played at respective stadiums throughout Italy, and its primary train land and technical headquarter, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located in Florence. Italy is the reigning european champions, having won UEFA Euro 2020.

Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of football and the World Cup, having won four titles ( 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 ) and appearing in two early finals ( 1970, 1994 ), reaching a third place ( 1990 ) and a fourth place ( 1978 ). Italy has besides won two european Championships ( 1968, 2020 ), and appeared in two other finals of the tournament ( 2000, 2012 ). Italy ‘s team besides achieved a third position at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013 and at the UEFA Nations League in 2021. The team is known as gli Azzurri ( the Blues ), because Savoy blue is the common color of the national teams representing Italy, as it is the traditional paint of the imperial House of Savoy, which reigned over the Kingdom of Italy. In 1938, Italy became the first team to defend its World Cup deed, and ascribable to the outbreak of World War II, retained the title for a far 12 years. Italy had besides previously won two central european International Cups ( 1927–30, 1933–35 ). Between its inaugural two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament ( 1936 ). After the majority of the team was killed in a flat crash in 1949, the team did not advance past the group stage of the following two World Cup tournaments, and besides failed to qualify for the 1958 version —failure to qualify for the World Cup would not happen again until the 2018 edition. The team was unbeaten from October 2018 to October 2021, and holds the world commemorate for most straight matches without defeat ( 37 ). Italy has noteworthy rivalries with early footballing nations, such as Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, and Spain. In the FIFA World Rankings, in force since August 1993, Italy has occupied the first rate several times, in November 1993 and during 2007 ( February, April–June, September ), with its worst placement in August 2018 in 21st plaza .

history [edit ]

Origins and first two World Cups in 1934 and 1938 [edit ]

An early undertake to create an italian national team occurred on 30 April 1899, when an italian choice played a swiss football team, losing 0–2 in Torino. [ 3 ] The team ‘s first official match was held in Milan on 15 May 1910. Italy defeated France by a score of 6–2, with Italy ‘s beginning goal scored by Pietro Lana. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The italian team played with a ( 2–3–5 ) system and consisted of : De Simoni ; Varisco, Calì ; Trerè, Fossati, Capello ; Debernardi, Rizzi, Cevenini I, Lana, Boiocchi. The foremost captain of the team was Francesco Calì. [ 7 ] The first success in an official tournament came with the bronze decoration in 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. After losing the semi-final against Uruguay, an 11–3 victory against Egypt secured third place in the rival. In the 1927–30 and 1933–35 central european International Cup, Italy achieved the first seat out of five cardinal european teams, topping the group with 11 points in both editions of the tournament. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Italy would besides subsequently win the gold decoration at the 1936 Summer Olympics with a 2–1 victory in extra time in the amber decoration match over Austria on 15 August 1936. [ 10 ] After declining to participate in the inaugural address World Cup ( 1930, in Uruguay ) the Italy national team won two straight editions of the tournament in 1934 and 1938, under the direction of coach Vittorio Pozzo and the performance of Giuseppe Meazza, who is considered one of the best italian football players of all meter by some. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Italy hosted the 1934 World Cup, and played their inaugural ever World Cup pit in a 7–1 win over the United States in Rome. Italy defeated Czechoslovakia 2–1 in extra clock in the final examination in Rome, with goals by Raimundo Orsi and Angelo Schiavio to achieve their beginning World cup championship in 1934. They achieved their second title in 1938 in a 4–2 kill of Hungary, with two goals by Gino Colaussi and two goals by Silvio Piola in the World Cup that followed. Rumour has it, before the 1938 finals fascist italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was to have sent a telegram to the team, saying “ Vincere o morire ! ” ( literally translated as “ Win or die ! ” ). however, no record remains of such a telegram, and World Cup player Pietro Rava said when interviewed : “ No, no, no, that ‘s not on-key. He sent a telegram wishing us well, but no never ‘win or die. ‘ ” [ 13 ]

1946–1966 : Post-World War II [edit ]

The Italy national team in 1965 In 1949, 10 of the 11 players in the team ‘s initial line-up were killed in a plane crash that affected Torino, winners of the former five Serie A titles. Italy did not advance further than the foremost round of the 1950 World Cup, as they were weakened sternly due to the air travel catastrophe. The team had travelled by gravy boat rather than by plane, fearing another accident. [ 14 ] In the World Cup finals of 1954 and 1962, Italy failed to progress past the first round of golf, and did not qualify for the 1958 World Cup due to a 2–1 defeat to Northern Ireland in the last match of the qualifying round. Italy did not take separate in the foremost edition of the European Championship in 1960 ( then known as the european Nations Cup ), and was knocked out by the Soviet Union in the first round of the 1964 european Nations ‘ Cup qualify. [ citation needed ] Their participation in the 1966 World Cup was ended by a 0–1 frustration at the hands of North Korea. Despite being the tournament favourites, the Azzurri, whose 1966 police squad included Gianni Rivera and Giacomo Bulgarelli, were eliminated in the inaugural attack by the semi-professional North Koreans. The italian team was piercingly condemned upon their recurrence home, while north korean scorekeeper Pak Doo-ik was celebrated as the David who killed Goliath. Upon Italy ‘s return home, angered fans threw fruit and rotten tomatoes at their transport bus at the airport. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

1968–1974 : european champions and World Cup runner-up [edit ]

In 1968, Italy participated in their first gear european Championship, hosting the european Championship and winning their beginning major contest since the 1938 World Cup, beating Yugoslavia in Rome for the title. The pit is the merely european Championship or World Cup final to go to a play back. [ 17 ] After extra time the final ended in a 1–1 trace, and in the days before punishment shootouts, the rules required the equal to be replayed a few days late. Italy won the replay 2–0 ( with goals from Luigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi ) to take the trophy. The semi-final was won on a mint flip. In the 1970 World Cup, exploiting the performances of european champions ‘ players like Giacinto Facchetti, Gianni Rivera and Luigi Riva and with a new centre-forward Roberto Boninsegna, the team were able to come back to a World Cup concluding match after 32 years. They reached this result after one of the most celebrated matches in football history—the “ Game of the Century “, the 1970 World Cup semifinal between Italy and West Germany that Italy won 4–3 in extra time, with five of the seven goals coming in extra time. [ 18 ] They were late defeated by Brazil in the concluding 4–1. The motorbike of international successes ended at the 1974 World Cup, where the team was eliminated in the group degree after a 2–1 loss against Poland in the last match of the group .

