FORZA AZZURRI STATISTICS |
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The first part of all the honours won by the Italian National Team throughout the years. |
History: |
TEAM HONOURS 1 |
The Italian National Team is among the very few National Teams who won all the major competitions and trophies, both World and European that football can offer. The only exception is the new competition organised by FIFA among the winners of the various continental cups and the World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup. But one must point out that the Azzurri only participated once in this competition. The first page of team honours concentrates on the Azzurri victories in the World Cup, the European Football Championships and the Olympic Football Tournament. |
The World Cup |
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS |
THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL TEAM HONOUR IN THE WORLD Winners - Regarded as World Champions. |
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). Participating Countries - All FIFA member countries in the World, more than 200 nations divided in six different groups per continent. Competition Structure - The competition is organised in two main rounds, the Qualification round and the Final round. The Qualifications are played by all FIFA member nations sub-divided per continent. Each Confederation organises the qualifications of its continent with matches played on home and away basis. Different numbers of nations qualify for the Final round from each continent. The Final round is played in one country or a group of neighboring countries and is organised by FIFA and the hosting country / countries. Only the countries that had qualified from the Qualification round, together with the current World Champions and hosts will play in the Final round. But the number of finalists increased during the years, from 13 in 1930 to 32 in 1998. First Edition - 1930 Editions Played until Today - 18 Calendar - Final round organised every four years and takes approximately a month, generally between June and July. The Qualification round starts two years prior to the Final round. |
THE TROPHY |
Name - Jules Rimet Cup, named after the French FIFA President Jules Rimet who originated the idea of the competition. |
Sculptor - Abel Lafleur (French) Material - Sterling Silver, gold plated with Lapis Lazuli base. Height - 35 cm Weight - 3.8 Kg Represents - Winged Victory Used - 9 Editions, from 1930 until 1970 Winners - The winner of each edition kept the trophy for four years until the next edition. The nation who won three editions kept the trophy forever. History - The trophy was won by five nations: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970), Italy (1934, 1938), Uruguay (1930, 1950), West Germany (1954) and England (1966). Holders - Brazil won the Trophy forever in 1970. Unfortunately it was stolen in 1983 and apparently melted down. |
THE TROPHY |
Name - FIFA World Cup, named after the Federation who originated and organises the competition. Sculptor - Silvio Cazzaniga (Italian) |
Material - 18 carat Solid Gold with Malachite base. Height - 36 cm Weight - 4.97 Kg Represents - Two athletes with their arms spread towards the sky, holding the globe. Used - 9 Editions, from 1974 until 2006 Winners - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy for four years until the next edition. No nation will ever take the trophy forever, no matter how many times he wins it History - Until today, the trophy was won by five nations: Argentina (1978, 1986), West Germany (1974, 1990), Italy (1982, 2006), Brazil (1994, 2002) and France (1998) |
WINNERS (1st Place) - WORLD CHAMPIONS |
1934 |
Competition hosted by Italy between 27 May and 10 June 1934. Final held in Rome at the Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F. between Italy and Czechoslovakia won by the Azzurri 2-1 after extra time. The score at the end of normal time was 1-1. |
