Italy at the UEFA European Football Championship

Italy have participated in eight UEFA European Football Championships, and ended in the final at three occasions. They became European champions at home in 1968, the first European Championship they qualified for, and became tournament runners-up in Belgium/Netherlands 2000 and Poland/Ukraine 2012.

Euro 1968

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Winners (1st Title)

1 Albertosi 2 Anastasi 3 Anquilletti 4 Bercellino 5 Burgnich 6 Bulgarelli 7 Castano 8 De Sisti 9 Domenghini 10 Facchetti (c) 11 Ferrini 12 Guarneri 13 Juliano 14 Lodetti 15 Mazzola 16 Prati 17 Riva 18 Rivera 19 Rosato 20 Salvadore 21 Vieri 22 Zoff Coach: Valcareggi

Italy v Soviet Union

5 June 1968 (Semi-Finals)
18:00

Italy	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)^[1]	Soviet Union

Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 68,582
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 Final

Italy v Yugoslavia

8 June 1968 (Final)
21:15

Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Domenghini 80'		Džajić 32'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 68,817^[2]
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Italy v Yugoslavia

10 June 1968 (Final - Replay)
21:15

Italy	2 – 0	Yugoslavia
Riva 12' Anastasi 31'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 32,866^[3]
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Euro 1980

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Fourth Place

1 Zoff (c) 2 F. Baresi 3 G. Baresi 4 Bellugi 5 Cabrini 6 Collovati 7 Gentile 8 Maldera 9 Scirea 10 Antognoni 11 Benetti 12 Bordon 13 Buriani 14 Oriali 15 Tardelli 16 Zaccarelli 17 Altobelli 18 Bettega 19 Causio 20 Graziani 21 Pruzzo 22 Galli Coach: Bearzot

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Italy	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Spain v Italy

12 June 1980 (Group Phase)
20:30

Spain	0 – 0	Italy
	Report

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 46,816
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

England v Italy

15 June 1980 (Group Phase)
20:30

England	0 – 1	Italy
	Report	Tardelli 79'

Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 59,646
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Italy v Belgium

18 June 1980 (Group Phase)
20:30

Italy	0 – 0	Belgium
	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 42,318
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Czechoslovakia v Italy

21 June 1980 (Third Place Play-off)
20:30

Czechoslovakia	1 – 1	Italy
Jurkemik 54'	Report	Graziani 73'
	Penalties
Masný Nehoda Ondruš Jurkemik Panenka Gögh Gajdůšek Kozák Barmoš	9 – 8	Causio Altobelli Baresi Cabrini Benetti Graziani Scirea Tardelli Collovati

Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 24,652
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Euro 1988

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists

1 Zenga 2 Baresi 3 Bergomi (c) 4 Cravero 5 Ferrara 6 Ferri 7 Francini 8 Maldini 9 Ancelotti 10 De Agostini 11 De Napoli 12 Tacconi 13 Fusi 14 Giannini 15 Romano 16 Altobelli 17 Donadoni 18 Mancini 19 Rizzitelli 20 Vialli Coach: Vicini

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

West Germany v Italy

10 June 1988 (Group Phase)
20:15

West Germany	1–1	Italy
Brehme 55'	Report	Mancini 52'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 62,552
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Italy v Spain

14 June 1988 (Group Phase)
20:15

Italy	1–0	Spain
Vialli 73'	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 47,506
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Italy v Denmark

17 June 1988 (Group Phase)
20:15

Italy	2–0	Denmark
Altobelli 67' De Agostini 87'	Report

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Soviet Union v Italy

22 June 1988 (Semi-Finals)
20:15

Soviet Union	2–0	Italy
Lytovchenko 58' Protasov 62'	Report

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 61,606
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Euro 1996

