Italy national futsal team

Italy

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Massimiliano Bellarte
Most caps	Marco Ercolessi (127)
Top scorer	Andrea Rubei (97)
FIFA code	ITA
FIFA ranking	16 2 (4 April 2025) [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Italy 9–2 Libya   (Roma, Italy; 19 July 1974)
Biggest win
Italy 13–1 Australia   (Singapore, Singapore; 28 November 2001)   Italy 12–0 Finland   (Montesilvano, Italy; 8 November 2003)   Italy 13–1 China   (Chieti, Italy; 22 September 2010)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 9–0 Italy   (Genk, Belgium; 25 May 1995)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1989 )
Best result	Runner-up (2004)
AMF World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1982 )
Best result	1st round (1982, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2003)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1996 )
Best result	Champions (2003, 2014)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2014 )
Best result	4th place (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	2 (First in 2006 )
Best result	Runner-up (2006)

The Italy national futsal team represents Italy in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Europe, champions in the 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Futsal Euro 2014. ^[2] Italy has also come in second place at the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup, as well as third place in the 2008 and 2012 editions.

Honours

World achievements

• The Italy national futsal team has appeared in the final match of the FIFA Futsal World Cup once (2004) as well as two third/fourth place playoffs. ^[3]

European achievements

• The Italy national futsal team has won the UEFA Futsal Championship twice (2003, 2014), came in as runners-up once (2007), and appeared in four third/fourth place playoffs ^[2]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	2nd round	6	3	0	3	17	16		Qualified as invitees
1992	1st round	3	1	0	2	15	16		4	2	0	2	17	10
1996	2nd round	6	3	1	2	21	13		Qualified from participation in Euro 1996
2000	did not qualify								5	3	2	0	17	6
2004	Runners-up	8	6	1	1	29	13		5	5	0	0	33	0
2008	3rd place	9	5	1	3	25	18		5	5	0	0	37	4
2012	3rd place	7	6	0	1	32	13		5	5	0	0	26	5
2016	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	14	7		5	4	0	1	19	4
2021	did not qualify								6	3	2	1	19	14
2024									10	4	3	3	36	32
Total	7/10	43	27	3	13	153	96		45	31	7	7	204	75

UEFA European Futsal Championship

See also: UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	4th place	4	1	0	3	10	15		5	5	0	0	23	13
1999	3rd place	5	2	2	1	12	9		3	3	0	0	13	4
2001	4th place	5	3	1	1	18	12		2	2	0	0	12	3
2003	Champions	5	5	0	0	11	3		Qualified as Host Nation
2005	3rd place	5	4	0	1	21	9		3	3	0	0	19	3
2007	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	14	4		3	3	0	0	26	4
2010	Quarter-finals	3	2	1	0	11	5		3	3	0	0	19	1
2012	3rd place	5	3	1	1	11	5		3	3	0	0	12	1
2014	Champions	5	4	0	1	18	8		3	3	0	0	20	2
2016	5th place	3	2	0	1	12	5		3	3	0	0	12	4
2018	Group stage	2	0	1	1	2	3		3	2	1	0	8	5
2022	Group stage	3	0	2	1	6	9		6	5	0	1	24	12
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	12/13	50	29	9	12	146	87		37	35	1	1	188	48

Grand Prix de Futsal

See also: Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Brazil 2005	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2006	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	15	10
Brazil 2007	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2008	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2009	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2010	5th place	6	4	0	2	14	11
Brazil 2011	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2013	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2014	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2015	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2018	TBD	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/11	10	6	1	3	29	21

Futsal Confederations Cup

See also: Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2013	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kuwait 2014	4th place	5	3	1	1	12	11
Total	1/3	5	3	1	1	12	11

Futsal Mundialito

See also: Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Italy 1994	Champions	5	4	1	0	29	8
Brazil 1995	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	18	14
Brazil 1996	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 1998	4th place	4	1	0	3	8	8
Brazil 2001	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Italy 2002	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	15	6
Portugal 2006	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Portugal 2007	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Portugal 2008	did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	4/9	18	10	3	5	70	36

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Slovenia and Spain on 15 and 20 September 2023, respectively. ^{[4] [5]}
Head coach: Massimiliano Bellarte

