Italy national under-18 football team

Italy Under-18
Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
Association	Italian Football Federation (FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Daniele Franceschini
Top scorer	Emiliano Bonazzoli (7, prior-2001); ; Luca Vido (5, post-2001);
Home stadium	Stadio "Livio Luzi", Camerino
First international
	Italy 0–1 United States ; (Montecatini Terme, Italy; 16 August 1991); ; Italy 0–1 Germany ; (Bolzano, Italy; 14 February 2002);
Medal record
Mediterranean Games

The Italian national under-18 football team represents Italy in international football at an under-18 age level and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio), the governing body for football in Italy. The team was known as Italy national under-17 football team prior 2001.

The current coach is Daniele Franceschini.

The under-18 team were compose of players from Italy national under-17 football team of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the feeder team of Italy national under-19 football team, which compete in UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Before 2001, the name of the under-18 team was Italian national under-17 football team (as well as the current under-19 team, was named under-18). However, the age limit of the team was always^[when?] under-17 (calendar age) at the start of season, or under-18 (calendar age) at the end of season. In the past, the cut-off date was on 1 August instead of 1 January.^[5]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the Friendly match.
Match dates: 4 June 2021
Opposition: Austria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(2003-03-11) 11 March 2003 (age 18)	Milan
2	2DF		(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 18)	Juventus
3	2DF	Riccardo Turicchia	(2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 18)	Juventus
4	3MF		(2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 18)	Empoli
5	2DF	Filippo Fiumanò	(2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 18)	Juventus
6	2DF		(2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 19)	Fiorentina
7	3MF		(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 18)	Atalanta
8	3MF	Nicolò Cavuoti	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 18)	Cagliari
9	4FW		(2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 18)	ChievoVerona
10	4FW	Wilfried Gnonto	(2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 18)	Zürich
11	4FW		(2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 18)	Milan
	1GK		(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 18)	Atalanta
	1GK		(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 18)	Inter Milan
	2DF		(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 18)	Inter Milan
	2DF	Diego Coppola	(2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 18)	Hellas Verona
	2DF		(2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 18)	Inter Milan
	2DF		(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 18)	Fiorentina
	2DF		(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 18)	Cagliari
	3MF	Tommaso Baldanzi	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 18)	Empoli
	3MF		(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 19)	Inter Milan
	3MF		(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 17)	Roma
	3MF	Jacopo Fazzini	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 18)	Empoli
	3MF	Filippo Terracciano	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 18)	Hellas Verona
	3MF	Samuele Vignato	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 17)	ChievoVerona
	4FW		(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 18)	Atalanta

References[]

^ "Nazionale in cifre - Classifica Marcatori - Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Nazionale in cifre - Classifica Marcatori - Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Nazionale in cifre - Elenco Gare - Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Nazionale in cifre - Elenco Gare - Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "2001/2002 European Under-19 Preliminary Round Draw". UEFA. 7 November 2000. Archived from the original on 22 April 2001. Name change: On 13 April 2000, the UEFA Executive Committee endorsed a proposal made by the Youth Committee to re-name then competition in order to reflect reality. A few years ago, FIFA changed the cut-off date for age-limit competitions from 1 August to 1 January, which means that players are up to seven months older. This means that Under-18 players can be over 19 by the time they reach the final phase of the European Under-18 Championship. Therefore, for greater coherency, UEFA renamed the Under-18 competition as the European Under-19 Championship.

[1] "Nazionale in cifre - Classifica Marcatori - Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[2] "Nazionale in cifre - Classifica Marcatori - Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[3] "Nazionale in cifre - Elenco Gare - Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[4] "Nazionale in cifre - Elenco Gare - Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[5] "2001/2002 European Under-19 Preliminary Round Draw". UEFA. 7 November 2000. Archived from the original on 22 April 2001. Name change: On 13 April 2000, the UEFA Executive Committee endorsed a proposal made by the Youth Committee to re-name then competition in order to reflect reality. A few years ago, FIFA changed the cut-off date for age-limit competitions from 1 August to 1 January, which means that players are up to seven months older. This means that Under-18 players can be over 19 by the time they reach the final phase of the European Under-18 Championship. Therefore, for greater coherency, UEFA renamed the Under-18 competition as the European Under-19 Championship.

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