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 final selected team was announced at the Palladium Room at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on 31 May 2007.
A team President was also named: Frank Costa.
Choosing the team from the shortlist were:
The panel's final selection was made from a shortlist of 50 (from an original list of 148). They were (listed alphabetically):