I don't believe they've been assigned yet. The team meets together for the first time in Coverciano tomorrow, and I suppose that probably will be one of the first items on the agenda, along with a team photo.
I'll keep an eye out for it. The official Italian federation site is www.figc.it . They'll probably post the info there when it's available.
Maybe I can help on the squad numbers here. I'm pretty sure that on the Italian National team the starters always where numbers 1 through 11. One player won't necessarily have the same number throughout the career because they might not get called up or sit on the bench for the game. However, with organized competitions like Euro2004 and the World Cup they get assigned numbers for the whole thing.
Numbers I have seen (or read reports of) the tentative Euro 2004 squad wear. Buffon 1 Peruzzi ? Toldo 12 Cannavaro 5 Favalli ? Ferrari 14 Materazzi 23 Nesta 6 Oddo 13,15 Panucci 2 Zambrotta 3 Camoranesi 11,7 Fiore 16 Gattuso 11,15,16 Perrotta 8 Pirlo 17,10 Zanetti 4 Cassano Corradi 17,18 Del Piero 7 Di Vaio 19 Totti 10 Vieri 9,21 Numbers that would seem a lock based on past history. Meaning this is what I have most often seen these players wearing for the Azzurri. 1- Buffon 2- Panucci 3- Zambrotta 4- Zanetti 5- Cannavaro 6- Nesta 7- Del Piero 9- Vieri 10- Totti But who knows, really this is pure speculation on my part.
The inportant thing for me is the number of Marco Materazzi ... you say it's 23 and i also think its 23 .... so maybe it is....
Nesta always wears #13.....Vieri #21 in tournaments...those are a given only reason why they wear 6 and 9 respectively is because in qualifying and friendlies, the starters have to occupy #1-11. hope this helps
The official team photo session is scheduled for tomorrow (May 27). If my guess is right, that is when the official numbers will be known.
The photo session is tomorrow, but the squadnumbers have been announced today: 1 Buffon, 2 Panucci, 3 Oddo, 4 Ferrari, 5 Cannavaro, 6 Zanetti, 7 Del Piero, 8 Gattuso, 9 Vieri, 10 Totti, 11 Corradi, 12 Toldo, 13 Nesta, 14 Fiore, 15 Favalli, 16 Camoranesi, 17 Di Vaio, 18 Cassano, 19 Zambrotta, 20 Perrotta, 21 Pirlo, 22 Peruzzi, 23 Materazzi. Something can still change until the 2th of June Ciao
Thanks, that explains why Vieri has more consistently been wearing number 9. I thought maybe it had to do with whether or not Pippo was in the squad. In that case: Nesta: 13 Vieri: 21 Zambrotta: 19 (this is his more customary number for club and country) Like SueB says we will probably know tomorrow.
he gabriel knight .... how can you know the squadnumbers?? I've read this : DOMANI ASSEGNATI I NUMERI DI MAGLIA so i'ts tomorrow when we know the numbers for sure
Just a quick question if these are the official numbers....why is Vieri #9 when he has worn #21 in both World Cups he has played in?
I guess those are the numbers!! Was just wondering about Vieri because some soccer stores were selling the Euro jerseys with Vieri sporting #21. I feel sorry for anyone who bought them early b/c he is going to wear #9.
Team photo tomorrow. Projected jersey numbers found at the end of this linked article. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/may26l.html
http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=14185&L=en at least we know the inter ones for sure! forza inter
I'm sorry, that site got wrong informations... theese are the official numbers announced today: 1 Buffon 2 Panucci 3 Oddo 4 Zanetti 5 Cannavaro 6 Ferrari 7 Del Piero 8 Gattuso 9 Vieri 10 Totti 11 Corradi 12 Toldo 13 Nesta 14 Fiore 15 Favalli 16 Camoranesi 17 Di Vaio 18 Cassano 19 Zambrotta 20 Perrotta 21 Pirlo 22 Peruzzi 23 Materazzi