1978–1986 : third World Cup genesis [edit ]

In the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, a new coevals of italian players, the most celebrated being Paolo Rossi, came to the external stage. Italy was the alone team in the tournament to beat the eventual champions and host team Argentina. Second-round games against West Germany ( 0–0 ), Austria ( 1–0 ) and Netherlands ( 1–2 ) led Italy to the third-place final, where the team was defeated by Brazil 2–1. In the match that eliminated Italy from the tournament against the Netherlands, italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff was beaten by a long-distance changeable from Arie Haan, and Zoff was criticized for the frustration. [ 19 ] Italy hosted the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship, the first version to be held between eight teams rather of four, [ 20 ] mechanically qualifying for the finals as hosts. After two draws with Spain and Belgium and a narrow 1–0 succeed over England, Italy were beaten by Czechoslovakia in the third-place match on penalties 9–8 after Fulvio Collovati missed his recoil. [ citation needed ]
After a scandal in Serie A where some National team players such as Paolo Rossi [ 21 ] were prosecuted and suspended for match fix and illegal count, the Azzurri qualified for the second round off of the 1982 World Cup after three uninspiring draws against Poland, Peru and Cameroon. Having been obstreperously criticized, the italian team decided on a crusade black-out from then on, with only coach Enzo Bearzot and captain Dino Zoff appointed to speak to the press. Italy ‘s regroup in the second round group, a group of death with Argentina and Brazil. In the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over Argentina, with Italy ‘s goals, both left-footed strikes, were scored by Marco Tardelli and Antonio Cabrini. After Brazil defeated Argentina 3–1, Italy needed to win in order to advance to the semi-finals. Twice Italy went in the leash with Paolo Rossi ‘s goals, and twice Brazil came back. When Falcão scored to make it 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute Rossi scored the acquire finish, for a hat-trick, in a crowd punishment area to send Italy to the semifinals after one of the greatest games in World Cup history. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Italy then progressed to the semi-final where they defeated Poland with two goals from Rossi. In the final, Italy met West Germany, who had advanced by a penalty gunfight victory against France. The first half ended scoreless, after Antonio Cabrini missed a penalty awarded for a Hans-Peter Briegel afoul on Bruno Conti. In the second half Paolo Rossi again scored the first goal, and while the Germans were pushing forward in search of an counterweight, Marco Tardelli and utility Alessandro Altobelli finalised two contropiede counterattacks to make it 3–0. Paul Breitner scored home West Germany ‘s consolation goal seven minutes from the end. [ 25 ] Tardelli ‘s cry “ Gol ! Gol ! ” was one of the specify images of Italy ‘s 1982 World Cup gloat. [ 26 ] Paolo Rossi won the Golden Boot with six goals a well as the Golden Ball Award for the best musician of the tournament, [ 27 ] and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest actor to win the World Cup. [ 28 ] however, Italy failed to qualify for the 1984 european Championship. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Italy then entered as reigning champions in the 1986 World Cup [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] but were eliminated by reigning european Champions, France, in the round of 16. [ 34 ]

1988–1994 : World Cup runner-up [edit ]

In 1986, Azeglio Vicini was appointed as new head coach, replacing Bearzot. [ 35 ] New passenger car conceded a casual to youthful players, such as Ciro Ferrara and Gianluca Vialli : [ 36 ] Sampdoria striker scored goals that gave Italy 1988 European Championship excrete. [ 37 ] He was besides shown like Altobelli ‘s possibly successor, having his same goal position. [ 38 ] Both forwards stroke the target in Germany, where Soviet Union defeated the Azzurri in semi-finals. [ 39 ]
Italy hosted the World Cup for the second clock in 1990. The italian assail featured talented forwards Salvatore Schillaci and a young Roberto Baggio. Italy played closely all of their matches in Rome and did not concede a single finish in their first five matches ; however, they lost the semi-final in Naples to defending champion Argentina. Argentinian actor Maradona, who played for Napoli, made comments prior to the game pertaining to the North–South inequality in Italy and the risorgimento, asking Neapolitans to root for Argentina in the game. [ 40 ] Italy lost 4–3 on penalty kicks following a 1–1 draw after extra time. Schillaci ‘s first-half undoer was equalised in the second one-half by Claudio Caniggia ‘s header for Argentina. Aldo Serena missed the concluding punishment kick with Roberto Donadoni besides having his punishment saved by goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea. Italy went on to defeat England 2–1 in the third-place match in Bari, with Schillaci scoring the winning goal on a punishment to become the tournament ‘s top scorer with six goals. Italy then failed to qualify for the 1992 european Championship. In November 1993, FIFA ranked Italy first in the FIFA World Rankings for their first fourth dimension since the rank system was introduced in December 1992. [ 41 ]
At the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Italy lost the first step match against Ireland 0–1 at the Giants Stadium near New York City. After a 1–0 succeed against Norway in New York City and a 1–1 draw with Mexico at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Italy advanced from Group E based on goals scored among the four teams tied on points. During their attack of 16 equal at the Foxboro Stadium near Boston, Italy was depressed 0–1 late against Nigeria, but Baggio rescued Italy with an counterweight in the 88th moment and a penalty in extra clock to take the win. [ 42 ] Baggio scored another late goal against Spain at their quarter-final catch in Boston to seal a 2–1 succeed and two goals against Bulgaria in their semi-final match in New York City for another 2–1 acquire. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] In the final, which took place in Los Angeles ‘s Rose Bowl stadium 2,700 miles ( 4,320 kilometer ) and three time zones away from the Atlantic Northeast part of the United States where they had played all their former matches, Italy, who had 24 hours less rest than Brazil, played 120 minutes of scoreless football, taking the match to a penalty gunfight, the beginning time a World Cup final examination was settled in a punishment gunfight. [ 45 ] Italy lost the subsequent gunfight 3–2 after Baggio, who had been playing with the help of a pain-killer injection [ 46 ] and a heavily bandaged hamstring, [ 47 ] [ 48 ] missed the final penalty kick of the pit, shooting over the crossbar. [ 49 ] [ 50 ]

