Italy women's national football team

Italy
Nickname(s)	Azzurre (Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana ; Giuoco Calcio
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Milena Bertolini
Captain	Barbara Bonansea
Most caps	Patrizia Panico (196)[1]
Top scorer	Patrizia Panico, Elisabetta Vignotto (107)
FIFA code	ITA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	16 1 (22 June 2018)
Highest	10 (July 2003)
Lowest	19 (March 2017)
First international
	Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia ; (Viareggio, Italy, February 23, 1968)
Biggest win
	Italy 15–0 Macedonia ; (Vercelli, Italy, September 17, 2014)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 6–0 Italy ; (Ringsted, Denmark, May 16, 1982)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1991)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1991)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1984)
Best result	Runners-up (1993, 1997)

The Italy women's national football team represents Italy in international women's football at the senior level. The team is governed by the Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio).

Achievements

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	0	2	1	3
Universiade	0	0	0	0
Mediterranean Games	not yet disputed
Total	0	2	1	3

Honours

FIFA Women's World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/8	7	3	2	2	11	8	+3

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championships

1984 : Semifinals
1987 : Third Place
1989 : Fourth Place
1991 : Fourth Place
1993 : Runners-up
1995 : Did not qualify
1997 : Runners-up
2001 : Group Stage
2005 : Group Stage
2009 : Quarterfinals
2013 : Quarterfinals
2017 : Group Stage

World Cup (Old invitational event)

1970 : Finals (non-official competition)^[2]
1971 : Semifinals (non-official competition)^[3]
1981 : Champions (non-official competition)
1982 : Champions (non-official competition)^[4]
1984 : Champions (non-official competition)^[4]
1985 : Finals (non-official competition)^[4]
1986 : Champions (non-official competition)^[4]
1988 : Finals (non-official competition)^[4]

European Championship (historic events)

1969 : Champions (non-official competition)^[5]
1979 : Final (non-official competition)^[6]

Recent schedule and results

2017

15 September 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Italy	5–0	Moldova	La Spezia, Italy
20:30	Sabatino 9' Bonansea 22' Girelli 33', 60' Bergamaschi 38'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 650 Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

24 October 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Italy	3–0	Romania	Castel di Sangro, Italy
15:00	Girelli 51', 76' Bonansea 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Attendance: 530 Referee: Karolina Radzik-Johan (Poland)

28 November 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Portugal	0–1	Italy	Estoril, Portugal
18:00		Report	Sabatino 37'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 817 Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

2018

20 January Friendly	France	1–1	Italy	Marseille, France
21:00	Henry 17' (Diallo)	Report	Girelli 7'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 15,690

28 February 2018 Cyprus Cup GS	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Bonansea 4' Bergamaschi 33' Girelli 87'	Report		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

2 March 2018 Cyprus Cup GS	Wales	0–3	Italy	Larnaca, Cyprus
13:00		Report	Girelli 18', 44' Adami 86'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

5 March 2018 Cyprus Cup GS	Finland	2–2	Italy	Larnaca, Cyprus
13:00	Alanen 25' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Report	Giacinti 28' Giugliano 86' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Arena

7 March 2018 Cyprus Cup Final	Italy	0–2	Spain	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00		Report	Sampedro 50' Guijarro 85'	Stadium: AEK Arena, Larnaca Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

6 April 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Moldova	1–3	Italy	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
12:00	Toma 43'	Report	Tucceri Cimini 8' Colesnicenco 30' (o.g.) Giacinti 76'	Stadium: Stadionul CPSM Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

10 April 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Italy	2–1	Belgium	Ferrara, Italy
18:00	Rosucci 42' Girelli 80'	Report	Cayman 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

8 June 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Italy	3–0	Portugal	Florence, Italy
	Girelli 4' Salvai 13' Bonansea 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

4 September 2019 FIFA WWCQ	Belgium	v	Italy
		Report

Team

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.^[7]

Head coach: Milena Bertolini

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Laura Giuliani	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993	23	0	Juventus
2	2DF	Cecilia Salvai	(1993-12-02) 2 December 1993	30	1	Juventus
3	2DF	Sara Gama	(1989-03-27) 27 March 1989	23	1	Juventus
4	3MF	Daniela Stracchi	(1983-09-02) 2 September 1983	48	2	Mozzanica
5	2DF	Elena Linari	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	49	0	Atlético Madrid
6	4FW	Sandy Iannella	(1987-04-06) 6 April 1987	32	1	Cuneo
7	2DF	Alia Guagni	(1987-10-01) 1 October 1987	37	5	Fiorentina
8	4FW	Melania Gabbiadini	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983	88	39	Verona
9	4FW	Ilaria Mauro	(1988-05-22) 22 May 1988	24	8	Fiorentina
10	3MF	Martina Rosucci	(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992	43	3	Juventus
11	3MF	Barbara Bonansea	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991	37	14	Juventus
12	1GK	Chiara Marchitelli	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985	15	0	Brescia
13	2DF	Elisa Bartoli	(1991-05-07) 7 May 1991	35	1	Fiorentina
14	2DF	Linda Tucceri	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991	11	0	San Zaccaria
15	3MF	Laura Fusetti	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	0	0	Como
16	3MF	Manuela Giugliano	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997	48	21	Verona
17	2DF	Federica Di Criscio	(1993-05-12) 12 May 1993	32	0	Verona
18	4FW	Daniela Sabatino	(1985-06-26) 26 June 1985	33	12	Brescia
19	3MF	Aurora Galli	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	28	3	Juventus
20	3MF	Valentina Cernoia	(1991-06-22) 22 June 1991	29	6	Juventus
21	3MF	Marta Carissimi	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987	32	2	Fiorentina
22	1GK	Katja Schroffenegger	(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991	15	0	Unterland
23	4FW	Cristiana Girelli	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990	37	14	Brescia

