Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Last updated October 23, 2025

Italy have participated four times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in the inaugural edition of 1991, 1999, 2019 and 2023.^[1]

While the men's senior team have won the FIFA World Cup four times, the women's team is yet to win a single edition. Italy participated in the inaugural World Cup of 1991 where, after two wins and a loss in the group stage, they qualified for the quarter-finals, where they lost against Norway. After having failed to qualify for the second edition, Italy played in the 1999 edition where they did not go past the group stages. For the following four editions, between 2003 and 2015, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, coming close in 2015 after losing in the final match of qualification to the Netherlands.

In 2019, Italy returned to the World Cup after a 20-year absence.^[1] With two wins and a defeat, Italy topped their group and progressed to the round of 16, where they beat China 2–0. However, their World Cup journey came to an end as they were defeated 2–0 by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	0	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	2	+4	4
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	2	8	−6	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 November 1991

19:45

Chinese Taipei	0–5	Italy
	Report	Ferraguzzi 15' Marsiletti 29' Morace 37', 52', 66'

Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen

Attendance: 11,000^[2]

Referee: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)

19 November 1991

15:30

Italy	1–0	Nigeria
Morace 68'	Report

Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan

Attendance: 12,000^[2]

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

21 November 1991

19:45

Italy	0–2	Germany
	Report	Mohr 67' Unsleber 79'

Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan

Attendance: 12,000^[2]

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

24 November 1991

19:45

Norway	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Hegstad 22' Carlsen 67' Svensson 96' (pen.)	Report	Salmaso 31' Guarino 80'

Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen

Attendance: 13,000^[2]

Referee: Rafael Rodríguez Medina (El Salvador)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

June 20, 1999

16:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Germany	1–1	Italy
Wiegmann 61' (pen.)	Report	Panico 36'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 17,100

Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)

June 24, 1999

17:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Brazil	2–0	Italy
Sissi 3', 63'	Report

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 65,080

Referee: Gitte Nielsen (Denmark)

June 27, 1999

16:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Mexico	0–2	Italy
	Report	Panico 37' Zanni 51'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 50,484

Referee: Bola Elizabeth Abidoye (Nigeria)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Brazil	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

9 June 2019

13:00

Australia	1–2	Italy
Kerr 22'	Report	Bonansea 56', 90+5'

Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes

Attendance: 15,380^[3]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

14 June 2019

18:00

Jamaica	0–5	Italy
	Report	Girelli 12' (pen.), 25', 46' Galli 71', 81'

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 12,016^[4]

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

18 June 2019

21:00

Italy	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Marta 74' (pen.)

Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes

Attendance: 21,669^[5]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Round of 16

25 June 2019

18:00

Italy	2–0	China
Giacinti 15' Galli 49'	Report

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 17,492^[6]

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Quarter-finals

29 June 2019

15:00

Italy	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Miedema 70' Van der Gragt 80'

Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes

Attendance: 22,600^[7]

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Argentina	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2023

18:00 UTC+12

Italy	1–0	Argentina
Girelli 87'	Report

Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance: 30,889

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

29 July 2023

19:30 UTC+12

Sweden	5–0	Italy
Ilestedt 39', 50' Rolfö 44' Blackstenius 45+1' Blomqvist 90+5'	Report

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 29,143

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2 August 2023

19:00 UTC+12

South Africa	3–2	Italy
Orsi 32' (o.g.) Magaia 67' Kgatlana 90+2'	Report	Caruso 11' (pen.), 74'

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 14,967

Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)

Overview

Tournaments

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup record

Year

Round

Position

*

1991

Quarter-finals

6th of 12

4

2

0

2

8

5

1995

Did not qualify

1999

Group stage

9th of 16

3

1

3

2003

Did not qualify

2007

2011

2015

2019

Quarter-finals

7th of 24

5

3

0

2

9

4

2023

Group stage

22nd of 32

3

1

0

2

3

8

2027

To be determined

2031

To be determined

2035

To be determined

Total

Best: Quarter-finals

4/12

15

7

1

7

23

20

* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Italy's Women's World Cup record
First Match	Chinese Taipei 0–5 Italy (17 November 1991; Jiangmen, China)
Biggest Win	Chinese Taipei 0–5 Italy (17 November 1991; Jiangmen, China) Jamaica 0–5 Italy (14 June 2019; Reims, France)
Biggest Defeat	Sweden 5–0 Italy (29 July 2023; Wellington, New Zealand)
Best Result	Quarter-finals in 1991 and 2019
Worst Result	Group stage at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Matches

List of FIFA Women's World Cup matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1991	Group stage	Chinese Taipei	5–0	Win	1–0–0
	Group stage	Nigeria	1–0	Win	2–0–0
	Group stage	Germany	0–2	Loss	2–0–1
	Quarter-final	Norway	2–3 ( a.e.t. )	Loss	2–0–2
1999	Group stage	Germany	1–1	Draw	2–1–2
	Group stage	Brazil	0–2	Loss	2–1–3
	Group stage	Mexico	2–0	Win	3–1–3
2019	Group stage	Australia	2–1	Win	4–1–3
	Group stage	Jamaica	5–0	Win	5–1–3
	Group stage	Brazil	0–1	Loss	5–1–4
	Round of 16	China	2–0	Win	6–1–4
	Quarter-final	Netherlands	0–2	Loss	6–1–5
2023	Group stage	Argentina	1–0	Win	7–1–5
	Group stage	Sweden	0–5	Loss	7–1–6
	Group stage	South Africa	2–3	Loss	7–1–7

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
China	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Germany	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Norway	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
South Africa	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Total	15	7	1	7	23	20	+3	046.67

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1991	1999	2019	2023
Cristiana Girelli	4			3	1
Carolina Morace	4	4
Aurora Galli	3			3
Barbara Bonansea	2			2
Arianna Caruso	2				2
Patrizia Panico	2		2
Feriana Ferraguzzi	1	1
Valentina Giacinti	1			1
Rita Guarino	1	1
Adele Marsiletti	1	1
Raffaella Salmaso	1	1
Paola Zanni	1		1
Total	23	8	3	9	3

Own goals scored for opponents

Benedetta Orsi (scored for South Africa in 2023)

References

1 2 Sports (10 May 2019). "Women's World Cup Group C team capsules | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
1 2 3 4 "1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Match report – Group C – Australia v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
↑ "Match report – Group C – Jamaica v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "Match report – Group C – Italy v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
↑ "Match report – Round of 16 – Italy v China PR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
↑ "Match report – Quarter-final – Italy v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Sports (10 May 2019). "Women's World Cup Group C team capsules | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[TR91-2] 1 2 3 4 "1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[AUS-ITA_full-time-3] "Match report – Group C – Australia v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[JAM-ITA_full-time-4] "Match report – Group C – Jamaica v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[ITA-BRA_full-time-5] "Match report – Group C – Italy v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

[ITA-CHN_full-time-6] "Match report – Round of 16 – Italy v China PR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[ITA-NED_full-time-7] "Match report – Quarter-final – Italy v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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v t e Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia ¹ China PR Chinese Taipei Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Philippines Thailand Vietnam
CAF	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria South Africa Zambia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Jamaica Haiti Mexico Panama United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland
¹ Has been member of multiple confederations.

Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Contents

FIFA Women's World Cup record

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Quarter-finals

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group G

Overview

Tournaments

Matches

Head-to-head record

Goalscorers

See also

References