Italy national football team | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 19/12/2018

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Italy national football team


00:02:32 1 History
00:02:41 1.1 1910–1938: Origins and first two World Cups
00:05:28 1.2 1946–1966: Post-World War II
00:06:59 1.3 1968–1976: European champions and World Cup runners-up
00:08:35 1.4 1978–1986: The third World Cup generation
00:12:12 1.5 1988–2000: World Cup and European Championship runners-up
00:17:31 1.6 2000–2004: Trapattoni Era
00:19:48 1.7 2006: Fourth World Cup title
00:25:09 1.8 2006–2010: Post World Cup and Lippi's second term
00:28:52 1.9 2010–2014: European Championship runners-up
00:34:14 1.10 2014–2016: Euro 2016 campaign
00:37:03 1.11 2016–present: Failure to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup and rebuild
00:40:12 2 Team image
00:40:21 2.1 Kits, colours and badges
00:42:48 3 Rivalries
00:45:17 4 Competitive record
00:45:36 4.1 FIFA World Cup
00:46:02 4.2 FIFA Confederations Cup
00:46:16 4.3 UEFA European Championship
00:46:43 4.4 UEFA Nations League
00:46:52 5 Honours
00:47:05 5.1 Titles
00:47:45 5.2 Awards
00:47:59 6 Coaching staff
00:48:07 7 Results and fixtures
00:48:16 7.1 2018
00:48:25 7.2 2019
00:48:47 8 Players
00:49:08 8.1 Current squad
00:49:17 8.2 Recent call-ups
00:49:25 8.3 Previous squads
00:49:45 9 Records
00:50:04 9.1 Most capped players
00:50:18 9.2 Top goalscorers
00:50:26 9.3 Captains
00:50:42 9.4 Hat-tricks



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The Italy national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has officially represented Italy in association football since their first match in 1910. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—the latter of which was co-founded by the Italian team's supervising body, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and have their primary training ground located at the FIGC headquarters in Coverciano, Florence.
Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) and appearing in two other finals (1970, 1994), reaching a third place (1990) and a fourth place (1978). In 1938, they became the first team to defend their World Cup title, and due to the outbreak of World War II, retained the title for 16 years. Italy had also previously won two Central European International Cups (1927–30, 1933–35). Between its first two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament (1936). After the majority of the team was killed in a plane crash in 1949, the team did not advance past the group stage of the following two World Cup tournaments, and also failed to qualify for the 1958 edition—failure to qualify for the World Cup would not happen again until the 2018 edition. Italy returned to form by 1968, winning a European Championship (1968), and after a period of alternating unsuccessful qualification rounds in Europe, later appeared in two other finals (2000, 2012). Italy's highest finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup was in 2013, where the squad achieved a third-place finish.
The team is known as Gli Azzurri (The Blues) as blue is the traditional colour of the national teams representing Italy due to the colour of the House of Savoy's banner. The national team is also known for its long-standing rivalries with other top footballing nations, such as those with Brazil, France, Germany and Spain. In the FIFA World Ranking, in force since August 1993, Italy has occupied the first place several times, in November 1993 and during 2007 (February, April-June, September), with its worst placement in August 2018 in 21st place.