Italy national under-20 football team
Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurrini | |||
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Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | |||
Head coach | Alberto Bollini | |||
Captain | vacant | |||
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FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1977) | |||
Best result | Third Place, 2017 |
Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.
The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.
History[]
The Under-20 team is the de facto Under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s providing further international development for youth players.
The team competes for its only official tournament, the FIFA U-20 World Cup, depending on the U19s results at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in the even-numbered years, that qualifies European teams for the U-20 World Cup. So far, the best result of the team is just third place in 2017. Italy managed to qualify for two consecutive U-20 World Cup for the first time, after topping the group in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Each season the team mainly participates in friendly tournaments, in which overage players may also be selected. The U20 team participated until 2017 in the annual Four Nations Tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Poland (which replaced Austria). Since the 2017–18 season, the Italy U20 team participates in the annual Under 20 Elite League, expanded to 8 participants.
The team also had an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season.[1][2][3][4] (except 2009, which the U-20 (B team) was coined "U-19 team" and coached by U-19 coach Massimo Piscedda,[5][6] which the A team went to Mediterranean Games).The 2006 edition was also played by the de facto U20 team but coached by U19 coach .[7] The 2011 edition was played by Italy Universiade team.[8]
FIFA U-20 World Cup record[]
Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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1977 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1979 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1981 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
1983 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1985 | ||||||||
1987 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
1989 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1991 | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1997 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2005 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |
2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2009 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2013 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2017 | Third place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
2019 | Fourth place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
2021 | Cancelled[9] | |||||||
Total | 7/22 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 43 |
- *Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.
Current squad[]
The following 25 players have been called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against England on 7 October 2021 and Portugal on 12 October 2021.[10]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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GK | Ludovico Gelmi | 2 May 2001 | Feralpisalò | |||
GK | Giovanni Garofani | 20 October 2002 | Juventus U23 | |||
GK | Stefano Turati | 5 September 2001 | Reggina | |||
DF | Tommaso Barbieri | 26 August 2002 | Juventus U23 | |||
DF | Davide Ghislandi | 16 June 2001 | Turris | |||
DF | Nicolò Armini | 7 March 2001 | Piacenza | |||
DF | Laurens Serpe | 7 February 2001 | Genoa | |||
DF | Christian Dalle Mura | 2 February 2002 | Cremonese | |||
DF | Mattia Viti | 24 January 2002 | Empoli | |||
DF | Matteo Ruggeri | 11 July 2002 | Salernitana | |||
DF | Giorgio Brogni | 28 January 2001 | Feralpisalò | |||
MF | Edoardo Bove | 16 May 2002 | Roma | |||
MF | Emmanuel Gyabuaa | 21 September 2001 | Perugia | |||
MF | Tommaso Milanese | 31 July 2002 | Alessandria | |||
MF | Alessandro Bianco | 1 October 2002 | Fiorentina | |||
MF | Giuseppe Leone | 5 May 2001 | Juventus U23 | |||
MF | Alessandro Cortinovis | 25 January 2001 | Reggina | |||
MF | Franco Tongya | 1 May 2002 | Marseille | |||
FW | Daniel Maldini | 11 October 2001 | Milan | |||
FW | Gaetano Oristanio | 28 September 2002 | Volendam | |||
FW | Gianmarco Cangiano | 16 November 2001 | Bologna | |||
FW | Nikola Sekulov | 28 November 2002 | Juventus U23 | |||
FW | Emanuele Pecorino | 15 July 2001 | Juventus U23 | |||
FW | Giuseppe Di Serio | 20 July 2001 | Benevento | |||
FW | Nicolò Cudrig | 7 August 2002 | Juventus U23 |
See also[]
- Italy national under-21 football team
- Italy national under-19 football team
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
References[]
- ^ "L'Italia Under 20 batte la Top 11 di D". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Orvieto, Top 11 a testa alta contro l'Italia Under 20". Corriere dello Sport-Stadio (in Italian). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "Top 11: sport e solidarietà". Serie D News (in Italian). 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "La Top 11 Serie D Corriere dello Sport supera per 1 - 0 l'Under 20". Serie D News (in Italian). 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ http://www.figc.it/it/204/21233/2009/05/News.shtml
- ^ "A Orvieto si completa la grande festa del Top 11". interregionale.com (in Italian). 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "TOP 11 SERIE D - Nazionale Under 19: 2 - 0". Serie D News (in Italian). 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "Due vittorie azzurre nell'evento Top 11". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Torneo 8 Nazioni. Doppio impegno con Inghilterra e Portogallo. Bollini convoca venticinque giocatori". 1 October 2021.
References[]
- Official website, Italian language
- Official website, English language
- European national under-20 association football teams
- National youth sports teams of Italy
- Youth football in Italy