1996–2000 : european Championship runner-up [edit ]

After qualifying for Euro 1996 on charge points with Croatia, Italy did not progress beyond the group stage at the final tournament. Having defeated Russia 2–1 but losing to the Czech Republic by the lapp mark, Italy required a victory in their concluding group match to progress to the quarter-finals. Gianfranco Zola failed to convert a decisive penalty in a 0–0 pull against Germany, who finally won the tournament. [ 51 ] Relegated to irregular place behind England in the qualification campaign for the 1998 World Cup, Italy booked a place at the final tournament after defeating Russia in a play-off, with Pierluigi Casiraghi scoring the winning finish in a 2–1 aggregate victory on 15 November 1997. [ 52 ] After finishing first in their group and overcoming Norway in the second orotund, Italy faced a penalty gunfight in the quarterfinals, for the third base World Cup in a row. [ 53 ] The italian side, where Alessandro Del Piero and Baggio renewed the controversial staffetta ( “ relay ” ) between Mazzola and Rivera from 1970, held the eventual World Champions and host team, France, to a 0–0 draw after extra clock time, but lost 4–3 in the gunfight. With two goals scored in this tournament, Baggio remains the merely italian player to have scored in three unlike FIFA World Cup editions. [ 54 ]
Two years late, Italy faced another penalty gunfight Euro 2000 but emerged triumphant over the co-hosts, the Netherlands in the semifinal. [ 55 ] italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo saving one penalty during the match and two in the gunfight, while the dutch players missed one early penalty during the match and one during the gunfight with a rate of one punishment scored out of six attempts. Striker Francesco Totti scored his penalty with a cucchiaio ( “ smooch ” ) chip. [ 56 ] Italy finished the tournament as runner-up, losing the final examination 2–1 against France ( to a golden goal in excess clock time ) after conceding an equalize goal just 30 seconds before the have a bun in the oven end of injury time. [ 57 ] After the kill, passenger car Dino Zoff resigned in protest after being criticized by AC Milan baseball club president of the united states and politician Silvio Berlusconi. [ 58 ]

2000–2004 : Trapattoni earned run average [edit ]

Giovanni Trapattoni took commission of the team in July 2000 following the resignation of Dino Zoff. [ 59 ] Playing in Group 8 of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification process, Italy finished undefeated after facing Romania, Georgia, Hungary and Lithuania. In the final tournament, a 2–0 victory against Ecuador with a doubly from christian Vieri was followed by a series of controversial matches. During the meet against Croatia, English referee Graham Poll disallowed two goals resulting in a 2–1 get the better of for Italy. [ 60 ] Despite two goals being ruled for offsides, a deep headed goal from Alessandro Del Piero helped Italy to a 1–1 draw with Mexico, proving enough to advance to the hard stages. [ 61 ] Co-host area South Korea eliminated Italy in the round of 16 by a sexual conquest of 2–1. The match proved controversial with members of the italian team, most notably striker Francesco Totti and bus Giovanni Trapattoni, suggesting a conspiracy to eliminate Italy from the rival. [ 62 ] Trapattoni even obliquely accused FIFA of ordering the official to ensure a korean victory so that one of the two host nations would remain in the tournament. [ 63 ] The most contentious decisions by the game referee Byron Moreno were an early penalty awarded to South Korea ( saved by Buffon ), a gold goal by Damiano Tommasi ruled offside, and the sending off of Totti after being presented with a second base yellow wag for an alleged dive in the penalty area. [ 64 ] FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that the linesmen had been a “ catastrophe ” and admitted that Italy suffered from bad offside calls during the group matches, but he denied conspiracy allegations. While questioning Totti ‘s sending off by Moreno, Blatter refused to blame Italy ‘s loss entirely on the referees, stating : “ Italy ‘s elimination is not only down to referees and linesmen who made human not premeditated errors. Italy made mistakes both in defense and in attack. ” [ 65 ] Trapattoni stayed on to coach Italy for UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal. He guided the team to a first-place polish in Group 9 overcoming Wales, Serbia and Montenegro, Finland and Azerbaijan. With draw against Denmark and Sweden along with a victory over Bulgaria in Group C, Italy were eliminated following a tripartite five compass point tie based on the phone number of goals scored in matches among the bind teams. [ 66 ] Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and then italian football federation president Franco Carraro accused the swedish and danish teams of fixing the consequence. [ 67 ] Despite calls, then-UEFA spokesperson Robert Faulkner said the arrangement would not investigate the solution. [ 68 ] After initially refusing to resign following Italy ‘s elimination from the tournament, the italian Football Federation replaced Tapattoni with Marcello Lippi. [ 69 ] [ 70 ]

