Italy women's national football team

Italy

Nickname(s)	Le Azzurre (The Blues)
Association	Italian Football Federation (FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Andrea Soncin
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	14 (15 March 2024)[1]
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)

The Italy women's national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio femminile dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international 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 European Competition in 1969 and World Cup in 1970. Italy qualified for both the first World Cup in 1991, where they reached the quarter-finals, and the first European Championship. While Italy were runners-up in the European Championship in 1993 and 1997, they are yet to replicate similar success at the World Cup. In 2019, after a 20-year drought, Italy qualified for the World Cup where they equaled their previous best performance, reaching the quarter-finals.