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 red used in motor sports) is azure blue^[1] (azzurro, in Italian), due to the “Azzurro Savoia” (Savoy Blue), the colour traditionally linked to the dynasty which unified Italy in 1860. Therefore national team members are nicknamed Azzurri.

İn the Qualification Round,Italy got the first place over France in Group B.And now they will struggle in Group C against France, Netherlands and Romania.First match will be 9 June 2008 at 20: 45 against Netherlands on Berne - Stade de Suisse.

Italian Team Squad

Goalkeepers: Christian Abbiati,Marco Amelia, Gianluigi Buffon,Gianluca Curci

Defenders: Andrea Barzagli, Daniele Bonera, Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Dario Dainelli, Fabio Grosso , Marco Materazzi, Alessandro Nesta, Massimo Oddo ,Christian Panucci, Manuel Pasqual ,Max Tonetto ,Cristian Zaccardo ,Gianluca Zambrotta

Midfielders: Massimo Ambrosini ,Alberto Aquilani ,Mauro Camoranesi ,Daniele De Rossi ,Gennaro Del Vecchi ,Aimo Diana ,Pasquale Foggia ,Gennaro Gattuso ,Marco Marchionni ,Stefano Mauri ,Simone Perrotta ,Andrea Pirlo ,Franco Semioli

Forwards: Antonio Cassano ,Alessandro Del Piero ,David Di Michele ,Antonio Di Natale ,Alberto Gilardino , Vincenzo Iaquinta ,Filippo Inzaghi ,Cristiano Lucarelli ,Raffaele Palladino ,Fabio Quagliarella ,Tommaso Rocchi ,Luca Toni

Roberto Donadoni - Manager Of Italian National Football Team

Roberto Donadoni (born September 9, 1963 in Cisano Bergamasco, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player. He was an attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique. He was a pillar of the powerhouse A.C. Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League Soccer, where he played two seasons for the NY/NJ MetroStars. He is currently the head coach of the Italian national football team, being announced by the Italian Football Federation on July 13, 2006^[1], succeeding Marcello Lippi who resigned after having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring as a player, he coached Italian clubs Lecco (2001-02), Livorno (2002-03) and Genoa (2003-04). In 2005, he returned to head hi Livorno in mid-season. After leading them to a surprising ninth-place finish and having the club in sixth place midway through the 2005-06 season, Donadoni resigned over criticism from club chairman Aldo Spinelli.

On July 2006, following the resignations of Marcello Lippi immediately after the Italian national team won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Donadoni was named as new Italian head coach, his first task being to successfully lead the fresh World Champions through qualification for Euro 2008.

On August 16, 2006, Donadoni made his debut as head coach for the Italian national team in a friendly match against Croatia played at Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno which did not feature any of the 23 World Champions, excepting third goalkeeper Marco Amelia, and ended in a humiliating 2:0 defeat.