Previous squads

World Cup

European Football Championship

Coaches

1968–1970 : Cavicchi
1970–1971 : Giovanni Trabucco
1971 : Cavicchi
1972 : Amedeo Amadei
1972 : Oliveri (interim, 1 match)
1972–1978 : Amedeo Amadei
1979–1980 : Galli
1980–1981 : Sergio Guenza
1981–1983 : Todeschini
1983–1984 : Cuneo
1984–1989 : Ettore Recagni
1989–1993 : Sergio Guenza
1993–1994 : Comunardo Nicolai
1994–1997 : Sergio Guenza
1998 : Sergio Vatta
1999 : Carlo Facchin
1999–2000 : Ettore Recagni
August 2000 – 2005 Carolina Morace
2005–2012: Pietro Ghedin
May 2012–2017 : Antonio Cabrini
2017 : Milena Bertolini

Overall competition record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1984 European Championship		0–1 3–0	France		Vignotto 2, Ferraguzzi
		3–0 2–0	Portugal		Vignotto 5
		2–0 2–0	Switzerland	1 / 4	Vignotto 3, Morace
1984 European Championship	Semifinals	2–3 1–2	Sweden		Morace 2, Vignotto
1987 European Championship qualification		3–2 1–0	Hungary		Golin 2, Vignotto, Pierazzuoli
		3–0 2–1	Switzerland
		3–2 1–1	Spain	1 / 4
1987 European Championship	Semifinals	0–2	Norway
	3rd place	2–1	England		Morace, Vignotto
1989 European Championship qualification	Round 1	0–3 0–0	West Germany
		5–1 0–0	Hungary
		5–0 6–0	Switzerland	2 / 4
	Round 2	2–0 2–1	France
1989 European Championship	Semifinals	1–1 (3–4 PSO)	West Germany
	3rd place	1–2 (AET)	Sweden
1991 European Championship qualification	Round 1	4–1 4–0	Switzerland
		3–1 0–0	Spain
		0–1 1–1	Denmark	2 / 4
	Round 2	1–1 0–0	Sweden
1991 European Championship	Semifinals	0–3	Germany		Morace 3, Ferraguzzi, Marsiletti
	3rd place	1–2 (AET)	Denmark
1991 World Cup	Round 1	5–0	Chinese Taipei
		1–0	Nigeria		Morace
		0–2	Germany
	Quarter-finals	2–3	Norway		Guarino, Salmaso
1993 European Championship qualification	Round 1	3–1 4–1	Poland
		3–0 2–2	Czechoslovakia	1 / 3
	Round 2	3–2 3–0	England
1993 European Championship	Semifinals	1–1 (5–4 PSO)	Germany		Morace
	Final	0–1	Norway
1995 European Championship qualification	Round 1	4–0 4–0	Scotland
		2–0 1–1	France
		3–1 1–2	Portugal
	Round 2	1–3 2–4	Norway
1997 European Championship qualification	Class A	7–0 0–0	Croatia
		1–1 2–1	England
		2–0 4–1	Portugal	1 / 4
1997 European Championship	Round 1	1–1	Germany		Carta
		2–2	Denmark		Morace 2
		2–0	Norway	1 / 4	Morace 2
	Semifinals	2–1	Spain		Fiorini, Morace
	Final	0–2	Germany
1999 World Cup qualification	Class A	3–1 2–0	Switzerland
		0–0 3–2	France
		1–0 2–1	Finland	1 / 4
1999 World Cup	Round 1	1–1	West Germany		Panico
		0–2	Brazil
		2–0	Mexico	3 / 4	Panico, Zanni
2001 European Championship qualification	Class A	0–0 1–0	Iceland
		1–0 0–0	Ukraine
		4–4 0–3	Germany	2 / 4
	Play-off	3–0 0–1	Portugal
2001 European Championship	Round 1	2–1	Denmark		Panico 2
		1–1	Norway		Guarino
		0–2	France	3 / 4
2003 World Cup qualification	Class A	1–2 0–0	Iceland
		1–3 1–2	Russia
		1–0 3–0	Spain	3 / 4
2005 European Championship qualification	Class A	8–0 2–1	Serbia and Montenegro		Guarino 2, Panico 2, Conti, Gabbiadini, Gazzoli, Placchi, Tuttino, Zorri
		0–5 2–1	Sweden		Gazzoli, Panico
		1–1 1–1	Finland		Panico 2
		1–0 0–0	Switzerland	2 / 5	Panico
	Play-off	2–1 3–0	Czech Republic		Camporese, Panico, Pasqui, Tuttino, Zorri
2005 European Championship	Round 1	1–3	France		Di Filippo
		0–4	Germany
		3–5	Norway	4 / 4	Gabbiadini 2, Camporese
2007 World Cup qualification	Class A	3–1 1–2	Ukraine		Marsico 2, Panico, Zorri
		0–1 1–2	Norway		Panico
		6–0 7–0	Serbia and Montenegro		Marsico 4, Boni 2, Panico 2, Zorri 2, Di Filippo, Pini, Zorri
		2–0 5–0	Greece	3 / 5	Panico 4, Di Filippo, Greco, Zorri
2009 European Championship qualifying		0–2 0–1	Sweden
		2–1 4–1	Ireland		Panico 2, Conti, Fuselli, Gabbiadini, Paliotti
		3–1 3–0	Hungary		Tona 3, Dadda, Panico, Tuttino
		5–0 6–1	Romania	2 / 5	Gabbiadini 3, Paliotti 2, Panico 2, Boni, Conti, Fuselli, Zorri
	Play-off	1–0 2–1	Czech Republic		Panico 2, Zorri
2009 European Championship	Round 1	2–1	England		Panico, Tuttino
		0–2	Sweden
		2–0	Russia	2 / 4	Gabbiadini, Zorri
	Quarter-finals	1–2	Germany		Panico
2011 World Cup qualification 0	Round 1 0	8–0 6–0 0	Slovenia 0		Conti 4, Gabbiadini 3, Panico 2, Camporese, Carissimi, Domenichetti, Fuselli + 1 o.g.
		2–0 3–1	Portugal		Panico 3, Camporese, Tona
		8–0 7–0	Armenia		Conti 3, Panico 3, Gabbiadini 2, Gama 2, Tona 2, Camporese, Fuselli, Schiavi
		1–1 3–1	Finland	1 / 5	Gabbiadini 2, Conti, Parisi
	Round 2	0–0 2–3	France		Domenichetti, Panico
	UEFA play-off 1	3–0 0–0	Ukraine		Conti, Panico, Pini
	UEFA play-off 2	1–0 4–2	Switzerland		Camporese 2, Panico, Tona, Tuttino
	UEFA-CONCACAF play-off	0–1 0–1	United States
2013 European Championship qualification		1–0 4–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Panico 2, Camporese, Conti, Parisi
		9–0 9–0 0	Macedonia 0		Sabatino 4, Camporese 3, Panico 3, Conti 2, Manieri 2, Gabbiadini, Iannella, Parisi, Tona
		2–0 2–0	Russia		Conti 2, Panico 2
		2–0 0–0	Greece		Domenichetti, Gabbiadini
		5–0 1–0	Poland	1 / 5	Gabbiadini 3, Panico 2, Camporese
2013 European Championship	Round 1	0–0	Finland
		2–1	Denmark		Gabbiadini, Ilaria Mauro
		1–3	Sweden	2 / 4	Gabbiadini
	Quarterfinals	0–1	Germany

