Nazionale A Amichevole. [54], In the 2002 World Cup, a 2–0 victory against Ecuador with two Christian Vieri goals was followed by a series of controversial matches. They won the qualifying group without losing a match. Learn all about UEFA's newest national-team competition, and see highlights of the first final tournament. [97] 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 extra time). Nazionale A Campionato Europeo. [76] Italy played in the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B, along with France. Luca Toni added two more goals in the second half (59th and 69th minute), as Ukraine pressed forward but were not able to score, hitting the crossbar and requiring several saves from Gianluigi Buffon and a goal-line clearance from Zambrotta. The Italian team was bitterly condemned upon their return home, while North Korean scorer Pak Doo-ik was celebrated as the David who killed Goliath. Their fans currently referred to the team as I Rossoblu or The Red-Blues by their fans. The black kit debuted on 17 February 1935 in a friendly against France at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome. [78] The result was preserved by Gianluigi Buffon who saved a penalty kick from Mutu in the 80th minute. [191], Men's national association football team representing Italy, This article is about the men's team. 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. ", "Euro 2016 qualifier: Italy recover to consign Norway to play-offs", "Euro 2016, Group F: Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland and Sweden", "Italy's start to Euro 2016 shows you should never underestimate them", "MLS play cost Andrea Pirlo, Sebastian Giovinco their Italy chance – Conte", "Champions No More! [132][133], On 5 February 2018, the Italy U21 manager Luigi Di Biagio was appointed as the caretaker manager of the senior team. Aldo Serena missed the final penalty kick with Roberto Donadoni also having his penalty saved by goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea. – Roberto Baggio, Italy's Footballing Hero", "e Baggio sbaglia il tiro della sua vita", "Da Baggio a McEnroe e Schumi Come si sbaglia un punto decisivo", "Italy pay penalty for Germany stalemate", "World Cup 2018: Italy and the nightmare of their play-off against Sweden", "Zoff resigned after attack from Berlusconi", "Flachi, Toni and Blasi here's Lippi's news", "Bad debut for Lippi Italy knocked out in Iceland", "Bitter Slovenia for Italy who loses match and top", "People's Daily Online – Scandal threatening to bury Italy's Cup dream", "Lippi the latest to be sucked into crisis", "Pirlo Leads Italy Past Ghana at World Cup", "Italia-Usa: la guerra che non si voleva Pari con 3 espulsi. [146][147][148], In the 1930s, Italy wore a black kit, ordered by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. [73] Italy national football team is the national football team of Italy. Thousands of mourners gathered in the Italian city of Vicenza on Saturday for the funeral of former Italy international Paolo Rossi. [59] He made his debut in an upset 2–0 defeat in Iceland[60] but then managed to qualify for 2006 World Cup. [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. Ever since 1967, the national team has been controlled only by the coach. With two goals scored in this tournament, Baggio is still the only Italian player to have scored in three different FIFA World Cup editions. With time running out for teams to prepare, the international break was a good time to look at the Euro 2020 contenders. For the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the country's name in Italian, "ITALIA", was placed above the tricolour shield, and for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, "FIGC", the abbreviation of the Italian Football Federation, was incorporated into the badge. [136] On 14 May 2018, Roberto Mancini was announced as the new manager. However, co-host country South Korea eliminated Italy in the round of 16 by a score of 2–1. Italy [Women] Italy [U21] Italy [U20] Italy [U20 Women] Italy [U19] Italy [U19 Women] Italy [U18] Italy [U17] Italy [U17 Women] Italy [U16] Tweets by @Vivo_Azzurro. 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 technical headquarters in Coverciano, Florence. [55] 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. In the FIFA World Rankings, in force since August 1993, Italy has occupied the first place several times, in November 1993 and during 2007 (February, April–June, September), with its worst placement in August 2018 in 21st place. In 1938, they became the first team to defend their World Cup title, and due to the outbreak of World War II, retained the title for a further 12 years. The game was highly controversial with members of the Italian team, most notably striker Francesco Totti and coach Giovanni Trapattoni, suggesting a conspiracy to eliminate Italy from the competition. [108] The 23-man squad, which was initially criticized by many fans and members of the media for its tactics and level of quality,[109] saw notable absences with Andrea Pirlo and Sebastian Giovinco controversially left out[110] and Claudio Marchisio and Marco Verratti omitted due to injury. 