Team created by a collaborative effort of 27DONI72, Milos, StuartBannigan and gurkenjoe93












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, 2021
Runners-up (2): 2000, 2012
Fourth place (1): 1980
Semi-finals (1): 1988

• UEFA Nations League

Third place (1): 2021

• FIFA Confederations Cup

Third place (1): 2013


COACH: Vittorio POZZO




The best ever Italian players 23-man squad



GOALKEEPERS:

● Dino ZOFF
● Gianluigi BUFFON

DEFENDERS:

● Giacinto FACCHETTI
● Claudio GENTILE
● Gaetano SCIREA
● Giuseppe BERGOMI
● Franco BARESI
● Paolo MALDINI
● Fabio CANNAVARO


MIDFIELDERS:

● Giovanni FERRARI
● Gianni RIVERA
● Sandro MAZZOLA
● Romeo BENETTI
● Giancarlo ANTOGNONI
● Marco TARDELLI
● Andrea PIRLO

FORWARDS:

● Raimundo ORSI
● Giuseppe MEAZZA
● Silvio PIOLA
● Luigi RIVA
● Paolo ROSSI
● Bruno CONTI
● Roberto BAGGIO




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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Gianpiero COMBI
● Walter ZENGA
● Gianluigi DONNARUMMA

DEFENDERS:

● Virginio ROSETTA
● Umberto CALIGARIS
● Eraldo MONZEGLIO
● Tarcisio BURGNICH
● Roberto ROSATO
● Antonio CABRINI
● Alessandro NESTA
● Gianluca ZAMBROTTA
● Giorgio CHIELLINI
● Leonardo BONUCCI

MIDFIELDERS:

● Adolfo BALONCIERI
● Michele ANDREOLO
● Valentino MAZZOLA
● Giacomo BULGARELLI
● Giancarlo DE SISTI
● Franco CAUSIO
● Gabriele ORIALI
● Roberto DONADONI
● Demetrio ALBERTINI
● Daniele DE ROSSI

FORWARDS:

● Angelo SCHIAVIO
● Gino COLAUSSI
● Giampiero BONIPERTI
● Angelo DOMENGHINI
● Francesco GRAZIANI
● Roberto BETTEGA
● Alessandro ALTOBELLI
● Gianluca VIALLI
● Christian VIERI
● Francesco TOTTI

Of course Rosetta was a great player for Italy and Juventus, but Cannavaro was both a better player and played amazingly for Italy. Also, Bergomi could also play sweeper, so there really is no use for Rosetta in this team as even in-game he is much worse than the other central defenders. I agree about Nesta though, he was incredibly unlucky to get injured in all three World Cups he played in, although I don’t think he could have got Zidane sent off the same way Materazzi did so maybe it was for the best

I think Barzagli and/or Chiellini earned the spot here, more than Ferrara, they are not inferior to him.

I agree with Cannavaro.
The most important player in 2006 WC champion.
Nothing more to say

Completely updated this team.

Good update. Although Orsi... I wouldn't put oriundi in the first team.

This team needed a left winger and Orsi was by far the best option. Regardless of his place of birth, he was hugely important for Italy, especially at the 1934 World Cup.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Anyway this team looks much better than before the update.