UEFA is again organizing the 15th edition of the European Nations Championships, a competition that joins all the national teams in Europe in trying to qualify for the final stages of the tournament, which then crowns one nation as the European Champion that wins the Henry Delaunay Cup. The competition evolved slowly with the first five editions (1960-1976) having only the last four matches hosted in one country. This changed from the sixth edition onwards (from the 1980) for a full tournament of 16 teams. The 2016 edition will again increase the participants in the final tournament to 24 teams.
The first two editions (1960-1964) were called the 'European Cup' but since the third edition (1968) the tournament started to be called the 'European Nations Championships'. The final tournament is normally held in one country, although two editions of the European Nations Championship were co-hosted by two countries - Austria and Switzerland in 2008, and Poland and Ukraine in 2012. This is the third time France is hosting the European Championship, thus becoming the nation who hosted the most final tournaments, the previous hosted editions were 1960 and 1984. France also hosted the FIFA World Cup on two occassions: 1938 and 1998, and the FIFA Confederations Cup on one occassion: 2003. Italy won the competition in 1968 and finished runner-up in 2000 and the last edition, 2012. They also finished twice in the fourth position - 1980 and 1988, and hosted the European Nations Championship in 1968 and 1980.
The predecessor of this European competition was the 'Coppa Internazionale' that was played between the Central European Nations between 1927 and 1960. The competition was played on a home/away basis and reached six editions. Italy won two of them (first edition - 1930 and third edition - 1935) and finished second in another (second edition - 1932).
The Final Positions of the Azzurri in the Euros
EDITION
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2
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
YEAR
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
HOST
France
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
West Germany
Sweden
England
Belgium/Netherlands
Portugal
Austria/Switzerland
Poland/Ukraine
France
WINNER
U.S.S.R.
Spain
Italy
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
France
Greece
Spain
Spain
Portugal
ITALY (Final Position)
No Participation
First Round
European Champions
Quarter Finals
Qualification Round
3/4 Place Final
Qualification Round
Semi Finals
Qualification Round
First Round
Final
First Round
Quarter Finals
Final
Quarter Finals
RANK
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16th
1st
6th
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4th
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4th
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10th
2nd
9th
6th
2nd
5th
History:
EURO 2016
The Italian Football Federation lost its bid to host the 15th Edition of the European Nations Championships to be held in the summer of 2016. The Championships will be organised by France after beating Turkey in the final vote by just one vote. Italy was eliminated in the first round of voting. The joint-bids of Scotland/Wales and Norway/Sweden were retired before the voting stage.
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All the information about the Azzurri team and its participation in the 2016 European Nations Championship
Qualification, Group H - Results and Standings
09-09-2014Azerbaijan vs Bulgaria
09-09-2014 Croatia vs Malta
09-09-2014 Norway vs Italy
10-10-2014 Bulgaria vs Croatia
10-10-2014 Italy vs Azerbaijan
10-10-2014 Malta vs Norway
13-10-2014 Croatia vs Azerbaijan
13-10-2014 Malta vs Italy
13-10-2014 Norway vs Bulgaria
16-11-2014 Azerbaijan vs Norway
16-11-2014 Bulgaria vs Malta
16-11-2014 Italy vs Croatia
28-03-2015 Azerbaijan vs Malta
28-03-2015 Croatia vs Norway
28-03-2015 Bulgaria vs Italy
1-2
2-0
0-2
0-1
2-1
0-3
6-0
0-1
2-1
0-1
1-1
1-1
2-0
5-1
2-2
12-06-2015Croatia vs Italy
12-06-2015 Malta vs Bulgaria
12-06-2015 Norway vs Azerbaijan
03-09-2015 Azerbaijan vs Croatia
03-09-2015 Bulgaria vs Norway
03-09-2015 Italy vs Malta
06-09-2015 Malta vs Azerbaijan
06-09-2015 Norway vs Croatia
06-09-2015 Italy vs Bulgaria
10-10-2015 Azerbaijan vs Italy
10-10-2015 Norway vs Malta
10-10-2015 Croatia vs Bulgaria
13-10-2015 Bulgaria vs Azerbaijan
13-10-2015 Italyvs Norway
13-10-2015 Malta vs Croatia
1-1*
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-1
1-0
2-2
2-0
1-0
1-3
2-0
3-0
2-0
2-1
0-1
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS-
ITALY
*CROATIA
NORWAY
BULGARIA
AZERBAIJAN
MALTA
10
10
10
10
10
10
24
20
19
11
6
2
7
6
6
3
1
0
3
3
1
2
3
2
0
1
3
5
6
8
16
20
13
9
7
3
7
5
10
12
18
16
The Azzurri used in the qualification games
GAMES
10 DARMIAN Matteo (Torino / Manchester United))
9 BONUCCI Leonardo (Juventus)