Fourth World Cup deed in 2006 [edit ]

Within the crowd in the Circus Maximus in Rome, after the italian team scored against France Lippi made his debut in a 2–0 get the better of in Iceland in August 2004 but managed to finally qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] With controversy plaguing the domestic league, Italy entered the final examination tournament as one of the eight seeded teams and were drawn into Group E aboard Ghana, the United States, and the Czech Republic. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Italy won their opening game, 2–0, against the african side, with goals from Andrea Pirlo and substitute Vincenzo Iaquinta. FIFA President Sepp Blatter judged the team ‘s performance as the best among the open games. [ 79 ] The irregular match against the United States ended in a 1–1 reap with Alberto Gilardino ‘s header equalized by Cristian Zaccardo ‘s own goal. [ 80 ] During the equal, De Rossi was sent off and belated received a four match suspension for elbowing American forward Brian McBride. [ 81 ] Italy finished first in Group E with a 2–0 succeed against the Czech Republic, with goals from Marco Materazzi and Filippo Inzaghi, advancing to the hard stagecoach. [ 82 ] In the orotund of 16, Italy secured a 1–0 victory over Australia with Francesco Totti scoring a penalty after referee Luis Medina Cantalejo judged that Lucas Neill fouled Fabio Grosso. [ 83 ] Italy overwhelm Ukraine, 3–0, after taking an early run through Gianluca Zambrotta and extra goals coming from Luca Toni. Lippi dedicated the victory to early italian international Gianluca Pessotto, who was in the hospital recovering from an apparent suicide attack. [ 84 ] In the semi-finals, Italy meter hosts Germany 2–0 with goals Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero in the stopping point minutes of supernumerary time. [ 85 ] The Azzurri won their fourth World Cup title after defeating France in the final. french captain Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring from punishment kick back in the seventh minute before Materazzi scored from a corner kick, twelve minutes by and by. The score remained level and though extra-time and Zidane was sent off for headbutting Materazzi. [ 86 ] Italy went on to win the punishment gunfight 5–3, with all italian players scoring their kicks. [ 87 ] FIFA named seven italian players — Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta, Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Francesco Totti and Luca Toni — to the 23-man tournament All Star Team. [ 88 ] Buffon besides won the Lev Yashin Award, given to the best goalkeeper of the tournament ; he conceded only two goals in the tournament ‘s seven matches, the first an own goal by Zaccardo and the second base from Zidane ‘s penalty bang in the final, and remained unbeaten for 460 consecutive minutes. [ 89 ] In honor of Italy winning a fourth FIFA World Cup, members of the police squad were awarded the italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere. [ 90 ] [ 91 ]

2006–2010 : Post-World Cup decay [edit ]

Marcello Lippi, who had announced his resignation three days after the World Cup triumph, was replaced by Roberto Donadoni as the new coach of the Azzurri. [ 92 ] Italy played in the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B, along with France. Italy won the group, with France being the runner-up. On 14 February 2007, Italy climbed to first in the FIFA World Rankings from moment, with a entire of 1,488 points, 37 points ahead of second rate Argentina. This was the second time in the Azzurri’ second history that it had been ranked in first set, the first meter being in 1993 ; they would besides be ranked inaugural respective times throughout 2007, besides in April–June and September. [ 41 ] [ 93 ] In Euro 2008, the Azzurri lost 3–0 to the Netherlands. The follow game against Romania ended 1–1, with a goal by christian Panucci that came only one minute after Romania ‘s hadrian Mutu capitalized on a mistake by Gianluca Zambrotta to give Romania the leave. [ 94 ] The resultant role was preserved by Gianluigi Buffon who saved a punishment kick from Mutu in the eightieth minute. [ 94 ] The final group plot against France, a replay of the 2006 World Cup Final, was a 2–0 Italy winnings. Andrea Pirlo scored from the penalty blot after a clog and bolshevik card for France defender Eric Abidal, and late a absolve kick by Daniele De Rossi took a deflection resulting Italy ‘s second finish. Romania, entering the day a point ahead of the Italians in Group C, lost to the Netherlands 2–0, allowing Italy to pass into the quarter finals against eventual champions Spain, where they lost 2–4 on penalties after a 0–0 absorb after 120 minutes. Within a week after the game, Roberto Donadoni ‘s contract was terminated and Marcello Lippi was rehired as coach. [ 95 ] Italy qualified for their first always FIFA Confederations Cup held in South Africa in June 2009 by virtue of winning the 2006 World Cup. They won their open equal of the tournament by a score of 3–1 against the United States, but subsequent defeats to Egypt ( 0–1 ) and Brazil ( 0–3 ) mean that they only finished third in the group on goals scored, and were eliminated. [ citation needed ] The national football team of Italy qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after playing home games at Stadio Friuli, Stadio Via del Mare, Stadio San Nicola, Stadio Olimpico di Torino and Stadio Ennio Tardini. In October 2009, they achieved qualification after drawing with the Republic of Ireland 2–2. On 4 December 2009, the draw for the World Cup was made : Italy would be in Group F alongside three underdog teams : Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. [ citation needed ] At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, reigning champions Italy were by chance eliminated in the beginning round, finishing final place in their group. After being held to 1–1 draws by Paraguay and New Zealand, they suffered a 3–2 loss to Slovakia. [ 96 ] It was the first time Italy failed to win a one game at a World Cup finals tournament, and in doing so became the third base nation to be eliminated in the first gear round while holding the World Cup crown ; the first being Brazil in 1966 and the second France in 2002. [ 97 ] Coincidentally, France who had been Italy ‘s adversaries and the losing finalist in the 2006 World Cup, were besides eliminated without winning a game in the first round in South Africa, making it the first time ever that neither finalist of the previous edition were able to reach the moment round. [ 98 ]

