Former Juventus boss Antonio Conte has been named the new coach of Italy on Thursday on a two-year contract, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced.
The 45-year-old was widely expected to take over from Cesare Prandelli, who stepped down after Italy's first-round exit at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio said Conte, who will earn two million euros a year, will be presented at a press conference on Tuesday in Rome.
Conte's first match in charge will be on September 4 when Italy face the Netherlands in a friendly.
Five days later, Italy begin their Euro 2016 qualifying Group H campaign in Norway and the pressure will be on for a team whose failure in Brazil was the second successive World Cup at which they had failed to get out of the group stage.
Conte steered Juventus to a third consecutive title last season, the first time the club had achieved the feat since a five-season title run in the 1930s.
He has since been succeeded in Turin by former AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri.
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