The Squad |
Giorgio VACCARO President FIGC |
Vittorio POZZO National Coach |
Giampiero COMBI Juventus Captain (4 games) |
Luigi ALLEMANDI Inter |
Luigi BERTOLINI Juventus |
Mario CASTELLAZZI Inter |
Felice P. BOREL Juventus |
Attilio DEMARIA Inter |
Giovanni FERRARI Juventus |
Attilio FERRARIS Roma |
Enrique GUAITA Roma |
Anfilogino GUARISI Lazio |
Luisito MONTI Juventus |
Giuseppe MEAZZA Inter |
Eraldo MONZEGLIO Bologna |
Raimondo ORSI Juventus |
Mario PIZZIOLO Fiorentina |
Virginio ROSETTA Juventus Captain (1 game) |
Angelo SCHIAVIO Bologna |
Guido MASETTI Roma |
Umberto CALIGARIS Juventus |
Mario VARGLIEN Juventus |
1938 |
Competition hosted by France between 4 June and 19 June 1938. Final held in Paris at the Stade de Colombes between Italy and Hungary won by the Azzurri 4-2. |
The Squad |
Giorgio VACCARO President FIGC |
Vittorio POZZO National Coach |
Alfredo FONI Juventus |
Michele ANDREOLO Bologna |
Sergio BERTONI Genoa |
Gino COLAUSSI Triestina |
Amedeo BIAVATI Bologna |
Mario GENTA Genoa |
Giovanni FERRARI Inter |
Pietro FERRARIS Inter |
Ugo LOCATELLI Inter |
Aldo OLIVIERI Lucchese |
Renato OLMI Inter |
Giuseppe MEAZZA Inter Captain |
Eraldo MONZEGLIO Roma |
Pietro PASINATI Triestina |
Mario PERAZZOLO Genoa |
Silvio PIOLA Lazio |
Pietro RAVA Juventus |
Guido MASETTI Roma |
Carlo CERESOLI Bologna |
Pietro SERANTONI Roma |
1982 |
Competition hosted by Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. Final held in Madrid at the Stadio Santiago Bernabeu between Italy and West Germany won by the Azzurri 3-1. |
The Squad |
Federico SORDILLO President FIGC |
Enzo BEARZOT National Coach |
Fulvio COLLOVATI Milan |
Alessandro ALTOBELLI Inter |
Giancarlo ANTOGNONI Fiorentina |
Ivano BORDON Inter |
Franco BARESI Milan |
Bruno CONTI Roma |
Antonio CABRINI Juventus |
Franco CAUSIO Udinese |
Giovanni GALLI Fiorentina |
Daniele MASSARO Fiorentina |
Giampiero MARINI Inter |
Dino ZOFF Juventus Captain |
Francesco GRAZIANI Fiorentina |
Gabriele ORIALI Inter |
Paolo ROSSI Juventus |
Gaetano SCIREA Juventus |
Franco SELVAGGI Cagliari |
Claudio GENTILE Juventus |
Giuseppe BERGOMI Inter |
Marco TARDELLI Juventus |
Giuseppe DOSSENA Torino |
Pietro VIERCHOWOD Fiorentina |
2006 |
Competition hosted by Germany between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Final held in Berlin at the Olympia Stadion between Italy and France won by the Azzurri 5-3 on penalty shoot-out after the game finished 1-1. |
The Squad |
Guido ROSSI Commissioner FIGC |
Marcello LIPPI National Coach |
Gennaro I. GATTUSO Milan |
Marco AMELIA Livorno |
Simone BARONE Palermo |
Mauro G. CAMORANESI Juventus |
Andrea BARZAGLI Palermo |
Alberto GILARDINO Milan |
Daniele DE ROSSI Roma |
Alessandro DEL PIERO Juventus |
Fabio GROSSO Palermo |
Filippo INZAGHI Milan |
Marco MATERAZZI Inter |
Fabio CANNAVARO Juventus Captain |
Vincenzo IAQUINTA Udinese |
Alessandro NESTA Milan |
Massimo ODDO Lazio |
Simone PERROTTA Roma |
Gianluigi BUFFON Juventus |
Angelo PERUZZI Lazio |
Andrea PIRLO Milan |
Luca TONI Fiorentina |
Cristian ZACCARDO Palermo |
Gianluca ZAMBROTTA Juventus |
Francesco TOTTI Roma |
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - VICE WORLD CHAMPIONS |
1970 |
Competition hosted by Mexico between 31 May and 21 June 1970. Final held in Mexico City at the Azteca Stadium between Italy and Brazil won by the Brazilians 4-1. |
The Squad |
Artemio FRANCHI President FIGC |
Ferruccio VALCAREGGI National Coach |
Enrico ALBERTOSI Cagliari |
Mario BERTINI Inter |
Pierluigi CERA Cagliari |
Roberto BONINSEGNA Inter |
Giuseppe FURINO Juventus |
Giancarlo DE SISTI Fiorentina |
Angelo DOMENGHINI Cagliari |
Sergio GORI Cagliari |
Alessandro MAZZOLA Inter |
Comunardo NICCOLAI Cagliari |
Giacinto FACCHETTI Inter Captain |
Antonio JULIANO Napoli |
Fabrizio POLETTI Torino |
Pierino PRATI Milan |
Giorgio PUIA Torino |
Tarcisio BURGNICH Inter |
Luigi RIVA Cagliari |
