This is a list of the Italy national football team's unofficial results from their inception to the present day that are not accorded the status of official internationals, not being recognized by FIFA. Player appearances and goals in these matches are also not counted in their totals.[1][2]
| Win Draw Loss |
1890s
editAn early attempt to create an Italy national team occurred on 30 April 1899, when an Italian selection played a Swiss eleven, losing 0–2 in Torino.[1][3]
| 30 April 1899 International friendly |  Italy XI | 0–2 | Switzerland XI | Turin, Italy |
| Report | Stadium: Velodrome Humbert I Referee: Henry Goodley (England) |
1910s
edit1912
edit| 3 March 1912 International friendly | Italy | 1–2 | Foreign Players | Genoa, Italy |
De Vecchi  90' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris | ||
| Note: Italy faced a selection of Foreign players in the Italian Championship, which included 2 Italian players. | ||||
| 14 April 1912 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 | English Wanderers | Genoa, Italy |
| De Vecchi 90' (pen.) |
Report1 Report2 |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Henry Goodley (England) |
1913
edit| 18 May 1913 International friendly | Italy | 0–2 | Reading F.C. | Turin, Italy |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report1 Report2 Report3 |
Joe Bailey 4' Hanney |
Stadium: Piazza d'armi Referee: Bollinger (Switzerland) | |
| Note: During Reading's first goal, the Italian goalkeeper Giovanni Innocenti was injured and had to leave the pitch, being replaced in goal by the full-back Attilio Trerè.[2] | ||||
1915
edit| 1 January 1915 International friendly | Italy | 6–2 | France-Belgium representative team | Milan, Italy |
| A. Fresia 9', 13', 50' Cevenini I 25'Cevenini III 84', 87' |
Report1 Report2 |
Vialmonteil 36' Van Hege 76' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Umberto Meazza (Italy) | |
| Note: In the 88th minute Hause voluntarily kicks a penalty into Giuseppe Trivellini's arms.[2] | ||||
| 3 January 1915 International friendly | Italy | 2–3 | France-Belgium representative team | Turin, Italy |
| De Vecchi 10' Santamaria 46' |
Report1 Report2 |
Vialmonteli 19' van Hege 53', 80' |
Stadium: Piazza d'armi Referee: Edoardo Pasteur (Italy) |
1917
editIn June 1917, Italy faced the Belgian Front Wanderers.[4]
| 3 June 1917 International friendly | Italy | 3–4 |  Belgian Front Wanderers | Milan, Italy |
| Cevenini I 9', ?' Santamaria 78' |
Report1 Report2 |
? 32' ? 38'Van Cant 51'Ballyn 58' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Mauro (Italy) |
1918
edit| 20 September 1918 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 | Belgium | Rome, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF |
| 22 September 1918 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 | Belgium | Rome, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF |
1919 Inter-Allied Games
editIn the summer of 1919, Italy participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, on the occasion of the celebration of the Allied victory in World War I. This Italian team included five participants of the 1920 Summer Games in the following year and the rest played for the main team at one point. They comfortably beat Canada and the United States, which was the first time, official or otherwise, that Belgium faced a non-European team. However, a 1–4 loss to eventual champions Czechoslovakia on the opening day cost them a place in the final, although Belgium got their revenge by beating them in the final of the 1920 Olympics.[5]
| 25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Italy | 9–0 |  Greece | Paris, France |
| Sardi Cevenini Santamaria Asti |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Italy | 7–1 |  Romania | Paris, France |
| ? ?' |
Report | ? ?' |
Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage |  France | 2–0 | Italy | Paris, France |
| Hamblen ?' (pen.) Nicolas ?' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
1920s
edit1922
edit| 4 June 1922 International friendly | Italy | 1–3 | Burnley F.C. | Milan, Italy |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Papa III 36' |
Report1 Report2 Report3 |
