All the information about the Azzurri team and its participation in the 2018 World Cup
History:
WORLD CUP 2018
FIFA once again organized the football World Cup, a competition which joins all the national teams in the world in trying to qualify for the final stages of the tournament, which then crown one nation as the World Champion. This was the 21st edition of the competition and the 12th edition that the final prize was the FIFA cup.
It was the first time that Russia hosted the World Cup, and the eleventh edition hosted in the European continent.
France won the World Cup for the second time (1998, 2018), thus becoming the sixth nation to win the World Cup at least two times, the third European nation to do so. They become World Champions 20 years after winning their first World Cup in 1998. It was the first time France won the World Cup away from home.
The former World Champions, Germany, finished in the 22nd position. Italy failed to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup for the second time in their history (1958, 2018) and the third time the Italian National Team missed the World Cup finals, since in the first edition (1930), like many other European countries, they boycotted the tournament held in Uruguay. The hosts, Russia, finished in the 5th position of the tournament ranking, Portugal, the European Champions finished in the 14th position and Australia, the Asian Champions in the 30th position. The South American Champions - Chile, the African Champions - Cameroon, and the North & Central American Champions - U.S.A., all failed to qualify for the final tournament.
The Final Positions of the Azzurri in the World Cup
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HOST
Uruguay
Italy
France
Brazil
Switzerland
Sweden
Chile
England
Mexico
West Germany
Argentina
Spain
Mexico
Italy
U.S.A.
France
Japan/S.Korea
Germany
South Africa
Brazil
Russia
WINNER
Uruguay
Italy
Italy
Uruguay
West Germany
Brazil
Brazil
England
Brazil
West Germany
Argentina
Italy
Argentina
West Germany
Brazil
France
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Germany
France
ITALY (Final Position)
No Participation
World Champions
World Champions
First Round
First Round
Qualification Round
First Round
First Round
Final
First Round
3/4 Place Final
World Champions
Second Round
3/4 Place Final
Final
Quarter Finals
Second Round
World Champions
First Round
First Round
Qualification Round
RANK
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1st
7th
9th
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9th
9th
2nd
10th
4th
1st
12th
3rd
2nd
5th
11th
1st
26th
22nd
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FIFA WORLD CUP
The 21st Edition
RUSSIA
14 June - 15 July 2018
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Qualification, European Group G - Results and Standings
05-09-2016 Spain vs Liechtenstein
05-09-2016 Albania vs Macedonia
05-09-2016 Israel vs Italy
06-10-2016Italy vs Spain
06-10-2016 Macedonia vs Israel
06-10-2016 Liechtenstein vs Albania
09-10-2016 Israel vs Liechtenstein
09-10-2016 Macedonia vs Italy
09-10-2016 Albania vs Spain
12-11-2016 Spain vs Macedonia
12-11-2016 Albania vs Israel
12-11-2016 Liechtenstein vs Italy
24-03-2017 Spain vs Israel
24-03-2017Italy vs Albania
24-03-2017Liechtens. vs Macedonia
8-0
2-1
1-3
1-1
1-2
0-2
2-1
2-3
0-2
4-0
0-3
0-4
4-1
2-0
0-3
11-06-2017Italy vs Liechtenstein
11-06-2017 Israel vs Albania
11-06-2017Macedonia vs Spain
02-09-2017Albania vs Liechtenstein
02-09-2017Israel vs Macedonia
02-09-2017Spain vs Italy
05-09-2017Italy vs Israel
05-09-2017Liechtenstein vs Spain
05-09-2017Macedonia vs Albania
06-10-2017Spain vs Albania
06-10-2017Italy vs Macedonia
06-10-2017Liechtenstein vs Israel
09-10-2017Albania vs Italy
09-10-2017Israel vs Spain
09-10-2017Macedonia vs Liechtens.
POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS-
SPAIN
ITALY
ALBANIA
ISRAEL
MACEDONIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
10
10
10
10
10
10
28
23
13
12
11
0
9
7
4
4
3
0
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
5
6
5
10
36
21
10
10
15
1
3
8
13
15
15
39
5-0
0-3
1-2
2-0
0-1
3-0
1-0
0-8
1-1
3-0
1-1
0-1
0-1
0-1
4-0
Official Logo
Official Poster
The mascot of this edition is the Wolf ZABIVAKA. In the Russian language the name means 'the one who scores', a very suitable name for a mascot who radiates fun, charm and confidence. The wolf received 53% of an online and TV poll in which one million Russians participated. The other animals participating were a 'Tiger', wearing a cosmonaut suite (27%) and a 'Cat', who like Zabivaka wears the colours of Russia (20%).
