Nickname(s) Azzurri (Light Blues)
Association Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
(Italian Football Federation)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Roberto Donadoni (2006-)
Captain Fabio Cannavaro
Most caps Paolo Maldini (126)
Top scorer Luigi Riva (35)
FIFA code ITA
FIFA ranking 3
Highest FIFA ranking 1 (November 1993
February 2007
April 2007-June 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 16 (April 1998)
Elo ranking 2
Highest Elo ranking 1 (June 1934-March 1940
December 1940-November 1945
July 2006-August 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking 21 (November 1959)
The Italian national football team (Nazionale italiana di Calcio) is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and represents Italy in international football competition. They are the current World Champions, having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Italy is among the top teams in international football and the second most successful national team having won four World Cups (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. To this tally they can add one European championship (1968), two Central European International Cup 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 light blue[1] (azzurro, in Italian), and therefore national team members are nicknamed Azzurri.
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