Orpheus

Orpheus (オルフェウス) is Italy's national team. Their coach is Mr. K. Orpheus is one of the strongest team of the FFI with 2 wins and 2 draws: they beat 1-0 The Empire and 2-1 Knights of Queen, then drew with Unicorn 2-2 and with Inazuma Japan 3-3. Although the team was considered the championship favorite, they lost 8-0 in semi-finals against Little Gigant.

Uniform
Their team jersey consists of a long-sleeved blue, collared shirt with a yellow and red vertically striped badge (similar to Italy logo) in the middle. This is fitted with dark grey shorts, dark gray socks with blue streak and gray cleats. The goalkeeper wears a red, long-sleeved shirt and red shorts instead of blue. Gloves are red and black. The captain's mark is colored yellow.

Original

 * 1) Gigi Blasi (GK)Orpheus.png
 * 2) Bent Gagliano (DF)Orpheus_temp.png. (Game)]]OP2team.pngOrpheus_game_sprite.png
 * 3) Ottorino Nobili (DF)
 * 4) Anton Gattuso (DF)
 * 5) Marco Maseratti (DF)
 * 6) Angelo Cabrini (MF)
 * 7) Hidetoshi Nakata (MF) (ex-captain)
 * 8) Giorgio Giannini (MF)
 * 9) Dante Diavolo (MF)
 * 10) Fidio Aldena (FW) (Captain)
 * 11) Raffaele Generani (FW)
 * 12) Daniele Sanctis (GK)
 * 13) Enrico Olivier (MF)
 * 14) Alessandro Rossa (MF)
 * 15) Giuseppe Cannavaro (DF)
 * 16) Gianluca Zanardi (MF)

Temporary

 * 1. Endou Mamoru (GK)
 * 8. Fudou Akio (MF)
 * 14. Kidou Yuuto (MF)
 * 16. Sakuma Jirou (FW)

Back-up

 * Team K

Coach

 * Mr. K
 * Unknown Coach (Fidio talks about in Mr.K's first appearance.)

Hissatsu Tactics

 * Catenaccio Counter

Unicorn
In the manga, it can be seen that Orpheus won against Unicorn. In the anime they drew against Unicorn.

Inazuma Japan
This was a hard battle as in the second round, Orpheus' true captain Hidetoshi Nakata returned and Orpheus was able to finish their tactic Catenaccio Counter but it all ended up in a draw as Kidou was able to break through it.

Little Gigant
In the anime, it is seen that Orpheus lost against Little Gigant in the semi-final of FFI by 8-0. Their true captain Hidetoshi Nakata didn't play in this match.

Trivia

 * Although he was the captain of Orpheus, Hidetoshi Nakata plays only one match in the FFI, against Inazuma Japan. In Episode 116, he leaves the captain's band to Fidio.
 * They have the same formation as Teikoku Gakuen, Team K, Gemini Storm, Genesis, Chaos, Shin Teikoku, Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma KFC.
 * The hissatsu tactic of Orpheus, Catenaccio Counter means "door bolt" and is an old form of tactics in Italy.
 * Orpheus means "beautiful voice". In Greek mythology, Orpheus was given his lyre by Apollo himself.
 * It is unknown how they made it into the FFI as they were not present in the Europe Finals (France vs England). There may have been two tournaments in Europe or (like in the FF) the ex-champions, or in this case possible world no.1s get a free pass to the FFI.
 * Most of Orpheus player name is similar to the real Italy national team's player name.