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England men · UEFA European Championship · Quarter-final

England
v Italy⁠

0–0

Full time · a.e.t., 2–4 pens

England v Italy finished 0–0.

Date
Sunday 24 June 2012 · England in 2012
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Olimpiysky Stadium, Kyiv

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-4-1-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Gianluigi Buffon GK
  • No. 7, Ignazio Abate RB Off in the 90+1'
  • No. 15, Andrea Barzagli CB Yellow card 82'
  • No. 19, Leonardo Bonucci CB
  • No. 6, Federico Balzaretti LB
  • No. 21, Andrea Pirlo DM
  • No. 8, Claudio Marchisio RM
  • No. 16, Daniele De Rossi LM Off in the 80'
  • No. 18, Riccardo Montolivo AM
  • No. 10, Antonio Cassano FW Off in the 78'
  • No. 9, Mario Balotelli FW

Substitutes

  • No. 22, Alessandro Diamanti On in the 78'
  • No. 23, Antonio Nocerino On in the 80'
  • No. 2, Christian Maggio Yellow card 93' On in the 90+1'
  • No. 3, Giorgio Chiellini (not used)
  • No. 4, Angelo Ogbonna (not used)
  • No. 5, Thiago Motta (not used)
  • No. 11, Antonio Di Natale (not used)
  • No. 12, Salvatore Sirigu (not used)
  • No. 13, Emanuele Giaccherini (not used)
  • No. 14, Morgan De Sanctis (not used)
  • No. 17, Fabio Borini (not used)
  • No. 20, Sebastian Giovinco (not used)

Referee: Pedro Proenca.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2002

Official meetings since 1933

England v Italy stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings32In our results database
England wins10England perspective
Draws11Level at full time
Italy wins11Italy victories

England have scored 39 goals to Italy's 35 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Kane

3 goals against Italy in matches we hold scorer data for.

Italy · Fixture leader

2

Meazza

Italy's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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