Italian Team of the Century

The Victorian Football League-Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) Italian Team of the Century was announced in June 2007. It recognises the role of Italian Australian players in the sport.

Players and/or at least one of the player's parents or grandparents had to have been born in Italy. They also had to have played at least one game at VFL/AFL level.

Anthony Koutoufides, who was also in the Greek Team of the Century qualified via his mother, whilst Ian Stewart's father was Italian, but he had always used his mother's maiden name. John Kennedy's maternal grandparents were Italian.

The team

The final selected team was announced at the Palladium Room at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on 31 May 2007.

Italian Team of the Century

B:	Frank Curcio	Stephen Silvagni	Len Incigneri
HB:	Alec Epis	Anthony Koutoufides	John Kennedy Jr
C:	Robert DiPierdomenico	Ian Stewart	Peter Matera
HF:	Peter Riccardi	Alan Martello	Mark Mercuri
F:	Phillip Matera	Saverio Rocca	Brendan Fevola
Foll:	Steve Alessio	Mark Ricciuto (Captain)	Peter Pianto
Int:	Sergio Silvagni	Tony Liberatore	Scott Camporeale
	Joe Misiti
Coach:	Ron Barassi, Jr

A team President was also named: Frank Costa.

Selectors

Choosing the team from the shortlist were:

• Ron Barassi (chairman)
• Kevin Bartlett
• Frank Costa
• Brendon Gale
• Kevin Sheedy
• Bob Skilton
• Bill Stephen

Shortlist

The panel's final selection was made from a shortlist of 50 (from an original list of 148). They were (listed alphabetically):

See also

• Indigenous Team of the Century
• Greek Team of the Century