In October 2009, they achieved qualification after drawing with the Republic of Ireland 2–2. Italy finished first in Group E with a 2–0 win against the Czech Republic, with goals from defender Marco Materazzi (26th minute) and striker Filippo Inzaghi (87th minute), advancing to the Round of 16 in the knockout stages, where they faced Australia. The following footballers have been selected in the past 12 months and are still eligible to represent. Italy national football team: fixtures and calendar latest results, statistics. [73] [6], The first success in an official tournament came with the bronze medal in 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. Italy was the only team in the tournament to beat the eventual champions and host team Argentina. "World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No8: Mussolini's blackshirts' 1938 win". [81] Coincidentally, France who had been Italy's adversaries and the losing finalist in the 2006 World Cup, were also 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 second round.[82]. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—the latter of which was co-founded by the Italian team's supervising body, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Italy were then required to go through the play-off against Russia, advancing 2–1 on aggregate on 15 November 1997 with the winner coming from Pierluigi Casiraghi. Italy's first defeat under Conte came ten games in to his empowerment from a 1–0 international friendly loss against Portugal on 16 June 2015. Prandelli's side won the shootout 4–2.[88][89]. Mesut Özil opened the scoring in the 65th minute for Germany, before Leonardo Bonucci converted a penalty in the 78th minute for Italy. 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Uruguay Results And Highlights: Claudio Marchisio's Red Card Dooms Italy. [39] Italy lost 4–3 on penalty kicks following a 1–1 draw after extra time. 1909 from Bologna; Genoa C.F.C. [27], However, Italy failed to qualify for the 1984 European Championship. Italy won the replay 2–0 (with goals from Luigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi) to take the trophy. Gianluca Zambrotta opened the scoring early (in the sixth minute) with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area after a quick exchange with Totti created enough space. 1910–1938: Origins and first two World Cups, 1968–1974: European champions and World Cup runners-up, 1996–2000: European Championship runners-up, 2010–2014: European Championship runners-up. from Genoa A.S. Roma from Rome; S.S. Lazio from Rome At the beginning of the second 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 soil on 29 February 2012. De Rossi hospitalised with Covid. Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and their primary training ground, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located at the FIGC tec… [98] In Italy's last group match, they were knocked out by Uruguay 1–0, due in part to two controversial calls from referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico): in the 59th minute, midfielder Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a questionable tackle. The first known kit manufacturer was Adidas in 1974. [53] After the defeat, coach Dino Zoff resigned in protest after being criticized by Milan club president and politician Silvio Berlusconi. Italy's Andrea Belotti and Manuel Locatelli secured a 2-0 win over Bulgaria on Sunday to make it two wins from two in Group C. Italy made a comfortable start to the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Northern Ireland 2-0 in Group C on Thursday. The summer of 2004 marked the choice, by FIGC, to appoint Marcello Lippi for Italy's bench. The first half ended scoreless, after Antonio Cabrini missed a penalty awarded for a Hans-Peter Briegel foul on Bruno Conti. Thousands of mourners gathered in the Italian city of Vicenza on Saturday for the funeral of former Italy international Paolo Rossi. was one of the defining images of Italy's 1982 World Cup triumph. The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Italy - Men's - FIFA.com. Their fans currently referred to the team as I Rossoblu or The Red-Blues by their fans. The score remained 1–1 after extra time and Germany beat Italy 6–5 in the ensuing penalty shoot-out. They achieved their second title in 1938 in a 4–2 defeat of Hungary, with two goals by Gino Colaussi and two goals by Silvio Piola in the World Cup that followed. 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 draw after 120 minutes. (literally translated as "Win or die!"). For head to head records against other countries, see Italy national football team head to head. In their next game, the first semi-final of the competition, they faced Germany team who were tipped by many to be the next European champions. Between its first two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament (1936). [113] Italy qualified for the round of 16 with one game to spare on 17 June with a lone goal by Éder for the victory against Sweden; the first time they won the second group game in a major international tournament since Euro 2000. Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy's successful 1982 World Cup campaign, has died at the age of 64. . Won 2 - 1 against Torino on March 14th 2021. ", "Buffon, niente fascia Il capitano è Del Piero", "L'Italia parte male, l'Olanda cala il tris", "Buffon, annuncio choc: Mi opero e torno nel 2011", "Prandelli cambia l'Italia Amauri, Cassano e Balotelli", "Pirlo, ricetta Nazionale "Ritroviamo la qualità, "Motta, Giovinco and Matri news. However, co-host country South Korea eliminated Italy in the round of 16 by a score of 2–1. In December 2013, Italy was drawn in Group D against Costa Rica, England and Uruguay. 