Italy women's national football team

The Italy women's national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio femminile dell'Italia) is a women's football team for Italy, has been playing football internationally since 1968. The team is managed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). They started playing in 1968 and took part in some unofficial international tournaments. They even hosted the first unofficial European Competition in 1969 and a World Cup in 1970. Italy did well and reached the quarter-finals in the first official World Cup in 1991 and also in the first European Championship they entered. But, even though they got second place in the European Championship in 1993 and 1997, they haven't done as well in the World Cup. In 2019, after 20 years, Italy finally qualified for the World Cup again, and they did just as well as before, reaching the quarter-finals.

Italy

Nickname(s)	Le Azzurre (The Blues)
Association	Italian Football Federation (FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	vacant
Captain	Cristiana Girelli
Most caps	Patrizia Panico (204)
Top scorer	Patrizia Panico (110)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	ITA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	16 1 (7 December 2018)
Highest	10 (July 2003 – September 2006; August 2012)
Lowest	19 (March 2017)
First international
Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia (Viareggio, Italy, 23 February 1968)
Biggest win
Italy 15–0 Macedonia (Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 6–0 Italy (Ringsted, Denmark, 16 May 1982) Italy 0–6 Switzerland (Larnaca, Cyprus, 6 March 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1991)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1991, 2019)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1984)
Best result	Runners-up (1993, 1997)