Italy’s adventure at EURO 2016 is getting underway. Two friendly wins against Scotland and Finland have been put behind them and the team will leave from Milan in the evening for their French base at Montpellier. The team will take to the pitch at the ‘Bernard Gasset’ centre for their first training session on French soil and it will be open to members of the public who wish to welcome them.
‘Casa Azzurri’ and the Media Centre will be opened at 12:30 CEST at the Parc des Expositions before the team’s second training session in the afternoon. Italy will continue to train in Montpellier on Friday and Saturday before moving to Lyon late on Sunday afternoon before they make their EURO 2016 debut at 21:00 CEST on Monday 13th June against Belgium.
Photo: figc.it
Official squad and shirt numbers
Goalkeepers: 1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 13 Federico Marchetti (Lazio), 12 Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain);
Defenders: 15 Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), 19 Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), 3 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), 5 Angelo Obinze Ogbonna (West Ham);
Wingers: 21 Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), 6 Antonio Candreva (Lazio), 4 Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), 2 Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), 22 Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma);
Midfielders: 16 Daniele De Rossi (Roma), 8 Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), 23 Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna),10 Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain), 18 Marco Parolo (Lazio), 14 Stefano Sturaro (Juventus);
Forwards: 17 Citadin Martins Eder (Inter), 11 Ciro Immobile (Torino), 20 Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 9 Graziano Pellè (Southampton), 7 Simone Zaza (Juventus).
*Players on stand-by: Marco Benassi (Torino), Alex Meret (Udinese), Daniele Rugani (Juventus) and Davide Zappacosta (Torino)
Staff – Head coach: Antonio Conte; team manager: Gabriele Oriali; secretary: Mauro Vladovich; assistant coaches: Angelo Alessio, Massimo Carrera, Gianluca Spinelli, Gianluca Conte and Mauro Sandreani; fitness coaches: Costantino Coratti and Paolo Bertelli; federal doctors: Enrico Castellacci and Luca Gatteschi; physiotherapists: Aldo Esposito, Alessandro Donato, Takahiro Yamamoto and Pasquale Raia.
Italy’s EURO 2016 schedule
Wednesday 8th June
18:00 Players gathering at Hotel Malpensa, Milano
21:30 Italian Delegation departure to Montpellier
22:50 Scheduled arrival to Montpellier’s Airport /transfer to Marriott Courtyard Hotel
Thursday 9th
10:30 Training session – PUBLIC* c/o
Centre d’entrainement “Bernard-Grasset”
Grammont – 34070 Montpellier
(Please note: all Italy national team training sessions in Montpellier will take place in this facility)
12.30 FIGC’s “Casa Azzurri Media Centre” official opening c/o Parc des Expositions Montpellier, 115 Avenue des Levades, 34470 Perols.
Tbf Media activity: Press conference (Head coach / selected players)
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
*Note: The organisation of “public training session” is run directly by UEFA -LOC. Media representatives wishing to attend the “public training session” are requested to address their enquiry to LOC EURO 2016. Limitation will apply according with seats availability.
Friday 10th
10:30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’ –
13:00 Media activity: Press conference (selected players) – Casa Azzurri MC
16:30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Saturday 11th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
13.00 Media activity: Press conference (selected players) – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Sunday 12th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
17.20 Team transfer to Montpellier’s airport
18.10 Flight departure to Lyon
19.00 Scheduled arrival to Lyon, transfer to the stadium
19.30 MD-1 Media activities: Press conference (Head coach/1 or 2 players) / HBs
20.30 MD-1 Official Training – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’
Monday 13th
21.00 Match: Belgium vs Italy
followed by post match media activities: stadium and team to return to Montpellier
Tuesday 14th
16.30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’
Wednesday 15th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
13.00 Media activity: Press conference (selected players) – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Thursday 16th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Followed by team transfer to Montpellier’s airport
16.15 Flight departure to Toulouse
17.10 Scheduled arrival to Toulouse; transfer to the stadium
17.30 MD-1 Media activities: Press conference (Head coach/1 or 2 players) / HBs
18.30 MD-1 Official Training – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’
Friday 17th
15.00 Match: Italy vs Sweden
followed by post match Media activities – stadium and team to return to Montpellier
Saturday 18th
16.30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’ –
Sunday 19th
10.30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’ –
13.00 Media activity: Press conference – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Monday 20th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
13.00 Media activity: Press conference – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Tuesday 21st
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
afternoon Team transfer to Montpellier’s Airport
15.30 Flight departure to Lille
17.15 Scheduled arrival to Lille, transfer to the stadium
17.45 MD-1 Media activities: Press conference (Head coach/1 or 2 players) / HBs
18.30 MD-1 Official Training – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’
Wednesday 22nd
21.00 Match: Italy vs Republic of Ireland
followed by post match Media activities – stadium and team to return to Montpellier
Info For The Media
You are kindly reminded that:
- access to the Casa Azzurri Media Centre and to the training pitch in Grammont will be permitted from 30 minutes prior to the start of training exclusively to UEFA EURO 2016 accredited media staff.
- any changes to the schedule and other logistical information for the media will be made available at www.figc.it, through the FIGC’s social media channels and on the UEFA MIS platform.