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{{Infobox national football team
| type               = Women
| Name               = Italy
| Badge              = Logo Italy National Womens Football Team 2023 (no stars).svg
| Badge_size         = 145px
| Nickname           = ''Le Azzurre''<br>(The [[Savoy blue|Blues]])
| Association        = [[Italian Football Federation]]<br>(''FIGC'') 
| Confederation      = [[UEFA]] (Europe)
| Coach              = [[Andrea Soncin]]
| Captain            = [[Elena Linari]]
| Most caps          = [[Patrizia Panico]] (204)
| Top scorer         = [[Patrizia Panico]] (110)
| Home Stadium       = Various
| FIFA Trigramme     = ITA
| FIFA Rank          = {{nowrap|{{FIFA Women's World Rankings|ITA}}}}
| FIFA max           = 10
| FIFA max date      = July 2003 – September 2006; August 2012
| FIFA min           = 19
| FIFA min date      = March 2017
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| First game         = {{fbw|ITA}} 2–1 {{fbw-rt|TCH}}<br>([[Viareggio]], Italy; 23 February 1968)
| Largest win        = {{fbw|ITA}} 15–0 {{fbw-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}<br>([[Vercelli]], Italy; 17 September 2014)
| Largest loss       = {{fbw|DEN}} 6–0 {{fbw-rt|ITA}}<br>([[Ringsted]], Denmark; 16 May 1982)<br>{{fbw|ITA}} 0–6 {{fbw-rt|SUI}}<br>([[Larnaca]], Cyprus; 6 March 2017)
| World cup apps     = 4
| World cup first    = 1991
| World cup best     = Quarter-finals ([[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]], [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019]])
| Regional name      = [[UEFA Women's Championship|European Championship]]
| Regional cup apps  = 12
| Regional cup first = [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football|1984]]
| Regional cup best  = Runners-up ([[UEFA Women's Euro 1993|1993]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]])
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The '''Italy women's national football team''' ({{Langx|it|Nazionale di calcio femminile dell'Italia}}) has represented [[Italy]] in international [[Women's association football|women's football]] since their inception in 1968. The team is controlled by the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy.

Formed in 1968, Italy took part in various unofficial international tournaments, hosting the first unofficial [[1969 European Competition for Women's Football|European Competition]] in 1969 and [[1970 Women's World Cup|World Cup]] in 1970. Italy qualified for both the first [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] in 1991, where they reached the quarter-finals, and the first European Championship. While Italy were runners-up in the [[UEFA Women's Championship|European Championship]] in [[UEFA Women's Euro 1993|1993]] and [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]], they are yet to replicate similar success at the [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]]. In [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019]], after a 20-year drought, Italy qualified for the World Cup where they equaled their previous best performance, reaching the quarter-finals.

==History==
===1968–1984: Early history and unofficial tournaments===
The women's national team played its first game on 23 February 1968, in [[Viareggio]] against [[Czechoslovakia women's national football team|Czechoslovakia]]. However, the national team was not yet part of the Italian Women's Football Federation, which was founded on 11 March in Viareggio. From the beginning, they took part in various continental and international tournaments in Europe and in the world, also achieving good successes. With the birth of the [[UEFA Women's Championship|European Competition for Women's Football]] ([[1984 European Competition for Women's Football|1984]]), organized by [[UEFA]], and later the [[FIFA Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup]], organized by [[FIFA]], the highest international women's competitions became equivalent to the men's competitions.

After its debut in 1968, the Italy national team took to the field to compete in other non-official international friendlies and tournaments, such as the [[1969 European Competition for Women's Football|European Competition in 1969]] that saw it win the final over [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women69.html|title=Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> the [[1970 Women's World Cup|World Cup in 1970]] that saw it lose the final against the aforementioned Danish national team,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mondo-women70.html|title=Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> competitions both organized in [[Italy]], and the Mundial in [[Mexico]] in 1971 where they achieved third place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mundo-women71.html|title=Mundial (Women) 1971|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> In 1979, Italy hosted, and participated in the [[1979 European Competition for Women's Football|unofficial European Competition]], reaching the final again, which took place at the [[Stadio Diego Armando Maradona|San Paolo Stadium]] in [[Naples]], and in which Denmark triumphed again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-women79.html|title=Inofficial European Women Championship 1979|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> Between 1981 and 1988 there were five editions of the [[Mundialito (women)|Mundialito]], an international invitation-only tournament, one of the most prestigious events in the women's football scene before the advent of the World Cup. Apart from the first edition in 1981 that was organized in [[Japan]], the next four were organized in Italy, where the Italy national team obtained three victories and two second places overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mundialito-women.html|title=Mundialito (Women) 1981–1988|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> The triumphs arrived in 1981, winning the group, in 1984 overcoming [[Germany women's national football team|West Germany]] in the final and in 1986 overcoming the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] in the final, while in the other two editions it lost the final against [[England women's national football team|England]].