WORLD CUP 2018 HOSTING BIDS
The new FIFA 2007 hosting policy was used for the first time in this bidding process. The policy says that any country may bid for a World Cup, provided that their continental confederation has not hosted either of the past two World Cups. Thus countries from South America and Africa were eliminated for this bid. Originally there was four bids, all from Europe and two of which were joined bids. The selection was to be made between Belgium & the Netherlands, England, Russia and Portugal & Spain and voting was done on the 2 December 2010 by twenty-two of the twenty-four FIFA Executive Members. The formula used was that any bid that receives more than twelve votes will be declared the winner, however if no bid receives the required twelve votes, then the least voted country in the round will be eliminated and the voting goes for another round until a winner is declared. In the first round no one received the twelve votes and England was eliminated when it finished last with just two votes. In the second round of voting, Russia received thirteen votes and was declared the winner. After the selection, controversy erupted regarding allegations of possible vote buying. In November 2014, German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee's adjudication chamber published a 42-page summary of the findings of the report of U.S. lawyer Michael J. Garcia, chairman of the investigative chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee. It cleared Russia of any wrongdoing during the bidding stage, but was harsh on England, who had an unsuccessful World Cup bid, finding "potentially problematic facts and circumstances" in their bid and stating that they had undermined the integrity of the bidding.
