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Italy


Federation founded: 1898
FIFA member since: 1905

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - CHAMPIONS
1938 - CHAMPIONS
1950 - First round exit
1954 - First round exit
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - First round exit
1966 - First round exit
1970 - Beaten finalist
1974 - First round exit
1978 - 4th place
1982 - CHAMPIONS
1986 - Second round exit
1990 - 3rd place
1994 - Beaten finalist
1998 - Quarterfinal exit
2002 - Second round exit
2006 - CHAMPIONS

 
STATISTICS
Played
77
Won
44
Drawn
19
Lost
14
Goals for
122
Goals against
69
Points
151
Italy are third on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
7-1 vs United States in 1934.
Biggest defeat:
1-4 vs Switzerland in 1954 and 1-4 vs Brazil in 1970.
Overall topscorer:
Paolo Rossi, Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, 9 goals.
Most appearances:
Paolo Maldini, 23 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
1934 and 1990

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Paolo Rossi
Dino Zoff
Gaetano Scirea
Giuseppe Bergomi
Luigi Riva
Giuseppe Meazza
Roberto Baggio
Franco Baresi

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but ITALY
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 3)
25.Mar 34 ITALY 4-0 Greece (Greece withdrew, return leg not played.)
ITALY qualified for the World Cup they hosted. It is the only time in history a host has needed to play qualification games.

1938

ITALY qualified automatically for
France 1938 as defending champions.

1950

ITALY qualified automatically for
Brazil 1950 as defending champions.

1954

(WCQ Group 9)
13.Nov 53 Egypt 1-2 ITALY 24.Jan 54 ITALY 5-1 Egypt
ITALY qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 8)
25.Apr 57 ITALY 1-0 Northern Ireland 26.May 57 Portugal 3-0 ITALY 22.Dec 57 ITALY 3-0 Portugal 15.Jan 58 Northern Ireland 2-1 ITALY
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5 2.ITALY 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 3.Portugal 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3 ITALY failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

(UEFA Group 7)
15.Oct 61 Israel 2-4 ITALY 04.Nov 61 ITALY 6-0 Israel
ITALY qualified for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 8)
04.Nov 65 ITALY 6-1 Finland 18.Apr 65 Poland 0-0 ITALY 23.Jun 65 Finland 0-2 ITALY 01.Nov 65 ITALY 6-1 Poland 09.Nov 65 Scotland 1-0 ITALY 07.Dec 65 ITALY 3-0 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 6 4 1 1 17- 3 9 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7 3.Poland 6 2 2 2 11-10 6 4.Finland 6 1 0 5 5-20 2 ITALY qualified for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 3)
23.Oct 68 Wales 0-1 ITALY 29.Mar 69 East Germany 2-2 ITALY 04.Nov 69 ITALY 4-1 Wales 22.Nov 69 ITALY 3-0 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7 2.East Germany 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5 3.Wales 4 0 0 4 3-10 0 ITALY qualified for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 2)
07.Oct 72 Luxembourg 0-4 ITALY 21.Oct 72 Switzerland 0-0 ITALY 13.Jan 73 ITALY 0-0 Turkey 25.Feb 73 Turkey 0-1 ITALY 31.Mar 73 ITALY 5-0 Luxembourg 20.Oct 73 ITALY 2-0 Switzerland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10 2.Turkey 6 2 2 2 5- 3 6 3.Switzerland 6 2 2 2 2- 4 6 4.Luxembourg 6 1 0 5 2-14 2 ITALY qualified for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 2)
16.Oct 76 Luxembourg 1-4 ITALY 17.Nov 76 ITALY 2-0 England 08.Jun 77 Finland 0-3 ITALY 15.Oct 77 ITALY 6-1 Finland 16.Nov 77 England 2-0 ITALY 03.Dec 77 ITALY 3-0 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 6 5 0 1 18- 4 10 2.England 6 5 0 1 15- 4 10 3.Finland 6 2 0 4 11-16 4 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2-22 0 ITALY qualified for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 5)
11.Oct 80 Luxembourg 0-2 ITALY 01.Nov 80 ITALY 2-0 Denmark 15.Nov 80 ITALY 2-0 Yugoslavia 06.Dec 80 Greece 0-2 ITALY 03.Jun 81 Denmark 3-1 ITALY 17.Oct 81 Yugoslavia 1-1 ITALY 14.Nov 81 ITALY 1-1 Greece 05.Dec 81 ITALY 1-0 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Yugoslavia 8 6 1 1 22- 7 13 2.ITALY 8 5 2 1 12- 5 12 3.Denmark 8 4 0 4 14-11 8 4.Greece 8 3 1 4 10-13 7 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 1-23 0 ITALY qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