===1984–1991: First World Cup and European Championship===
In 1984, UEFA organized the [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football|first European Competition]]. Italy won Group 3 of the [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying|qualifiers]], being one of four teams to qualify for the final round.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1991/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1991 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1991-07-14|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> Italy faced [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]], being defeated both in the first leg, played at the [[Stadio Flaminio|Flaminio Stadium]] in [[Rome]] in front of 10,000 spectators, and in the return match in [[Linköping]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1987, Italy again gained access to the [[1987 European Competition for Women's Football|European Competition]], winning Group 4 of the [[1987 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying|qualifiers]]. In the final stage organized in Norway, Italy were defeated in the semi-final against the [[Norway women's national football team|host nation]], but achieved third place by defeating England, with goals by [[Carolina Morace]] and [[Elisabetta Vignotto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1987/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1987 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1987-03-14|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> Italy were also confirmed in the [[1989 European Competition for Women's Football|1989 edition]], having passed the [[1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying|qualifying phase]] with a play-off win against [[France women's national football team|France]]. Italy finished fourth in the tournament, having lost the semi-final against [[Germany women's national football team|West Germany]] after a [[Penalty shootout|penalty shoot-out]], as well as in the third place match against Sweden [[Overtime (sports)|after extra time]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1989/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1989 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1989-07-02|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

In the [[UEFA Women's Euro 1991|1991 European Championship]], Italy was once again admitted to the four-team finals, after having won the [[UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying|qualifying]] play-off against the Sweden.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1991/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1991 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1991-07-14|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> In the final tournament, Italy repeated what had happened two years before, losing both the semi-final against the German hosts and the final for third place against Denmark, although even with the fourth-place finish, gained access to the first edition of the World Cup organized by FIFA in the same year.<ref name=":1" /> The [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|world championship]] was organized in China, as Italy was drawn into Group 3 together with Germany, [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|Chinese Taipei]] and [[Nigeria women's national football team|Nigeria]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wwc91f.html|title=Women's World Cup 1991 (China)|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> Italy ended the group in second place with two victories against Taipei and Nigeria and a defeat against Germany; all four goals for the team came from Carolina Morace. Italy advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Norway 3–2 after extra time.<ref name=":2" />

===1993–1999: Twice European Championship runners-up===
The [[UEFA Women's Euro 1993|1993 European Championship]] was hosted in Italy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1993/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1993 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1993-07-04|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> After defeating [[England women's national football team|England]] in the final play-off match, Italy overcame [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] in the semi-finals after a [[Penalty shootout|penalty shoot-out]]. In the final, played at the Manuzzi Stadium in [[Cesena]], Italy was defeated 1–0 by Norway.<ref name=":3" /> Norway also denied Italy a place at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|1995 European Championship]], with a 7–3 aggregate loss in the [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying|qualifying play-offs]]. Consequently, Italy also didn't qualify for the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 World Cup]].

Italy participated in the [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997 European Championship]], with the number of teams participating in the competition increasing from four to eight. In Group B, Italy defeated Norway and drew against Denmark and Germany, still achieving first in the group advancing to the knockout stage.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1997/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 1997 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=1997-07-12|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> In the semi-final Italy beat [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]] 2–1, but in the final, were defeated 2–0 by Germany.<ref name=":4" /> In 1998, Italy qualified for the World Championship for the second time. The [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 edition]] took place in the United States, with Italy being drawn in Group B along with [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]], Germany and [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]]. After a 1–1 draw against Germany in the debut match, Italy lost 2–0 to Brazil, and ended the group with a 2–0 victory over Mexico; Italy finishing third in the group and were eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wwc99f.html|title=Women's World Cup 1999 (USA)|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

===2000–2011: Decline===
With the beginning of the 2000s, a decline in the performance of the Italy national team began. At the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001 European Championship]], Italy, coached by [[Carolina Morace]], were eliminated in the group stage due to a worse goal difference compared to Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2001/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 2001 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=2001-07-07|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

Four years later, at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005 European Championship]], Italy finished last in its group with zero points, losing all three of their matches against [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]], Norway and France, conceding twelve goals overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2005/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 2005 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=2005-06-19|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> Redemption came in the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009 edition]], with Italy defeating both [[England women's national football team|England]] and [[Russia women's national football team|Russia]], advancing to the knock-out stage as second-placed in the group behind [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] who had defeated them. In the quarter-finals, Italy faced Germany, where they lost 2–1; Germany would ultimately win their seventh continental title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://it.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2009/overview/index.html|title=Europeo femminile 2009 – Storia|last=uefa.com|date=2009-09-10|website=UEFA.com|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

Having failed to qualify for the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]] and [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]] editions of the World Cup, Italy also failed to qualify for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011 edition]] in the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONCACAF play-off)|intercontinental two-legged play-off]] between [[UEFA]] and [[CONCACAF]]. The United States won the first leg 1–0 in [[Padua]] with a goal by [[Alex Morgan]] in the fourth minute of added time, while they also won the second leg by a score of 1–0 in [[Bridgeview, Illinois|Bridgeview]] with a goal by [[Amy Rodriguez]] in the first half.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/sports/soccer/28uswomen.html|title=U.S. Tops Italy to Earn Spot in Women's World Cup|last=Longman|first=Jeré|date=2010-11-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===2011–2017: Slim World Cup qualification miss===
Italy qualified for the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013|2013 European Championship]] in Sweden by winning the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying|qualifying group]] with nine victories out of ten matches. At the tournament, Italy was drawn in Group A with hosts Sweden, Denmark and [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]]. With one win, one draw and one defeat, Italy advanced from the group stage to the quarter-finals in second place, but were defeated 1–0 by Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2013/overview/index.html|title=UEFA Women's EURO 2013 – History|last=uefa.com|date=2013-08-01|website=UEFA.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