2010–2014 : european Championship runner-up [edit ]

The home football team of Italy before the UEFA Euro 2012 Final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, 1 July 2012 Marcello Lippi stepped down after Italy ‘s World Cup campaign and was replaced by Cesare Prandelli, although Lippi ‘s successor had already been announced before the tournament. [ 99 ] Italy began their campaign with Prandelli with a 1–0 loss to the Ivory Coast in a friendly match. [ 100 ] During a Euro 2012 modifier, Italy came back from behind to defeat Estonia 2–1. In the next Euro modifier, Italy dominated the Faroe Islands 5–0. Italy then tied 0–0 with Northern Ireland. Five days late, Italy played Serbia ; however, serbian fans in Stadio Luigi Ferraris began to riot, throwing flares and shooting fireworks onto the lurch, subsequently causing the desertion of the game. [ 101 ] Upon UEFA Disciplinary Review, Italy was awarded a 3–0 victory that propelled them to the peak of their group. [ 102 ] In their first match of 2011, Italy drew 1–1 a friendly with Germany at Dortmund, in the same stadium where they beat Germany 2–0 to advance to the final of the 2006 World Cup. In March 2011, Italy won 1–0 over Slovenia to again secure its blemish at the top of the qualification table. They then defeated Ukraine 2–0 in a friendly, despite being reduced to ten men for the deep stages of the match. With their 3–0 frustration of Estonia in another Euro 2012 modifier, Prandelli ‘s Italy secured the table conduct and besides achieved 9 undefeated games in a row since their initial debacle. The streak was ended on 7 June 2011 by Trapattoni ‘s current charges, the Republic of Ireland, with Italy losing 0–2 in a friendly in Liège. [ citation needed ] At the beginning of the second gear season under coach Prandelli, on 10 August 2011, Italy defeated the reigning world champions Spain for 2–1 in a friendly match played in Bari ‘s Stadio San Nicola, but lost in a friendly to the United States, 1–0, on home land on 29 February 2012. [ 103 ] Italy started their euro 2012 campaign with a 1–1 draw against Spain, and in the following match, they drew 1–1 against Croatia. They finished second in their group behind Spain by beating the Republic of Ireland 2–0, which earned them a quarter-final equal against the winners of group D, England. After a largely biased affair in which Italy failed to take their chances, they managed to beat England on penalty kicks, flush though they were gloomy early on in the gunfight. A save by goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon put them ahead after a bit shoot from Andrea Pirlo. Prandelli ‘s side won the gunfight 4–2. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] In their next game, the first semi-final of the rival, they faced the Germany team which was tipped by many to be the adjacent european champions. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 108 ] [ 109 ] [ 110 ] however, two first-half goals by Mario Balotelli saw Germany sent home plate, and the Italians went through to the finals to face the style defenders Spain. In the final, they were ineffective to repeat their earlier performance against Spain, falling 4–0 to lose the championship. Prandelli ‘s men were further done for by the string of injuries which left them playing with ten-spot men for the last half-hour, as substitute Thiago Motta was forced to go off after all three substitutions had been made. [ 111 ] During the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil, Italy started in a group with Mexico, Japan and Brazil. After beating Mexico 2–1 and Japan 4–3, Italy finally lost their final group game against tournament hosts Brazil 4–2. Italy then faced Spain in the semi-finals, in a replay of the Euro 2012 concluding. Italy lost 7–6 ( 0–0 after extra time ) in a punishment shoot-out after Leonardo Bonucci failed to score his kick. [ 112 ] Prandelli was praised for his tactics against the current World Cup and european champions. [ 113 ] Italy was then able to win the match for the third place by defeating Uruguay with the penalty score of 5–4 ( 2–2 after excess clock ). Italy was drawn in UEFA Group B for the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. They won the qualifying group without losing a match. Despite this successful run they were not seeded in batch 1 for the final seed. In December 2013, Italy was drawn in Group D against Costa Rica, England and Uruguay. While Italy defeated England 2–1 in its first peer, underdog Costa Rica beat the Italians 1–0 in the second group degree equal. [ 114 ] In Italy ‘s stopping point group meet, they were knocked out by Uruguay 1–0, due in separate to two controversial calls from reviewer Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( Mexico ). In the 59th minute, midfielder Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a questionable undertake. [ 115 ] Later in the eightieth minute, with the teams knotted at 0–0 which would have sent Italy to the next round, Uruguayan hitter Luis Suárez morsel defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder but was not sent off. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Uruguay went on to score moments late in the 81st hour with a Diego Godín header from a corner kick, winning the game 1–0 and eliminating Italy. This marked Italy ‘s second back-to-back failure to reach the round of 16 at the World Cup finals. curtly after this passing, coach Cesare Prandelli resigned. [ 118 ]

2014–2016 : euro 2016 campaign [edit ]

