Italy national football team records and statistics



This article lists various football records and statistics of the Italy national football team.

Honours

 * FIFA World Cup
 * Winners (4): 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
 * Runners-up (2): 1970, 1994
 * Third place (1): 1990
 * Fourth place (1): 1978


 * UEFA European Championship
 * Winners (2): 1968, 2020
 * Runners-up (2): 2000, 2012
 * Fourth place (1): 1980
 * Semi-finals (1): 1988


 * FIFA Confederations Cup
 * Third place (1): 2013


 * UEFA Nations League
 * Third place (2): 2020–21, 2022–23


 * Olympic football tournament
 * Gold Medal (1): 1936
 * Bronze Medal (2): 1928, 2004


 * Central European International Cup
 * Winners (2): 1927–30, 1933–35
 * Runners-up (2): 1931–32, 1936–38


 * CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
 * Runners-up (1): 2022

Appearances


As of 29 June 2024, the players with the most appearances for Italy are:
 * Most appearances

Players in bold are still active internationally.

FIFA World Cup

 * Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup
 * Paolo Maldini, 23


 * Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 39


 * Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup and FIFA World Cup qualifiers
 * Fabio Cannavaro, 50


 * Most minutes played in FIFA World Cup matches
 * Paolo Maldini, 2,216 minutes


 * Most FIFA World Cups part of the squad
 * Gianluigi Buffon (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), 5


 * Most FIFA World Cups played in
 * Gianluigi Buffon, Gianni Rivera, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro, 4 each

UEFA European Championship

 * Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship
 * Leonardo Bonucci, 18


 * Most appearances in UEFA European Championship qualifying
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 41


 * Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship and UEFA European Championship qualifying
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 58


 * Most minutes played in European Championship matches
 * Leonardo Bonucci, 1,668 minutes


 * Most European Championships part of the squad
 * Alessandro Del Piero (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), Gianluigi Buffon (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and Giorgio Chiellini (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020), 4


 * Most UEFA European Championships played in
 * Gianluigi Buffon, Alessandro Del Piero and Giorgio Chiellini, 4

UEFA Nations League

 * Most appearances in the UEFA Nations League
 * Gianluigi Donnarumma, 20

FIFA Confederations Cup

 * Most appearances at the FIFA Confederations Cup
 * Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Riccardo Montolivo, 8 each


 * Most FIFA Confederations Cups played in
 * Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele De Rossi, Andrea Pirlo, Riccardo Montolivo and Alberto Gilardino, 2 each (2009 and 2013)

Others

 * Most appearances at the Central European International Cup
 * Giuseppe Meazza, 16


 * Most appearances at the Olympics
 * Adolfo Baloncieri, 11


 * Most appearances as a substitute
 * Alessandro Del Piero, 30


 * Most appearances as a substitute at the FIFA World Cup
 * Alessandro Del Piero, 7


 * Most appearances as a substitute at the UEFA European Championship
 * Alessandro Del Piero, 6


 * Most appearances for Italy wearing the number 10 shirt
 * Giancarlo Antognoni


 * Most FIFA World Cup matches won
 * Paolo Maldini, 14

Age

 * Oldest player
 * Dino Zoff, 41 years 89 days, 29 May 1983, 0–2 vs. Sweden


 * Youngest player
 * Renzo De Vecchi, 16 years 112 days, 26 May 1910, 6–1 vs. Hungary


 * Youngest outfield player to feature in a match post-World War II
 * Simone Pafundi, 16 years 242 days, 16 November 2022, 3–1 vs. Albania


 * Youngest unofficial player to feature in a match
 * Rodolfo Gavinelli, 16 years 98 days, 9 April 1911, 2–2 vs. France


 * Youngest forward to start in a match
 * Eugenio Mosso, 18 years 238 days, 5 April 1914, 1–1 vs. Switzerland


 * Youngest unofficial forward to start in a match
 * Rodolfo Gavinelli, 16 years 98 days, 9 April 1911, 2–2 vs. France


 * Oldest debutant
 * Emiliano Moretti, 33 years 160 days, 18 November 2014, 1–0 vs. Albania


 * Oldest player to feature at the FIFA World Cup
 * Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany


 * Youngest player to feature at the FIFA World Cup
 * Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 195 days, 5 July 1982, 3–2 vs. Brazil


 * Oldest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final
 * Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany


 * Youngest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final
 * Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 201 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany


 * Oldest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years and 156 days, 2 July 2016, 1–1 (6–5) vs. Germany