In the following two years, Italy, led by [[Antonio Cabrini]], was involved in the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification|qualification]] for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup|2015 World Championship]]: despite eight victories out of ten games, including two record victories against [[North Macedonia women's national football team|Macedonia]] (11–0 and 15–0),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2014/09/17/vercelli/italdonne-il-piola-porta-fortuna-travolta-la-macedonia-VLsT1mHZKVSdVM5Y5q6pLL/pagina.html|title=Italdonne, il "Piola" porta fortuna: travolta la Macedonia|website=LaStampa.it|date=17 September 2014 |language=IT|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> they finished in second place in Group 2 behind Spain, sending Italy to the play-offs. In the first round of the play-offs, Italy defeated [[Ukraine women's national football team|Ukraine]] 4–3 on aggregate, but were defeated by the [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]] 3–2 on aggregate in the final round of the play-offs.

Italy [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying|qualified]] for the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017|2017 European Championship]] second in its group behind [[Switzerland women's national football team|Switzerland]]. At the European Championship, Italy finished in last place in Group B behind Germany, Sweden and Russia, despite the victory in the third game against Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/overview/index.html|title=UEFA Women's EURO 2017 – History|last=uefa.com|date=2017-08-06|website=UEFA.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>

===2017–present: First World Cup qualification in 20 years===
[[File:Italia Team (Women World Cup France 2019).jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Italy during [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup]] match against [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]].]]
On 8 June 2018, twenty years since their last participation, Italy [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification|qualified]] for the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 FIFA World Cup]], winning its qualifying group with a game in hand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/nazionale/2018/06/08/news/italia_femminile_al_mondiale_portogallo_battuto_3-0-198516447/|title=Trionfo Italia femminile, va al Mondiale: Portogallo battuto 3–0|date=2018-06-08|website=Repubblica.it|language=it|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> In the group stage of the tournament, Italy won [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|Group C]], recording two victories against [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]] (2–1) and [[Jamaica women's national football team|Jamaica]] (5–0), which guaranteed advancement to the knockout stage, with Italy's defeat to [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] (0–1) irrelevant to the final table. In the round of 16, Italy won 2–0 over [[China women's national football team|China]], advancing to the quarter-finals for the second time in their history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/nazionali/25-06-2019/questa-italia-bellissima-2-0-cina-quarti-finale-340363671785.shtml|title=Italia, sei bellissima: 2–0 alla Cina e quarti di finale|website=La Gazzetta dello Sport – Tutto il rosa della vita|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> However, with a 2–0 defeat to [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017|European Champions]] the [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]], Italy's World Cup journey came to an end on 29 June 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2019/06/29/italy-vs-holland-womens-world-cup-2019-live-score-latest-updates/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2019/06/29/italy-vs-holland-womens-world-cup-2019-live-score-latest-updates/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Holland reach first ever Women's World Cup semi-final with two headed goals against Italy|last=Bull|first=J. J.|date=29 June 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=29 June 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The following year, Italy advanced to the final of the [[2020 Algarve Cup]] (and the first Algarve Cup final of their history) but Italy had to withdraw the match due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy]] and [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]] were declared as winners.<ref name="Sport">{{Cite web|last=Sport|first=Sky|title=Algarve Cup, l'Italia rinuncia alla finale|url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/femminile/2020/03/10/calcio-femminile-algarve-cup-italia|access-date=2022-02-23|website=sport.sky.it|date=11 March 2020 |language=it}}</ref> In the [[2022 Algarve Cup]], Italy managed to reach the final again but lost against [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] 6–5 at the [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-outs]] after the 1–1 draw after the extra-time.<ref name="Sport"/>

However, Italy failed to produce the same form in the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022]], finishing bottom with only one point and one goal scored, though much blames were taken for the [[Serie A (women's football)|Serie A]] having not gone professional until the end of the tournament. After that failure, Italy qualified for the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] by winning two games against [[Moldova women's national football team|Moldova]] and [[Romania women's national football team|Romania]] with the team now fully recognised professional, finishing top of the group in the qualifiers, ahead of [[Switzerland women's national football team|Switzerland]], which was rather an irony after the men's team fell victim to the same [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss opponents]] in the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]].

