2016 UEFA EURO in France - Italy Squad Announced Tuesday May 31,2016

Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo missed out on his second straight major tournament due to injury on Tuesday May 31,2016 while Daniele De Rossi was included in Italy's 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France.

The party was announced during a two-hour extravaganza on state broadcaster RAI entitled 'Blue Dream' where the players and coach Antonio Conte were brought up on stage and interviewed one by one.

AC Milan captain Montolivo, denied a place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil  after breaking his leg in a friendly, suffered a calf injury last week

Experienced playmaker Andrea Pirlo was not included, having also been left out of the provisional group

The squad included two other Brazilian-born players, midfielder Thiago Motta and forward Eder.


Italy have been drawn with Belgium, Sweden and Ireland in Group E at Euro 2016.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris St Germain)
Defenders: Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini (all Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United), Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (AC Milan)
Midfielders: Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi (both AS Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Thiago Motta (Paris St Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Stefano Sturaro (Juventus)
Forwards: Eder (Inter Milan), Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Graziano Pelle (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (AS Roma).