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Peruzzi 2 Apolloni 3 Maldini (c) 4 Carboni 5 Costacurta 6 Nesta 7 Donadoni 8 Mussi 9 Torricelli 10 Albertini 11 D. Baggio 12 Toldo 13 Rossitto 14 Del Piero 15 Di Livio 16 Di Matteo 17 Fuser 18 Casiraghi 19 Chiesa 20 Ravanelli 21 Zola 22 Bucci Coach: Sacchi

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Italy v Russia

11 June 1996 (Group Phase)
16:30

Italy	2–1	Russia
Casiraghi 5', 52'	Report	Tsymbalar 21'

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 35,120
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Czech Republic v Italy

14 June 1996 (Group Phase)
19:30

Czech Republic	2–1	Italy
Nedvěd 4' Bejbl 35'	Report	Chiesa 18'

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 37,320
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Italy v Germany

19 June 1996 (Group Phase)
19:30

Italy	0–0	Germany
	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 53,740
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Euro 2000

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2000 Runners-up

1 Abbiati 2 Ferrara 3 Maldini (c) 4 Albertini 5 Cannavaro 6 Negro 7 Di Livio 8 Conte 9 Inzaghi 10 Del Piero 11 Pessotto 12 Toldo 13 Nesta 14 Di Biagio 15 Iuliano 16 Ambrosini 17 Zambrotta 18 Fiore 19 Montella 20 Totti 21 Delvecchio 22 Antonioli Coach: Zoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

Turkey v Italy

11 June 2000 (Group Phase)
14:30

Turkey	1–2	Italy
Okan 62'	Report	Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.)

GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Italy v Belgium

14 June 2000 (Group Phase)
20:45

Italy	2–0	Belgium
Totti 6' Fiore 66'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Italy v Sweden

19 June 2000 (Group Phase)
20:45

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	Report	Larsson 77'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Italy v Romania

24 June 2000 (Quarter-Finals)
20:45

Italy	2–0	Romania
Totti 33' Inzaghi 43'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Italy v Netherlands

29 June 2000 (Semi-Finals)
18:00

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
	Penalties
Di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3–1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final

France v Italy

2 July 2000 (Final)
20:00

France	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Wiltord 90' Trezeguet 103'	Report	Delvecchio 55'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,200
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2004

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Buffon 2 Panucci 3 Oddo 4 Zanetti 5 Cannavaro (c) 6 Ferrari 7 Del Piero 8 Gattuso 9 Vieri 10 Totti 11 Corradi 12 Toldo 13 Nesta 14 Fiore 15 Favalli 16 Camoranesi 17 Di Vaio 18 Cassano 19 Zambrotta 20 Perrotta 21 Pirlo 22 Peruzzi 23 Materazzi Coach: Trapattoni

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Tie-breaker

Only the matches between the teams finishing level on points are considered:


Denmark	0–0	Italy
Italy	1–1	Sweden
Denmark	2–2	Sweden

Team	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	2	2	3	3	2
Denmark	2	2	2	2	2
Italy	2	2	1	1	2

Denmark v Italy

14 June 2004 (Group Phase)
17:00

Denmark	0–0	Italy
	Report

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 29,595
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Italy v Sweden

18 June 2004 (Group Phase)
19:45

Italy	1–1	Sweden
Cassano 37'	Report	Ibrahimović 85'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 44,926
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Italy v Bulgaria

22 June 2004 (Group Phase)
19:45

Italy	2–1	Bulgaria
Perrotta 48' Cassano 90+4'	Report	M. Petrov 45' (pen.)