==Results and fixtures==
{{Main|Italy women's national football team results (2020–present)}}
{{further|2023–24 in Italian football|2024–25 in Italian football}}
:The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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===2023===
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|score=2–3
|team2={{fbw|ITA}}
|goals1=
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|stadium= [[Estadio Municipal de Pasarón]]
| location   = [[Pontevedra]]
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|report=https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038042/
| result     = W
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| round      = [[2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League|2023–24 Nations League]]
|date        = 5 December
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|team1={{fbw-rt|ITA}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbw|SUI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Stadio Ennio Tardini]]
| location   = [[Parma]]
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|report=https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/match/2038093/
| result     = W
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===2024===
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|date       = 23 February
|time       = 17:15 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
|round      = [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]]
|team1      = {{fbw-rt|ITA}}
|score      = 0–0
|report     = 
|team2      = {{fbw|IRL}}
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = Viola Park
|location   = [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
|result     = D
}}
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|round      = [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]]
|date       = 27 February
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbw-rt|ENG}}
|score      = 5–1
|report     = 
|team2      = {{fbw|ITA}}
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|location   = [[Algeciras]], Spain
|stadium    = [[Estadio Nuevo Mirador]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
|result     = l
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| format     = 1
| round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
| date       = 5 April
| time       = 18:15
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|ITA}}
| score      = 2–0
| team2      = {{fbw|NED}}
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla]]
| location   = [[Cosenza]]
| attendance = 
|referee=[[Ivana Martinčić]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])
|report=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040344/
| result     = W
}}
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|round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
|date       = 9 April
|time       = {{UTZ|18:15}}
|team1      = {{fbw-rt|FIN}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbw|ITA}}
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|location   = [[Helsinki]]
|stadium    = [[Bolt Arena|Helsinki Football Stadium]]
|attendance = 
|referee=[[Marta Huerta de Aza]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|report=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040374/
|result     = l
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| round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A#NOR v ITA|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
| date       = 31 May
| time       = 18:00
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|NOR}}
| score      = 0–0
| team2      = {{fbw|ITA}}
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Ullevaal Stadion]]
| location   = [[Oslo]]
| attendance = 9,307
| referee    = [[Stéphanie Frappart]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
| report     = https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040394/
| result     = D
}}
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| round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A#ITA v NOR|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
| date       = 4 June
| time       = 18:15
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|ITA}}
| score      = 1–1
| team2      = {{fbw|NOR}}
| goals1     = 
*[[Manuela Giugliano|Giugliano]] {{goal|6}}
|goals2=
*[[Frida Maanum|Maanum]] {{goal|81}}
| stadium    = [[Stadio Paolo Mazza]]
| location   = [[Ferrara]]
|attendance=2,198
|referee=[[Rebecca Welch]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
| report     = https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040419/
| result     = D
}}
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| round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
| date       = 12 July
| time       = TBC
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|NED}}
| score      = 0–0
| team2      = {{fbw|ITA}}
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Fortuna Sittard Stadion]]
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| result     = D
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| round      = [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A|Euro 2025 qualifying]]
|date=16 July
|time=19:00
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|score=4–0
|team2={{fbw|FIN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stadio Druso]]
| location   = [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=
|referee=
|report=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/match/2040471/
| result     = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| format     = 1
| round      = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
| date       = 25 October
| time       = 18:15
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|ITA}}
| score      = 5–0
| report     =  
| team2      = {{fbw|MLT}}
| stadium    = [[Stadio Tre Fontane]]
| location   = [[Rome|Roma]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = Ioanna Allayiotou (Cyprus)
| result     = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| format     = 1
| round      = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
| date       = 29 October
| time       = 18:15
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|ITA}}
| score      = 1–1
| report     = https://rfef.es/es/noticias/la-seleccion-visitara-italia-el-29-de-octubre
| team2      = {{fbw|ESP}}
| stadium    = [[Stadio Romeo Menti]]
| location   = [[Vicenza]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)
| result     = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| format     = 1
| round      = Friendly
| date       = 2 December
| time       = 20:30
| team1      = {{fbw-rt|GER}}
| score      = 
| report     = 
| team2      = {{fbw|ITA}}
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Ruhrstadion]]
| location   = [[Bochum]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = 
| result     = 
}}

==Managerial history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year(s)
!Manager
|-
|1969–1971
|[[Giuseppe Cavicchi]]
|-
|1972–1978
|[[Amedeo Amadei]]
|-
|1979–1981
|[[Sergio Guenza]]
|-
|1981–1982
|[[Paolo Todeschini]]
|-
|1982–1984
|[[Enzo Benedetti]]
|-
|1984–1989
|[[Ettore Recagni]]
|-
|1989–1993
|[[Sergio Guenza]]
|-
|1993–1995
|[[Comunardo Niccolai]]
|-
|1995–1997
|[[Sergio Guenza]]
|-
|1997–1998
|[[Sergio Vatta]]
|-
|1999
|[[Carlo Facchin]]
|-
|1999–2000
|[[Ettore Recagni]]
|-
|2000–2005
|[[Carolina Morace]]
|-
|2005–2012
|[[Pietro Ghedin]]
|-
|2012–2017
|[[Antonio Cabrini]]
|-
|2017–2023
|[[Milena Bertolini]]
|-
|2023–
|[[Andrea Soncin]]
|}

==Players==
{{See also|:Category:Italy women's international footballers}}

===Current squad===
*The following players were named to the squad for the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying]] matches against [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]] and [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]] on 12 July and 16 July  2024 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=📋 Le 3️⃣3️⃣ #Azzurre convocate dal Ct #Soncin per la doppia sfida con la #Norvegia 💙🇮🇹|url=https://x.com/AzzurreFIGC/status/1809227270327808024 |website=twitter |date=5 July 2024}}</ref>

''Caps, goals and player numbers are correct as of the 18 July 2024 match against [[Finland women's national football team|Finland]].''