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. Italy national football team is the national football team of Italy. The club was established as Bologna Football Club 1909 S.p.A. around 110 years ago in 1909. [52], In the Euro 2000, another shootout decided Italy's fate but this time in their favour when defeating the co-hosts the Netherlands in the semi final. [72] Buffon also 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 from Zidane's penalty kick in the final, and remained unbeaten for 460 consecutive minutes. We run down the biggest shock defeats for major footballing nations. [21][22][23] Italy then progressed to the semi-final where they defeated Poland with two goals from Rossi. In the second half, a potential winning goal by Toni was disallowed for a very close offside call by linesman Luc La Rossa. During the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil, Italy started in a group with Mexico, Japan and Brazil. Ireland slumped to one of their worst defeats, losing 1-0 to Luxembourg. ", "Denmark and Switzerland through, Italy perfect", "Italia, sorteggio positivo: gli azzurri pescano Olanda, Polonia e Bosnia. Italy then faced Spain in the semi-finals, in a rematch of the Euro 2012 final. How are they doing? In the match that eliminated Italy from the tournament against the Netherlands, Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff was beaten by a long-distance shot from Arie Haan, and Zoff was criticized for the defeat. Italy's Andrea Belotti and Manuel Locatelli secured a 2-0 win over Bulgaria on Sunday to make it two wins from two in Group C. Italy's fine form continues in 2-0 win vs. Bulgaria (1:32) 16d Roberto Mancini head coach of the Italy team hopeful to make possible changes that help Italy to win the Euro. VS Rep. Ceca. [103] On 10 October 2015, Italy qualified for Euro 2016, courtesy of a 3–1 win over Azerbaijan;[104] the result meant that Italy had managed to go 50 games unbeaten in European qualifiers. All information about Italy (EURO 2020) current squad with market values transfers rumours player stats fixtures news [3][4][5] 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. After Brazil defeated Argentina 3–1, Italy needed to win in order to advance to the semi-finals. 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 time in the quarter-finals, but lost 4–3 in the shootout. [135] 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 place. [17] They were later defeated by Brazil in the final 4–1. A save by goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon put them ahead after a chip shot from Andrea Pirlo. Upon Italy's return home, furious fans threw fruit and rotten tomatoes at their transport bus at the airport.[14][15]. [146] Since the 2000s, an all-blue uniform including blue shorts has occasionally been used, particularity in international tournaments. The Italian attack featured talented forwards Salvatore Schillaci and a young Roberto Baggio. Won 1 - 0 against Bologna … 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. Despite being the tournament favourites, the Azzurri, whose 1966 squad included Gianni Rivera and Giacomo Bulgarelli, were eliminated in the first round by the semi-professional North Koreans. [18] Italy hosted the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship, the first edition to be held between eight teams instead of four,[19] automatically qualifying for the finals as hosts. After a mostly one-sided affair in which Italy failed to take their chances, they managed to beat England on penalty kicks, even though they were down early in the shootout. Italian clubs support Misa Rodriguez: 'Same passion' The top teams in Italy show support for Spanish goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez, who was subjected to old stereotypes and sexist insults on social media. The team's first match was held in Milan on 15 May 1910. [150], After World War II, the fascist regime fell and the monarchy was abolished in 1946. [56] The most contentious decisions by the game referee Byron Moreno were an early penalty awarded to South Korea (saved by Buffon), a golden goal by Damiano Tommasi ruled offside, and the sending off of Totti after being presented with a second yellow card for an alleged dive in the penalty area. After two draws with Spain and Belgium and a narrow 1–0 win over England, Italy were beaten by Czechoslovakia in the third-place match on penalties 9–8 after Fulvio Collovati missed his kick. After losing the semi-final against Uruguay, an 11–3 victory against Egypt secured third place in the competition. [117][118], For the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Italy were placed into the second pot due to being in 17th place in the FIFA World Rankings at the time of the group draws; Italy were drawn with Spain from pot one on 25 July 2015. [115] Italy defeated reigning European champions Spain 2–0 in the round of 16 match on 27 June. They then defeated Ukraine 2–0 in a friendly, despite being reduced to ten men for the late stages of the match. Seven players — Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta, Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Francesco Totti and Luca Toni — were named to the 23-man tournament All Star Team. Previous Next. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—the latter of which was co-founded by the Italian team's supervising body, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). [34] New coach conceded a chance to young players, such as Ciro Ferrara and Gianluca Vialli:[35] Sampdoria striker scored goals that gave Italy 1988 European Championship pass. This marked Italy's second consecutive failure to reach the round of 16 at the World Cup finals. During the qualifying campaign for the 1998 World Cup, Italy drew 0–0 to England on the last day of Group 2 matches as Italy finished in second place, one point behind England. Italy : Address: Via Gregorio Allegri 14: 00198 Roma: Italy: Tel: +39 (06) 84912500: Fax: +39 (06) 84912539: Website: www.figc.it: Founded: Mar 15, 1898 This squad was led by the legendary Giuseppe Meazza, arguably the greatest Italian player of all time. venerdì 11 giugno 2021 Roma Stadio Olimpico Italia. Many happy returns, Christian Panucci! Italy will host the UEFA Nations League finals in October next year, European football's governing body said in a statement on Thursday. 