The successful former Juventus coach Antonio Conte was selected to replace Cesare Prandelli as coach after the 2014 World Cup. Conte ‘s debut as director was against 2014 World Cup semi-finalists the Netherlands, in which Italy won 2–0. Italy ‘s first gear frustration under Conte came ten games in to his authorization from a 1–0 international friendly loss against Portugal on 16 June 2015. [ 119 ] On 10 October 2015, Italy qualified for Euro 2016, courtesy of a 3–1 win over Azerbaijan ; [ 120 ] the resultant role meant that Italy had managed to go 50 games unbeaten in european qualifiers. [ 121 ] Three days late, with a 2–1 win over Norway, Italy topped their euro 2016 qualifying group with 24 points ; four points acquit of second placed Croatia. [ 122 ] With a similar destiny to the 2014 World Cup group stage draw, Italy were not exceed seeded into the beginning pot. This had Italy see a attract with Belgium, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland in Group E. [ 123 ] On 4 April 2016, it was announced that Antonio Conte would step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016 to become head coach of English club Chelsea at the startle of the 2016–17 Premier League season. [ 124 ] The 23-man team, which was initially criticized by many fans and members of the media for its tactics and level of quality, [ 125 ] saw noteworthy absences with Andrea Pirlo and Sebastian Giovinco controversially left out [ 126 ] and Claudio Marchisio and Marco Verratti omitted due to injury. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] Italy opened Euro 2016 with a 2–0 victory over Belgium on 13 June. [ 129 ] Italy qualified for the round of 16 with one game to spare on 17 June with a alone goal by Éder for the victory against Sweden ; the first time they won the second group bet on in a major external tournament since Euro 2000. [ 130 ] Italy besides finished lead of the group for the beginning time in a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup. [ 131 ] Italy defeated reigning european champions Spain 2–0 in the round of 16 match on 27 June. [ 132 ] Italy then faced off against the regnant World champions, rivals Germany, in the quarter-finals. Mesut Özil opened the grade in the 65th hour for Germany, before Leonardo Bonucci converted a punishment in the 78th hour for Italy. The score remained 1–1 after extra time and Germany beat Italy 6–5 in the ensuing penalty shoot-out. It was the foremost time Germany overwhelm Italy in a major tournament. [ 133 ] [ 134 ]

bankruptcy to qualify for 2018 World Cup [edit ]

For the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Italy were placed into the second potentiometer due to being in 17th stead in the FIFA World Rankings at the prison term of the group draws ; Italy were drawn with Spain from pot one on 25 July 2015. [ 135 ] After Conte ‘s planned passing following Euro 2016, Gian Piero Ventura took over as coach for the team, on 18 July 2016, signing a biennial contract. [ 136 ] His first base match at the helm was a friendly against France, held at the Stadio San Nicola on 1 September, which ended in a 3–1 loss. [ 137 ] Four days late, he won his beginning competitive match in charge of Italy, the team ‘s opening 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel at Haifa, which ended in a 3–1 victory for Italy. [ 138 ] After Italy won all of their qualify matches except for a 1–1 draw at home to Macedonia, a well as a 1–1 trace with Spain at home on 6 October 2016, and a 3–0 loss away to Spain on 2 September 2017, Italy finished in Group G in second plaza, five points behind Spain. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] Italy were then required to go through the play-off against Sweden. After a 1–0 aggregate loss to Sweden, on 13 November 2017, Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the inaugural time they failed to qualify for the World Cup since 1958. [ 141 ] immediately following the couple, veterans Andrea Barzagli, Daniele De Rossi and captain Gianluigi Buffon all declared their retirement from the national team. [ 142 ] [ 143 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ] On 15 November 2017, Ventura was dismissed as heading coach, [ 146 ] and on 20 November 2017, Carlo Tavecchio resigned as president of the united states of the italian Football Federation. [ 147 ] [ 148 ]

2018–present : revival with Mancini and second european title [edit ]

