Italy_at_the_UEFA_European_Championship

Italy at the UEFA European Championship

Overview of Italy at the UEFA European Championship

Italy have participated in ten UEFA European Championships (with an upcoming eleventh participation in 2024), and reached the final on four occasions. They became champions as hosts in 1968, the first European Championship they qualified for, and finished as runners-up in 2000 and 2012, before winning their second continental championship at Euro 2020.

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[table_hth_CZE0.58696399609883-3] Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.

[table_hth_SWE0.7867595794549-6] Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.^[4]

[table_hth_ITA0.44137148765911-17] Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

[table_hth_WAL0.87207803170759-23] Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

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UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	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-finals	3rd	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-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
2012	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	3	1	6	7
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	6	2
2020	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	13	4
2024	Qualified
2028	To be determined
2032	Qualified as co-host
Total	2 Titles	11/17	45	21	18	6	52	31

Italy's European Championship record
First match	Italy 0–0 Soviet Union (5 June 1968; Naples, Italy)
Biggest win	Turkey 0–3 Italy (11 June 2021; Rome, Italy) Italy 3–0 Switzerland (16 June 2021; Rome, Italy)
Biggest defeat	Spain 4–0 Italy (1 July 2012; Kyiv, Ukraine)
Best result	Champions at Euro 1968 and Euro 2020
Worst result	10th place at Euro 1996

Year	Manager	Captain	Goal Scorer(s)
1968	Ferruccio Valcareggi	Giacinto Facchetti	Gigi Riva, Pietro Anastasi
2000	Dino Zoff	Paolo Maldini	Marco Delvecchio
2012	Cesare Prandelli	Gianluigi Buffon	–
2020	Roberto Mancini	Giorgio Chiellini	Leonardo Bonucci

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue	Italy scorers
1968	Semi-finals	Soviet Union	0–0 (a.e.t.) won on coin toss	Naples	—
	Final	Yugoslavia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rome	Domenghini
	Final	Yugoslavia	2–0	Rome	Riva, Anastasi
1980	Group stage	Spain	0–0	Milan	—
		England	1–0	Turin	Tardelli
		Belgium	0–0	Rome	—
	Third place play-off	Czechoslovakia	1–1 (8–9 p)	Naples	Graziani
1988	Group stage	West Germany	1–1	Düsseldorf	Mancini
		Spain	1–0	Frankfurt	Vialli
		Denmark	2–0	Cologne	Altobelli, De Agostini
	Semi-finals	Soviet Union	0–2	Stuttgart	—
1996	Group stage	Russia	2–1	Liverpool	Casiraghi (2)
		Czech Republic	1–2	Liverpool	Chiesa
		Germany	0–0	Manchester	—
2000	Group stage	Turkey	2–1	Arnhem	Conte, Inzaghi
		Belgium	2–0	Brussels	Totti, Fiore
		Sweden	2–1	Eindhoven	Di Biagio, Del Piero
	Quarter-finals	Romania	2–0	Brussels	Totti, Inzaghi
	Semi-finals	Netherlands	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Amsterdam	—
	Final	France	1–2 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Rotterdam	Delvecchio
2004	Group stage	Denmark	0–0	Guimarães	—
		Sweden	1–1	Porto	Cassano
		Bulgaria	2–1	Guimarães	Perrotta, Cassano
2008	Group stage	Netherlands	0–3	Bern	—
		Romania	1–1	Zürich	Panucci
		France	2–0	Zürich	Pirlo, De Rossi
	Quarter-finals	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Vienna	—
2012	Group stage	Spain	1–1	Gdansk	Di Natale
		Croatia	1–1	Poznań	Pirlo
		Republic of Ireland	2–0	Poznań	Cassano, Balotelli
	Quarter-finals	England	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Kyiv	—
	Semi-finals	Germany	2–1	Warsaw	Balotelli (2)
	Final	Spain	0–4	Kyiv	—
2016	Group stage	Belgium	2–0	Lyon	Giaccherini, Pellè
		Sweden	1–0	Toulouse	Éder
		Republic of Ireland	0–1	Lille	—
	Round of 16	Spain	2–0	Saint-Denis	Chiellini, Pellè
	Quarter-finals	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Bordeaux	Bonucci
2020	Group stage	Turkey	3–0	Rome	Demiral (o.g.), Immobile, Insigne
		Switzerland	3–0	Rome	Locatelli (2), Immobile
		Wales	1–0	Rome	Pessina
	Round of 16	Austria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	London	Chiesa, Pessina
	Quarter-finals	Belgium	2–1	Munich	Barella, Insigne
	Semi-finals	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	London	Chiesa
	Final	England	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	London	Bonucci
2024	Group stage	Albania		Dortmund
		Spain		Gelsenkirchen
		Croatia		Leipzig

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to final
2	Italy (H)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to third place play-off
3	England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Italy at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record

Finals

By match

Euro 1968

Final tournament

Euro 1980

Group stage

Knockout stage

Euro 1988

Group stage

Knockout stage

Euro 1996

Group stage

Euro 2000

Group stage

Knockout stage

Euro 2004

Group stage

Euro 2008

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2012

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2016

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2020

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2024

Group stage

Player records

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

See also

References

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Advance to knockout phase
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Özil 65'	Report	Bonucci 78' (pen.)
Penalties
Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector	6–5	Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Chiesa 60'	Report	Morata 80'
Penalties
Locatelli Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	4–2	Olmo Gerard Thiago Morata

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Bonucci 67'	Report	Shaw 2'
Penalties
Berardi Belotti Bonucci Bernardeschi Jorginho	3–2	Kane Maguire Rashford Sancho Saka

Rank	Player	Matches^[27]	European Championships
1	Leonardo Bonucci	18	2012, 2016 and 2020
2	Gianluigi Buffon	17	2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016
2	Giorgio Chiellini	17	2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020
4	Antonio Cassano	13	2004, 2008 and 2012
	Alessandro Del Piero	13	1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008
	Paolo Maldini	13	1988, 1996 and 2000
7	Daniele De Rossi	12	2008, 2012 and 2016
8	Andrea Pirlo	11	2004, 2008 and 2012
8	Gianluca Zambrotta	11	2000, 2004 and 2008
10	Andrea Barzagli	10	2008, 2012 and 2016

Rank	Player	Goals^[28]	European Championships (goals)
1	Mario Balotelli	3	2012 (3)
1	Antonio Cassano	3	2004 (2), 2008 and 2012 (1)
3	Leonardo Bonucci	2	2012, 2016 (1) and 2020 (1)
	Pierluigi Casiraghi	2	1996 (2)
	Federico Chiesa	2	2020 (2)
	Ciro Immobile	2	2016 and 2020 (2)
	Lorenzo Insigne	2	2016 and 2020 (2)
	Filippo Inzaghi	2	2000 (2)
	Manuel Locatelli	2	2020 (2)
	Graziano Pellè	2	2016 (2)
	Matteo Pessina	2	2020 (2)
	Andrea Pirlo	2	2004, 2008 (1) and 2012 (1)
	Francesco Totti	2	2000 (2) and 2004