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Italy (2026)

Italia

Matches: 7; 7 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 4-1-2; 4 W · 1 D · 2 L
Goals: 10; 5 against
Goal difference: +5

General Information

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio

Founded: 1898
FIFA entry: 1905
Average height in 2026: 1.84 m
Average age in 2026: 23.9 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

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Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Gennaro Gattuso(Coach)

Date of birth: 9 January 1978
Place of birth: Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Height: 1.77 m
Matches: 2 (2 official · 0 friendlies)

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Silvio Baldini(Coach)

Date of birth: 11 September 1958
Place of birth: Massa, Italy
Matches: 2 (0 official · 2 friendlies)

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Roberto Mancini(Coach)

Date of birth: 27 November 1964
Place of birth: Jesi, Italy
Height: 1.80 m
Matches: 3 (3 official · 0 friendlies)

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Players of Italy in 2026

51 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers1
Gianluigi Donnarumma	25 February 1999	Goalkeeper	Manchester City	7	0	0
Defenders19
Alessandro Bastoni	13 April 1999	Centre Back	Inter Milano	4	0	2
Riccardo Calafiori	19 May 2002	Centre Back	Arsenal FC	4	0	0
Gianluca Mancini	17 April 1996	Centre Back	AS Roma	3	0	0
Giorgio Scalvini	11 December 2003	Centre Back	Atalanta Bergamo	2	1	0
Michael Kayode	10 July 2004	Right Back	Brentford FC	2	0	1
Davide Bartesaghi	29 December 2005	Left Back	AC Milan	2	0	0
Fabio Chiarodia	5 June 2005	Centre Back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	0	0
Pietro Comuzzo	20 February 2005	Centre Back	Torino FC	2	0	0
Federico Dimarco	10 November 1997	Left Back	Inter Milano	2	0	0
Honest Ahanor	23 February 2008	Centre Back	Crystal Palace FC	1	1	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	4 August 1993	Right Back	SSC Napoli	1	1	0
Diego Coppola	28 December 2003	Centre Back	Paris FC	1	0	0
Matteo Ruggeri	11 July 2002	Left Back	Aston Villa FC	1	0	0
Federico Gatti	24 June 1998	Centre Back	Juventus Torino	0	2	0
Filippo Mané	8 March 2005	Centre Back	Borussia Dortmund	0	2	0
Marco Palestra	3 March 2005	Right Back	Chelsea FC	0	2	0
Niccolò Fortini	13 February 2006	Left Back	Torino FC	0	1	0
Luca Reggiani	9 January 2008	Centre Back	Borussia Dortmund	0	1	0
Leonardo Spinazzola	25 March 1993	Left Back	SSC Napoli	0	1	0
Midfielders16
Sandro Tonali	8 May 2000	Defensive Midfielder	Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	1
Nicolò Barella	7 February 1997	Centre Midfielder	Inter Milano	3	1	0
Davide Frattesi	22 September 1999	Centre Midfielder	Lazio Roma	2	2	1
Niccolò Pisilli	23 September 2004	Centre Midfielder	AS Roma	2	1	0
Nicolò Fagioli	12 February 2001	Centre Midfielder	AC Fiorentina	2	0	0
Luca Lipani	18 May 2005	Defensive Midfielder	US Sassuolo	2	0	0
Manuel Locatelli	8 January 1998	Centre Midfielder	Juventus Torino	2	0	0
Cher Ndour	27 July 2004	Centre Midfielder	AC Fiorentina	2	0	0
Costantino Favasuli	26 April 2004	Right Midfielder	SSC Napoli	1	1	0
Alessandro Romano	17 June 2006	Defensive Midfielder	Cagliari Calcio	1	1	0
Issa Doumbia	16 October 2003	Centre Midfielder	Sporting CP Lisboa	0	3	0
Matteo Dagasso	1 April 2004	Centre Midfielder	Venezia FC	0	2	0
Daniel Maldini	11 October 2001	Attacking Midfielder	Cagliari Calcio	0	2	0
Bryan Cristante	3 March 1995	Centre Midfielder	AS Roma	0	1	0
Giacomo Faticanti	31 July 2004	Defensive Midfielder	US Avellino	0	1	0
Antonio Vergara	16 January 2003	Attacking Midfielder	SSC Napoli	0	1	0
Forwards15
Pio Esposito	28 June 2005	Centre Forward	Inter Milano	5	2	3
Moise Kean	28 February 2000	Centre Forward	Como 1907	4	0	2
Sebastiano Esposito	2 July 2002	Secondary striker	US Sassuolo	2	0	0
Luca Koleosho	15 September 2004	Right Winger	Paris FC	2	0	0
Matteo Politano	3 August 1993	Right Winger	SSC Napoli	2	0	0
Mateo Retegui	29 April 1999	Centre Forward	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	2	0	0
Giacomo Raspadori	18 February 2000	Centre Forward	Atalanta Bergamo	1	1	0
Nicolò Cambiaghi	28 December 2000	Left Winger	Bologna FC	1	0	0
Luigi Cherubini	15 January 2004	Left Winger	Benevento Calcio	1	0	0
Jeff Ekhator	11 November 2006	Centre Forward	Juventus Torino	1	0	0
Francesco Camarda	10 March 2008	Centre Forward	AC Milan	0	2	0
Seydou Fini	2 June 2006	Right Winger	Frosinone Calcio	0	2	0
Gianluca Scamacca	1 January 1999	Centre Forward	Atalanta Bergamo	0	2	0
Samuele Inácio	2 April 2008	Secondary striker	Borussia Dortmund	0	1	0
Mohamed Alì Zoma	16 December 2003	Secondary striker	1.FC Nürnberg	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Italy in 2026