On 5 February 2018, the Italy U21 director Luigi Di Biagio was appointed as the caretaker coach of the aged team. [ 149 ] On 17 March 2018, despite the initial decision to retire by veterans Buffon and Chiellini, they were both called up for Italy ‘s March 2018 friendlies by caretaker coach Di Biagio. [ 150 ] Following the March friendlies against Argentina and England in which Italy were defeated and drew respectively, on 12 April 2018, Italy dropped six places to their lowest FIFA World Ranking at the time, to 20th topographic point. [ 151 ] On 14 May 2018, Roberto Mancini was announced as the raw director. [ 152 ] On 28 May 2018, Italy won their first pit under Mancini, a 2–1 victory in a friendly over Saudi Arabia. [ 153 ] On 16 August 2018, in the FIFA World Ranking that followed the 2018 World Cup, Italy dropped two places to their lowest ever ranking, to 21st place. [ 154 ] On 7 September 2018, Italy participated in the inaugural UEFA Nations League, drawing their first match of the tournament against Poland in Bologna with a score of 1–1. [ 155 ] On 12 October 2019, Italy qualified for Euro 2020 with three matches to spare after a 2–0 home winnings over Greece. [ 156 ] On 18 November, Italy finished Group J with ten-spot wins in all ten matches, becoming only the one-sixth national side to qualify for a european backing with a perfect record, and the seventh exemplify, after France ( 1992 and 2004 ), Czech Republic ( 2000 ), Germany, Spain ( both 2012 ), and England ( 2016 ). [ 157 ] On 17 March 2020, UEFA confirmed that Euro 2020 had been postponed by one class in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [ 158 ] On 18 November 2020, with a 2–0 away win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy finished first in their 2020–21 UEFA Nations League group and qualified for the Finals of the tournament. [ 159 ] [ 160 ]
In June 2021 Italy started its guess at the UEFA Euro 2020 in Group A, along with Switzerland, Turkey, and Wales. Being one of the host nations, Italy played all three group games at dwelling at Rome ‘s Stadio Olimpico. Italy opened the tournament with a 3–0 winnings over Turkey, with turkish defender Merih Demiral scoring an own goal to give the Italians the lead in the 53rd hour, before Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne netted two far attempts. [ 161 ] [ 162 ] Italy then managed to overcome a highly defensive Switzerland with another 3–0 triumph, with Manuel Locatelli scoring twice and Ciro Immobile netting the survive goal to seal a set into the round of 16 with a game to spare, despite captain Giorgio Chiellini suffering an injury. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] Having already secured a locate in the smasher phase, Italy beat Wales 1–0 with a heavily rotated police squad, with Matteo Pessina scoring the only goal in the first one-half to ensure the side finished with a perfect record in the group stage. [ 165 ] [ 166 ] Italy became the first team in european Championship history to win each group stage equal without conceding. [ 167 ] In the rung of 16 played at Wembley Stadium, Italy struggled against a very motivated and disciplined Austria, who had finished second in Group C. Austria ‘s Marko Arnautović had a goal in the 67th minute ruled out for offside, and it was only in the foremost period of extra clock time that italian substitutes Federico Chiesa and Pessina each delivered a finish to give Italy a 2–0 conduct. Despite substitute Saša Kalajdžić salvaging a goal for Austria in the second half of extra prison term ( the first goal conceded by the Italians at the tournament ), Italy held on to reach the quarter-finals. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] Italy ‘s quarter-final run into against Belgium, played in Munich ‘s Allianz Arena, saw solid italian domination, as Nicolò Barella beat Thibaut Courtois to score in the 31st minute, before Insigne doubled Italy ‘s lead in the 44th moment with a potent strickle ; Belgium ‘s Romelu Lukaku then converted a successful penalty during blockage prison term of the first half. Despite an achilles injury in the second half to Leonardo Spinazzola that ruled him out for the respite of the tournament, [ 170 ] Italy once again held the scoreline to eliminate the Belgians. [ 171 ] [ 172 ] The victory set a new phonograph record for the longest european Championship winning streak at 15, including both passing and the final tournament. [ 173 ] Italy then returned to Wembley to face Spain in the semi-finals, the one-fourth consecutive european Championship where the two sides met. In a rigorous game dominated by monomania football, Italy got the discovery from Chiesa after 60 minutes ; however, 20 minutes subsequently Álvaro Morata equalised for Spain to level the match at 1–1. No far goals were scored in extra time, resulting in a punishment shoot-out ; both Locatelli and Dani Olmo failed to score the beginning penalties for their respective sides, before Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Spain ‘s fourth kick from Morata. Jorginho then scored the subsequent penalty to take Italy to their first european final since 2012. [ 174 ] [ 175 ] On 11 July 2021, Italy won the UEFA Euro 2020 by a 3–2 victory on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw ( Bonucci equalized in the second half to cancel out the opening goal scored by Shaw ) in extra-time against England in the final contain in London. [ 176 ] Italy won their moment european Championship deed 53 years after the beginning, won at home in 1968. On 16 July, all members of the european Championship-winning police squad were awarded the italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere. [ 177 ] In October 2021 Italy participated in the UEFA Nations League Finals held at home. On 6 October, Italy played the semi‐final against Spain, losing 2–1 at San Siro. [ 178 ] This equal caused the end of the record of 37 unbeaten matches, more than 3 years after the last kill. Four days former, Italy won the third-place final 2–1 against Belgium at the Juventus Stadium. [ 179 ] On 15 November 2021, Italy drew 0–0 with Northern Ireland in their final 2022 World Cup qualifying Group C catch and finished in second plaza, two points behind Switzerland. [ 180 ] Italy were then required to go through the second round of qualifying .

team trope [edit ]

Kits and crest [edit ]

Italy in 1910, wearing the original white new jersey. They would switch to the traditional gloomy shirt a year subsequently . The blue shirt had a House of Savoy badge during the early 1930s . Italy ‘s classical kit, worn by Giacinto Facchetti in 1968. The first base shirt worn by the Italy national team, in its debut against France on 15 May 1910, was white. The option of color was due to the fact that a decision about the appearance of the kit had not yet been made, so it was decided not to have a color, which was why white was chosen. [ 181 ] After two games, for a friendly against Hungary in Milan on 6 January 1911, the white shirt was replaced by a aristocratic jersey ( specifically savoy azure ) — aristocratic being the frame color of the imperial House of Savoy crest used on the flag of the Kingdom of Italy ( 1861-1946 ) ; the shirt was accompanied by blank shorts and black socks ( which later became blue ). [ 181 ] The team former became known as gli Azzurri ( the Blues ). [ 181 ] [ 182 ] [ 183 ] [ 184 ] In the 1930s, Italy wore a black kit, ordered by the fascist regimen of Benito Mussolini. The bootleg kit out debuted on 17 February 1935 in a friendly against France at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome. [ 185 ] A aristocratic shirt, white shorts and black socks were worn at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin the postdate year. At the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, the all-black kit was worn once in the match against France. [ 186 ] After World War II, the fascist regimen fell and the monarchy was abolished in 1946. The same year saw the birth of the Italian Republic, and the blue-and-white kit was reinstated. The thwart of the early Royal House of Savoy was removed from the pin of Italy, and consequently from the national team ‘s badge, now consisting entirely of the Tricolore. For the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the area ‘s name in italian, ITALIA, was placed above the tricolor harbor, and for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, FIGC, the abbreviation of the italian Football Federation, was incorporated into the badge. [ 181 ] In 1983, to celebrate the victory at the World Cup of the former year, three gold stars replaced ITALIA above the tricolor, representing their three World Cup victories until that point. In 1984, a round emblem was launched, featuring the three stars, the inscriptions ITALIA and FIGC, and the tricolor. [ 181 ] The first know kit manufacturer was Adidas in 1974. Since 2003, the kit out has been made by Puma. [ 181 ] Since the 2000s, an all-blue uniform including blasphemous shorts has occasionally been used, particularity in external tournaments. [ 181 ] After Italy ‘s 2006 World Cup victory, a fourth star was added to the tricolor badge .