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. After beating Mexico 2–1 and Japan 4–3, Italy eventually lost their final group game against tournament hosts Brazil 4–2. Italy's highest winning margin is nine goals, which has been achieved against the United States in 1948 (9–0). 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Between its first two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament (1936). For the women's team, see. [149] A blue shirt, white shorts and black socks were, however, worn at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin the following year. Tifosi I migliori della Serie A. Andrea Consigli è il migliore italiano della 30^ giornata di campionato secondo i media. 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. 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. In its first match, Italy defeated England 2–1. 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. Italia. And in 1984, a round emblem was launched, featuring the three stars, the inscriptions "ITALIA" and "FIGC", and the tricolour.[146]. Italy defeated Czechoslovakia 2–1 in extra time in the final in Rome, with goals by Raimundo Orsi and Angelo Schiavio to achieve their first World cup title in 1934. In this match, Materazzi was controversially sent off early in the second half (53rd minute) after an attempted two-footed tackle on Australian midfielder Marco Bresciano. 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. It shows all personal information about the players, including age, nationality, contract duration and current market value. was one of the defining images of Italy's 1982 World Cup triumph. It now holds the eighth place in our list of the top 10 most successful Italian football clubs. VS Turchia. 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. In December 2013, Italy was drawn in Group D against Costa Rica, England and Uruguay. The team was coached by Vittorio Pozzo, who popularized a 2-3-2-3 formation with two half-backs and inside-forwards. [140], On 12 October 2019, Italy qualified for Euro 2020 with three matches to spare after a 2–0 home win over Greece. For the all-time record, see Italy national football team all-time record. 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. De Rossi hospitalised with Covid. [134] 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 manager Di Biagio. Italy was the only team in the tournament to beat the eventual champions and host team Argentina. Gianluigi Buffon served as second acting captain in. After Brazil defeated Argentina 3–1, Italy needed to win in order to advance to the semi-finals. 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. The team had travelled by boat rather than by plane, fearing another accident.[13]. 1906 from Turin; Brescia Calcio from Brescia; Bologna F.C. Italy lost 7–6 (0–0 after extra time) in a penalty shoot-out after Leonardo Bonucci failed to score his kick. The following teams are presently participants in Serie D but have formerly played at Serie … Players in bold are still active in the national football team. After the majority of the team was killed in a plane crash in 1949, the team did not advance past the group stage of the following two World Cup tournaments, and also failed to qualify for the 1958 edition—failure to qualify for the World Cup would not happen again until the 2018 edition. [175], Caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2021, after the match against Lithuania.[176]. [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. Twice Italy went in the lead with Paolo Rossi's goals, and twice Brazil came back. Goals from Stefano Sensi and Ciro Immobile earned Italy a 2-0 victory over Lithuania on Wednesday for Roberto Mancini's side. It also contains a table with average age, cumulative market value and average market value for each player position and overall. 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]. Mancini: "Buon gruppo, "Nations League – Italia-Polonia 2-0. [99] Later in the 80th minute, with the teams knotted at 0–0 which would have sent Italy to the next round, Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez bit defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder but was not sent off. In the 110th minute, Zidane (playing in the last match of his career) was sent off by referee Horacio Elizondo for headbutting Materazzi in the chest after a verbal exchange;[70] Italy then won the penalty shootout 5–3, with the winner scored by Grosso; the crucial penalty miss from the French being David Trezeguet's, the same player who scored the golden goal for France in the Euro 2000. .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place. This page displays a detailed overview of the club's current squad. 