RUSSIA
SPAIN PORTUGAL
BELGIUM NETHERLANDS
ENGLAND
SWEDEN vs ITALY
1 - 0
QUALIFICATION PLAY-OFF, LEG 1
10 November 2017 Solna, Sweden
13 November 2017 Milano, Italy
ITALY vs SWEDEN
0 - 0
QUALIFICATION PLAY-OFF, LEG 2
The Azzurri used in the qualification games
GAMES
12 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
12 IMMOBILE Ciro (Lazio)
10 BARZAGLI Andrea (Juventus)
10 BONUCCI Leonardo (Juventus / Milan)
10 CANDREVA Antonio (Inter)
9 BELOTTI Andrea (Torino)
8 EDER Citadin Martins (Inter)
8 INSIGNE Lorenzo (Napoli)
7 DARMIAN Matteo (Manchester United)
7 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
7 PAROLO Marco (Lazio)
7 VERRATTI Marco (Paris Saint Germain)
6 BERNARDESCHI Federico (Fiorentina / Juventus)
6 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
5 ZAPPACOSTA Davide (Torino / Chelsea)
4 BONAVENTURA Giacomo (Milan)
4 DE SCIGLIO Mattia (Milan)
4 GABBIADINI Manolo (Southampton)
3 FLORENZI Alessandro (Roma)
3 ROMAGNOLI Alessio (Milan)
3 SPINAZZOLA Leonardo (Atalanta)
2 EL SHAARAWY Stephan (Roma)
2 GAGLIARDINI Roberto (Inter)
2 MONTOLIVO Riccardo (Milan)
2 PELLE Graziano (Shandang Luneng T.)
1 ANTONELLI Luca (Milan)
1 ASTORI Davide (Fiorentina)
1 CONTI Andrea (Milan)
1 CRISTANTE Bryan (Atalanta)
1 JORGINHO Jorge Luiz (Napoli)
1 OGBONNA Angelo Obinze (West Ham United)
1 PELLEGRINI Lorenzo (Sassuolo)
1 RUGANI Daniele (Juventus)
1 SANSONE Nicola (Villarreal)
1 VERDI Simone (Bologna)
1 ZAZA Simone (West Ham United)
GOALS
6 IMMOBILE Ciro (Lazio)
4 BELOTTI Andrea (Torino)
3 CANDREVA Antonio (Inter)
2 DE ROSSI Daniele (Roma)
1 BERNARDESCHI Federico (Fiorentina)
1 CHIELLINI Giorgio (Juventus)
1 EDER Citadin Martins (Inter)
1 GABBIADINI Manolo (Southampton)
1 INSIGNE Lorenzo (Napoli)
1 PELLE Graziano (Shandang Luneng T.)
CAPTAINS
12 BUFFON Gianluigi (Juventus)
COACH
VENTURA Giampiero - 12 games
Azzurri used in the 2018 World Cup Qualifications
Federico
CHIESA
(Juventus)
7 Games, 1 Goal
1 Unused Call-Up
Andrea
BARZAGLI
(Juventus)
10 Games
12 Unused call-Ups
Antonio
CANDREVA
(Inter
10 Games, 3 Goals
2 Unused Call-Ups
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus
12 Games
12 Captain
Nicolo
BARELLA
(Inter)
8 Games
1 Ununsed Call-Up
Ciro
IMMOBILE
(Lazio)
12 Games
6 Goals
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
10 Games
1 Unused Call-Up
Jorge Luiz
JORGINHO
(Chelsea - England)
6 Games
1 Captain
Citadin Martins
EDER
(Inter)
8 Games, 1 Goal
4 Unused Call-Ups
Francesco
ACERBI
(Lazio)
6 Games
3 Ununsed Call-Ups
Giacomo
RASPADORI
(Sassuolo)
5 Games, 1 Goal
1 Unused Call-Up
Matteo
PESSINA
(Atalanta)
5 Games
4 Unused Call-Ups
Marco
VERRATTI
(Paris St Germain -
France)
7 Games
2 Unused Call-Ups
Manuel
LOCATELLI
(Sassuolo / Juventus)
6 Games, 1 Goal
3 Unused Call-Ups
Giovanni
DI LORENZO
(Napoli)
5 Games, 2 Goals
4 Ununsed Call-Ups
Lorenzo
PELLEGRINI
(Roma)
4 Games
3 Unused Call-Ups
Alessandro
FLORENZI
(Paris St Germain -
France & Milan)
4 Games
2 Unused Call-Ups
Alesandro
BASTONI
(Inter)
3 Games
5 Unused Call-Ups
Federico
BERNARDESCHI
(Juventus)
4 Games
4 Unused Call-Ups
Bryan
CRISTANTE
(Roma)
4 Games
3 Ununsed Call-Ups
Sandro
TONALI
(Milan)
3 Games
Leonardo
SPINAZZOLA
(Roma)
3 Games
Davide
CALABRIA
(Milan)
2 Games
2 Unused Call-Ups
Andrea
BELOTTI
(Torino)
9 Games, 4 Goal
2 Unused Call-Ups
Giorgio
CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
3 Games, 2 Captain
3 Ununsed Call-Ups
Rafael
TOLOI
(Atalanta)
2 Games
4 Unused Call-Ups
Stefano
SENSI
(Inter & Sampdoria)
2 Games, 1 Goal
5 Unused Call-Ups
Cristiano
BIRAGHI
(Fiorentina)
1 Game
7 Unused Call-Ups
Gianluca
MANCINI
(Roma)
2 Games
6 Unused Call-Ups
Gianluca
SCAMACCA
(Sassuolo)
2 Games
4 Ununsed Call-Ups
Geraldino
JOAO PEDRO
(Cagliari)
1 Game
Vincenzo
GRIFO
(Freiburg - Germany)
1 Game
1 Unused Call-Up
Moise B.
KEAN
(Paris St Germain
- France & Juventus)
1 Game, 2 Goals
3 Unused Call-Ups
Geatano
CASTROVILLI
(Fiorentina)
1 Game
5 Unused Call-Ups
Stephan
EL SHAARAWY
(Roma)
1 Game
2 Ununsed Call-Ups
Danilo
CATALDI
(Lazio)
2 Unused Call-Ups
Francesco
CAPUTO
(Sassuolo)
1 Unused Call-Up
Alessio
CRAGNO
(Cagliari)
6 Unused Call-Ups
Salvatore
SIRIGU
(Torino & Genoa)
1 Game
7 Unused Call-Ups
Nicolo
ZANIOLO
(Roma)
1 Game
4 Ununsed Call-Ups
Manuel
LAZZARI
(Lazio)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Pierluigi
GOLLINI
(Tottenham Hotspurs - Engalnd)
4 Unused Call-Ups
Matteo
DARMIAN
(Manchester United -
England)
7 Games
4 Unused Call-Ups
Mattia
DE SCIGLIO
(Juventus)
1 Unused Call-Up
Gian Marco
FERRARI
(Sassuolo)
4 Ununsed Call-Ups
Matteo
POLITANO
(Napoli)
1 Unused Call-Up
Tommaso
POBEGA
(Torino)
2 Unused Call-Ups
Matteo
RICCI
(Spezia)
3 Unused Call-Ups
Marco
PAROLO
(Lazio)
7 Games
4 Unused Call-Ups
Alex
MERET
(Napoli)
6 Ununsed Call-Ups
Mattia
ZACCAGNI
(Lazio)
1 Unused Call-Up
Roberto
SORIANO
(Bologna)
3 Unused Call-Ups
Daniele
DE ROSSI
(Roma)
7 Games, 2 Goals
3 Unused Call-Ups
Other Azzurri used in the 2022 World Cup Qualifications Play-Off Stage
Albania vs Macedonia