Anderson 28' Kelly 42'Mosscrop 87' |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Crivelli (Italy) |
1923
edit| 4 February 1923 International friendly | Italy Lega Sul | 5–0 |  Szegedi AK | Rome, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF |
| 21 May 1923 International friendly | FC Pastore | 2–5 | Italy | Corso Marsiglia, Italy |
| ? |
Report | Migliavacca Tornabuoni Baloncieri |
Stadium: Stadio di Corso Marsiglia | |
| Note: Three halves were played.[2] | ||||
| 30 December 1923 International friendly | Italy Lega Sul | 2–1 | France Ligue South-Eastern | Rome, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF |
1924
edit| 30 March 1924 International friendly | France Ligue South-Eastern | 2–1 | Italy Lega Sul | Marseille, France |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
| 4 May 1924 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 |  Maccabi Brno | Bologna, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Sterlino |
| 11 May 1924 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 |  Wiener Amateur FK | Torino, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio di Corso Marsiglia |
1925
edit| 31 May 1925 International friendly | Italy Lega Sul | 1–3 | Italy Lega Norte | Rome, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF |
| 1 November 1925 International friendly | Italy | 3–0 | Hungarian Republic | Genoa, Italy |
| Magnozzi 5' Cevenini 10', 60' |
Report1 Report2 |
Stadium: Via del Piano |
| 8 November 1925 International friendly | Italy Lega Sul | 1–3 |  Yugoslavia | Napoli, Italy |
| Santamaria 78' |
Report | ? 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Arenaccia |
1926
edit| 11 June 1926 International friendly | Italy | 3–1 | Nemzeti SC | Torino, Italy |
| Report | Magnozzi Cevenini III |
Stadium: Motovelodromo |
| 20 July 1926 International friendly | Sweden representative team | 0–3 | Italy | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report1 Report2 |
Magnozzi Cevenini III |
Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Referee: Axel Bergqvist (Sweden) |
1928
edit| 5 August 1928 International friendly | New York Stars | 2–1 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Meazza 14' Janni 40'Blasevich 49' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 11 August 1928 International friendly | Philadelphia Stars | 3–8 | Italy XI | Philadelphia, USA |
| Meazza 14' Janni 40'Blasevich 49' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 12 August 1928 International friendly | New York Nationals | 1–3 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Meazza 14' Janni 40'Blasevich 49' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 19 August 1928 International friendly | Brooklyn Wanderers | 3–2 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Meazza 14' Janni 40'Blasevich 49' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 25 August 1928 International friendly | New York Giants | 0–1 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 26 August 1928 International friendly | Fall River FC | 4–2 | Italy XI | Tiverton, USA |
| Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 29 August 1928 International friendly | New York Giants | 3–5 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 2 September 1928 International friendly | Sparta Athletic FC | 5–1 | Italy XI | Chicago, USA |
| Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 3 September 1928 International friendly | Detroit Stars | 2–4 | Italy XI | Detroit, USA |
| Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
| 5 September 1928 International friendly | Galicia F.C. | 0–1 | Italy XI | New York, USA |
| Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
Report | Rossetti 6', 9' Baloncieri 34' |
1930s
edit| 14 June 1934 International friendly | Italy XI | 0–2 |  Argentina | Milan, Italy |
| Report | Jerusalem 40' Stroh 63', pen.' |
Stadium: Arena Civica |
| 21 March 1937 International Cup Tournament | Austria | 2–0 | Italy | Vienna, Austria |
| 15:00 CET | Jerusalem 40' Stroh 63', pen.'Jerusalem  |
Report1 Report2 |
Stadium: Prater Stadium Referee: Olsson (Sweden) | |
| Note: Austria considers the match as official.[2] | ||||