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 final match after 32 years. At the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, the all-black kit was worn once (in the match against France). 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."[58]. 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Italy scores, results and fixtures on BBC Sport, including live football scores, goals and goal scorers. Suarez Bites Again", "World Cup: Luis Suarez mired in another biting controversy as Uruguay beat Italy", "World Cup 2014: Italy boss Cesare Prandelli to resign", "Portugal hand Antonio Conte first defeat as Italy coach in friendly", "Italy beats Azerbaijan to qualify for Euro 2016", "Italy qualify for Euro 2016 but are they improving under Antonio Conte? In stoppage time a controversial penalty kick was awarded to the Azzurri when referee Luis Medina Cantalejo ruled that Lucas Neill fouled Fabio Grosso. The team is known as gli Azzurri (the Blues). After a 1–0 win 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. VS Turchia. The Italy women's national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio femminile dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international women's football since their inception in 1968. [146] After two games, for a friendly against Hungary in Milan on 6 January 1911, the white shirt was replaced by a blue jersey (specifically savoy azure) — blue being the border colour of the royal House of Savoy crest used on the flag of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946); the shirt was accompanied by white shorts and black socks (which later became blue). 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In honour of Italy winning the FIFA World Cup for a fourth time, all members of the World Cup-winning squad were awarded the Italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere Ufficiale. Mancini: "Buon gruppo, "Nations League – Italia-Polonia 2-0. [78], The final group game against France, a rematch of the 2006 World Cup Final, was a 2–0 Italy win. The same happened at the other end when U.S. winger DaMarcus Beasley's goal was not given due to teammate Brian McBride being ruled offside. In the 1927–30 and 1933–35 Central European International Cup, Italy achieved the first place out of five Central European teams, topping the group with 11 points in both editions of the tournament. Italy had also previously won two Central European International Cups (1927–30, 1933–35). They won the qualifying group without losing a match. [120] His first 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. In the final, Italy met West Germany, who had advanced by a penalty shootout victory against France. Francesco Totti converted into the upper corner of the goal past Mark Schwarzer for a 1–0 win. Italy's classic kit, worn by Giacinto Facchetti in 1968. [25] Paolo Rossi won the Golden Boot with six goals as well as the Golden Ball Award for the best player of the tournament,[26] and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player to win the World Cup. Having been loudly criticized, the Italian team decided on a press black-out from then on, with only coach Enzo Bearzot and captain Dino Zoff appointed to speak to the press. [137] On 28 May 2018, Italy won their first match under Mancini, a 2–1 victory in a friendly over Saudi Arabia. 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Won 1 - 0 against Atalanta on March 8th 2021. [71], Ten different players scored for Italy in the tournament, and five goals out of twelve were scored by substitutes, while four goals were scored by defenders. [100][101] Uruguay went on to score moments later in the 81st minute with a Diego Godín header from a corner kick, winning the game 1–0 and eliminating Italy. [125] Immediately following the match, veterans Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Daniele De Rossi and captain Gianluigi Buffon all declared their retirement from the national team. [44] Italy lost the subsequent shootout 3–2 after Baggio, who had been playing with the aid of a pain-killer injection[45] and a heavily bandaged hamstring,[46][47] missed the final penalty kick of the match, shooting over the crossbar. [42][43], In the final, which took place in Los Angeles's Rose Bowl stadium 2,700 miles (4,320 km) and three time zones away from the Atlantic Northeast part of the United States where they had played all their previous matches, Italy, who had 24 hours less rest than Brazil, played 120 minutes of scoreless football, taking the match to a penalty shootout, the first time a World Cup final was settled in a penalty shootout. Shortly after this loss, coach Cesare Prandelli resigned. Genoa goalkeeper Federico Marchetti had his Ferrari 812 Superfast destroyed when he sent it to a car wash. Mario Balotelli scored four minutes into his debut for Serie B side Monza on Wednesday, setting them on the way to a 3-0 win over Salernitana. The cycle of international successes ended in the 1974 World Cup, when the team was eliminated by Grzegorz Lato's Polish team in the first round. It shows all personal information about the players, including age, nationality, contract duration and current market value. Italian football news, analysis, fixtures and results for the latest from Serie A, Serie B and the Azzurri. After a scandal in Serie A where some National team players such as Paolo Rossi[20] were prosecuted and suspended for match fixing and illegal betting, the Azzurri qualified for the second round of the 1982 World Cup after three uninspiring draws against Poland, Peru and Cameroon. This page displays a detailed overview of the club's current squad. [16] After extra time the final ended in a 1–1 draw, and in the days before penalty shootouts, the rules required the match to be replayed a few days later. [38], Italy hosted the World Cup for the second time in 1990.