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Uruguay Results And Highlights: Claudio Marchisio's Red Card Dooms Italy. "World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No8: Mussolini's blackshirts' 1938 win". [102], The successful former Juventus manager Antonio Conte was selected to replace Cesare Prandelli as coach after the 2014 World Cup. Despite this successful run they were not seeded in pot 1 for the final seeding. [66] After the equaliser, midfielder Daniele De Rossi and the United States's Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope were sent off, leaving only nine men on the field for nearly the entirety of the second half, but the score remained unchanged despite a controversial decision when Gennaro Gattuso's shot was deflected in but disallowed because of an offside ruling. The following footballers have been selected in the past 12 months and are still eligible to represent. Mesut Özil opened the scoring in the 65th minute for Germany, before Leonardo Bonucci converted a penalty in the 78th minute for Italy. VS Portogallo. Italian football club Bologna FC has achieved a total of 10 national and international titles as of the 2019 football season. In 1968, Italy participated in their first European Championship, hosting the European Championship and winning their first major competition since the 1938 World Cup, beating Yugoslavia in Rome for the title. In the second half, a potential winning goal by Toni was disallowed for a very close offside call by linesman Luc La Rossa. Italy finished the tournament as runners-up, losing the final 2–1 against France (to a golden goal in extra time) after conceding les Bleus equalising goal just 30 seconds before the expected end of injury time (93rd minute). We run down the biggest shock defeats for major footballing nations. The team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy. [38], Italy hosted the World Cup for the second time in 1990. The summer of 2004 marked the choice, by FIGC, to appoint Marcello Lippi for Italy's bench. Italy national football team: fixtures and calendar latest results, statistics. More teams. [121] Four days later, he won his first 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. During their round of 16 match at the Foxboro Stadium near Boston, Italy was down 0–1 late against Nigeria, but Baggio rescued Italy with an equaliser in the 88th minute and a penalty in extra time to take the win. Francesco Totti converted into the upper corner of the goal past Mark Schwarzer for a 1–0 win. Italy then failed to qualify for the 1992 European Championship. 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. 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. Having defeated Russia 2–1 but losing to the Czech Republic by the same score, Italy required a win to be sure of progressing. 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!" Italy football team Four-time World Cup winners Italy breezed through qualification and go into this summer's tournament looking to go one better than their losing Euro 2012 appearance to Spain. [144][145], The first shirt worn by the Italy national team, in its debut against France on 15 May 1910, was white. Italian football news, analysis, fixtures and results for the latest from Serie A, Serie B and the Azzurri. This marked Italy's second consecutive failure to reach the round of 16 at the World Cup finals. The score remained 1–1 after extra time and Germany beat Italy 6–5 in the ensuing penalty shoot-out. Despite two goals being ruled for borderline offsides, a late headed goal from Alessandro Del Piero helped Italy to a 1–1 draw with Mexico proving enough to advance to the knockout stages. Gol!" [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. 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The second match was a less convincing 1–1 draw with United States, with Alberto Gilardino's diving header equalized by a Cristian Zaccardo own goal. They finished second in their group behind Spain by beating the Republic of Ireland 2–0, which earned them a quarter-final match against the winners of group D, England. [90][91][92][93][94] However, two first-half goals by Mario Balotelli saw Germany sent home, and the Italians went through to the finals to face the title defenders Spain. Available with next day delivery at Pro:Direct Soccer Five days later, Italy played Serbia; however, Serbian fans in Stadio Luigi Ferraris began to riot, throwing flares and shooting fireworks onto the pitch, subsequently causing the abandonment of the game. With their 3–0 defeat of Estonia in another Euro 2012 qualifier, Prandelli's Italy secured the table lead and also achieved 9 undefeated games in a row since their initial debacle. 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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 match is the only European Championship or World Cup final to go to a replay. 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… Italy had also previously won two Central European International Cups (1927–30, 1933–35). [106] However, with a similar fate to the 2014 World Cup group stage draw, Italy were not top seeded into the first pot. Italy defeated France by a score of 6–2, with Italy's first goal scored by Pietro Lana. [85] Upon UEFA Disciplinary Review, Italy was awarded a 3–0 victory that propelled them to the top of their group. The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, and Lithuania on 25, 28, and 31 March 2021, respectively. Substitute striker Alessandro Del Piero then sealed the victory by scoring with the last kick of the game at the end of a swift counterattack by Cannavaro, Totti and Gilardino. Euro 2012 - Germany vs Italy 2-0 Goal Mario Balotelli Euro 2012 - Niemcy vs Włochy 2-0 Goal Mario Balotelli Євро-2012 - Німеччина проти Італії з рахунком 2:0... youtube.com. 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