Italy's record against Group E opponents

Qualifying: Group H winners
Top scorer: Graziano Pellè (3 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W7 D3 L0 F16 A7 Pts24
EURO best: winners 1968
Last EURO: 2012 (runners-up)
EURO appearances: 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)

Italy v Belgium (21.00CET, 13 June, Lyon)
EURO P4 W1 D2 L1 F3 A2
World Cup P1 W1 D0 L0 F4 A1
Friendlies P16 W11 D2 L3 F34 A21

• The countries met for the first time since 2008 in November 2015, Belgium coming from behind to defeat Italy 3-1 in a Brussels friendly. Jan Vertonghen, Kevin De Bruyne and Michy Batshuayi scored for the hosts in reply to Antonio Candreva's early strike.
• That was only the fourth victory for Belgium over the Azzurri in 21 meetings, their sole competitive triumph coming in the quarter-finals of the 1972 UEFA European Championship. They won 2-1 in Brussels after a goalless draw in Milan to eliminate the holders.
• The nations have met twice at the EURO final tournament, a goalless draw in Turin in 1980 enabling Belgium to reach the final at the hosts' expense. Twenty years later Italy helped to eliminate the UEFA EURO 2000 co-hosts at the group stage with a 2-0 victory in Brussels, Francesco Totti and Stefano Fiore scoring.

Italy v Republic of Ireland (21.00CET, 22 June, Lille)

EURO P3 W3 D0 L0 F7 A1
World Cup P4 W1 D2 L1 F4 A4
Friendlies P6 W4 D1 L1 F9 A4

• The teams met at UEFA EURO 2012 in Poznan – their first UEFA European Championship final tournament encounter – Cesare Prandelli's Italy overcoming Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland 2-0 thanks to goals from Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli.
• It was the fourth time that Trapattoni had led Ireland against his compatriots and his first defeat after two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying draws and a 2-0 friendly win in Liege.
• A Salvatore Schillaci strike in Rome was enough for Italy to beat Ireland in the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup. Four years later Ireland defeated the Azzurri by the same scoreline during the group stage courtesy of a Ray Houghton goal.
• The countries also crossed paths on the road to the 1972 UEFA European Championship, Italy winning 3-0 at home and 2-1 away, with Roberto Boninsegna and Pierino Prati on target in both games.

Italy v Sweden (15.00CET, 17 June, Toulouse)

EURO P8 W3 D2 L3 F8 A9
World Cup P2 W1 D0 L1 F3 A3
Friendlies P12 W6 D4 L2 F16 A12

• Erik Hamrén's first match as Sweden coach came against Italy in Cesena in November 2009, when defender Giorgio Chiellini scored the only goal in a friendly victory for the Azzurri. That was the teams' last meeting.
• Italy ended Sweden's UEFA EURO 2000 ambitions with a 2-1 group stage win but the Blågult gained a measure of revenge four years later in Portugal when a 1-1 draw, courtesy of Zlatan Ibrahimović's impudent equaliser, helped to eliminate the Azzurri.
• Sweden's 3-2 triumph in the 1950 FIFA World Cup group stage sent them through at Italy's expense. Twenty years later the roles were reversed as Italy won 1-0 in Toluca, Mexico – the last time the nations met in a World Cup fixture.