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It is fielded by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Italy, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Italy competed in their first official international football match on 15 May 1910, a 6–2 victory over France in Milan at Arena ...
Three goals or more in a single match on the greatest number of occasions Gigi Riva, 3 times Most hat-tricks at a FIFA World Cup Angelo Schiavio, 27 May 1934, 7–1 vs. United States, and Paolo Rossi, 5 July 1982, 3–2 vs. Brazil, 1 each [3] As of 22 June 2024. Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.
Top ten free kick scorers, all-time (only Serie A regular-season games) [39] [40] Updated 17 December 2017 Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active outside of Serie A.
Best result Champions in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006. Worst result 26th place in 2010 (group stage) ... Italy national football team all-time record.
Widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, [12] [17] [413] Baggio came fourth in the 1999 FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, [20] and was ranked 16th in World Soccer's list of the 100 greatest footballers of the 20th century, the highest ranked Italian player; [414] in IFFHS's election for the best player of the ...
Italy hosted the World Cup for the second time in 1990. The Italian attack featured talented forwards Salvatore Schillaci and a young Roberto Baggio. Italy played nearly all of their matches in Rome and did not concede a single goal in their first five matches, however, they lost the semi-final in Naples to defending champion Argentina.
Considered one of the great number 10s in the history of football [2] [3] and, according to some, the best Italian footballer of all time, [3] [4] [5] Mazzola was the captain and symbol of the "Grande Torino", the team recognised as one of the strongest in the world during the second half of the 1940s, [6] with whom Mazzola won five Serie A ...
[9] [10] The seventh edition of the award, in the 2002–03 season, was the first and only time that two players won the award jointly: Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedvěd, who won the league with Juventus, [11] and Francesco Totti, who became the first player to win the award for a second time after scoring the most goals for his club that ...