{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name={{Sortname|Laura|Giuliani}}|age={{birth date and age|1993|6|6|df=y}}|caps=93|goals=0|club=[[A.C. Milan Women|Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=GK|name={{Sortname|Rachele|Baldi}}|age={{birth date and age|1994|10|2|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Fiorentina Women's F.C.|Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Katja|Schroffenegger}}|age={{birth date and age|1991|4|28|df=y}}|caps=10|goals=0|club=[[Fiorentina Women's F.C.|Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Margot|Shore}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|3|15|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Hellas Verona|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Valentina|Bergamaschi}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|1|22|df=y}}|caps=58|goals=7|club=[[A.C. Milan Women|Milan]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Lucia|Di Guglielmo}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|6|26|df=y}}|caps=28|goals=1|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Elena|Linari}}|age={{birth date and age|1994|4|15|df=y}}|caps=95|goals=5|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Elisa|Bartoli}}|age={{birth date and age|1991|5|7|df=y}}|caps=89|goals=3|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Martina|Lenzini}}|age={{birth date and age|1998|7|23|df=y}}|caps=33|goals=0|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Lisa|Boattin}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|5|3|df=y}}|caps=57|goals=1|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Cecilia|Salvai}}|age={{birth date and age|1993|12|2|df=y}}|caps=55|goals=3|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Maria Luisa|Filangeri}}|age={{birth date and age|2000|1|28|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (women)|Sassuolo]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Elisabetta|Oliviero}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|7|18|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Sampdoria|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Julie|Piga}}|age={{birth date and age|1998|1|12|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[A.C. Milan Women|Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Angelica|Soffia}}|age={{birth date and age|1998|1|12|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=2|club=[[A.C. Milan Women|Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Emma|Severini}}|age={{birth date and age|2003|7|18|df=yes}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Fiorentina Women's F.C.|Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Manuela|Giugliano}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|8|18|df=y}}|caps=79|goals=11|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Giulia|Dragoni}}|age={{birth date and age|2006|11|7|df=y}}|caps=12|goals=0|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Arianna|Caruso}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|11|6|df=y}}|caps=50|goals=15|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Giada|Greggi}}|age={{birth date and age|2000|2|18|df=y}}|caps=23|goals=1|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Aurora|Galli}}|age={{birth date and age|1996|12|13|df=y}}|caps=68|goals=7|club=[[Everton W.F.C.|Everton]]|clubnat=ENG|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Eva|Schatzer}}|age={{birth date and age|2005|1|16|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Sofia|Cantore}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|9|30|df=y}}|caps=28|goals=1|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Martina|Piemonte}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|11|7|df=y}}|caps=17|goals=1|club=[[A.C. Milan Women|Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}} 
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Valentina|Giacinti}}|age={{birth date and age|1994|1|2|df=y}}|caps=71|goals=25|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Cristiana|Girelli}}|age={{birth date and age|1990|4|23|df=y}}|caps=104|goals=54|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Barbara|Bonansea}}|age={{birth date and age|1991|6|13|df=y}}|caps=95|goals=30|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Chiara|Beccari}}|age={{birth date and age|2004|9|27|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=1|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Michela|Catena}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|12|17|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Fiorentina Women's F.C.|Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=  }}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Michela|Cambiaghi}}|age={{birth date and age|1996|2|4|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=3|club=[[Inter Milan (women)|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Benedetta|Glionna}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|7|26|df=y}}|caps=23|goals=0|club=[[A.S. Roma Women|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name={{Sortname|Agnese|Bonfantini}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|7|4|df=y}}|caps=20|goals=2|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= }}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Annamaria|Serturini}}|age={{birth date and age|1998|5|13|df=y}}|caps=30|goals=1|club=[[Inter Milan (women)|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g end}}
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ca.soccerway.com/teams/italy/italy/4116/ | title=Italy - Italy - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway }}</ref>

===Recent call ups===
{{Updated|24 July 2023}}
The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months.
{{Nat fs r start}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Amanda|Tampieri}}|age= |caps= |goals= |club=Sampdoria|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|ENG}}, 27 February  2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Francesca|Durante}}|age={{birth date and age|1997|2|12|df=y}}|caps=30|goals=0|club=[[Inter Milan (women)|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SUI}}, 5 December 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name={{Sortname|Roberta|Aprile}}|age={{birth date and age|2000|11|22|df=y}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SWE}}, 31 October 2023}}
{{Nat fs break}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Aurora|Di Rita}}|age= |caps= |goals= |club=Sampdoria|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|ENG}}, 27 February  2024  }}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Sara|Gama}}<sup>RET</sup>|age= |caps= |goals= |club= [[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA |latest=v. {{fbw|ENG}}, 27 February  2024}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Alice|Tortelli}}|age={{birth date and age|1998|1|22|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Fiorentina Women's F.C.|Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SUI}}, 5 December 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Benedetta|Orsi}}|age={{birth date and age|2000|2|25|df=y}}|caps=10|goals=0|club=[[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (women)|Sassuolo]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SWE}}, 26 September 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{Sortname|Beatrice|Merlo}}|age={{birth date and age|1999|2|23|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=[[Inter Milan (women)|Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SWE}}, 26 September 2023}}
{{Nat fs break}}
{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Martina|Tomaselli}}|age= |caps= |goals= |club= |clubnat= |latest=v. {{fbw|SWE}}, 31 October 2023}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{Sortname|Valentina|Cernoia}}|age={{birth date and age|1991|6|22|df=y}}|caps=78|goals=14|club=[[Juventus F.C. (women)|Juventus]]|clubnat=ITA|latest=v. {{fbw|SWE}}, 26 September 2023}}
{{Nat fs break}}
{{nat fs break|background=#e11b22}}
* <small>INJ</small> = Withdrew due to injury
* <small>PRE</small> = Preliminary squad
* <small>RET</small> = Retired from the national team
* <small>COV</small> = COVID-19 positive test or close contact
{{Nat fs end}}

Source: {{Cite web |last=FIGC |date=2023-05-26 |title=Classifica Presenze |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/classifica-presenze/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |language=en}}

==Competitive record==
{| class="wikitable" width="30%" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!Competition !!{{gold1}} !!{{silver2}} !!{{bronze3}} !!Total
|-
| align="left" |[[FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| align="left" |[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| align="left" |[[UEFA Women's Championship]]
|0 || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align="left" |[[Football at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| align="left" |[[Football at the Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
! Total !! 0 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3
|}

===FIFA Women's World Cup===
{{main|Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="9" |[[FIFA Women's World Cup]] record
| rowspan=13 |
! colspan=6 |Qualification record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
!{{flagicon|China|}} [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]]
|Quarter-finals
|6th of 12
|4||2||0||2||8||5
| colspan=6 |[[UEFA Women's Euro 1991|''UEFA Euro 1991'']]
|-
!{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]]
| colspan="8" |''Did not qualify''
| colspan=6 |[[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|''UEFA Euro 1995'']]
|-
!{{flagicon|USA}} [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]]
|Group stage
|9th of 16
|3||1||1||1||3||3
||6||5||1||0||11||4
|-
!{{flagicon|USA}} [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]]
| colspan="8" rowspan="4" |''Did not qualify''
||6||2||1||3||7||7
|-
!{{flagicon|China}} [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]]
||8||5||0||3||25||6
|-
!{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]
||16||10||3||3||48||10
|-
!{{flagicon|Canada}} [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup|2015]]
||14||9||3||2||54||11
|-
!{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019]]
|| Quarter-finals ||7th of 24
|5||3||0||2||9||4
||8||7||0||1||19||4
|-
!{{flagicon|AUS}}{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|2023]]
|Group stage
|22nd of 32
|3||1||0||2||3||8
||10||9||0||1||40||2
|-
!{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2027 FIFA Women's World Cup|2027]]
| colspan="8" |''To be determined''
| colspan=6 |''To be determined''
|-
!Total||Best: Quarter-finals
!4/10||15||7||1||7||23||20
!68||47||8||13||204||44
|-
| colspan="16" |
{|
| style="font-size:12px" |* Draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].
|}
|}

===UEFA Women's Championship===
{{main|Italy at the UEFA Women's Championship}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="9" |[[UEFA Women's Championship]] record
| rowspan=17 |
! colspan=6 | Qualifying record
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- style="background:#9acdff"
!{{Flagicon|EUR}} [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football|1984]]
||'''Semi-finals'''||'''4th of 4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''3'''||'''5'''
||6||5||0||1||12||1
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
!{{Flagicon|NOR}} [[1987 European Competition for Women's Football|1987]]
||'''Third place'''||'''3rd of 4'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''3'''
||6||5||1||0||13||6
|- style="background:#9acdff"
!{{Flagicon|West Germany}} [[1989 European Competition for Women's Football|1989]]
||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th of 4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''3'''
||8||5||2||1||20||5
|- style="background:#9acdff"
!{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 1991|1991]]
||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th of 4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''5'''
||8||3||4||1||13||5
|- style="background:Silver;"
! style="border: 3px solid red" scope="row" |{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 1993|1993]]
||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd of 4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''2'''
||6||5||1||0||18||6
|- 
!{{Flagicon|GER}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|1995]]
|colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
||8||4||1||3||18||11
|- style="background:Silver;"
!{{Flagicon|NOR}}{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]]
||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd of 8'''||'''5'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''7'''||'''6'''
||6||4||2||0||16||3
|-
!{{Flagicon|GER}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]]
| rowspan="2"|Group stage||'''5th of 8'''||3||1||1||1||3||4
||8||3||3||2||9||8
|-
!{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005]]
|'''8th of 8'''||3||0||0||3||4||12
||10||6||3||1||20||10
|-
!{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009]]
| rowspan="2"|Quarter-finals||'''6th of 8'''||4||2||0||2||5||5
||10||8||0||2||26||8
|-
!{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013|2013]]
|'''7th of 8'''||4||1||1||2||3||5
||10||9||1||0||35||0
|-
!{{Flagicon|NED}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017|2017]]
| rowspan="2"|Group stage||'''12th of 16'''||3||1||0||2||5||6
||8||6||0||2||26||8
|-
!{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022|2022]]
|'''13th of 16'''||3||0||1||2||2||7
||10||8||1||1||37||5
|-
!{{Flagicon|SUI}} [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025|2025]]
|colspan="8"|''Qualified'' 
|colspan="6"|''Qualified''
|-
!Total||Best: Runners-up||13/14||35||8||7||20||38||63
!104||71||19||14||263||76
|-
| colspan="16" |
{|
| style="font-size:12px" |* Draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].
|}
|}
===UEFA Women's Nations League===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="22"|[[UEFA Women's Nations League]] record
|-
!colspan="12"|League phase
!rowspan="5"|
!colspan="9"|Finals
|-
!Season
!{{Tooltip|LG|League (A, B, C or D)}}
!{{Tooltip|Grp|Group (1, 2, 3 or 4)}}
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|P/R|Promotion/relegation at end of season}}
!{{Tooltip|RK|Overall rank}}
!Year
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- 
|[[2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A|2023–24]]
|[[2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A|A]]
|[[2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A#Group 4|4]]||2nd||6||3||1||2||8||5|| ||7th
||{{flagicon|Europe}} [[2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals|2024]]
|colspan="8"|''Did Not Qualify''
|- 
|[[2025–26 UEFA Women's Nations League A|2025–26]]
|[[2025–26 UEFA Women's Nations League A|A]]
|colspan="10" | ''To be determined''
|{{flagicon image|Flag of none.svg}} [[2026 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals|2026]]
|colspan="7"|''To be determined''
|- 
!colspan="4"|Total
!6
!5
!0
!1
!23
!9
!colspan="2"|
!Total
!1 Title
!2
!2
!0
!0
!5
!0
|}

==All-time records==

===Head-to-head record===
;Key
{{legend|#CCFFCC|Positive balance (more wins than losses)|border=1px solid #AAA}}
{{legend|#FFFFCC|Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)|border=1px solid #AAA}}
{{legend|#FFDACC|Negative balance (more losses than wins)|border=1px solid #AAA}}

The following table shows Italy's all-time official international record per opponent:

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Opponent
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|W%|Win percentage}}
!Confederation
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Argentina}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || +5 || 100.00 || [[CONMEBOL]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Armenia}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 0 || +15 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Australia}}|| 9 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 16 || 14 || +2 || 44.44 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Austria}}|| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 17 || 2 || +15 || 60.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Belgium}}|| 11 || 6 || 1 || 4 || 22 || 14 || +8 || 50.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || +12 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Brazil}}|| 8 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 7 || 20 || −13 || 0.00 || [[CONMEBOL]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Bulgaria}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || +2 || 100.00 ||[[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Canada}}|| 10 || 3 || 1 || 6 || 13 || 14 || −1 || 33.33 || [[CONCACAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Chile}}|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 3 || +8 || 100.00 || [[CONMEBOL]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|China}}|| 8 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 37.50 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Chinese Taipei}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || +5 || 100.00 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Colombia}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || +1 || 100.00 || [[CONMEBOL]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Costa Rica}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || +3 || 100.00 || [[CONCACAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Croatia}}|| 4 || 3|| 1 || 0 || 15 || 0 || +15 || 75.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Czech Republic}}|| 10 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 32 || 7 || +25 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| ''{{fbw|Czechoslovakia}}'' || 11 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 19 || 10 || +9 || 54.54 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Denmark}}|| 27 || 6 || 8 || 13 || 26 || 47 || −21 || 22.22 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|England}}|| 34 || 17 || 7 || 10 || 62 || 43 || +19 || 51.52 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Estonia}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 1 || +8 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Finland}}|| 12 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 17 || 12 || +5 || 41.67 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|France}}|| 27 || 14 || 6 || 7 || 41 || 35 || +6 || 51.85 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Georgia}}|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 1 || +19 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Germany}}|| 28 || 5 || 8 || 15 || 22 || 49 || −27 || 17.86 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Greece}}|| 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 29 || 2 || +27 || 87.50 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Hungary}}|| 12 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 25 || 6 || +19 || 83.33 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Iceland}}|| 8 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 5 || +3 || 37.50 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Iran}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || +7 || 100.00 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Israel}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 2 || +13 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Jamaica}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || +5 || 100.00 || [[CONCACAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Japan}}|| 8 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 34 || 6 || +28 || 87.50 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Lithuania}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || +12 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Macedonia}}|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 44 || 0 || +44 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Malta}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || +7 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Mexico}}|| 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 23 || 11 || +12 || 50.00 || [[CONCACAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Moldova}}|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 1 || +18 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Morocco}}|| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Netherlands}}|| 18 || 9 || 5 || 4 || 31 || 17 || +14 || 50.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|New Zealand}}|| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 25.00 || [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
|- bgcolor=CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Nigeria}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1 || 100.00 || [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|North Korea}}|| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 6 || −3 || 0.00 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Northern Ireland}}|| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 2 || +8 || 75.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Norway}}|| 17 || 3 || 1 || 13 || 22 || 42 || −20 || 17.65 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Poland}}|| 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 22 || 4 || +18 || 85.71 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Portugal}}|| 16 || 13 || 0 || 3 || 35 || 9 || +26 || 81.25 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|IRL}}|| 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 16 || 5 || +11 || 85.71 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Romania}}|| 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 2 || +23 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Russia}}|| 9 || 4 || 0 || 5 || 13 || 10 || +3 || 44.44 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Scotland}}|| 19 || 14 || 2 || 3 || 51 || 16 || +35 || 73.68 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Serbia}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || +5 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| ''{{fbw|Serbia and Montenegro}}'' || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 1 || +14 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Slovakia}}|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || +1 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Slovenia}}|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 0 || +14 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|South Korea}}|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || +4 || 100.00 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|South Africa}}|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -1 || 0.00 || [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Spain}}|| 17 || 11 || 4 || 2 || 45 || 14 || +31 || 64.70 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| ''{{fbw|URS}}'' || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Sweden}}|| 24 || 3 || 5 || 16 || 15 || 47 || −32 || 13.04 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Switzerland}}|| 29 || 22 || 2 || 5 || 63 || 24 || +39 || 72.41 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Thailand}}|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 2 || +9 || 100.00 || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Ukraine}}|| 8 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 12 || 6 || +6 || 50.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|United States}}|| 16 || 4 || 2 || 10 || 9 || 29 || −20 || 25.00 || [[CONCACAF]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fbw|Wales}}|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || +12 || 100.00 || [[UEFA]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="text-align:left;"| ''{{fbw|Yugoslavia}}'' || 11 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 38 || 4 || +34 || 90.91 || [[UEFA]]
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total||479||268||79||132||1012||528||+482||55.95||—
|}
<small>Last updated: Italy vs [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]], 2 August 2023. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.</small><ref name="FIGC">{{cite web|title=Statistiche Gare| date=4 August 2023 |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/elenco-gare/?squadraId=22|publisher=figc.it|language=Italian}}</ref>