Gianni RIVERA Milan |
Roberto ROSATO Milan |
Lido VIERI Inter |
Dino ZOFF Napoli |
Ugo FERRANTE Fiorentina |
1994 |
Competition hosted by the United States of America between 17 June and 17 July 1994. Final held in Los Angeles at the Rose Bowl Stadium between Italy and Brazil won by the Brazilians 3-2 on penalty shoot- out after the game finished 0-0. |
The Squad |
Antonio MATARRESE President FIGC |
Arrigo SACCHI National Coach |
Demetrio ALBERTINI Milan |
Roberto BAGGIO Juventus |
Luigi APOLLONI Parma |
Pier Luigi CASIRAGHI Lazio |
Antonio BENARRIVO Parma |
Nicola BERTI Inter |
Antonio CONTE Juventus |
Alberigo EVANI Sampdoria |
Roberto DONADONI Milan |
Paolo MALDINI Milan Captain (4 games) |
Alessandro COSTACURTA Milan |
Luca MARCHEGIANI Lazio |
Daniele MASSARO Milan |
Dino BAGGIO Juventus |
Lorenzo MINOTTI Parma |
Roberto MUSSI Torino |
Giuseppe SIGNORI Lazio |
Mauro TASSOTTI Milan |
Gianfranco ZOLA Parma |
Luca BUCCI Parma |
Franco BARESI Milan Captain (3 games) |
Gianluca PAGLIUCA Sampdoria |
WORLD CUP 3rd PLACE |
1990 |
Competition hosted by Italy between 8 June and 8 July 1990. 3/4 Place Final held in Bari at the Stadio San Nicola on the 7 July 1990 between Italy and England won by the Azzurri 2-1. |
The Squad |
Antonio MATARRESE President FIGC |
Carlo ANCELOTTI Milan |
Roberto BAGGIO Fiorentina |
Andrea A. CARNEVALE Napoli |
Franco BARESI Milan |
Ciro FERRARA Napoli |
Luigi DE AGOSTINI Juventus |
Fernando DE NAPOLI Napoli |
Ricardo FERRI Inter |
Paolo MALDINI Milan |
Roberto MANCINI Sampdoria |
Giuseppe BERGOMI Inter Captain |
Giuseppe GIANNINI Roma |
Giancarlo MAROCCHI Juventus |
Gianluca PAGLIUCA Sampdoria |
Salvatore SCHILLACI Juventus |
Nicola BERTI Inter |
Aldo SERENA Inter |
Gianluca VIALLI Sampdoria |
Pietro VIERCHOWOD Sampdoria |
Walter ZENGA Inter |
Roberto DONADONI Milan |
Stefano TACCONI Juventus |
WORLD CUP 4th PLACE |
1978 |
Competition hosted by Argentina between 1 June and 25 June 1978. 3/4 Place Final held in Buenos Aires at the River Plate Stadium on the 24 June 1978 between Italy and Brazil won by the Brazilians 2-1. |
The Squad |
Artemio FRANCHI President FIGC |
Enzo BEARZOT National Coach |
Giancarlo ANTOGNONI Fiorentina |
Mauro BELLUGI Bologna |
Roberto BETTEGA Juventus |
Paolo CONTI Roma |
Antonio CABRINI Juventus |
Ivano BORDON Inter |
Claudio GENTILE Juventus |
Aldo MALDERA Milan |
Lionello MANFREDONIA Lazio |
Dino ZOFF Juventus Captain |
Francesco GRAZIANI Torino |
Eraldo PECCI Torino |
Paolino PULICI Torino |
Paolo ROSSI Vicenza |
Romeo BENETTI Juventus |
Claudio SALA Torino |
Gaetano SCIREA Juventus |
Marco TARDELLI Juventus |
Renato ZACCARELLI Torino |
Franco CAUSIO Juventus |
Patrizio SALA Torino |
Antonello CUCCUREDDU Juventus |
The UEFA European Football Championship |
THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL TEAM HONOUR IN EUROPE Winners - Regarded as European Champions. |
Organisers - UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). Participating Countries - All European countries that are UEFA members, more than 50 different nations. Competition Structure - The competition is organised in two main rounds, the Qualification round and the Final round. The Qualifications are played by all UEFA member nations sub- divided in groups with matches played on home and away basis. The Final round is played in one country or a group of neighboring countries and is organised by UEFA and the hosting country / countries. Only the countries that had qualified from the Qualification round and the hosts will play in the Final round. But the number of finalists increased during the years, from 4 in 1960 to 16 in 1996. For the first two editions (1960, 1964) it was called the 'European Nations Cup' but changed to the current name in 1968. First Edition - 1960 Editions Played until Today - 12 Calendar - Final round organised every four years and takes approximately three weeks, generally between June and July. The Qualification round starts two years prior to the Final round. |
