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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The Italy national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. The team was present in 18 out of the 22 tournaments ...
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the ... Euro 2004 winners Greece and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations winners ... Fabio Grosso clinched the cup for Italy with the decisive ...
The 2006 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2006 World Cup, the 18th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin , Germany, on 9 July 2006, and was contested between Italy and France .
Marcello Romeo Lippi Commendatore OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo ˈlippi]; born 12 April 1948) is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who led the Italy national team to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was appointed as Italy head coach in the summer of 2004 and 2008, and he was succeeded by Cesare ...
Paolo Rossi won the Golden Boot with six goals as well as the Golden Ball Award for the best player of the tournament, [33] and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player to win the World Cup. [34] Subsequently, Italy failed to qualify for the 1984 European Championship, [35] [36] and then entered as reigning champions in ...
Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup and FIFA World Cup qualifiers Fabio Cannavaro, 50 [5] Most minutes played in FIFA World Cup matches Paolo Maldini, 2,216 minutes [3] [6] Most FIFA World Cups part of the squad Gianluigi Buffon (1998 [nb 2], 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), 5 [7] Most FIFA World Cups played in
In honour of Italy winning the FIFA World Cup for a fourth time, all members of the World Cup-winning squad were awarded the Italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere Ufficiale. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup