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Team – Founded: 1898 – Affiliated: 1905
3 times World Cup Winner; 3 times, runner-up.
Squad's local nickname: L'Azzurra & Gli Azzurri ('Azzurra' = Blue, reflecting the | The Squad (by jersey number) | The Squad (by field position) |
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 Gianluigi Buffon    Cristian Zaccardo { } Fabio Grosso °° Daniele de Rossi Fabio Cannavaro   Andrea Barzagli Alessandro del Piero °° Gennaro Gattuso  [*] Luca Toni °° Francesco Totti °° Alberto Gilardino °° Angelo Peruzzi Alessandro Nesta  Marco Amelia Vincenzo Iaquinta °° Mauro Camoranesi  Simone Barone Filippo Inzaghi  Gianluca Zambrotta °° Simone Perrotta Andrea Pirlo °° Massimo Oddo Marco Materazzi °° |
 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio) Marco Amelia (Livorno)  Massimo Oddo (Lazio) Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo) Marco Materazzi (Internazionale Milan) Andrea Barzagli (Palermo) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan) Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus) Fabio Grosso (Palermo)  Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus) Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan) Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan) Simone Perrotta (Roma) Daniele de Rossi (Roma) Simone Barone (Palermo) Francesco Totti (Roma)  Luca Toni (Fiorentina) Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan) Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan) Alessandro del Piero (Juventus) Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese) |
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° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal') also took part in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. Gennaro Gattuso is reportedly out of Italy's first two matches of the World Cup, Mauro Camoranesi, born in Argentina, has aquired Italian citizenship. |
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| # | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | # |
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| 1 |  Germany |
 England |
 Argentina |
 Mexico |
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| 2 |  Costa Rica |
 Paraguay |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
 Iran |
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| 3 |  Poland |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
 Angola |
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| 4 |  Ecuador |
 Sweden |
 Netherlands |
 Portugal |
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| 1 | Italy |
 Brazil |
 France |
 Spain |
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| 2 |  Ghana |
 Croatia |
 Switzerland |
 Ukraine |
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| 3 |  United States |
 Australia |
 Korea Republic |
 Tunisia |
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| 4 |  Czech Republic |
 Japan |
 Togo |
 Saudi Arabia |
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Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook| Group A: | Group B: | Group C: | Group D: |
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| Germany |
England |
Argentina |
Mexico |
| Costa Rica |
Paraguay |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Iran |
| Poland |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Angola |
| Ecuador |
Sweden |
Netherlands |
Portugal |
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| Group E: | Group F: | Group G: | Group H: |
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| Italy |
Brazil |
France |
Spain |
| Ghana |
Croatia |
Switzerland |
Ukraine |
| United States |
Australia |
Korea Republic |
Tunisia |
| Czech Republic |
Japan |
Togo |
Saudi Arabia |
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