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England men · International friendly

Italy
v England⁠

1–2

Full time

Italy v England finished 1–2.

Italy
De Rossi 15'
Date
Wednesday 15 August 2012 · England in 2012
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 13, John Ruddy On in the 45'
  • No. 19, Jermain Defoe On in the 45'
  • No. 12, Joleon Lescott On in the 62'
  • No. 16, James Milner On in the 62'
  • No. 17, Jake Livermore On in the 69'
  • No. 14, Ryan Bertrand On in the 78'
  • No. 15, Steven Caulker (not used)
  • No. 18, Jack Rodwell (not used)

Italy Formation 4-5-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Salvatore Sirigu GK
  • No. 20, Ignazio Abate RB Off in the 86'
  • No. 4, Angelo Ogbonna CB
  • No. 13, Davide Astori CB
  • No. 6, Federico Balzaretti LB Off in the 45'
  • No. 22, Alessandro Diamanti RM Off in the 59'
  • No. 10, Alberto Aquilani CM Off in the 68'
  • No. 23, Antonio Nocerino CM
  • No. 7, Stephan El Shaarawy LM Off in the 59'
  • No. 16, Daniele De Rossi AM
  • No. 9, Mattia Destro FW Off in the 82'

Substitutes

  • No. 3, Federico Peluso On in the 45'
  • No. 18, Manolo Gabbiadini On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Marco Verratti On in the 59'
  • No. 8, Andrea Poli On in the 68'
  • No. 14, Diego Fabbrini On in the 82'
  • No. 11, Ezequiel Schelotto On in the 86'
  • No. 2, Mattia De Sciglio (not used)
  • No. 5, Francesco Acerbi (not used)
  • No. 12, Mattia Perin (not used)
  • No. 15, Daniele Gastaldello (not used)
  • No. 21, Andrea Consigli (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2012

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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