The Italian national football team is the national association football team of Italy and is governed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC – Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio).
Italy is the second most successful national team in World Cup play, having won four World Cups (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one less than Brazil. To this tally they can add one European championship (1968), and one Olympic Gold Medal (1936).
The traditional colour of the national team (as well as of all Italian teams and athletes, except in motor sports) is sky blue[2] (azzurro, in Italian), and therefore national team members are nicknamed Azzurri.
Nickname: Azzurri
Association: Italian Football Federation
Coach: Roberto Donadoni
Captain: Fabio Cannavaro
Most caps: Paolo Maldini (126)
Top scorer: Gigi Riva (35)
2006 World Cup squad
head coach: Marcello Lippi
squad:
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 66 Juventus F.C.
2 DF Cristian Zaccardo 21 December 1981 15 Palermo
3 DF Fabio Grosso 28 November 1977 22 Internazionale
4 MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 19 A.S. Roma
5 DF Fabio Cannavaro captain 13 September 1973 100 Juventus F.C.
6 DF Andrea Barzagli 8 May 1981 10 Palermo
7 FW Alessandro Del Piero 9 November 1974 79 Juventus F.C.
8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 46 A.C. Milan
9 FW Luca Toni 26 May 1977 23 ACF Fiorentina
10 MF Francesco Totti 27 September 1976 57 A.S. Roma
11 FW Alberto Gilardino 5 July 1982 20 A.C. Milan
12 GK Angelo Peruzzi 16 February 1970 31 S.S. Lazio
13 DF Alessandro Nesta 19 March 1976 77 A.C. Milan
14 GK Marco Amelia 2 April 1982 1 Livorno
15 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 29 November 1979 16 Udinese
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 4 October 1976 25 Juventus F.C.
17 MF Simone Barone 30 April 1978 15 Palermo
18 FW Filippo Inzaghi 9 August 1973 50 A.C. Milan
19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 57 Juventus F.C.
20 MF Simone Perrotta 17 September 1977 30 A.S. Roma
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 30 A.C. Milan
22 DF Massimo Oddo 14 June 1976 21 S.S. Lazio
23 DF Marco Materazzi 19 August 1973 31 Internazionale