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Italy national football team

Italy
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association Italian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Gian Piero Ventura
Captain Gianluigi Buffon
Most caps Gianluigi Buffon (167)
Top scorer Luigi Riva (35)
FIFA code ITA
FIFA ranking
Current 16 Steady(12 January 2017)
Highest 1 (November 1993, February 2007, April–June 2007, September 2007)
Lowest 17 (July 2015, October 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 7 Steady(1 December 2016)
Highest 1 (June 1934 – March 1940, December 1940 – November 1945, July–August 2006)
Lowest 21 (November 1959)
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 and 2006
European Championship
Appearances 9 (first in 1968)
Best result Champions, 1968
Confederations Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 2009)
Best result Third place, 2013

The Italian national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio italiana) represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) and appearing in two finals (1970, 1994), reaching a third place (1990) and a fourth place (1978). In 1938 they became the first team to defend their previous World Cup tournament victory and due to the outbreak of World War II retained the title for a record 16 years. They have also won a European Championship (1968), as well as appearing in two other finals (2000, 2012), one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two Central European International Cups. Italy's highest finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup was in 2013, when the squad achieved a third-place finish.


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