THE TROPHY |
Name - Henry Delaunay Cup, named after the French UEFA General Secretary who originated the idea of the competition. |
Manufacturers - Chobillon Goldsmiths (French) Material - Sterling Silver, with green marble base. Height - 42 cm Weight - 6 Kg Used - 12 Editions, from 1960 until 2004. Winners - The winner of each edition kept the trophy for four years until the next edition. No nation ever took the trophy forever, no matter how many times he won it. History - The trophy was won by nine nations: Germany (1972, 1980 both as West Germany, 1996), France (1984, 2000), Soviet Union (1960), Spain (1964), Italy (1968), Czechoslovakia (1976), Netherlands (1988), Denmark (1992) and Greece (2004). Holders - The trophy remaind the property of UEFA when it was changed with a new one in January 2006. |
WINNERS (1st Place) - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS |
1968 |
Competition hosted by Italy between 5 June and 10 June 1968. Final held in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico between Italy and Yugoslavia. The first match finished 1-1 but the Azzurri won 2-0 the replay. |
The Squad |
Artemio FRANCHI President FIGC |
Ferruccio VALCAREGGI National Coach |
Giacinto FACCHETTI Inter Captain |
Giancarlo BERCELLINO Juventus |
Tarcisio BURGNICH Inter |
Angelo DOMENGHINI Inter |
Ernesto CASTANO Juventus |
Giorgio FERRINI Torino |
Aristide GUARNERI Bologna |
Antonio JULIANO Napoli |
Giovanni LODETTI Milan |
Alessandro MAZZOLA Inter |
Gianni RIVERA Milan |
Luigi RIVA Cagliari |
Roberto ROSATO Milan |
Sandro SALVADORE Juventus |
Pietro ANASTASI Varese |
Dino ZOFF Napoli |
Pierino PRATI Milan |
Giancarlo DE SISTI Fiorentina |
THE TROPHY |
Name - Henry Delaunay Cup, named after the French UEFA General Secretary who originated the idea of the competition. |
Manufacturers - Asprey London Silversmiths (English) Material - Sterling Silver. Height - 60 cm Weight - 8 Kg Used - 1 edition, 2008. Winners - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy for four years until the next edition. No nation will ever take the trophy forever, no matter how many times he wins it. History - The trophy was won by one nation: Spain (2008). |
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - VICE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS |
2000 |
Competition hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2000. Final held in Rotterdam at the Feyenoord Stadium between Italy and France won by the French 2-1 by the Golden Goal scored in the Extra Time after the game finished 1-1. |
The Squad |
Luciano NIZZOLA President FIGC |
Dino ZOFF National Coach |
Christian ABBIATI Milan |
Demetrio ALBERTINI Milan |
Antonio CONTE Juventus |
Massimo AMBROSINI Milan |
Angelo DI LIVIO Fiorentina |
Alessandro DEL PIERO Juventus |
Marco DELVECCHIO Roma |
Ciro FERRARA Juventus |
Filippo INZAGHI Juventus |
Mark IULIANO Juventus |
Paolo MALDINI Milan Captain |
Stefano FIORE Udinese |
Vincenzo MONTELLA Roma |
Paolo NEGRO Lazio |
Alessandro NESTA Lazio |
Fabio CANNAVARO Parma |
Gianluca PESSOTTO Juventus |
Francesco TOLDO Fiorentina |
Francesco TOTTI Roma |
Gianluca ZAMBROTTA Juventus |
Luigi DI BIAGIO Inter |
(Both never played in Azzurro) |
Aldo DONATI Roma |
Francesco ANTONIOLI Roma (never played in Azzurro) |
1980 |
Competition hosted by Italy between 11 June and 22 June 1980. 3/4 Place Final held in Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on the 21 June 1980 between Italy and Czechoslovakia won by the Czechs 9-8 on penalty shoot-out after the game finished 1-1. |
The Squad |
Enzo BEARZOT National Coach |
Giancarlo ANTOGNONI Fiorentina |
Mauro BELLUGI Napoli |
Roberto BETTEGA Juventus |
Franco BARESI Milan |
Antonio CABRINI Juventus |
Ivano BORDON Inter |
Claudio GENTILE Juventus |
Aldo MALDERA Milan |
Dino ZOFF Juventus Captain |
Francesco GRAZIANI Torino |
Fulvio COLLOVATI Milan |
