Italy national under-17 football team

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Italy Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachBernardo Corradi
FIFA codeITA
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1985)
Best resultFourth place: 1987
European Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions: 1982

The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. The team, if qualified, also competes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

UEFA U-16 Championship record[]

  • 1982: Champions
  • 1984: Did not qualify
  • 1985: Group stage
  • 1986: Runners-up
  • 1987: Champions (stripped)
  • 1988: Did not qualify
  • 1989: Group stage
  • 1990: Did not qualify
  • 1991: Did not qualify
  • 1992: Third Place
  • 1993: Runners-up
  • 1994: Did not qualify
  • 1995: Group stage
  • 1996: Did not qualify
  • 1997: Group stage
  • 1998: Runners-up
  • 1999: Did not qualify
  • 2000: Did not qualify
  • 2001: Quarter-finals

UEFA U-17 Championship record[]

  • 2002: Did not qualify
  • 2003: Group stage
  • 2004: Did not qualify
  • 2005: Third Place
  • 2006: Elite Round
  • 2007: Elite Round
  • 2008: Elite Round
  • 2009: Semi-finals
  • 2010: Qualifying Round
  • 2011: Elite Round
  • 2012: Elite Round
  • 2013: Runners-up
  • 2014: Elite Round
  • 2015: Quarter-finals
  • 2016: Group stage
  • 2017: Group stage
  • 2018: Runners-up
  • 2019: Runners-up
  • 2020: Cancelled[1][2]
  • 2021: Cancelled[3]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
China 1985 Group stage 13th 3 1 0 2 3 4
Canada 1987 Fourth Place 4th 6 3 1 2 8 4
Scotland 1989 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1991 Group stage 10th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Japan 1993 Group stage 10th 3 0 1 2 1 6
Ecuador 1995 Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005 Group stage 13th 3 1 1 1 6 7
South Korea 2007 Did Not Qualify
Nigeria 2009 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 6 4
Mexico 2011 Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013 Round of 16 13th 4 2 0 2 3 5
Chile 2015 Did Not Qualify
India 2017
Brazil 2019 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 0 2 9 5
Peru 2021 Cancelled
Peru 2023 To be determined
Total 8/18 4th 32 13 6 13 38 38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours[]

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Fourth Place: 1987
  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship
  • Runners-up: 2013; 2018; 2019
  • Third Place: 2005
  • Under-16 era (1982–2001)

Current squad[]

The following 20 players have been called up for the Qualifying round of the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 16) Italy Lazio
1GK (2005-07-10) 10 July 2005 (age 16) Italy Inter Milan

2DF Fabio Chiarodia (2005-09-12) 12 September 2005 (age 16) Germany Werder Bremen
2DF (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 17) Italy Juventus
2DF (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 17) Italy Milan
2DF (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 16) Italy Sampdoria
2DF (2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 16) Italy Lazio
2DF (2005-12-11) 11 December 2005 (age 16) Italy SPAL
3MF (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 17) Italy Torino

3MF (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 17) Italy Inter
3MF (2005-04-28) 28 April 2005 (age 16) Italy Empoli
3MF Marco Delle Monache (2005-01-14) 14 January 2005 (age 17) Italy Inter
3MF (2005-07-31) 31 July 2005 (age 16) Italy Inter Milan
3MF (2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 (age 16) Italy Genoa
3MF (2005-08-03) 3 August 2005 (age 16) Germany Borussia Dortmund
3MF (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 16) Italy SPAL

4FW (2005-03-23) 23 March 2005 (age 16) Italy Roma
4FW (2005-02-04) 4 February 2005 (age 17) Italy Inter Milan
4FW (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 (age 16) Italy Parma
4FW (2005-07-23) 23 July 2005 (age 16) Italy Juventus

See also[]

  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup

References[]

  1. ^ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 18 December 2020.
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