About The Italy national football teamThe Italy national football team is the football representative team of Italy's senior squad for international competitions, affiliated with the Italian Football Federation, with its home ground mostly at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.  Team HistoryIn 1910, the Italy national men's football team made its first appearance in an international competition, defeating France 6-2 at home. In 1934, Italy hosted and participated in the World Cup for the first time, beating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the final to claim the first World Cup title in the team's history. At the 1938 World Cup, Italy successfully defended their title. At the 1982 World Cup, Italy lifted the trophy again with a solid defensive line known as "catenaccio" (concrete defense) and individual attacking performances, becoming the second team to win the World Cup three times. At the 1994 World Cup, Italy defeated Nigeria, Spain, and Bulgaria in succession in the knockout stage to reach the final, during which Roberto Baggio scored 5 goals. However, in the final, Roberto Baggio missed a crucial penalty, handing the title to Brazil. At the 2006 World Cup, Italy performed，successively defeating Australia, Ukraine, and Germany without conceding a single goal, and once again faced France in the final. This time, the final was full of controversy. The match ended 1-1 and went to a penalty shootout, but before that, Zinedine Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi. Italy won the penalty shootout to secure their fourth World Cup title. In 2018, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup finals. In 2021, Italy won the European Championship for the second time. In 2022, Italy once again exited in the European qualifiers for the World Cup.  Team AchievementIn 1968, Italy won the first European Championship title. At the 2024 European Championship, Italy was eliminated after losing 0-2 to Switzerland in the round of 16. |
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Allegri: National Team Job? I'm Focused on Milan; Italy's Problem Isn't the Coach
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Klinsmann: Italy's World Cup Failure Cannot Be Blamed Only on Players - System and Culture Also Have an Impact
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Italian Sports Minister Wants Maldini to Become FIGC President
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Capello: Defenders Must First Know How to Defend; Bastoni and Calafiori Only Want to Push Forward
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Multiple Players Condemn Italian Football: Coaches Pay to Manage, Players Pay to Play
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Italian Media Criticizes Inter Milan Core Group: Juventus Core Group Often Delivers Success for Italy
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Missed World Cup: Gattuso to Depart Italy, Allegri and Conte Enter Candidates List
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Italy Misses World Cup for Third Consecutive Time: Bosnia and Herzegovina Triumphs on Penalties
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Bosnia captain Dzeko: Don't understand why Four-Time World Cup Winners Italy Celebrate Facing Bosnia, They Are Afraid
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Scoring the First Play-Off Goal – Tonali: This Is the Most Important Goal of My Career So Far
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Italy Manager Gattuso Pre-match Press Conference: Match Against Northern Ireland Is the Most Important Game of My Career
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Fabio Cannavaro: First World Cup as Head Coach Brings Greater Responsibility, Hopes Italy Secures Qualification
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Giovanni Di Lorenzo Suspected of Cruciate Ligament Injury; Season-Ending Spell Feared if Confirmed
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Gattuso Talks About Coaching the National Team & World Cup Qualifying Play-offs
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Batistuta: Number 9s Like Vieri and Me No Longer Exist – All Teams Play Almost the Same Way
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Italy next match
Italy will play the next match against Luxembourg on Jun 3, 2026, 6:45:00 PM UTC in International Friendly.
You will be able to watch Luxembourg vs Italy streams, prediction, live score, lineup, schedule, fixture, minute by minute updated live results and match statistics.
Italy ranking is 12 and Luxembourg ranking is 98.
This is the 0 rounds of International Friendly.
Italy previous match
Italy previous match was against Bosnia-Herzegovina in FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) on Mar 31, 2026, 6:45:00 PM UTC, the match ended with result 6 - 3 (Bosnia-Herzegovina won the match).
The half time score was 0 - 1, the regular time score was 1 - 1, overtime score (120 minutes, including regular time) was 1 - 1, and penalty shootout score (only penalty shootout) was 4 - 1.
Alessandro Bastoni was shown a red card. Benjamin Tahirovic, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Tarik Muharemovic, Nikola Katić, and Davide Frattesi were shown a yellow card.
Moise Kean from Italy scored one goal. Haris Tabakovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina scored 2 goals. Benjamin Tahirovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina scored one goal. Sandro Tonali from Italy scored one goal. Kerim-Sam Alajbegović from Bosnia-Herzegovina scored one goal. Esmir Bajraktarevic from Bosnia-Herzegovina scored one goal.
The Italy has been awarded 10 corner kicks and the Bosnia-Herzegovina has been awarded 4 corner kicks.
This is the 0 rounds of FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA).
Italy Stats tab is showing the last 10 H2H & Recent matches with score and statistics.
