Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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association info:

Association name: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
Confederation: UEFA
Founded: 1898
FIFA affiliation: 1905
FIFA ranking: 2
Nickname: la Squadra Azzurra

Federation president: Dr Franco Carraro
Manager: Roberto Donadoni
Address: Via Gregorio Allegri, 14 C.P. 2450 ROMA 00198
Tel: +39-06/84 911
Fax: +39-06/84 912 526
Website: www.figc.it

Ground: Olimpico
Home uniform: blue/white/blue
Away uniform: white/blue/white

honours:

FIFA World Cup:
1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
European Football Championship:
1968
FIFA Confederations Cup:
none
Olympic Games:
1936
U-20 FIFA World Cup:
none
U-17 FIFA World Cup:
none

national team history

World Cup Appearances: 16 (1st appearance in 1934)
Best World Cup result: Winners 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
World Cup Record:

World Cup World Cup GP W L D GS GA
Germany 2006 Champions 7 6 0 1 12 2
Korea/Japan 2002 Round 2 4 1 2 1 5 5
France 1998 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 8 3
USA 1994 Runners-up 7 4 2 1 8 5
Italy 1990 Third place 7 6 1 0 10 2
Mexico 1986 Round 2 4 1 2 1 4 6
Spain 1982 Champions 7 4 0 3 12 6
Argentina 1978 Fourth place 7 4 2 1 9 6
Germany 1974 Round 1 3 1 1 1 5 4
Mexico 1970 Runners-up 6 3 1 2 10 8
England 1966 Round 1 3 1 2 0 2 2
Chile 1962 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 2
Switzerland 1954 Round 1 3 1 2 0 6 7
Brazil 1950 Round 1 2 1 1 0 4 3
France 1938 Champions 4 4 0 0 9 4
1934 Champions 5 4 1 0 12 3
1930 did not enter





Competition Totals





Competition Average





European Championship Appearances: 6 (1st appearance in 1968)
Best European Championship result: Winners 1968
European Championship Record:
2004 - Round 1
2000 - Runners-up
1996 - Round 1
1992 - Did not qualify
1988 - Semifinals
1984 - Did not qualify
1980 - Fourth place
1976 - Did not qualify
1972 - Did not qualify
1968 - Champions
1964 - Did not qualify
1960 - Did not enter

Olympic medal record:

Year Venue Medal
2004 Athens, Greece Bronze
1936 Berlin, Germany Gold
1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands Bronze

First International:
Italy 6-2 France (May 15, 1910 in Milan, Italy)

World Cup Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
(held from June 09 to July 09, 2006)

In Group stage Italy was in Group E with Ghana, USA and the Czech Republic.

Head coach: Marcello Lippi
Squad list:

No. Name Date of birth: Club:
Goalkeepers:
1 Gianluigi Buffon January 28, 1978 Juventus
12 Angelo Peruzzi February 16, 1970 Lazio
14 Marco Amelia April 02, 1982 Livorno
Defenders:
2 Cristian Zaccardo December 21, 1981 Palermo
3 Fabio Grosso November 28, 1977 Palermo
5 Fabio Cannavaro [c] September 13, 1973 Juventus

6

 Andrea Barzagli May 08, 1981 Palermo
13 Alessandro Nesta March 19, 1976 AC Milan
22 Massimo Oddo June 14, 1976 Lazio
23 Marco Materazzi August 19, 1973 Inter Milan
Midfielders:
4 Daniele De Rossi July 24, 1983 AS Roma
8 Gennaro Gattuso January 09, 1978 AC Milan
16 Mauro Camoranesi October 04, 1976 Juventus
17 Simone Barone April 30, 1978 Palermo
19 Gianluca Zambrotta February 19, 1977 Juventus
20 Simone Perrotta September 17, 1977 AS Roma
21 Andrea Pirlo May 19, 1979 Milan
Forwards:
7 Alessandro Del Piero November 09, 1974 Juventus
9 Luca Toni May 26, 1977 Fiorentina
10 Francesco Totti September 27, 1976 Roma
11 Alberto Gilardino July 05, 1982 AC Milan
15 Vincenzo Iaquinta November 29, 1979 Udinese