On the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939, an North Italy selection played against a Switzerland XI.[3]
| 11 June 1939 International friendly | Switzerland  | 1–7 | North Italy | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Amadò 26', pen.' |
Report | ? |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Charles E. Argent (England) |
1940s
edit| 26 May 1949 International friendly | Italy XI | 2–2 | CA River Plate | Turin, Italy |
| Jerusalem 40' Stroh 63', pen.' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale |
1950s
edit1950
edit| 19 April 1950 International friendly | Italy | 5–1 | Switzerland | Como, Italy |
| Fatton 31' Hügi 70' |
Report | ? |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia | |
| Note: Three halves of 30 minutes.[1] | ||||
1951
edit| 29 June 1951 International friendly | CA River Plate | 3–1 | Italy XI | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Monumental |
1952
edit| 22 October 1952 International friendly | Switzerland XI | 2–2 | North Italy | Bern, Switzerland |
| Fatton 31' Hügi 70' |
Report | ? |
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Referee: René Baumberger (Switzerland) |
1953
edit| 15 April 1953 International friendly | Italy | 8–1 | Alessandria | Bologna, Italy |
| 16:00 CET | Pandolfini 8', pen.' Boniperti 13', 26', 47'Cervellati 21', 33', 48'Frignani 53' |
Report | Testa 51' |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Meazza (Italy) |
| 10 December 1953 International friendly | Italy | 9–0 | Polisportiva Rapallo | Genoa, Italy |
| 14:50 CET | Ricagni 4', 70' Boniperti 10', 42', 62'Martegani 14', 65'Muccinelli 28'Frignani 39' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Czeizler |
1957
edit| 13 November 1957 International friendly | Italy | 4–1 |  Luton Town F.C. | Milan, Italy |
| Jerusalem 40' Stroh 63', pen.' |
Report | ? |
Stadium: San Siro |
| 20 November 1957 International friendly | Italy | 1–1 | Charlton Athletic F.C. | Milan, Italy |
| Jerusalem 40' |
Report | ? |
Stadium: San Siro |
1959
edit| 22 April 1959 International friendly | Italy | 4–1 | Empoli F.C. | Coverciano, Italy |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Galli 5' Brighenti 12', 34', 63' |
Report | Innocenti 57' |
Referee: Giuseppe Galluzzi (Italy) |
1962
edit| 4 April 1962 International friendly | Italy | 3–1 | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | Rome, Italy |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maschio 38' Marchesi 56' (pen.)Bean 89' |
Report | Henrique 36' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy) |
1966
edit| 6 July 1966 International friendly | DBU Copenhagen | 0–4 | Italy | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Mazzola 6', 8', 73' Rivera 35' |
Stadium: Idrætsparken Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden) |
1970
edit| 24 May 1970 International friendly | Deportivo Toluca F.C. | 3–5 | Italy | Toluca, Mexico |
| Pereda 26', 86' (pen.) Romero Reyes 58' |
Report | Riva 38', 55' Gori 53'Boninsegna 77', 84' |
Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Juan Jose De La Mora (Mexico) |
1974
edit| 13 November 1974 International friendly | Italy | 1–0 | FC Bayern Munich | Rome, Italy |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Boninsegna 47' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Serafino (Italy) |
1975
edit| 19 February 1975 International friendly | Italy | 4–1 |  Norway | Florence, Italy |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Graziani 16' Chinaglia 36'Savoldi 60'Cordova 81' |
Report | Fuglset 82' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Giulio Ciacci (Italy) |
| 4 April 1975 International friendly | Italy | 10–0 |  United States | Rome, Italy |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rocca 7', 18' Cordova 16'Chinaglia 25', 58'Graziani 27', 77', 82'Savoldi 51', 70' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy) |
1978
edit| 27 May 1978 International friendly | Sportivo Italiano | 0–1 | Italy | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 15:30 ART (UTC−03:00) | Report | Bettega 63' |
Stadium: Estadio República de Italia Referee: Alberto Jose Ducatelli (Argentina) |
1980
edit| 16 March 1980 International friendly | Biellese | 0–13 | Italy | Biella, Italy |