 * Oldest outfield player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
 * Giorgio Chiellini, 36 years and 331 days, 11 July 2021, 1–1 (3–2) vs. England


 * Youngest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
 * Paolo Maldini, 19 years and 350 days, 10 June 1988, 1–1 vs. West Germany


 * Oldest player to feature at a UEFA European Championship Final
 * Giorgio Chiellini, 36 years and 331 days, 11 July 2021, 1–1 (3–2) vs. England


 * Youngest goalkeeper to feature in a match
 * Gianluigi Donnarumma, 17 years 189 days, 1 September 2016, 1–3 vs. France


 * Youngest goalkeeper to start a match
 * Gianluigi Donnarumma, 18 years 31 days, 28 March 2017, 2–1 vs. Netherlands


 * Most FIFA World Cup titles
 * Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio, 2 each (1934 and 1938)


 * Most Central European International Cup titles
 * Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio and Alfredo Pitto, 2 each (1927–30 and 1933–35)


 * Only player to win both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship
 * Dino Zoff (1968 and 1982)


 * Only players to win both the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal
 * Sergio Bertoni, Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli, Pietro Rava (1936 and 1938)


 * Longest career
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 29 October 1997–23 March 2018, 20 years

Goalscorers


As of 29 June 2024, the players with the most goals for Italy are:
 * Most goals

Players in bold are still active internationally.


 * First goal
 * Pietro Lana, 15 May 1910, 6–2 vs. France


 * Most goals at the FIFA World Cup
 * Christian Vieri, Paolo Rossi and Roberto Baggio, 9 each


 * Most goals at a single FIFA World Cup
 * Paolo Rossi (1982) and Salvatore Schillaci (1990), 6 each


 * Most goals at the FIFA World Cup and FIFA World Cup qualifiers
 * Gigi Riva, 17


 * Most FIFA World Cups scored in
 * Roberto Baggio (1990, 1994 and 1998), 3


 * Most goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers
 * Gigi Riva, 14


 * First goal in a FIFA World Cup match
 * Angelo Schiavio, 27 May 1934, 7–1 vs. United States


 * First goal in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match
 * Anfilogino Guarisi, 25 March 1934, 4–0 vs. Greece


 * Most goals at the UEFA European Championship
 * Mario Balotelli and Antonio Cassano, 3 each


 * Most goals at a single UEFA European Championship
 * Mario Balotelli (2012), 3


 * Most UEFA European Championship scored in
 * Nicolò Barella (2020 and 2024), Leonardo Bonucci (2016 and 2020), Antonio Cassano (2004 and 2012), Andrea Pirlo (2008 and 2012), 2 each


 * Most goals at the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA European Championship qualifying
 * Filippo Inzaghi, 14


 * Most goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying
 * Filippo Inzaghi, 12


 * First goal in a UEFA European Championship match
 * Angelo Domenghini, 8 June 1968, 1–1 vs. Yugoslavia


 * First goal in a UEFA European Championship qualifying match
 * Gianni Rivera, 2 December 1962, 6–0 vs. Turkey


 * Most goals at the UEFA Nations League
 * Lorenzo Pellegrini, 4


 * Most goals at the FIFA Confederations Cup
 * Mario Balotelli, Giuseppe Rossi and Daniele De Rossi, 2 each


 * Most goals at a single FIFA Confederations Cup
 * Mario Balotelli (2013) and Giuseppe Rossi (2009), 2 each


 * First goal in a FIFA Confederations Cup match
 * Giuseppe Rossi, 15 June 2009, 3–1 vs. United States


 * Most goals at the Central European International Cup
 * Giuseppe Meazza, 8


 * First goal in a Central European International Cup match
 * Julio Libonatti, 23 October 1927, 2–2 vs. Czechoslovakia


 * Most goals at the Olympics
 * Adolfo Baloncieri, 8


 * First goal in an Olympic match
 * Franco Bontadini, 29 June 1912, 2–3 vs. Finland


 * Most goals in Friendlies
 * Giuseppe Meazza, 20


 * Fastest goal
 * Emanuele Giaccherini, 19 seconds, 11 June 2013, 2–2 vs. Haiti


 * Fastest goal at the FIFA World Cup
 * Pietro Ferraris, 5 June 1938, 2–1 vs. Norway, and Bruno Mora, 7 June 1962, 3–0 vs. Switzerland, both in the 2nd minute of play


 * Fastest goal at the UEFA European Championship
 * Pierluigi Casiraghi, 11 June 1996, 2–1 vs. Russia, after 5 minutes


