Italy at the FIFA Confederations Cup

The Italy national football team were represented at the FIFA Confederations Cup on two occasions in 2009 and 2013.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	No European team participated
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Did not enter
2005	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2013	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	10	10
2017	Did not qualify
Total	Third place	2/10	8	3	2	3	13	15

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Italy's Confederations Cup record
First match	Italy 3–1 United States (15 June 2009; Pretoria, South Africa)
Biggest win	Italy 3–1 United States (15 June 2009; Pretoria, South Africa)
Biggest defeat	Brazil 3–0 Italy (21 June 2009; Pretoria, South Africa)
Best result	Third place in 2013
Worst result	Group stage in 2009

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

Source: FIFA

15 June 2009

20:30 SAST

United States	1–3	Italy
Donovan 41' (pen.)	Report	Rossi 58', 90+4' De Rossi 72'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 34,341

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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18 June 2009

20:30 SAST

Egypt	1–0	Italy
Homos 39'	Report

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 52,150

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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21 June 2009

20:30 SAST

Italy	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Luís Fabiano 37', 43' Dossena 45' (o.g.)

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 41,195

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Main article: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

16 June 2013 (2013-06-16)

16:00

Mexico	1–2	Italy
Hernández 34' (pen.)	Report	Pirlo 27' Balotelli 78'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 73,123

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

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19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)

19:00

Italy	4–3	Japan
De Rossi 41' Uchida 50' (o.g.) Balotelli 52' (pen.) Giovinco 86'	Report	Honda 21' (pen.) Kagawa 33' Okazaki 69'

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Attendance: 40,489

Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

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22 June 2013 (2013-06-22)

16:00

Italy	2–4	Brazil
Giaccherini 51' Chiellini 71'	Report	Dante 45+1' Neymar 55' Fred 66', 89'

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 48,874

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

Semi-finals

27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)

16:00

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Xavi Iniesta Piqué Ramos Mata Busquets Navas	7–6	Candreva Aquilani De Rossi Giovinco Pirlo Montolivo Bonucci

Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 56,083

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Third place play-off

30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)

13:00

Uruguay	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Cavani 58', 78'	Report	Astori 24' Diamanti 73'
Penalties
Forlán Cavani Suárez Cáceres Gargano	2–3	Aquilani El Shaarawy De Sciglio Giaccherini

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 43,382

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Confederations Cup
1	Mario Balotelli	2	2013
	Daniele De Rossi	2	2009 (1) and 2013 (1)
	Giuseppe Rossi	2	2009
4
	Davide Astori	1	2013
	Giorgio Chiellini	1	2013
	Alessandro Diamanti	1	2013
	Emanuele Giaccherini	1	2013
	Sebastian Giovinco	1	2013
	Andrea Pirlo	1	2013

1 Own goal

• Atsuto Uchida (2013)

See also

• Italy at the FIFA World Cup
• Italy at the UEFA European Championship