===FIFA rankings===
Below is a chart of Italy's [[FIFA Women's World Rankings|FIFA ranking]] from 2003 to the present.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – Associations – Italy – Women's|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/ita/women/|access-date=5 December 2020|website=FIFA.com|language=en}}</ref>

{{Graph:Chart
|xGrid=
|yGrid=
|width=700
|height=220
|type=line
|yAxisMin=20
|yAxisMax=1
|x=2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022-Aug
|y=10,10,10,13,14,12,11,11,11,11,12,14,13,16,17,16,14,13,14,15}}

==Top scorers==
{{Updated|24 July 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifica Marcatori |url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/classifica-marcatori/?squadraid=22 |access-date=19 June 2023 |website=FIGC| date=26 May 2023 }}</ref>
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width=15px ;" |#
! style="width=125px;" |Player
! style="width=80px ;" |Period
! style="width=25px ;" |Goals
! style="width=25px ;" |Caps
! style="width=25px ;" |Average
|-
|1
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Elisabetta Vignotto]]
|1970–1989
|'''97'''
|95
|{{#expr:97/95 round 2}}
|-
|2
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Carolina Morace]]
|1978–1997
|'''95'''
|136
|{{#expr:95/136 round 2}}
|-
|3
| style="text-align:left;background:#fbec5d" |'''[[Cristiana Girelli]]'''
|2011–present
|'''54'''
|104
|{{#expr:54/104 round 2}}
|-
|4
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Patrizia Panico]]
|1996–2014
|'''37'''
|84
|{{#expr:37/84 round 2}}
|-
|5
| style="text-align:left;background:#fbec5d" |'''[[Daniela Sabatino]]'''
|2011–present
|'''31'''
|74
|{{#expr:31/74 round 2}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |6
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Antonella Carta]]
|1984–1999
| rowspan="2" |'''30'''
|110
|{{#expr:30/110 round 2}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#fbec5d" |'''[[Barbara Bonansea]]'''
|2012–present
|95
|{{#expr:30/92 round 2}}
|-
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Ida Golin]]
|1976–1987
|'''29'''
|41
|{{#expr:29/41 round 2}}
|-
|9
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Melania Gabbiadini]]
|2011–2017
|'''27'''
|57
|{{#expr:27/57 round 2}}
|-
|10
| style="text-align:left;background:#fbec5d" |'''[[Valentina Giacinti]]'''
|2015–present
|'''22'''
|66
|{{#expr:22/66 round 2}}
|}

== See also ==
*[[Italy women's national under-23 football team]]
*[[Italy women's national under-19 football team]]
*[[Italy women's national under-17 football team]]
*[[Italy national football team|Italy men's national football team]]
*[[Serie A (women's football)]]
*[[Sport in Italy]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group="note"}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Italy women's national association football team}}
*{{Official website|https://figc.it/en/national-teams/azzurre/national-team/squad/}} {{in lang|en|It}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070717084733/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ita/ FIFA profile]

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