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The Italy national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy , which is a co-founder and member of UEFA .
Italy named an initial 26-man squad for the tournament on 18 May 2000. [1] Midfielders Dino Baggio and Diego Fuser , and defender Giuseppe Pancaro did not make the cut for the final 22, while forward Christian Vieri was ruled out through injury. [ 2 ]
The Italy national football team represents the country of Italy in international association football.It is fielded by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Italy, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.
Gianluigi Buffon is the most capped player in the history of Italy with 176 caps. Most appearances. As of 29 June 2024, the players with the most appearances for Italy are: [2] Players in bold are still active internationally.
The following teams are presently participants in Serie D (or lower) but have formerly played in Serie A, the top level of Italian professional football: Livorno - 18 seasons in Serie A plus 27 seasons in Serie B; Alessandria - 13 seasons in Serie A plus 21 seasons in Serie B; Reggina - 9 seasons in Serie A plus 25 seasons in Serie B
This article lists all the players that played for different tiers of the Italy national football teams while with AC Milan. Players who represented Italy before or after they played for Milan are unlisted.
American players are becoming more common in Italy's Serie A, and the country's top soccer league is helping the USMNT prepare for World Cup qualifying.
The FIF wanted to organise two different championships in order to allow weaker clubs, composed only of Italian players (squadre pure italiane, "pure Italian teams"), to win the national title, and to relegate simultaneously the big clubs, composed mostly of stronger foreign players (squadre spurie internazionali, "spurious international teams ...