Achievements

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1934	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	3	1	1	0	0	4	0
1938	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
1950	Group Stage	7th	2	1	0	1	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
1954	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	6	7	2	2	0	0	7	2
1958	Did Not Qualify								4	2	0	2	5	5
1962	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	10	2
1966	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	2	2	6	4	1	1	17	3
1970	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	10	8	4	3	1	0	10	3
1974	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4	6	4	2	0	12	0
1978	Fourth Place	4th	7	4	1	2	9	6	6	5	0	1	18	4
1982	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	12	6	8	5	2	1	12	5
1986	Round of 16	12th	4	1	2	1	5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990	Third Place	3rd	7	6	1	0	10	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	8	5	10	7	2	1	22	7
1998	Quarter-Final	5th	5	3	2	0	8	3	10	6	4	0	13	2
2002	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	5	5	8	6	2	0	16	3
2006	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	12	2	10	7	2	1	17	8
2010	Group Stage	26th	3	0	2	1	4	5	10	7	3	0	18	7
Total	4 Titles	17/19	80	44	21	15	126	74	87	61	19	7	181	51

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968	Champions	1st	3	1	2	0	3	1
1972	Did Not Qualify
1976	Did Not Qualify
1980	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	3	0	2	1
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988	Semi Final	4th	4	2	1	1	4	3
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2000	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	4
2004	Group Stage	9th	3	1	2	0	3	2
2008	Quarter-Final	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
2012	Qualified
2016	To Be Determined
Total	Champions	8/14	27	11	12	4	27	18

Squadra Azzurra