Italy national futsal team
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| Association | Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (Italiana) | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| FIFA code | ITA | ||
| FIFA ranking | 4 (23 March 2015)[1] | ||
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1989) | ||
| Best result | 2nd (2004) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Winners (2003, 2014) | ||
The Italy national futsal team represents Italy in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Europe, champions in the 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship and 2014 UEFA Futsal Championship.[2]
Honours
World achievements
- The Italy national futsal team have appeared in the final match of World Futsal Championship (2004)[3]
European achievements
- The Italy national futsal team have won UEFA Futsal Championship twice (2003, 2014), came as runners-up once (2007), and appeared in four third/fourth place playoffs[2]
Tournament records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup Record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
| Netherlands 1989 | 2nd round | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Hong Kong 1992 | 1st round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Spain 1996 | 2nd round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Guatemala 2000 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Taiwan 2004 | Runner-up | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | ||
| Brazil 2008 | 3rd Place | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | ||
| Thailand 2012 | 3rd Place | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 13 | ||
| Total | 6/7 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 139 | 89 | ||
UEFA European Futsal Championship
| UEFA Futsal Championship Record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
| Spain 1996 | 4th place | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Spain 1999 | 3rd place | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Russia 2001 | 4th place | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Italy 2003 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Czech Republic 2005 | 3rd place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | ||
| Portugal 2007 | Runner-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Hungary 2010 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Croatia 2012 | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Belgium 2014 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | ||
| Total | 9/9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Players
Current squad
The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.
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Results and fixtures
2014
| Friendly 7 January 2014 | Italy  |
3–0 |  Slovakia |
San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy | ||
| 20:00 | Report | |||||
| Friendly 8 January 2014 | Italy |
3–1 | Slovakia |
San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy | ||
| 20:30 | Report | |||||
| Euro 2014 29 January 2014 | Italy |
2–3 |  Slovenia |
Lotto Arena, Antwerp | ||
| 20:45 | Fortino  24'Saad 40' |
Report | Vrhovec 11' Čujec 26'Osredkar 39' |
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine) | ||
| Euro 2014 2 February 2014 | Azerbaijan  |
0–7 | Italy |
Lotto Arena, Antwerp | ||
| 18:30 | Report | Romano 2' Fortino 4'Honorio 16'Vampeta 25'Gabriel Lima 27'Mammarella 32'Miarelli 40' |
Referee: Marc Birkett (England) | |||
| Euro 2014 4 February 2014 | Italy |
2–1 |  Croatia |
Sportpaleis, Antwerp | ||
| 18:00 | Romano 1' Fortino 10' |
Report | Jelovčić 7' |
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain) | ||
| Euro 2014 6 February 2014 | Portugal  |
3–4 | Italy |
Sportpaleis, Antwerp | ||
| 18:00 | Ricardinho 13' Arnaldo 19'Joel 35' |
Report | Gabriel Lima 1', 31' Romano 23'Fortino 35' |
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic) | ||
| Euro 2014 8 February 2014 | Italy |
3–1 |  Russia |
Sportpaleis, Antwerp | ||
| 20:30 | Gabriel Lima 7' Murilo 14'Giasson 19' |
Report | Eder Lima 10' |
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain) | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Futsal World Ranking
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "European Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
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