18

 Filippo Inzaghi August 09, 1973 AC Milan

Group stage:

Team Pts GP GW GD GL GF GA GD
Italy 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
Ghana 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
Czech Republic 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1
USA 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4

Glossary
Pts: Points, GP: Games played, W: Games won, D: Games drawn, L: Games lost, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

date home result away
June 12, 2006 Italy 2:0 Ghana
21:00 Pirlo 40'
Iaquinta 83'
date home result away
June 17, 2006 Italy 1:1 USA
21:00 Gilardino 22' Zaccardo 27' (OG)
date home result away
June 12, 2002 Czech Republic 0:2 Italy
16:00
Materazzi 26'
Inzaghi 87'

Knockout stage:

Round of 16
date home result away
June 26, 2006 Italy 1:0 Australia
17:00 Totti 95+' (pen)
Quarter-finals
date home result away
June 30, 2006 Italy 3:0 Ukraine
21:00 Zambrotta 6'
Toni 59', 69'
Semi-finals
date home result away
July 04, 2006 Germany 0:2 a.e.t. Italy
21:00
Grosso 119'
Del Piero 121+'
Final
date home result away
July 09, 2006 Italy 1–1 a.e.t. France
20:00 Materazzi 19' Zidane 7' (pen)

Pirlo scored
Materazzi scored
De Rossi scored
Del Piero scored
Grosso scored		 5-3 (PEN) Wiltord scored
Abidal scored
Sagnol scored
Italy are the world champions for the 4th time

Preliminary matches:

Date Teams Score
12-Oct-05 ITA:MDA 2:1 (0:0)
08-Oct-05 ITA:SVN 1:0 (0:0)
07-Sep-05 BLR:ITA 1:4 (1:3)
03-Sep-05 SCO:ITA 1:1 (1:0)
04-Jun-05 NOR:ITA 0:0
26-Mar-05 ITA:SCO 2:0 (1:0)
13-Oct-04 ITA:BLR 4:3 (2:0)
09-Oct-04 SVN:ITA 1:0 (0:0)
08-Sep-04 MDA:ITA 0:1 (0:1)
04-Sep-04 ITA:NOR 2:1 (1:1)

Preliminaries statistics:

Team GP GS GA GD YC RC
Italy 10 17 8 +9 22 0

Glossary
GP: Game Played, GS: Goals, GA: Goals Against, GD: Goal Difference, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards

2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan
(held from May 31 to June 30)

manager: Giovanni Trapattoni
squad list:
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon | 2 DF Christian Panucci | 3 DF Paolo Maldini | 4 MF Francesco Coco | 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro | 6 MF Cristiano Zanetti | 7 FW Alessandro Del Piero | 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso | 9 FW Filippo Inzaghi | 10 FW Francesco Totti | 11 MF Cristiano Doni | 12 GK Christian Abbiati | 13 DF Alessandro Nesta | 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio | 15 DF Mark Iuliano | 16 MF Angelo Di Livio | 17 MF Damiano Tommasi | 18 FW Marco Delvecchio | 19 MF Gianluca Zambrotta | 20 FW Vincenzo Montella | 21 FW Christian Vieri | 22 GK Francesco Toldo | 23 DF Marco Materazzi

1998 Football World Cup
(held in France from June 10 to July 12)

manager: Cesare Maldini
squad list:
1 GK Francesco Toldo | 2 DF Giuseppe Bergomi | 3 DF Paolo Maldini | 4 DF Fabio Cannavaro | 5 DF Alessandro Costacurta | 6 DF Alessandro Nesta | 7 DF Gianluca Pessotto | 8 DF Moreno Torricelli | 9 MF Demetrio Albertini | 10 FW Alessandro Del Piero | 11 MF Dino Baggio | 12 GK Gianluca Pagliuca | 13 MF Sandro Cois | 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio | 15 MF Angelo Di Livio | 16 MF Roberto Di Matteo | 17 MF Francesco Moriero | 18 FW Roberto Baggio | 19 FW Filippo Inzaghi | 20 FW Enrico Chiesa | 21 FW Christian Vieri | 22 GK Gianluigi Buffon