Giovanni GALLI Fiorentina |
Ruben BURIANI Milan |
Romeo BENETTI Roma |
Gabriele ORIALI Inter |
Gaetano SCIREA Juventus |
Marco TARDELLI Juventus |
Renato ZACCARELLI Torino |
Franco CAUSIO Juventus |
Roberto PRUZZO Roma |
EURO CHAMPIONSHIP 4th PLACE |
Enrico ALBERTOSI Fiorentina |
Angelo ANQUILLETTI Milan |
Alessandro ALTOBELLI Inter |
Giuseppe BARESI Inter |
Artemio FRANCHI President FIGC |
Giuseppe CAVANNA Napoli |
(Both never played in Azzurro) |
1988 |
Competition hosted by West Germany between 10 June and 25 June 1988. Italy lost the Semi-Final held in Stuttgart at the Neckarstadion on the 22 June 1988 against the U.S.S.R. 0-2 but the 3/4 Place Final was not held. Since the other Semi Final finished with the score of 2-1, Italy placed overall fourth on goal difference. |
The Squad |
Antonio MATARRESE President FIGC |
Azeglio VICINI National Coach |
Carlo ANCELOTTI Milan |
Alessandro ALTOBELLI Inter |
Luca FUSI Sampdoria |
Franco BARESI Milan |
Ciro FERRARA Napoli |
Luigi DE AGOSTINI Juventus |
Fernando DE NAPOLI Napoli |
Ricardo FERRI Inter |
Paolo MALDINI Milan |
Roberto MANCINI Sampdoria |
Giuseppe BERGOMI Inter Captain |
Giuseppe GIANNINI Roma |
Ruggiero RIZZITELLI Cesena |
Giovanni FRANCINI Napoli |
Gianluca VIALLI Sampdoria |
Walter ZENGA Inter |
Roberto DONADONI Milan |
Stefano TACCONI Juventus |
Roberto CRAVERO Torino |
(Both never played in Azzurro) |
Francesco ROMANO Napoli |
Azeglio VICINI National Coach |
Olympics Football Tournament |
THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL TEAM HONOUR IN THE WORLD PRIOR TO THE WORLD CUP Winners - Regarded as best amateur national team in the world prior to 1950. |
Organisers - IOC (International Olympic Committee) with the help of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). Participating Countries - All IOC member countries in the world who are members of FIFA, more than 200 nations divided in six different groups per continent. Competition Structure - The competition is organised in two main rounds, the Qualification round and the Final round. The Qualifications are played by all FIFA member nations sub-divided per continent and some are integrated with continental competitions organised by the different Confederations. Different numbers of nations qualify for the Final round from each continent. The Final round is played as part of the Summer Olympic Games although matches are not only played in the same city but throughout the whole country. Only the countries that had qualified from the Qualification round, together with the host country will play in the Final round. But the number of finalists increased during the years, from 8 in 1908 to 16 in 1920. First Edition - 1908 Editions Played until Today - 21 Calendar - Final round organised every four years and takes approximately a month, generally between June and July. The Qualification round starts two years prior to the Final round. Note on Amateurs - In accordance with the Olympic spirit, all participating players were meant to be amateurs. This was not a problem until the 1930's when professionalism started spreading around the world with the first editions of the Football World Cup. This lead to various different interpretations of the word amateur, resulting in each country fielding its own national team composed of players defined amateurs according to its own definition of the word. As a result of this the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe dominated Olympic football, since in these countries the top football players were state sponsored while retaining their status as amateurs. In fact, between the 1948 and the 1980 editions, 23 out of 27 Olympic medals were won by Eastern European countries. From the Olympic edition of 1936, Italy started fielding only amateur players who had never played with the Italian National Team prior to the Olympic tournament, although these games were still regarded as full national