FIGC chief Gabriel Gravina said on Monday that Italy are in pole position to host the European Championship in 2032.
Italy last hosted a major men’s football tournament in 1990 with the last Euros to be played in the country a decade earlier, while there were some Euro 2020 matches, including the opener, in Rome.
But Gravina said Italy want to host 2032 and feel they are well positioned to do so.
Speaking at an Italian sports summit, he said: “There are us and Turkey for 2032. We are well positioned. Italy are finally credible.”
Italy are holders of the tournament, having won Euro 2020, which took place across several venues in Europe.
Germany will be the hosts of Euro 2024 while a UK and Ireland bid is up against Turkey for Euro 2028.
Italy have hosted four major tournament in men’s football, winning two of them.
In 1934, Italy won their first World Cup and hosts, while they were also champions the first time they had the Euros in 1968.
But at Euro 80, they could only finish fourth – losing to Czechoslovakia in the third-place play off – and third at Italia 90.