7 matches

2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Stade de FranceAvs.FranceMatch report: France vs. Italy 1–1Draw
28 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Yüzüncü Yıl Atatürk StadyumuAvs.TurkeyMatch report: Turkey vs. Italy 1–4Win
25 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Stadio Olimpico RomaHvs.BelgiumMatch report: Italy vs. Belgium 0–2Defeat
7 Jun 2026Friendly · Pankritio StadioAvs.GreeceMatch report: Greece vs. Italy 0–1Win
3 Jun 2026Friendly · Stade de LuxembourgAvs.LuxembourgMatch report: Luxembourg vs. Italy 0–1Win
31 Mar 2026World Cup 2026 · Play-Off Finals · Bilino PoljeAvs.Bosnia & HerzegovinaMatch report: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. Italy 1–11–4 pensDefeat
26 Mar 2026World Cup 2026 · Play-Off Semi-Finals · Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'ItaliaHvs.Northern IrelandMatch report: Italy vs. Northern Ireland 2–0Win

Match Progress for Italy

4 W · 1 D · 2 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Italy

83 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Switzerland	37	13	16	8	46
France	27	10	4	13	49
Germany	27	9	10	8	35
Spain	27	8	8	11	27
England	21	11	5	5	20
Netherlands	21	10	8	3	26
Belgium	19	10	5	4	31
Poland	18	7	8	3	23
Austria	17	8	5	4	21
Norway	17	8	4	5	18
Portugal	16	11	2	3	24
Bulgaria	16	9	5	2	28
Sweden	16	8	2	6	13
Finland	14	12	1	1	33
Hungary	14	8	3	3	26
Turkey	13	9	4	0	27
Romania	13	7	4	2	18
Greece	11	7	4	0	19
Ireland	11	5	3	3	12
Uruguay	11	4	3	4	12
Argentina	11	3	3	5	11
Brazil	11	2	2	7	14
Malta	10	10	0	0	27
Luxembourg	10	9	1	0	26
Ukraine	10	7	3	0	17
Northern Ireland	10	7	2	1	16
Scotland	10	7	2	1	16
Denmark	10	6	2	2	17
Estonia	9	9	0	0	28
Israel	9	8	1	0	28
Wales	9	7	0	2	20
USA	9	5	3	1	15
Soviet Union	9	2	4	3	6
Croatia	9	0	6	3	7
Cyprus	8	7	1	0	22
Georgia	8	7	1	0	14
Lithuania	8	6	2	0	19
Mexico	8	4	3	1	17
Czechoslovakia	8	2	3	3	10
Moldova	7	7	0	0	19
Bosnia & Herzegovina	7	4	1	2	11
Slovenia	7	4	1	2	5
Czechia	7	3	2	2	11
Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	8
Albania	5	5	0	0	9
Egypt	5	4	0	1	20
Russia	5	3	1	1	6
North Macedonia	5	2	2	1	10
San Marino	4	4	0	0	23
Liechtenstein	4	4	0	0	20
Azerbaijan	4	4	0	0	11
Faroe Islands	4	4	0	0	11
Armenia	4	3	1	0	17
Belarus	4	2	2	0	9
East Germany	4	1	2	1	5
Paraguay	3	2	1	0	6
Ecuador	3	2	1	0	5
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	4
Chile	3	1	1	1	4
Serbia & Montenegro	3	0	3	0	3
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	4
South Africa	2	2	0	0	3
Haiti	2	1	1	0	5
Japan	2	1	1	0	5
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	5
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	4
Serbia	2	1	1	0	4
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	5
South Korea	2	1	0	1	4
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	1
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	1
Iceland	2	0	1	1	0
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	4
Canada	1	1	0	0	2
China	1	1	0	0	2
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	2
Algeria	1	1	0	0	1
Australia	1	1	0	0	1
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1
Peru	1	0	1	0	1
North Korea	1	0	0	1	0
Total	674	366	174	134	1,114

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Italy

Games Total: 211
Goals: 400
Goals Against: 180
Games W/D/L: 131/47/33
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.90
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.85

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 17; Luigi Riva
Most Matches: 53; Gianluigi Buffon
Most Yellow Cards: 9; Fabio Cannavaro
Most Red Cards: 1; Dino Baggio