Rivalries [edit ]

France–Italy match on 20 February 1921 Italy has five main rivalries with other top footballing nations. Their competition with Brazil, known as the Clásico Mundial in Portuguese or the World Derby in English, [ 187 ] is between two of the most successful football nations in the world, having achieved nine World Cups between the two countries. Since their foremost catch at 1938 World Cup, they have played against each other a sum of five times in the World Cup, most notably in the 1970 World Cup Final and the 1994 World Cup final examination in which Brazil won 4–1 and 3–2 on penalties after a scoreless draw respectively. [ 188 ] Their competition with Croatia, besides known as the Derby Adriatico or Adriatic Derby, named after the Adriatic which separates the two nations. [ 189 ] [ 190 ] [ 191 ] Croatia has not lost against Italy, with most of the fixtures played in qualifications and at tournaments. [ 192 ] [ 193 ] During the Euro 2016 qualifying phase, Croatia and Italy played each other twice, drawing both times. [ 194 ] Both matches were marred by herd trouble due to flares being thrown onto the pitch, which besides occurred when the two teams met at the 2012 european Championships. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Croatia came from behind to beat Italy 2–1 in another controversial game, after two italian goals were disallowed. [ 195 ] As of July 2018, the two countries have played eight times : Croatia has won three times and draw five times. [ 196 ] Their competition with France dates spinal column the earliest, with the match played on 15 May 1910, Italy ‘s beginning official match ending in a 6–2 victory. [ 197 ] [ 198 ] celebrated matches in the World Cup and the European Football Championship include the 2006 World Cup Final, when the Italians defeated the french 5–3 in the penalty shoot-out, after a 1–1 draw, and the 2000 european Championship, won by France with an extra-time golden goal by David Trezeguet. [ 199 ] Their competition with Germany is besides long-standing, having played against each other five times in the World Cup, notably in the “ Game of the Century “, the 1970 World Cup semifinal between the two countries that Italy won 4–3 in extra prison term, with five of the seven goals coming in extra time. [ 200 ] Germany has besides won three european Championships while Italy has won it doubly. The two countries have faced each other four times in the European championship, with three draws ( one German penalty shoot-out victory ) and one italian victory. [ 201 ] Germany had never defeated Italy in a major tournament match until their victory in the Euro 2016 quarterfinals, on penalties ( though statistically considered a draw ), with all Germany ‘s other wins over Italy being in friendly competitions. [ 134 ] Their competition with Spain, sometimes referred to as the Mediterranean derby, [ 202 ] has been contested since 1920, and, although the two nations are not immediate geographic neighbours, their competition at international floor is enhanced by the strong performances of the congressman clubs in UEFA competitions, in which they are among the leading associations and have each enjoyed spells of dominance. [ 203 ] [ 204 ] Since the quarterfinal match between the two countries at Euro 2008, the competition has renewed, with its most luminary match between the two sides being in the UEFA Euro 2012 Final, which Spain won 4–0. [ 205 ] [ 206 ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Win Draw Loss

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

current technical staff : [ 207 ]
During the earliest days of italian nation football, it was coarse for a technical Commission to be appointed. The Commission took the character that a standard passenger car would presently play. ever since 1967, the national team has been controlled only by the bus. For this rationality, the coach of the Italy national team is still called Technical Commissioner ( Commissario tecnico or CT, the use of this denomination has since then expanded into other team sports in Italy ) .

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

The follow players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification meet against Northern Ireland on 15 November 2021. [ 208 ] [ 209 ]

Information correct as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Northern Ireland.

recent call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been selected in the past 12 months and are hush eligible .

former squads [edit ]

individual records [edit ]

actor records [edit ]

Most capped players [edit ]

Gianluigi Buffon is the most capped player in the history of Italy with 176 caps. As of 15 November 2021, the players with the most appearances for Italy are : [ 210 ]
Players in bold are placid active voice in the home football team .

lead goalscorers [edit ]

As of 15 November 2021, the players with the most goals for Italy are : [ 211 ]
Players in bold are even active voice in the national football team .

Captains [edit ]

tilt of captainship periods of the assorted captains throughout the years. [ 212 ]

coach records [edit ]

Most manager appearances

Enzo Bearzot: 104[222]

team records [edit ]

Largest victory

9–0 vs. United States, 2 August 1948

Largest defeat

1–7 vs. Hungary, 6 April 1924

competitive commemorate [edit ]

For the all-time record, see Italy national football team all-time record. Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position			*
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		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		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		22nd	3	1	0	2	2	3		10	6	4	0	19	9
2018	Did not qualify									12	7	3	2	21	9
2022	To be determined									8	4	4	0	13	2
2026										To be determined
Total	4 titles	18/21	83	45	21	17	128	77		117	78	30	9	234	71

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via 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 [edit ]

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position			*
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										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	3rd	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	5th	5	3	1	1	6	2		10	7	3	0	16	7
2020	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	13	4		10	10	0	0	37	4
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	2 titles	10/16	45	21	18	6	52	31		118	74	30	14	224	76

*Draws include knockout matches decided via 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 [edit ]

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group								Rank
2018–19	A	3	4	1	2	1	2	2		8th
2020–21	A	1	8	4	3	1	10	5		3rd
2022–23	A	3	To be determined
Total			12	5	5	2	12	7	3rd

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

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

neck and neck record [edit ]

As of 15 November 2021, the complete official match read of the italian national team comprises 850 matches : 454 wins, 233 draws and 163 losses. [ 223 ] During these matches, the team scored 1,490 times and conceded 829 goals. Italy ‘s highest winning allowance is nine goals, which has been achieved against the United States in 1948 ( 9–0 ). Their longest succeed streak is 13 wins, [ 224 ] and their unbeaten criminal record is 37 back-to-back official matches, a worldly concern record. [ 225 ]

Honours [edit ]

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

Titles [edit ]

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

• Winner (2): 1968, 2020
• Runner-up (2): 2000, 2012
• Fourth place (1): 1980

• Third place (1): 2013

• Third place (1): 2020–21

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

Other titles :

Awards [edit ]

• Winners: 2007

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

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