9 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
9 CANDREVA Antonio (Lazio)
8 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
7 DE SCIGLIO Mattia (Milan)
7 PELLE Graziano (Southampton)
6 FLORENZI Alessandro (Roma)
5 EDER Citadin M. (Sampdoria)
5 IMMOBILE Ciro (Borussia Dortmund)
5 VERRATTI Marco (Paris Saint Germain)
5 ZAZA Simone (Sassuolo / Juventus)
4 EL SHAARAWY Stephan (Milan / Monaco)
4 GIOVINCO Sebastian (Juventus / Toronto FC)
4 MARCHISIO Claudio (Juventus)
4 PAROLO Marco (Lazio)
4 PASQUAL Manuel (Fiorentina)
4 RANOCCHIA Andrea (Inter)
4 SORIANO Roberto (Sampdoria)
3 BERTOLACCI Andrea (Genoa / Milan)
3 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
3 PIRLO Andrea (Juventus / New York City)
2 AQUILANI Alberto (Fiorentina)
2 ASTORI Davide (Roma)
2 BARZAGLI Andrea (Juventus)
2 GABBIADINI Manolo (Napoli)
2 MONTOLIVO Riccardo (Milan)
2 SIRIGU Salvatore (Paris Saint Germain)
1 ANTONELLI Luca (Milan)
1 DE SILVESTRI Lorenzo (Sampdoria)
1 DESTRO Mattia (Roma)
1 GIACCHERINI Emanuele (Sunderland)
1 OGBONNA Angelo O. (Juventus)
1 POLI Andrea (MIlan)
GOALS
3 PELLE Graziano (Southampton)
2 CANDREVA Antonio (Lazio)
2 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
2 EDER Citadin M. (Sampdoria)
1 BONUCCI Leonardo (Juventus)
1 DARMIAN Matteo (Manchester United)
1 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
1 EL SHAARAWY Stephan (Monaco)
1 FLORENZI Alessandro (Roma)
1 ZAZA Simone (Sassuolo)
CAPTAINS
9 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
1 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
COACH
CONTE Antonio -10 games
* Swastika Symbol trimmed on the pitch grass - UEFA removed 1 point from table, fined Croatia 100,000 Euro and banned them to play the next two games behind closed doors
Hosts
ENGLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC
ICELAND
AUSTRIA
NORTHERN
IRELAND
PORTUGAL
SWITZERLAND
Previous European
Champions
ITALY
BELGIUM
WALES
ROMANIA
ALBANIA
POLAND
World
Champions
RUSSIA
SLOVAKIA
CROATIA
TURKEY
Antonio
MIRANTE
(Bologna)
Marco
SPORTIELLO
(Atalanta)
Roberto
SORIANO
(Sampdoria)
Danilo
CATALDI
(Lazio)
Fabio
BORINI
(Sunderland - England)
Leonardo
PAVOLETTI
(Genoa)
Lorenzo
DE SILVESTRI
(Sampdoria)
Francesco
ACERBI
(Sassuolo)
HUNGARY
REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND
SWEDEN
Euro 2016
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS-
ITALY
BELGIUM
IRELAND
SWEDEN
6
6
4
1
13 JuneSaint-Denis
13 JuneLyon
17 JuneToulouse
18 JuneBordeaux
22 JuneLille
22 JuneNice
IRELAND vs SWEDEN
BELGIUM vs ITALY
ITALY vs SWEDEN
BELGIUM vs IRELAND
ITALY vs IRELAND
SWEDEN vs BELGIUM
1 - 1
0 - 2
1 - 0
3 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 1
ROUND 1 - Group E
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
3
4
2
1
The mascot of this edition is the super hero Super Victor. Wearing the blue kit of France with the number 16 (for the year 2016) and a red cape, Super Victor reflects the blue, white and red colours of the flag of the host country France. The cape, boots and ball are claimed to be the child's superpowers. The mascot was created by Groupe Zebra and its name was chosen by popluar vote in which 107,794 football fans participated. Super Victor won by 48%, followed by Goalix with 27% and Driblou with 25%. The name Victor is based on the idea of victory.
The other Azzurri at the 18-21 May 2016 Stage
Pre-Euro Training Camp
Armando
IZZO
(Genoa)
Lorenzo
TONELLI
(Empoli)
Giacomo
BONAVENTURA
(Milan)
Davide
ZAPPACOSTA
(Torino)
Davide
ASTORI
(Fiorentina)
Jorge Luiz
JORGINHO
(Napoli)
Riccardo
MONTOLIVO
(Milan)
The 23-men Squad for the Euro 2016
Daniele
RUGANI
(Juventus)
Marco
BENASSI
(Torino)
Ignazio
ABATE
(Milan)
Luca
ANTONELLI
(Milan)
Alessio
CERCI
(Genoa)
Andrea
BERTOLACCI
(Milan)
Domenico
CRISCITO
(Zenith St Petersburg
- Russia)
Mattia
DESTRO
(Bologna)
Daniel
CALIGIURI
(Wolfsburg -
Germany)
Alberto
AQUILANI
(Sporting Lisbon -
Portugal)
Other Azzurri who missed the Euro 2016 Call-Up
Mario B.
BALOTELLI
(Milan)
Domenico
BERARDI
(Sassuolo)
INJURED
INJURED
Christian
MAGGIO
(Napoli)
Manolo
GABBIADINI
(Napoli)
Claudio
MARCHISIO
(Juventus)
Alessandro
MATRI
(Lazio)
Sebastian
GIOVINCO
(Toronto FC -
Canada)
Pablo D.
OSVALDO
(Boca Juniors -
Argentina)
Emiliano
MORETTI
(Torino)
Daniele
PADELLI
(Torino)
Gabriel A.
PALETTA
(Atalanta)
Stefano
OKAKA
(Anderlecht -
Belgium)
INJURED
Mattia
PERIN
(Genoa)
Alberto
PALOSCHI
(Swansea City -
Wales)
Andrea
PIRLO
(New York City -
USA)
Andrea
POLI
(Milan)
Manuel
PASQUAL
(Fiorentina)
INJURED
Fabio
QUAGLIARELLA
(Sampdoria)
Andrea
RANOCCHIA
(Sampdoria)
Nicola D.
SANSONE
(Sassuolo)
Davide
SANTON
(Inter)
Luca
ROSSETTINI
(Bologna)
Mirko
VALDIFIORI
(Napoli)
Marco
VERRATTI
(Paris Saint
Germain - France)
Franco D.
VAZQUEZ
(Palermo)
INJURED
The Azzurri Clubs for the Euro 2016
Reserves Azzurri for the Euro 2016
The Other Azzurri of the 30-men Pre-Euro 2016 List
Azerbaijan vs Bulgaria