 * Fastest goal by a substitute at the UEFA European Championship
 * Alessandro Altobelli, 17 June 1988, 2–0 vs. Denmark, after 1 minute


 * Oldest goalscorer
 * Fabio Quagliarella, 36 years 54 days, 26 March 2019, 6–0 vs. Liechtenstein


 * Youngest goalscorer
 * Wilfried Gnonto, 18 years 222 days, 14 June 2022, 2–5 vs. Germany


 * Oldest goalscorer in a competitive match
 * Fabio Quagliarella, 36 years 54 days, 26 March 2019, 6–0 vs. Liechtenstein


 * Youngest goalscorer in a competitive match
 * Wilfried Gnonto, 18 years 222 days, 14 June 2022, 2–5 vs. Germany


 * Oldest goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup
 * Daniele Massaro, 33 years 36 days, 28 June 1994, 1–1 vs. Mexico


 * Youngest goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup
 * Giacomo Bulgarelli, 21 years 226 days, 7 June 1962, 3–0 vs. Switzerland


 * Oldest goalscorer at the UEFA European Championship
 * Christian Panucci, 35 years 62 days, 13 June 2008, 1–1 vs. Romania


 * Oldest goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship final
 * Leonardo Bonucci, 34 years 71 days, 11 July 2021, 1–1 vs. England


 * Youngest goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship final
 * Pietro Anastasi, 20 years 64 days, 10 June 1968, 2–0 vs. Yugoslavia


 * Oldest goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship qualifying match
 * Fabio Quagliarella, 36 years 54 days, 26 March 2019, 6–0 vs. Liechtenstein


 * Youngest goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship qualifying match
 * Moise Kean, 19 years 23 days, 23 March 2019, 2–0 vs. Finland


 * Youngest player to score a brace
 * Bruno Nicolè, 18 years 258 days, 9 November 1958, 2–2 vs. France


 * Youngest player to score a brace in a competitive match
 * Gianni Rivera, 19 years 206 days, 2 December 1962, 6–0 vs. Turkey


 * Youngest player to score a brace in a UEFA European Championship qualifying match
 * Gianni Rivera, 19 years 206 days, 2 December 1962, 6–0 vs. Turkey


 * Most goals by a midfielder
 * Adolfo Baloncieri, 25


 * Most goals by a midfielder post-World War II
 * Daniele De Rossi, 21


 * Most goals by a defender
 * Antonio Cabrini, 9


 * Most goals from a penalty kick
 * Roberto Baggio, 7


 * Most goals from a penalty kick at the FIFA World Cup
 * Roberto Baggio, 2


 * Most goals from a penalty kick at the UEFA European Championship
 * Leonardo Bonucci, Filippo Inzaghi and Andrea Pirlo, 1 each


 * Most goals from a penalty kick in a single match
 * Alessandro Del Piero, 2, 11 October 2000, 2–0 vs. Georgia


 * Most goals in penalty shoot-outs
 * Franco Baresi and Andrea Pirlo, 3 each


 * Most goals as a substitute
 * Enrico Chiesa and Alessandro Del Piero, 5 each


 * Most goals as a substitute at the FIFA World Cup
 * Alessandro Del Piero and Gianni Rivera, 2 each


 * Most goals as a substitute at the UEFA European Championship
 * Alessandro Altobelli, Mario Balotelli, Federico Chiesa, Luigi De Agostini, Antonio Di Natale and Matteo Pessina, 1 each


 * Most own goals
 * Sandro Salvadore, 2


 * Most own goals at the FIFA World Cup
 * Cristian Zaccardo, 1, 17 June 2006, 1–1 vs. United States


 * Italy's 100th goal at the FIFA World Cup finals
 * Luigi Di Biagio, 17 June 1998, 3–0 vs. Cameroon

Hat-tricks

 * Three goals or more in a single match on the greatest number of occasions
 * Gigi Riva, 3 times


 * Most hat-tricks at a FIFA World Cup
 * Angelo Schiavio, 27 May 1934, 7–1 vs. United States, and Paolo Rossi, 5 July 1982, 3–2 vs. Brazil, 1 each

As of 22 June 2024

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

Goalkeeping

 * Most clean sheets
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 77


 * Fewest goals conceded in a single FIFA World Cup by a starting FIFA World Cup winning goalkeeper
 * Gianluigi Buffon (2006), 2