games. This continued until the 1956 edition when all the Italian football matches played in the Olympic football tournaments stopped to be regarded as full national games and all Italian selections started to be composed of various youth or amateur players. In the 1984 edition IOC decided to reform Olympic football rules in order to make it more interesting but without competing with the Football World Cup organised by FIFA. Therefore professional players started to be selected but European and South American countries had to field players that never played in a World Cup edition. This was again changed from the 1992 edition when it was decided that all Olympic football players must be less than 23 years of age with the exception of three over-23 per squad. |
THE MEDALS |
WINNERS (1st Place - Gold Medalists) - OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS |
1936 |
Olympics hosted by Germany in Berlin between 1 and 16 August 1936. The Football Tournament was held in 4 different stadiums all in Berlin. Final held in the Olympia Stadion between Italy and Austria won by the Azzurri 2-1 after extra time. The score at the end of normal time was 1-1. |
The Squad - Players who competed and received the Gold Medal |
Giorgio VACCARO President FIGC |
Vittorio POZZO National Coach |
Alfredo FONI Juventus Captain (2 games) |
Giuseppe BALDO Lazio |
Sergio BERTONI Pisa |
Francesco GABRIOTTI Lazio |
Carlo BIAGI Pisa |
Bruno VENTURINI Sampierdarenese |
Ugo LOCATELLI Inter |
Libero MARCHINI Lucchese |
Alfonso NEGRO Fiorentina |
Achille PICCINI Fiorentina |
Luigi SCARABELLO Spezia |
Giulio CAPPELLI Viareggio Captain (2 games) |
Annibale FROSSI Inter |
Sandro PUPPO Piacenza |
Paolo VANNUCCI Pisa, Gianni FERRERO SAFFA Fucecchio, Lamberto PETRI Bologna, Mario NICOLINI Livorno and Carlo GIROMETTA Piacenza (All never played in Azzurro) |
As per Olympic tradition, cups and trophies are not used but the first three winners in each sport discipline are awarded a medal - Gold for the first place, Silver for the second and Bronze for the third. The General rule is that each city that organise an edition of the Olympic games will design its' own Medals although there were medal designs that continued to be used for a number of editions. Both the 1928 and the 1936 Olympic editions used the same medal design but with different inscription. Designer - Giuseppe Cassioli (Italian), winner of a design competition by IOC in 1921 Represents - Front (Obverse): Victory holding a palm and a winner's crown. Back (Reverse): An Olympic Champion carried in triumph by the crowd, both with an Olympic Stadium in the background Used - The front design was used with slight modifications for 17 editions, from 1928 until 2000. The back design was used for 9 editions, from 1928 until 1968. Winners - The winners of each medal keps the medal forever. |
1936 |
Material - Gold Diameter - 55 mm Thickness - 5 mm Weight - 81 g Inscriptions - Front: XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936. Edge: B.H MAYER PFORZHEIM 990 Mint - B.H.Mayer, Pforzheim Quantity - Total of 960 in Gold, Silver and Bronze. |
1928 |
Material - Bronze Diameter - 55 mm Thickness - 3 mm Weight - 66 g Inscriptions - Front: IXe OLYMPIADE AMSTERDAM 1928 Mint - Dutch State Mint, Utrecht Quantity - 259 Bronze |
History - Until today, the football Olympic tournament was won by 16 nations: Hungary (1952, 1964, 1968), Argentina (2004, 2008), Great Britain (1908, 1912), Uruguay (1924, 1928), U.S.S.R. (1956, 1988), Belgium (1920), Italy (1936), Sweden (1948), Yugoslavia (1960), Poland (1972), East Germany (1976), Czechoslovakia (1980), France (1984), Spain (1992), Nigeria (1996) and Cameroon (2000). |
Pietro RAVA Juventus |
OLYMPICS 3rd PLACE - Bronze Medalists |
1928 |
Olympics hosted by the Netherlands in Amsterdam between 17 May and 12 August 1928. The Football Tournament was held in 4 different stadiums in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Arnhem. The 3/4 Place Final was held at the Olympisch Stadion of Amsterdam on the 9 June 1928 between Italy and Egypt won by the Azzurri 11-3. |