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Italy

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Buffon, Gianluigi	Goalkeeper	1997–2018	174	171	3	0	0	6	0	0
2	Cannavaro, Fabio	Centre Back	1997–2010	134	130	4	2	1	21	0	0
3	Maldini, Paolo	Left Back	1988–2002	125	123	2	7	0	12	0	0
4	Bonucci, Leonardo	Centre Back	2010–2023	121	113	8	8	7	16	1	1
5	Chiellini, Giorgio	Centre Back	2004–2022	117	108	9	8	4	24	1	0
6	De Rossi, Daniele	Defensive Midfielder	2004–2017	116	102	14	21	5	16	0	2
7	Pirlo, Andrea	Centre Midfielder	2002–2015	116	105	11	13	22	6	0	0
8	Zoff, Dino	Goalkeeper	1968–1983	110	109	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Zambrotta, Gianluca	Left Back	1999–2010	97	90	7	2	2	18	1	0
10	Facchetti, Giacinto	Left Back	1963–1977	93	93	0	3	0	0	0	0
11	Del Piero, Alessandro	Secondary striker	1995–2008	91	61	30	27	3	5	0	0
12	Donnarumma, Gianluigi	Goalkeeper	2016–2026	86	84	2	0	0	6	0	0
13	Bergomi, Giuseppe	Right Back	1982–1998	81	74	7	6	0	4	0	1
14	Baresi, Franco	Sweeper	1982–1994	81	80	1	1	0	6	0	1
15	Tardelli, Marco	Defensive Midfielder	1976–1985	79	74	5	6	0	6	0	1
16	Albertini, Demetrio	Centre Midfielder	1991–2002	78	73	5	2	5	13	0	0
17	Scirea, Gaetano	Libero	1975–1986	77	77	0	2	0	5	0	0
18	Nesta, Alessandro	Centre Back	1996–2006	77	74	3	0	0	8	0	0
19	Gattuso, Gennaro	Centre Midfielder	2000–2010	73	48	25	1	0	21	0	0
20	Barella, Nicolò	Centre Midfielder	2018–2026	72	65	7	10	10	12	0	0
21	Cabrini, Antonio	Left Back	1978–1987	72	69	3	9	0	3	0	1
22	Barzagli, Andrea	Centre Back	2004–2017	72	63	9	0	0	5	0	0
23	Mazzola, Sandro	Attacking Midfielder	1963–1974	70	68	2	22	0	0	0	0
24	Antognoni, Giancarlo	Attacking Midfielder	1974–1983	70	69	1	7	0	4	1	0
25	Gentile, Claudio	Centre Back	1975–1984	70	68	2	1	0	8	0	0
26	Burgnich, Tarcisio	Sweeper	1963–1974	66	65	1	2	0	1	0	0
27	Montolivo, Riccardo	Centre Midfielder	2007–2017	66	51	15	2	4	4	1	0
28	Donadoni, Roberto	Right Midfielder	1986–1996	63	52	11	5	3	2	1	0
29	Causio, Franco	Right Midfielder	1972–1983	62	53	9	6	0	1	0	1
30	Graziani, Francesco	Centre Forward	1975–1983	61	55	6	22	0	2	0	0