 * Most clean sheets in a single FIFA World Cup
 * Gianluigi Buffon (2006) and Walter Zenga (1990), 5 each


 * Most clean sheets at the FIFA World Cup
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 6


 * Most clean sheets at the UEFA European Championship
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 8


 * Most clean sheets at the FIFA Confederations Cup
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 1


 * Most clean sheets in the Central European International Cup
 * Gianpiero Combi, 4


 * Most clean sheets at the Summer Olympics
 * Giovanni De Prà and Bruno Venturini, 2 each


 * Most clean sheets in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 21


 * Most clean sheets in UEFA European Championship qualifying matches
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 23


 * Most clean sheets in friendlies
 * Dino Zoff, 27


 * Longest unbeaten streak
 * Dino Zoff, 1,142 minutes


 * Longest unbeaten streak at the FIFA World Cup
 * Walter Zenga, 518 minutes


 * Most consecutive clean sheets at the FIFA World Cup
 * Walter Zenga, 5


 * Longest unbeaten streak at the UEFA European Championship
 * Dino Zoff, 494 minutes


 * Longest unbeaten streak in UEFA European Championship qualifying matches
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 644 minutes


 * Longest unbeaten streak in UEFA European Championship and UEFA European Championship qualifying matches
 * Dino Zoff, 784 minutes (including 8 consecutive clean sheets, 1975–80)


 * Fewest goals conceded in a single UEFA European Championship by a starting UEFA European Championship winning goalkeeper
 * Dino Zoff (1968), 1


 * Most penalty kicks saved (not including shoot-outs)
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 5


 * Most penalty kicks saved at the FIFA World Cup (not including shoot-outs)
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 1


 * Most penalty kicks saved at the UEFA European Championship (not including shoot-outs)
 * Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Toldo, 1 each


 * Most penalty kicks saved in UEFA European Championship penalty shoot-outs
 * Gianluigi Buffon and Gianluigi Donnarumma, 3 each


 * Most penalty kicks saved in a single UEFA European Championship penalty shoot-out
 * Francesco Toldo and Gianluigi Donnarumma, 2 each

Captains

 * First captain
 * Francesco Calì, 15 May 1910, 6–2 vs. France


 * Youngest captain
 * Bruno Nicolè, 21 years 61 days, 25 April 1961, 3–2 vs. Northern Ireland


 * Most appearances as captain
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 80


 * Most appearances as captain as a goalkeeper
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 80


 * Most appearances as captain at the UEFA European Championship
 * Gianluigi Buffon, 13 (2008–2016)


 * Longest serving captain
 * Giacinto Facchetti, 1966–1977

List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years.


 * 1910 Francesco Calì
 * 1911–1913 Giuseppe Milano
 * 1914–1915 Virgilio Fossati
 * 1920–1925 Renzo De Vecchi
 * 1925–1927 Luigi Cevenini
 * 1927–1930 Adolfo Baloncieri
 * 1931–1933 Umberto Caligaris
 * 1934 Gianpiero Combi
 * 1935–1936 Luigi Allemandi
 * 1937–1939 Giuseppe Meazza
 * 1940–1947 Silvio Piola
 * 1947–1949 Valentino Mazzola
 * 1949–1950 Riccardo Carapellese
 * 1951–1952 Carlo Annovazzi
 * 1952–1960 Giampiero Boniperti
 * 1961–1962 Lorenzo Buffon
 * 1962–1963 Cesare Maldini
 * 1963–1966 Sandro Salvadore
 * 1966–1977 Giacinto Facchetti
 * 1977–1983 Dino Zoff
 * 1984–1985 Marco Tardelli
 * 1985–1986 Gaetano Scirea
 * 1986–1987 Antonio Cabrini
 * 1988–1991 Giuseppe Bergomi
 * 1991–1994 Franco Baresi
 * 1994–2002 Paolo Maldini
 * 2002–2010 Fabio Cannavaro
 * 2010–2018 Gianluigi Buffon
 * 2018–2022 Giorgio Chiellini
 * 2022–2023 Leonardo Bonucci
 * 2023 Ciro Immobile
 * 2024–present Gianluigi Donnarumma

Discipline

 * Most red cards
 * Giancarlo Antognoni, Leonardo Bonucci, Franco Causio and Daniele De Rossi, 2 each


 * First goalkeeper to be sent off at a FIFA World Cup
 * Gianluca Pagliuca, 1, 23 June 1994, 1–0 vs Norway

