Italy national football team
men's national association football team representing Italy
Italy national football team is the national football team of Italy. They won the FIFA World Cup 4 times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), and the UEFA European Football Championship twice (1968, 2020).
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| Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) La Nazionale (The National Team) | |||
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| Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Roberto Mancini | |||
| Captain | Giorgio Chiellini | |||
| Most caps | Gianluigi Buffon (176) | |||
| Top scorer | Luigi Riva (35) | |||
| Home stadium | Various | |||
| FIFA code | ITA | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 8  2 (22 December 2022)[1] | |||
| Highest | 1 (November 1993, February 2007, April–June 2007, September 2007) | |||
| Lowest | 21 (August 2018) | |||
| 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 | Champions (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1968) | |||
| Best result | Champions (1968, 2020) | |||
| Confederations Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2009) | |||
| Best result | Third place (2013) | |||
Medal record | ||||
Most appearances
- As of 11 July 2021
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | 176 | 0 | 1997–2018 |
| 2 | Fabio Cannavaro | 136 | 2 | 1997–2010 |
| 3 | Paolo Maldini | 126 | 7 | 1988–2002 |
| 4 | Daniele De Rossi | 117 | 21 | 2004–2017 |
| 5 | Andrea Pirlo | 116 | 13 | 2002–2015 |
| 6 | Giorgio Chiellini | 112 | 8 | 2004–present |
| 7 | Dino Zoff | 112 | 0 | 1968–1983 |
| 8 | Leonardo Bonucci | 109 | 8 | 2010–present |
| 9 | Gianluca Zambrotta | 98 | 2 | 1999–2010 |
| 10 | Giacinto Facchetti | 94 | 3 | 1963–1977 |
Top scorers
- As of 6 July 2021
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Riva | 35 | 42 | 0.83 | 1965–1974 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Meazza | 33 | 53 | 0.62 | 1930–1939 |
| 3 | Silvio Piola | 30 | 34 | 0.88 | 1935–1952 |
| 4 | Roberto Baggio | 27 | 56 | 0.48 | 1988–2004 |
| Alessandro DelPiero | 91 | 0.3 | 1995–2008 | ||
| 5 | Filippo Inzaghi | 25 | 57 | 0.44 | 1997–2007 |
| 6 | Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 61 | 0.41 | 1980–1988 |
| 7 | Christian Vieri | 00 | 49 | 0.47 | 1997–2005 |
| 8 | Francesco Graziani | 23 | 64 | 0.36 | 1975–1983 |
Competitive record
- FIFA World Cup
- Champions : 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
- Runners-Up : 2 (1970, 1994)
- Third Place : 1 (1990)
- Fourth Place : 1 (1978)
- UEFA European Championship
- FIFA Confederations Cup
- Third Place : 1 (2013)
References
Related pages
Other websites
- Official website by FIGC
- Italy at UEFA
- Italy Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA
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