European Women's Football Championship 2017 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Italy took part in the finals for the tenth time.

qualification

Italy was drawn for the qualification in group 6 and met Switzerland , the Czech Republic , Northern Ireland and for the first time Georgia . The Italians only lost both games and thus for the first time in competitive games against Switzerland, which was able to qualify for the finals for the first time as group winners without losing points. All other games were won and as the third-best runner-up in the group they qualified directly for the finals. The best Italian scorer in qualifying was Cristiana Girelli with six goals.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Switzerland	8th	8th	0	0	034: 300	+31	24
2.	Italy	8th	6th	0	2	026: 800	+18	18th
3.	Czech Republic	8th	3	1	4th	013:180	−5	10
4th	Northern Ireland	8th	2	1	5	010:220	−12	07th
5.	Georgia	8th	0	0	8th	002:340	−32	00

09/18/2015	La Spezia	Italy	-	Georgia	6: 1 (3: 1)
	Cesena	Italy	-	Switzerland	0: 3 (0: 0)
10/27/2015	Chomutov	Czech Republic	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 2)
04/09/2016	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Italy	2: 1 (2: 0)
04/12/2016	Reggio nell'Emilia	Italy	-	Northern Ireland	3: 1 (0: 0)
06/07/2016	Gori	Georgia	-	Italy	0: 7 (0: 3)
09/16/2016	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 1)
09/20/2016	Vercelli	Italy	-	Czech Republic	3: 1 (2: 1)

Squad

National coach Antonio Cabrini nominated the following players for a training camp from May 14th to 17th in preparation for the European Championship : Manuela Giugliano , Lisa Boattin and Barbara Bonansea could not take part due to injuries and were replaced by Linda Cimini Tucceri and Tatiana Bonetti .

The final roster was named on July 5th. Instead of the initially nominated goalkeeper Francesca Durante , Laura Giuliani and Chiara Marchitelli were considered. In defense, Giorgia Spinelli was not included. Barbara Bonansea , Laura Fusetti , Manuela Giugliano and Sandy Iannella were nominated for midfield instead of Tatiana Bonetti . Instead , Valentina Giacinti was not used in the attack .

number	Surname	Date of birth	society	debut	Calls	Gates	Last use	EM 2017
								Sp.
goal
01	Laura Giuliani	05th June 1993	Sc freiburg	2014	018th	00	09/20/2016	2
12	Chiara Marchitelli	0May 4th 1985	ACF Brescia	2011	014th	00	10/31/2013	1
22nd	Katja Schroffenegger	Apr 28, 1991	Unterland ladies	2011	013	00	04/07/2017
Defense
13	Elisa Bartoli	0May 7, 1991	AC Florence	2013	032	01	04/07/2017	2		2	1
17th	Federica Di Criscio	May 12, 1993	AGSM Verona	2013	024	00	03/08/2017	1		1
03	Sara Gama	27 Mar 1989	ACF Brescia	2006	057+	04+	04/07/2017	1
05	Elena Linari	Apr 15, 1994	AC Florence	2013	029	00	04/07/2017	3		1
02	Cecilia Salvai	0Dec 2, 1993	ACF Brescia	2012	015th	00	04/07/2017	3
14th	Linda Tucceri Cimini	0Apr 4, 1991	USD San ​​Zaccaria	2014	012	00	03.03.2017	3		1
midfield
11	Barbara Bonansea	June 13, 1991	ACF Brescia	2012	035	13	04/07/2017	3
21st	Marta Carissimi	0May 3, 1987	AC Florence	2007	040+	03+	03/08/2017	3		1
20th	Valentina Cernoia	June 22, 1991	ACF Brescia	2013	029	06th	04/07/2017	1
15th	Laura Fusetti	0Oct 8, 1990	FCF Como 2000		000	00
19th	Aurora Galli	13 Sep 1996	AGSM Verona	2015	012	00	04/07/2017	1
16	Manuela Giugliano	Aug 18, 1997	AGSM Verona	2015	008th	02	03/08/2017	2
07th	Alia Guagni	0Oct 1, 1987	AC Florence	2009	038+	05+	04/07/2017	3
06th	Sandy Iannella	0Apr 6, 1987	AC Florence	2011	030th	02	11/22/2014
10	Martina Rosucci	0May 9, 1992	ACF Brescia	2013	034	01	09/20/2016	1
04th	Daniela Stracchi	0Sep 2 1983	ASD Mozzanica	2011	044	01	04/07/2017	3		1
attack
08th	Melania Gabbiadini	Aug 28, 1983	AGSM Verona	2003	121	37+	04/07/2017	3
23	Cristiana Girelli	Apr 23, 1990	ACF Brescia	2013	036	13	04/07/2017	3	1
09	Ilaria Mauro	May 22, 1988	AC Florence	2011	025th	08th	04/07/2017	2	2
18th	Daniela Sabatino	June 26, 1985	ACF Brescia	2011	033	16	04/07/2017	2	2
Coaching staff
Head coach	Antonio Cabrini	October 8, 1957		2012	073	09
Assistant coach	Rosario Amendola