Managers

 * Most manager appearances
 * Enzo Bearzot, 104


 * Most FIFA World Cups coached in
 * Enzo Bearzot, 3


 * Most FIFA World Cup appearances as a manager
 * Enzo Bearzot, 18


 * Most FIFA World Cup matches won as a manager
 * Enzo Bearzot, 9


 * Most FIFA World Cup titles as a manager
 * Vittorio Pozzo, 2 (1934 and 1938)


 * Most UEFA European Championship appearances as a manager
 * Roberto Mancini, 7


 * Most UEFA European Championship matches won as a manager
 * Roberto Mancini, 5

Team records

 * Venue most played in
 * Stadio Olimpico, 57


 * Largest victory
 * 10–0 vs. United States, 4 April 1975


 * Largest official victory
 * 9–0 vs. United States, 2 August 1948


 * Largest FIFA World Cup victory
 * 7–1 vs. United States, 27 May 1934


 * Largest UEFA European Championship victory
 * 3–0 vs. Turkey, 11 June 2021 and Switzerland, 16 June 2021


 * Largest defeat
 * 1–7 vs. Hungary, 6 April 1924


 * Largest FIFA World Cup defeat
 * 1–4 vs. Switzerland, 23 June 1954 and Brazil, 21 June 1970


 * Largest UEFA European Championship defeat
 * 0–4 vs. Spain, 1 July 2012


 * Most total goals in a single match
 * 11–3 vs. Egypt, 9 June 1928


 * Most goals scored in a single match
 * 11–3 vs. Egypt, 9 June 1928


 * Most goals conceded in a single match
 * 1–7 vs. Hungary, 6 April 1924


 * Most goals scored in a single edition of the World Cup
 * 12, 1982 and 2006


 * Most goals scored in a single edition of the European Championship
 * 13, 2020


 * Most goals scored in a single edition of a major international tournament
 * 13, Euro 2020


 * Most consecutive victories
 * 13, 11 November 2020 vs. Estonia – 2 July 2021 vs. Belgium


 * Most consecutive victories without conceding a goal
 * 11, 11 November 2020 vs. Estonia – 20 June 2021 vs. Wales


 * Most consecutive away victories
 * 6, 14 October 2018 vs. Poland – 15 November 2019 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina


 * Most consecutive defeats
 * 3, achieved twice, most recently 23 June 1974 vs. Poland – 20 November 1974 vs. Netherlands


 * Most consecutive matches without victory
 * 8, 15 January 1958 vs. Northern Ireland – 29 November 1959 vs. Hungary


 * Most consecutive matches without defeat
 * 37, 10 October 2018 vs. Ukraine – 8 September 2021 vs. Lithuania


 * Most consecutive draws
 * 5, 8 June 1997 vs. Brazil – 29 October 1997 vs. Russia


 * Most consecutive matches without a draw
 * 20, achieved twice, most recently 22 November 1975 vs. Netherlands – 25 January 1978 vs. Spain


 * Most consecutive matches with at least one goal scored
 * 43, 20 May 1931 vs. Scotland – 31 October 1937 vs. Switzerland


 * Most consecutive matches with at least two goals scored
 * 10, 23 March 2019 vs. Finland – 18 November 2019 vs. Armenia; 11 November 2020 vs. Estonia – 16 June 2021 vs. Switzerland


 * Most consecutive matches with no goals scored
 * 3, achieved five times, most recently 10 November 2017 vs. Sweden – 23 March 2018 vs. Argentina


 * Most consecutive matches with at least one goal conceded
 * 18, 31 January 1915 vs. Switzerland – 1 January 1923 vs. Germany


 * Most consecutive matches with no goals conceded
 * 12, 7 October 1972 vs. Luxembourg – 8 June 1974 vs. Austria


 * Most minutes without conceding a goal
 * 1,168


 * Most consecutive victories in a UEFA European Championship qualifying and final tournaments
 * 15, 2020


 * Most victories in a single UEFA European Championship qualifying and final tournaments
 * 15, 2020


 * Most consecutive victories in a single UEFA European Championship final tournament
 * 5, 2020


 * Most victories in a single UEFA European Championship final tournament
 * 5 (out of 7), 2020


 * Most victories in a single UEFA European Championship qualifying group
 * 10 (out of 10), UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


 * Highest percentage of victories in one calendar year
 * 100%, 2019 (10 out of 10)


 * Most victories in one calendar year
 * 12, 2021 (out of 17)


 * Most players scoring in a single match
 * 7, 18 November 2019 vs. Armenia