Anul înfiinţării federaţiei: 1898, Culori: alb-albastru, Poreclă: Azzurri (albaştrii)
Clasament FIFA: 5, Cea mai bună clasare FIFA: 1 (noiembrie 1993, februarie 2007, aprilie 2007-iunie 2007), Cea mai slabă clasare FIFA: 16 (aprilie 1998)
Primul meci internaţional: Italia – Franţa 6-2 (Milano, Italia; 15 mai 1910)
Cea mai mare victorie: Italia – SUA 9-0 (Brentford, Anglia; 2 august 1948)
Cea mai grea înfrângere: Ungaria – Italia 7-1 (Budapesta, Ungaria; 6 aprilie 1924)
Palmares: Cup
a Mondială: 16 apariţii – câştigătoare: (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), locul 2: (1970, 1994), locul 3 (1990)
Campionatul European: 7 apariţii – câştigătoare: (1968), locul 2: (2000)
Cupa Conefederaţiilor: 1 apariţie – primul tur:(2009)
Antrenor: Marcello Lippi (Italia) – 62 de ani, în funcţie din iunie 2008.
| Număr | Post | Nume | Data naşterii | Club |
| 1 | portar | Gianluigi Buffon | 28.01.1978 (32) | Juventus |
| 2 | fundaş | Christian Maggio | 11.02.1982 (28) | Napoli |
| 3 | fundaş | Domenico Criscito | 30.12.1986 (23) | Genoa |
| 4 | fundaş | Giorgio Chiellini | 14.08.1984 (25) | Juventus |
| 5 | fundaş | Fabio Cannavaro | 13.09.1973 (36) | Juventus |
| 6 | mijlocaş | Daniele De Rossi | 24.07.1983 (26) | Roma |
| 7 | mijlocaş | Simone Pepe | 30.08.1983 (26) | Udinese |
| 8 | mijlocaş | Gennaro Gattuso | 09.01.1978 (32) | Milan |
| 9 | atacant | Vincenzo Iaquinta | 21.11.1979 (30) | Juventus |
| 10 | atacant | Antonio Di Natale | 13.02.1979 (31) | Udinese |
| 11 | atacant | Alberto Gilardino | 05.07.1982 (27) | Fiorentina |
| 12 | portar | Federico Marchetti | 07.02.1983 (27) | Cagliari |
| 13 | fundaş | Salvatore Bocchetti | 30.11.1986 (23) | Genoa |
| 14 | portar | Morgan De Sanctis | 27.03.1977 (33) | Napoli |
| 15 | mijlocaş | Claudio Marchisio | 19.01.1986 (24) | Juventus |
| 16 | mijlocaş | Mauro Camoranesi | 04.10.1976 (33) | Juventus |
| 17 | mijlocaş | Angelo Palombo | 25.09.1981 (28) | Sampdoria |
| 18 | atacant | Fabio Quagliarella | 31.01.1983 (27) | Napoli |
| 19 | fundaş | Gianluca Zambrotta | 19.02.1977 (33) | Milan |
| 20 | atacant | Giampaolo Pazzini | 02.08.1984 (25) | Sampdoria |
| 21 | mijlocaş | Andrea Pirlo | 19.05.1979 (31) | Milan |
| 22 | mijlocaş | Riccardo Montolivo | 18.01.1985 (25) | Fiorentina |
| 23 | fundaş | Leonardo Bonucci | 01.05.1987 (23) | Bari |
Vedeta echipei – Fabio Cannavaro
Renumită pentru defensiva sa de fier, squadra azzurra se va baza şi la mondialul sud-african pe Fabio Cannavaro, căpitanul campioanei mondiale în urmă cu patru ani. Ajuns la 36 de ani, fostul Balon de Aur vrea să demonstreze că vârsta nu şi-a pus amprenta asupra calităţii jocului său.

Mai poate face Lippi o minune?
De patru ori campioană mondială, Squadra Azzura vine din postura de deţinătoare a trofeului, dar puţini sunt cei care o creditează cu şanse la apărarea sa.
După o scurtă aventură nereuşită cu Donadoni, federaţia italiană l-a chemat din nou pe salvatorul Marcello Lippi. Cu mulţi jucători buni la dispoziţie, dar nu excepţionali, selecţionerul va încerca să demonstreze din nou că o echipă înseamnă mai mult decât nişte nume.
Pronostic Libertatea.ro: Italia va ajunge în sferturi
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Eugen Tomac, premier desemnat
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