Italy

Group E (seed)
Matches: 1st Round & Beyond
Results: 1st Round & Beyond
Points & Standings: 1st Round & Beyond
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Team – Founded: 1898 – Affiliated: 1905

Confederation: UEFA - Europe

3 times World Cup Winner; 3 times, runner-up.

Squad's local nickname: L'Azzurra & Gli Azzurri ('Azzurra' = Blue, reflecting the
shirt color; 'Azzurri' is the plural form, thus, 'The Blue One[s].' The blue color,
in turn, reflects that of the House of Savoy, which was governing Italy
when the country first engaged in an international football competition.
See the Netherlands for an analogous account underlying the
National Squad's colors.
It is worth remarking, in this context, that the same Blue color
paints Italy's car competing in the , a
car racing championship that entitles itself
The World Cup of Motor Racing. )

The Squad (by jersey number)	The Squad (by field position)


Gianluigi Buffon Cristian Zaccardo {} Fabio Grosso °° Daniele de Rossi Fabio Cannavaro Andrea Barzagli Alessandro del Piero °° Gennaro Gattuso [*] Luca Toni °° Francesco Totti °° Alberto Gilardino °° Angelo Peruzzi Alessandro Nesta Marco Amelia Vincenzo Iaquinta °° Mauro Camoranesi Simone Barone Filippo Inzaghi Gianluca Zambrotta °° Simone Perrotta Andrea Pirlo °° Massimo Oddo Marco Materazzi °°	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio) Marco Amelia (Livorno) Massimo Oddo (Lazio) Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo) Marco Materazzi (Internazionale Milan) Andrea Barzagli (Palermo) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan) Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus) Fabio Grosso (Palermo) Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus) Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan) Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan) Simone Perrotta (Roma) Daniele de Rossi (Roma) Simone Barone (Palermo) Francesco Totti (Roma) Luca Toni (Fiorentina) Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan) Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan) Alessandro del Piero (Juventus) Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese)

(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.

Coach⁄Manager: Marcello Lippi
(see list of 2005 Top Coaches)

° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')

also took part in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

[*]

Gennaro Gattuso is reportedly out of Italy's first two matches of the World Cup,
after suffering a thigh injury. He should be fit, however, for Italy's third match,
against the Czech Republic, in Hamburg, on June 22.

Mauro Camoranesi, born in Argentina, has aquired Italian citizenship.

World Cup Squads:

2006 WC Players' Sources

World Cup Stadia & Matches


#	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	#

1	Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico	1
2	Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran	2
3	Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola	3
4	Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal	4

#	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	#

1	Italy	Brazil	France	Spain	1
2	Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine	2
3	United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia	3
4	Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia	4

Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook

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	South Africa (Nation)	South Africa (Squad)

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Group A:	Group B:	Group C:	Group D:

Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico
Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran
Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola
Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal

Group E:	Group F:	Group G:	Group H:

Italy	Brazil	France	Spain
Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine
United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia
Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia

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