Italian Team of the Century

The Victorian Football League-Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) Italian Team of the Century was announced in June 2007. It recognises the role of Italian Australian players in the sport.

Players and/or at least one of the player's parents or grandparents had to have been born in Italy. They also had to have played at least one game at VFL/AFL level.

Anthony Koutoufides, who was also in the Greek Team of the Century qualified via his mother, whilst Ian Stewart's father was Italian, but he had always used his mother's maiden name. John Kennedy's maternal grandparents were Italian.

The team
The final selected team was announced at the Palladium Room at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on 31 May 2007.

A team President was also named: Frank Costa.

Selectors
Choosing the team from the shortlist were:
 * Ron Barassi (chairman)
 * Kevin Bartlett
 * Frank Costa
 * Brendon Gale
 * Kevin Sheedy
 * Bob Skilton
 * Bill Stephen

Shortlist
The panel's final selection was made from a shortlist of 50 (from an original list of 148). They were (listed alphabetically):


 * 1) Steve Alessio
 * 2) Mark Arceri
 * 3) Ron Barassi, Sr. (deceased)
 * 4) Adrian Battiston
 * 5) John Benetti
 * 6) Mario Bortolotto
 * 7) Scott Camporeale
 * 8) Domenic Cassisi
 * 9) Vin Catoggio
 * 10) Frank Curcio (deceased)
 * 11) Nick Dal Santo
 * 12) Ron De Iulio
 * 13) Paul Dimattina
 * 14) Robert DiPierdomenico
 * 15) Alec Epis
 * 16) Brendan Fevola
 * 17) Silvio Foschini
 * 18) Cyril Gambetta (deceased)
 * 19) Daniel Giansiracusa
 * 20) Len Incigneri (deceased)
 * 21) Alan Johnson
 * 22) John Kennedy Jr
 * 23) Anthony Koutoufides
 * 24) Andrew Leoncelli
 * 25) Tony Liberatore
 * 26) Paul Licuria
 * 27) Stan Magro
 * 28) Gary Malarkey
 * 29) Al Mantello
 * 30) Gerald Marchesi (deceased)
 * 31) Alan Martello
 * 32) Peter Matera
 * 33) Phillip Matera
 * 34) Mark Mercuri
 * 35) Joe Misiti
 * 36) Tony Ongarello
 * 37) Peter Pianto
 * 38) Tony Polinelli
 * 39) Simon Prestigiacomo
 * 40) Adam Ramanauskas
 * 41) Peter Riccardi
 * 42) Mark Ricciuto
 * 43) Guy Rigoni
 * 44) Anthony Rocca
 * 45) Saverio Rocca
 * 46) Peter Russo
 * 47) Laurie Serafini
 * 48) Sergio Silvagni
 * 49) Stephen Silvagni
 * 50) Ian Stewart