| 16:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Cabrini 7' Causio 10'Rossi 15', 19', 35'Bettega 27', 29', 43'Altobelli 49', 80'Graziani 57', 62', 85' |
Stadium: Stadio Lamarmora Referee: Trevisan (Italy) |
| 1 June 1980 International friendly | Italy | 4–1 | Hungary B | Como, Italy |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Graziani 13', 83' Antognoni 77'Bettega 81' |
Report | Varga 66' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy) |
1982
edit| 8 June 1982 International friendly | Italy | 1–0 | S.C. Braga | Vigo, Spain |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Graziani 38' |
Report | Stadium: Balaídos Referee: António Garrido (Portugal) |
1985
edit| 29 May 1985 International friendly | Puebla F.C. | 1–1 | Italy | Puebla City, Mexico |
| 14:00 CST (UTC−06:00) | Romano 16' |
Report | Galderisi 75' (pen.) |
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jorge Alberto Leanza (Mexico) |
1986
edit| 24 May 1986 International friendly | Italy | 4–0 |  Guatemala | Cancún, Mexico |
| 12:00 CST (UTC−06:00) | Altobelli 22', 65', 85' Galderisi 71' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Atlante Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fregoso Fregoso (Mexico) |
1988
edit| 1 June 1988 International friendly | Italy | 4–0 | FC Lugano | Varese, Italy |
| 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vialli 6' Altobelli 65'Maldini 72', 88' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Referee: Pierluigi Magni (Italy) |
1990
edit| 30 May 1990 International friendly | Italy | 0–0 |  Greece | Perugia, Italy |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) |
| 2 June 1990 International friendly | Italy | 3–0 | AS Cannes | Arezzo, Italy |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vialli 38' (pen.), 72' De Napoli 40' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Marcello Nicchi (Italy) |
1992
edit| 23 September 1992 International friendly | FC Zürich | 0–2 | Italy | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Bianchi 39' Vialli 45' |
Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Arturo Martino (Switzerland) |
1998
edit| 16 December 1998 International friendly | Italy | 6–2 | FIFA All-stars | Rome, Italy |
| 2:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Inzaghi 10' Di Francesco 37' Fuser 44'Chiesa 50', 80', 87' |
Report | Batistuta 21' Weah 23' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21.352 Referee: Remi Arrel (France) |
2000
edit| 29 October 2000 International friendly | Italy | 0–0 | FIFA All-stars | Rome, Italy |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (first half) (Italy) Salvatore Racalbuto (second half) (Italy) |
2014
edit| 8 June 2014 International friendly | Fluminense FC | 3–5 | Italy | Volta Redonda, Brazil |
| 16:00 BRT (UTC−03:00) | Chiquinho 25' Carlinhos 37'Carvalho 64' |
Report | Insigne 23', 55' Immobile 31', 53', 54' |
Stadium: Estádio Raulino de Oliveira Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Brazil) |
2017
edit| 31 May 2017 Friendly | Italy | 8–0 |  San Marino | Empoli, Italy |
| 21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Lapadula 10', 19', 49' Ferrari 13'Petagna 16'Caldara 48'Politano 58'Bonini 65' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
2023
edit| 9 June 2023 60-minute Training game | Italy | 12–0 | Cagliari XI | Sardinia, Italy |
| Retegui Raspadori Chiesa Pellegrini (p)Immobile Zaniolo Locatelli Raspadori |
Report | Stadium: Forte Village Resort Attendance: 0 Referee: Unknown |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Italy - Unofficial Matches". RSSSF. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "List of Italy unofficial matches". italia1910.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Switzerland: Non-Official International Matches Representative Teams 1898-1992". RSSSF. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Football in times of war: the Front Wanderers". nieuwsvandegrooteoorlog.hetarchief.be. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Interallied Games 1919". RSSSF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links
edit- (in Italian) List of Italy unofficial matches at italia1910.com