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 16,002
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Euro 2008

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2008

1 Buffon 2 Panucci 3 Grosso 4 Chiellini 5 Gamberini 6 Barzagli 7 Del Piero (c) 8 Gattuso 9 Toni 10 De Rossi 11 Di Natale 12 Borriello 13 Ambrosini 14 Amelia 15 Quagliarella 16 Camoranesi 17 De Sanctis 18 Cassano 19 Zambrotta 20 Perrotta 21 Pirlo 22 Aquilani 23 Materazzi Coach: Donadoni

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
France	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Netherlands v Italy

9 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

Netherlands	3–0	Italy
Van Nistelrooy 26' Sneijder 31' Van Bronckhorst 79'	Report

Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 30,777^[4]
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Italy v Romania

13 June 2008 (Group Phase)
18:00

Italy	1–1	Romania
Panucci 56'	Report	Mutu 55'

Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 30,585^[5]
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

France v Italy

17 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

France	0–2	Italy
	Report	Pirlo 25' (pen.) De Rossi 62'

Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 30,585^[6]
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Spain v Italy

22 June 2008 (Quarter-Finals)
20:45

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
	Penalties
Villa Cazorla Senna Güiza Fàbregas	4–2	Grosso De Rossi Camoranesi Di Natale

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Euro 2012

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2012 Runners-up

1 Buffon (c) 2 Maggio 3 Chiellini 4 Ogbonna 5 Motta 6 Balzaretti 7 Abate 8 Marchisio 9 Balotelli 10 Cassano 11 Di Natale 12 Sirigu 13 Giaccherini 14 De Sanctis 15 Barzagli 16 De Rossi 17 Borini 18 Montolivo 19 Bonucci 20 Giovinco 21 Pirlo 22 Diamanti 23 Nocerino Coach: Prandelli

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Italy	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Croatia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Spain v Italy

10 June 2012 (Group Phase)
18:00

Spain	1–1	Italy
Fàbregas 64'	Report	Di Natale 61'

PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 38,869^[7]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Italy v Croatia

14 June 2012 (Group Phase)
18:00

Italy	1–1	Croatia
Pirlo 39'	Report	Mandžukić 72'

Municipal Stadium, Poznań
Attendance: 37,096^[8]
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Italy v Republic of Ireland

18 June 2012 (Group Phase)
20:45

Italy	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Cassano 35' Balotelli 90'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Poznań
Attendance: 38,794^[9]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

England v Italy

24 June 2012 (Quarter-Finals)
21:45 UTC+3

England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
	Penalties
Gerrard Rooney Young Cole	2–4	Balotelli Montolivo Pirlo Nocerino Diamanti

Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 64,340^[10]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Germany v Italy

28 June 2012 (Semi-Finals)
20:45 UTC+2

Germany	1–2	Italy
Özil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 20', 36'

National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,540^[11]
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final

Spain v Italy

1 July 2012 (Final)
21:45 UTC+3

Spain	4–0	Italy
Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 63,170^[7]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Overview

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	3	1
1972	Did Not Qualify
1976	Did Not Qualify
1980	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	3	0	2	1
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988	Semi Final	4th	4	2	1	1	4	3
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2000	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	4
2004	Group Stage	9th	3	1	2	0	3	2
2008	Quarter Final	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
2012	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	3	1	6	7
Total	1 Title	8/14	33	13	15	5	33	25

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

References

↑ Match decided by toss of coin: USSR captain Albert Shesternyov called incorrectly.
↑ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL". UEFA euro2000.org. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
↑ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL Replay". UEFA euro2000.org. Archived from the original on 2000-08-29. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
↑ "Full-time report Netherlands-Italy" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Italy-Romania" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report France-Italy" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Full-time report Spain-Italy" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Italy-Croatia" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Italy-Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report England-Italy". Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Germany-Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

Italy national football team

General	Italian Football Federation History Coaches Captains

Venues	Home venues

Statistics	All-time record World Cup record

Players	All-time players Previous squads Other categories

World Finals	Summary 1934 1938 1950 1954 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

European Finals	Summary 1968 1972 1980 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics Mundialito U.S. Cup

Culture	Rivalry with France Rivalry with Germany Noted matches Catenaccio Zona mista

Other FIGC teams	B team Olympic team U21 team U20 team U19 team U18 team U17 team U16 team U15 team Women Beach soccer

Countries at the UEFA European Football Championship

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s).