1994 FIFA World Cup
(held in the USA from June 17 to July 17)

manager: Arrigo Sacchi
squad list:
1 GK Gianluca Pagliuca | 2 DF Luigi Apolloni | 3 DF Antonio Benarrivo | 4 DF Alessandro Costacurta | 5 DF Paolo Maldini | 6 DF Franco Baresi | 7 DF Lorenzo Minotti | 8 DF Roberto Mussi | 9 DF Mauro Tassotti | 10 FW Roberto Baggio | 11 MF Demetrio Albertini | 12 GK Luca Marchegiani | 13 MF Dino Baggio | 14 MF Nicola Berti | 15 MF Antonio Conte | 16 MF Roberto Donadoni | 17 MF Alberigo Evani | 18 FW Pierluigi Casiraghi | 19 FW Daniele Massaro | 20 FW Giuseppe Signori | 21 FW Gianfranco | 22 GK Luca Bucci

1990 Football World Cup
(held in Italy from June 08 to July 8, 1990)

manger: Azeglio Vicini
squad list:
1 GK Walter Zenga | 2 DF Franco Baresi | 3 DF Giuseppe Bergomi | 4 DF Luigi de Agostini | 5 DF Ciro Ferrara | 6 DF Riccardo Ferri | 7 DF Paolo Maldini | 8 DF Pietro Vierchowod | 9 MF Carlo Ancelotti | 10 MF Nicola Berti | 11 MF Fernando De Napoli | 12 GK Stefano Tacconi | 13 MF Giuseppe Giannini | 14 MF Giancarlo Marocchi | 15 FW Roberto Baggio | 16 FW Andrea Carnevale | 17 MF Roberto Donadoni | 18 FW Roberto Mancini | 19 FW Salvatore Schillaci | 20 FW Aldo Serena | 21 FW Gianluca Vialli | 22 GK Gianluca Pagliuca

1986 Football World Cup
(held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29)

manager: Enzo Bearzot
squad list:
1 GK Giovanni Galli | 2 DF Giuseppe Bergomi | 3 DF Antonio Cabrini | 4 DF Fulvio Collovatti | 5 DF Sebastiano Nela | 6 DF Gaetano Scirea | 7 DF Roberto Tricella | 8 DF Pietro Vierchowod | 9 MF Carlo Ancelotti | 10 MF Salvatore Bagni | 11 MF Giuseppe Baresi | 12 GK Franco Tancredi | 13 MF Fernando De Napoli | 14 MF Antonio Di Gennaro | 15 MF Marco Tardelli | 16 MF Bruno Conti | 17 FW Gianluca Vialli | 18 FW Alessandro Altobelli | 19 FW Giuseppe Galderisi | 20 FW Paolo Rossi | 21 FW Aldo Serena | 22 GK Walter Zenga

1982 Football World Cup
(held in Spain from June 13 to July 11)

manager: Enzo Bearzot
squad list:
1 GK Dino Zoff | 2 DF Franco Baresi | 3 DF Giuseppe Bergomi | 4 DF Antonio Cabrini | 5 DF Fulvio Collovati | 6 DF Claudio Gentile | 7 DF Gaetano Scirea | 8 DF Pietro Vierchowod | 9 MF Giancarlo Antognoni | 10 MF Giuseppe Dossena | 11 MF Giampiero Marini | 12 GK Ivano Bordon | 13 MF Gabriele Oriali | 14 MF Marco Tardelli | 15 MF Franco Causio | 16 MF Bruno Conti | 17 FW Daniele Massaro | 18 FW Alessandro Altobelli | 19 FW Francesco Graziani | 20 FW Paolo Rossi | 21 MF Franco Selvaggi | 22 GK Giovanni Galli

NO INFORMATION BEFORE THE 1982 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AVAILABLE