31	Altobelli, Alessandro	Centre Forward	1980–1988	60	44	16	25	0	0	0	0
32	Rivera, Gianni	Attacking Midfielder	1962–1974	60	53	7	14	0	1	0	0
33	Vialli, Gianluca	Centre Forward	1985–1992	59	49	10	16	1	4	0	1
34	Baggio, Dino	Centre Midfielder	1991–1999	59	51	8	7	0	6	0	1
35	Costacurta, Alessandro	Centre Back	1991–1998	59	58	1	2	0	13	0	0
36	Caligaris, Umberto	Left Back	1922–1934	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Zenga, Walter	Goalkeeper	1986–1992	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Immobile, Ciro	Centre Forward	2014–2023	57	48	9	17	7	6	0	0
39	Totti, Francesco	Secondary striker	1998–2006	57	45	12	9	6	10	1	0
40	Jorginho	Defensive Midfielder	2016–2024	57	53	4	5	3	7	0	0
41	Baggio, Roberto	Secondary striker	1988–2004	56	45	11	27	2	3	0	0
42	Inzaghi, Filippo	Centre Forward	1997–2007	56	41	15	24	3	0	0	0
43	Gilardino, Alberto	Centre Forward	2004–2013	56	39	17	19	4	1	0	0
44	Panucci, Christian	Right Back	1994–2008	56	51	5	4	1	5	0	0
45	Marchisio, Claudio	Centre Midfielder	2009–2017	55	47	8	5	5	5	0	1
46	Di Lorenzo, Giovanni	Right Back	2019–2026	55	48	7	5	4	7	0	0
47	Verratti, Marco	Centre Midfielder	2012–2023	55	47	8	3	4	11	0	0
48	Meazza, Giuseppe	Centre Forward	1930–1939	54	54	0	33	0	0	0	0
49	Insigne, Lorenzo	Left Winger	2012–2022	54	41	13	10	10	3	0	0
50	Candreva, Antonio	Right Midfielder	2009–2018	54	43	11	7	14	3	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Italy

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Pirlo, Andrea	Gilardino, Alberto	2006–2010	3	16
2	Pirlo, Andrea	De Rossi, Daniele	2012–2013	3	14
3	Pirlo, Andrea	Balotelli, Mario	2012–2013	3	21
4	Candreva, Antonio	Immobile, Ciro	2016–2017	3	18
5	Retegui, Mateo	Kean, Moise	2025	3	23
6	Di Gennaro, Antonio	Altobelli, Alessandro	1986	2	8
7	Di Biagio, Luigi	Vieri, Christian	1998–2002	2	9
8	Totti, Francesco	Vieri, Christian	2002	2	9
9	Pirlo, Andrea	Grosso, Fabio	2006–2009	2	50
10	Di Natale, Antonio	Toni, Luca	2006–2007	2	13

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 357 of 1,073 goals.