The Squad |
Leandro ARPINATI President FIGC |
Augusto RANGONE National Coach |
Adolfo BALONCIERI Torino Captain |
Delfo BELLINI Genoa |
Fulvio BERNARDINI Inter |
Giovanni DE PRA' Genoa |
Umberto CALIGARIS Casale |
Attilio FERRARIS Roma |
Felice GASPERI Bologna |
Pietro GENOVESI Bologna |
Antonio JANNI Torino |
Virgilio F. LEVRATTO Genoa |
Silvio PIETROBONI Inter |
Elvio BANCHERO Alessandria |
Giampiero COMBI Juventus |
Valentino DEGANI Inter |
and Andrea VIVIANO Alessandria (All never played in Azzurro |
Mario MAGNOZZI Livorno |
Alfredo PITTO Bologna |
Enrico RIVOLTA Inter |
Virginio ROSETTA Juventus |
Gino ROSSETTI Torino |
Angelo SCHIAVIO Bologna |
Pietro PASTORE Milan |
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Giacomo BULGARELLI Bologna |
Lido VIERI Torino |
2004 |
Olympics hosted by Greece in Athens between the 13 August and the 29 August 2004. The Football Tournament was held in 6 different stadiums in Athens, Heraklio, Patras, Thessaloniki and Volos. The 3/4 Place Final was held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium of Thessaloniki on the 27 August 2004 between Italy and Iran won by the Azzurrini 1-0. |
The Squad |
Note - Since the 1956 edition all Italian football matches played in the Olympic football tournaments stopped to be regarded as full Italian National games and as from the 1992 edition all Olympic football players had to be less than 23 years of age with the exception of three over-23 per squad. In fact, since 1992 all Italian Olympic matches were regarded as official Under-21 games and the Under-21 Italian National Coach lead also the Azzurrini in the Olympic football tournaments. Therefore, the Bronze Medal won by the Azzurrini in the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens, is not regarded as won by the Italian National Team but by the Under-21 Italian National Team. |
The 18-men squad was lead by the Italian Under-21 National Coach, the Azzurro Claudio GENTILE. It consisted of four players who had already played with the Italian National team: Captain Andrea PIRLO (Milan), Daniele BONERA (Parma), Matteo FERRARI (Parma) and Ivan PELIZZOLI (Roma); eight players who played with the Italian National team after the 2004 Olympics: Marco AMELIA (Parma), Andrea BARZAGLI (Chievo Verona), Giorgio CHIELLINI (Livorno), Daniele DE ROSSI (Roma), Alberto GILARDINO (Parma), Giandomenico MESTO (Reggina), Angelo PALOMBO (Sampdoria) and Giampiero PINZI (Udinese); and six players who never played with the Italian National Team : Cesare BOVO (Lecce), Simone DEL NERO (Brescia), Marco DONADEL (Parma), Andrea GASBARRONI (Palermo), Emiliano MORETTI (Bologna) and Giuseppe SCULLI (Chievo Verona). The FIGC President was Franco CARRARO. |
THE BADGE |
Name - FIFA World Champions Badge. Description - The FIFA World Cup with radiating rays |
and the words 'FIFA World Champions' plus the year of the last World Cup edition. Formats - Two formats, one with gold graphics and text on white background for dark coloured shirts and the other with white graphics and text on gold background for light coloured shirts. Diploma - Presented by FIFA to the World Champions in a diploma format, having the FIFA World Champions Badge and the Federation badge of the current World Champions. Winners - The winner of the World Cup wears the FIFA World Champion Badge on his shirt for the next four years until the Final of the next World Cup edition.. Used - 1 Edition, first used in September 2008 by the 2006 World Champions. History - Until today, the badge was worn by only one nation: Italy (2006). |
Bruno CHIZZO Triestina |
The Squad - Players who were registered as 'Reserves' and did not receive the Gold Medal |
Corrado TAMIETTI Brescia |
Adolfo GIUNTOLI Alessandria |
Pietro ARCARI Milan |