European Championship Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2004 UEFA European Football Championship
(held in Portugal from June 12 to July 04)

manager: Giovanni Trapattoni
squad list:
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon | 2 DF Christian Panucci | 3 DF Massimo Oddo | 4 MF Cristiano Zanetti | 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro | 6 DF Matteo Ferrari | 7 FW Alessandro Del Piero | 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso | 9 FW Christian Vieri | 10 FW Francesco Totti | 11 FW Bernardo Corradi | 12 GK Francesco Toldo | 13 DF Alessandro Nesta | 14 MF Stefano Fiore | 15 DF Giuseppe Favalli | 16 MF Mauro Camoranesi | 17 FW Marco Di Vaio | 18 MF Antonio Cassano | 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta | 20 MF Simone Perrotta | 21 MF Andrea Pirlo | 22 GK Angelo Peruzzi | 23 DF Marco Materazzi

2000 UEFA European Championship
(co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands from June 10 to July 02)

manager: Dino Zoff
squad list:
1 GK Christian Abbiati | 2 DF Ciro Ferrara | 3 DF Paolo Maldini | 4 MF Demetrio Albertini | 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro | 6 DF Paolo Negro | 7 MF Angelo Di Livio | 8 MF Antonio Conte | 9 FW Filippo Inzaghi | 10 FW Alessandro Del Piero | 11 DF Gianluca Pessotto | 12 GK Francesco Toldo | 13 DF Alessandro Nesta | 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio | 15 DF Mark Iuliano | 16 MF Massimo Ambrosini | 17 MF Gianluca Zambrotta | 18 MF Stefano Fiore | 19 FW Vincenzo Montella | 20 FW Francesco Totti | 21 FW Marco Delvecchio | 22 GK Francesco Antonioli

1996 European Football Championship
(held in England from June 08 to June 30)

manager: Arrigo Sacchi
squad list:
1 GK Angelo Peruzzi | 2 DF Luigi Apolloni | 3 DF Paolo Maldini | 4 DF Amedeo Carboni | 5 DF Alessandro Costacurta | 6 DF Alessandro Nesta | 7 MF Roberto Donadoni | 8 DF Roberto Mussi | 9 DF Moreno Torricelli | 10 MF Demetrio Albertini | 11 MF Dino Baggio | 12 GK Francesco Toldo | 13 MF Fabio Rossitto | 14 FW Alessandro Del Piero | 15 MF Angelo Di Livio | 16 MF Roberto Di Matteo | 17 MF Diego Fuser | 18 FW Pierluigi Casiraghi | 19 FW Enrico Chiesa | 20 FW Fabrizio Ravanelli | 21 FW Gianfranco Zola | 22 GK Luca Bucci

1992 European Football Championship
(held in Sweden from June 10 to June 26)

did not participate

NO INFORMATION BEFORE THE 1992 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP AVAILABLE

Most capped Italian players:


 as of July 10, 2006
# Name Career Caps Goals Conc.
1 Paolo Maldini 1988-2002 126 7 /
2 Dino Zoff 1968-1983 112 0 /
3 Fabio Cannavaro 1997- 100 1 /
4 Giacinto Facchetti 1963-1977 94 3 /
5 Franco Baresi 1982-1994 81 1 /

Giuseppe Bergomi 1982-1998 81 6 /

Marco Tardelli 1976-1985 81 6 /

* indicates the player is still active

Top Italy goalscorers:


 as of July 10, 2006
# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Luigi Riva 1965-1974 42 35
2 Giuseppe Meazza 1930-1939 53 33
3 Silvio Piola 1935-1952 34 30
4 Roberto Baggio 1988-2004 56 27

Alessandro Del Piero* 1995-2006 79 27
5 Alessandro Altobelli 1980-1988 61 25

Adolfo Baloncieri 1920-1930 47 25

* indicates the player is still active

UEFA U-21 Championship Appearances: 13 (1st appearance in 1978)
UEFA U-21 Best result: Winners 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004
UEFA U-21 Championship Record:
2006 - Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group.
2004 - Winners.
2002 - Losing semi-finalists.
2000 - Winners.
1998 - Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
1996 - Winners.
1994 - Winners.
1992 - Winners.
1990 - Losing semi-finalists.
1988 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1986 - Runners-up.
1984 - Losing semi-finalists.
1982 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1980 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1978 - Losing quarter-finalists.

First U-21 International:
Portugal 1-0 Italy (December 23, 1976 in Funchal, Portugal)




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