1. ↑ As of June 30, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b} missions and goals according to FIGC lists ( [1] ). For the period between 2003 and 2011 there are no lists of FIGFC, for 2010 and 2009 lists of the competitive games can be found at www.soccerway.com

preparation

In December Italy took part in the four-nation tournament in Brazil for the first time, where alongside hosts Brazil (1: 3 and 3: 5), Russia (3: 0) and Costa Rica (3: 0) were the opponents. In March 2017, Italy then took part in the traditional Cyprus Cup , where the team in the group matches on the EM participants Belgium (1: 4, first defeat against Belgium) and Switzerland (0: 6, one of the two biggest defeats) as well first met North Korea (0: 3) and in the game for 11th place on the Czech Republic (6: 2). On April 7th, the Italians played 1-1 against England (in Stoke-on-Trent .

The Hilton in Rotterdam was based during the finals .

European Championship finals

Doetinchem Rotterdam (VR and district) Tilburg

Venues

In the draw on November 8, 2016, Italy was assigned to Pot 3. Italy was drawn into Group B and met Russia in the first game of the only group without a newcomer to the European Championship , then Olympic champions Germany and Sweden . There were two wins, four draws and 15 defeats in 21 games against Sweden. The last time they met each other was on July 16, 2013 in the last European Championship preliminary round and Italy lost 3-1 to the hosts. The last win against Sweden was on June 26, 2004 in qualifying for the EM 2005 when the Swedes were already qualified. Against Germany, the record is negative: in previous 26 games there were four wins, eight draws and 14 defeats. The last game between the two was the EM quarter-finals of the last EM, which Italy lost 1-0. The last win against Germany was on March 14, 2007 in the game for 7th place in the Algarve Cup 2007 and was the last international match of the current German national coach Steffi Jones . Against Russia, however, the record was positive: in seven games before the draw, there were four wins (the last four games, which all ended 2-0) and three defeats. The two also met in the first game at the four-nation tournament in Brazil in December and Italy won 3-0. Italy could not continue this and lost at the beginning against the Russians with 1: 2, who won a European Championship game for the first time and equalized the balance against Italy. Against Germany they lost in the second game, so that there was no chance of reaching the knockout round before the third game. After all, the 3-2 win against Sweden was a conciliatory farewell and the first victory at an EM against Sweden. With the end of the final round, the tenure of national coach Antonio Cabrini ended , successor was Milena Bertolini . In addition, captain Melania Gabbiadini ended her international career.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Italy	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
Note: The direct comparison is decisive for places 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Monday, July 17, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Italy	-	Russia	1: 2 (0: 2)	9 ′ Danilowa , 26 ′ Morosowa , 88 ′ Mauro
Friday, July 21, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Germany	-	Italy	2: 1 (1: 1)	19 ′ Henning , 29 ′ Mauro 67 ′ Peter ( FE )
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Doetinchem
Sweden	-	Italy	2: 3 (1: 2)	4, 37 ′ Sabatino , 14 ′ Schelin ( FE ), 47 ′ Blackstenius , 85 ′ Girelli

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Championship. Azzurre to take part in training camp from 14th to 17th May  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Azzurre's training camp at Novarello. Tucceri and Bonetti both called up to replace Bonansea and Boattin
3. ↑ 23 players named in Azzurre squad for the European Championship
4. ↑ According to squad Italy
5. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
6. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"