References

↑ "A TORINO ITALIA-MACEDONIA: CON UN SUCCESSO SI VA ALL'EUROPEO" (in Italian). figc.it. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
↑ Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970
↑ Mundial (Women) 1971
1 2 3 4 5 Mundialito (Women) 1982–1988
↑ Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969
↑ Inofficial European Women Championship 1979
↑ UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad

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[1] "A TORINO ITALIA-MACEDONIA: CON UN SUCCESSO SI VA ALL'EUROPEO" (in Italian). figc.it. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[2] Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970

[3] Mundial (Women) 1971

[cup-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Mundialito (Women) 1982–1988

[5] Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969

[6] Inofficial European Women Championship 1979

[7] UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad

Italy national football team
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Statistics	All-time record Records and statistics Head to head World Cup record European Championship record Hat-tricks
Results	1910–1929 1930–1949 1950–1969 1970–89 1990–2009 2010–2029 Unofficial matches
Players	All-time players World Cup and European Championship squads Other categories
World Cups	Summary 1934 1938 1950 1954 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
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Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics Central European International Cup Mundialito U.S. Cup 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament
Culture	Rivalry with Brazil Rivalry with France Rivalry with Germany Rivalry with Spain Noted matches Catenaccio Zona mista
Contribution by club	Inter Milan Juventus (Nazio-Juve • Blocco-Juve) A.C. Milan
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Other	Great Britain

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Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Serie C Supercoppa di Serie C Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti
Youth competitions	Leagues Campionato Primavera 1 Campionato Primavera 2 Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti Campionato Juniores Nazionali Campionato Nazionale Primavera (defunct) Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio
Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana
Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame
Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals Caso Genoa 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Rivalries Serie A players Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

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