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3 unusual facts about Azzurri


Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

In the replay three days later the Azzurri simply overran their opponents scoring 4 without response before the break.

Mariastella Gelmini

Member of the Forza Italia political movement of Silvio Berlusconi since its foundation in 1994, during the same year she became chairperson of the "Azzurri" club in Desenzano del Garda settling the first representation of Forza Italia in the Province of Brescia.

Massimo Oddo

Oddo made his national debut in 2002, as part of a reformed squad after the unsuccessful 2002 FIFA World Cup performance of the Azzurri.


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Antonio Di Natale

In 2006, Di Natale regained a spot with the Azzurri under new coach Roberto Donadoni and was involved in the Euro 2008 qualification campaign.

Arno Bertogna

After two seasons with Azzurri he was given the opportunity of a trial at German first division side Eintracht Frankfurt, but found no further consideration there.

Demetrio Albertini

Out of the games that Italy played in France, Albertini was not involved only when Azzurri faced Austria in group stage.

Franco Brienza

In 2005, Brienza was called up to the Italian national team by Marcello Lippi and has been subsequently been capped during a North-American tour with the Azzurri, marking his debut in a 1–1 draw with Serbia and Montenegro at Rogers Centre, Toronto on 8 June 2005, substituted Giorgio Chiellini in the 64th minutes.

Italy national rugby team

Italy national rugby union team, often nicknamed the Azzurri, administered by the Federazione Italiana Rugby.

Luca Toni

He consequently gained his first cap for the Italian national team in a friendly match 18 August 2004 lost 2–0 to Iceland in Reykjavík, which also marked Marcello Lippi's debut at the helm of the Azzurri.

Michael Klukowski

He began his career in Canada playing for the Oshawa Kicks and Scarborough Azzurri-Blues, before travelling across the Atlantic to link up with Dijon FCO in 1999.

Points classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Azzurri d'Italia classification (English: Azure or Sky Blue Italy) is an award in the Giro d'Italia in which points are awarded for the top three stage finishers (4, 2 and 1 point).

Rai Utile

Has shared its frequencies to Rai Festival during the Festival della canzone italiana in April 2004, to Rai Azzurri during the UEFA Euro 2004 (from 11 June 2004) and to Rai Olimpia during the 2004 Summer Olympics.


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