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Group E
ITALY
World Cup participations: 15
Greatest World Cup achievement: 3-time World Cup winners (1934, 1938, 1982)
Italy's performances in the qualification were not too good,
but they made the points.
However Italy has been craving so much for a success in an international
tournament for many years now.
In the attack there are some rising stars: Luca Toni,
Alberto Gilardino and Vincenzo Iaquinta. Totti, Gattuso or
Pirlo make the play and talking about the strong defence of Italy
(Zambrotta, Nesta, Cannavaro, Buffon) is like carrying coals to
Newcastle.
If the strikers keep their promise then much is possible in this
world cup. The group victory is however mandatory, otherwise
Brazil is threatening already in the round of the last 16.
The odds on Italy as world cup winner were not too low
- 10.50 at Betandwin.
For a bet on group winner Italy you get 1.65.
Italy
| Founded: |
1898 |
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| FIFA
Ranking: |
6th
( Best ever Ranking
1st - November 93' ) |
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| WC
Record: |
14
participations 1934,
1938,
1950, 1954,
1962, 1966,
1970, 1974,
1978, 1982,
1986, 1990,
1994, 1998 |
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Best Results: |
Winner
1934,
1938, 1982 finalist 1970,
1994
3rd1990 |
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Coach:
Marcello Lippi
Men
to watch:
Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti
World Cup Squad Italy
This is the official world cup squad -
you can find here all the
world cup players
for Italy
Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Buffon
Angelo Peruzzi
Marco Amelia
Defenders
Cristian Zaccardo
Alessandro Nesta
Fabio Cannavaro
Gianluca Zambrotta
Marco Materazzi
Fabio Grosso
Massimo Oddo
Andrea Barzagli
Midfielders
Andrea Pirlo
Gennaro Gattuso
Daniele De Rossi
Mauro Camoranesi
Simone Perrotta
Simone Barone
Strikers
Luca Toni
Alessandro Del Piero
Francesco Totti
Alberto Gilardino
Filippo Inzaghi
Vincenzo Iaquinta
Other World Cup Teams
Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Group C
Argentina
Cote d'Ivoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
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