ITALY qualified automatically for
Mexico 1986 as defending champions.

1990

ITALY qualified automatically
as host nation.

1994

(UEFA Group 1)
14.Oct 92 ITALY 2-2 Switzerland 18.Nov 92 Scotland 0-0 ITALY 19.Dec 92 Malta 1-2 ITALY 24.Feb 93 Portugal 1-3 ITALY 24.Mar 93 ITALY 6-1 Malta 14.Apr 93 ITALY 2-0 Estonia 01.May 93 Switzerland 1-0 ITALY 22.Sep 93 Estonia 0-3 ITALY 13.Oct 93 ITALY 3-1 Scotland 17.Nov 93 ITALY 1-0 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 10 7 2 1 22- 7 16 2.Switzerland 10 6 3 1 23- 6 15 3.Portugal 10 6 2 2 18- 5 14 4.Scotland 10 4 3 3 14-13 11 5.Malta 10 1 1 8 3-23 3 6.Estonia 10 0 1 9 1-27 1 ITALY qualified for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 2)
05.Oct 96 Moldova 1-3 ITALY 09.Oct 96 ITALY 1-0 Georgia 12.Feb 97 England 0-1 ITALY 29.Mar 97 ITALY 3-0 Moldova 02.Apr 97 Poland 0-0 ITALY 30.Apr 97 ITALY 3-0 Poland 10.Sep 97 Georgia 0-0 ITALY 11.Oct 97 ITALY 0-0 England
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 8 6 1 1 15- 2 19 2.ITALY 8 5 3 0 11- 1 18 3.Poland 8 3 1 4 10-12 10 4.Georgia 8 3 1 4 7- 9 10 5.Moldova 8 0 0 8 2-21 0 ITALY advanced to UEFA play-offs.
29.Oct 97 Russia 1-1 ITALY 15.Nov 97 ITALY 1-0 Russia
ITALY qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 8)
03.Sep 00 Hungary 2-2 ITALY 07.Oct 00 ITALY 3-0 Romania 11.Oct 00 ITALY 2-0 Georgia 24.Mar 01 Romania 0-2 ITALY 28.Mar 01 ITALY 4-0 Lithuania 02.Jun 01 Georgia 1-2 ITALY 01.Sep 01 Lithuania 0-0 ITALY 06.Oct 01 ITALY 1-0 Hungary
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 8 6 2 0 16- 3 20 2.Romania 8 5 1 2 10- 7 16 3.Georgia 8 3 1 4 12-12 10 4.Hungary 8 2 2 4 14-13 8 5.Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3-20 2 ITALY qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 5)
04.Sep 04 ITALY 2-1 Norway 08.Sep 04 Moldova 0-1 ITALY 09.Oct 04 Slovenia 1-0 ITALY 13.Oct 04 ITALY 4-3 Belarus 26.Mar 05 ITALY 2-0 Scotland 04.Jun 05 Norway 0-0 ITALY 03.Sep 05 Scotland 1-1 ITALY 07.Sep 05 Belarus 1-4 ITALY 08.Oct 05 ITALY 1-0 Slovenia 12.Oct 05 ITALY 2-1 Moldova
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ITALY 10 7 2 1 17- 8 23 2.Norway 10 5 3 2 12- 7 18 3.Scotland 10 3 4 3 9- 7 13 4.Slovenia 10 3 3 4 10-13 12 5.Belarus 10 2 4 4 12-14 10 6.Moldova 10 1 2 7 5-16 5 ITALY qualified for Germany 2006.


 

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