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Lorenzo Pietrangelo	(1995-06-24) 24 June 1995 (age 30)		Came Treviso
12	1 GK	Jurij Bellobuono	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 27)		Napoli Futsal
2	2 DF	Gennaro Galletto	(1993-12-12) 12 December 1993 (age 31)		Napoli Futsal
3	2 DF	Lorenzo Etzi	(2002-11-27) 27 November 2002 (age 22)		Sandro Abate
8	2 DF	Carmelo Musumeci (captain)	(1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 33)		Meta Catania
13	2 DF	Francesco Liberti	(1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 30)		Feldi Eboli
14	2 DF	Enrico Donin	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 26)		Saviatesta Mantova
4	4 FW	Gabriele Ugherani	(1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 30)		Sandro Abate
5	4 FW	Alessio Di Eugenio	(1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 27)		Olimpus Roma
6	4 FW	Gabriel Pazetti	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 23)		L84
7	4 FW	Antonino Isgrò	(2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 23)		Olimpus Roma
9	4 FW	Fabricio Calderolli	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 39)		Feldi Eboli
10	4 FW	Alex Merlim	(1986-07-15) 15 July 1986 (age 38)		Sporting CP
11	4 FW	Gabriel Motta	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 25)		Jimbee Cartagena
16	4 FW	Cristopher Cutrupi	(1993-04-19) 19 April 1993 (age 32)		Olimpus Roma
19	4 FW	Marcelinho	(1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35)		Olimpus Roma

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Gianluca Parisi	(1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 29)			Sandro Abate	v.   Slovenia, 15 September 2023PRE
DF	Giuliano Fortini	(1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 28)			L84	v.   Slovenia, 15 September 2023PRE
DF	Francesco Lo Cicero	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24)			Ecocity Genzano	v.   Sweden, 8 March 2023
FW	Giovanni Vincenti	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 24)			Elledì Fossano	v.   Slovenia, 15 September 2023PRE
FW	Nicola Cutrignelli	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32)			Sporting Sala Consilina	v.   Sweden, 8 March 2023
COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from international futsal.

Results and fixtures

2014

Italy   v   Slovakia

7 January 2014Friendly	Italy	3–0	Slovakia	San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
20:00		Report

Italy   v   Slovakia

8 January 2014Friendly	Italy	3–1	Slovakia	San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
20:30		Report

Italy   v   Slovenia

29 January 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Italy	2–3	Slovenia	Lotto Arena, Antwerp
20:45	Fortino 24' Saad 40'	Report	Vrhovec 11' Čujec 26' Osredkar 39'	Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan   v   Italy

2 February 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Azerbaijan	0–7	Italy	Lotto Arena, Antwerp
18:30		Report	Romano 2' Fortino 4' Honorio 16' Vampeta 25' Gabriel Lima 27' Mammarella 32' Miarelli 40'	Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

Italy   v   Croatia

4 February 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Italy	2–1	Croatia	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Romano 1' Fortino 10'	Report	Jelovčić 7'	Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Portugal   v   Italy

6 February 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Portugal	3–4	Italy	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Ricardinho 13' Arnaldo 19' Joel 35'	Report	Gabriel Lima 1', 31' Romano 23' Fortino 35'	Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Italy   v   Russia

8 February 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro 2014	Italy	3–1	Russia	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
20:30	Gabriel Lima 7' Murilo 14' Giasson 19'	Report	Eder Lima 10'	Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

See also

• Italy women's national futsal team
• Italy national football team
• Italy women's national football team
• Serie A1 (futsal)
• Italy Futsal League

References

1. "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
2. "European Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF . Retrieved 30 July 2007.
3. "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF . Retrieved 12 April 2007.
4. "Qualificazioni Mondiali, Italia-Slovenia a Eboli: aperte le procedure di accredito per i media. La gara in diretta su Raiplay" (in Italian). FIGC. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
5. "Italy Squad". UEFA . Retrieved 24 September 2023.

External links

• https://www.futsalplanet.com/championship.aspx
• http://old.futsalplanet.com/home/index.asp
• http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/
• http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/statistics.htm
• http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/data/4-N.txt
• http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/data/FIFA-ToT.txt