Italy national under-19 football team

Italy Under-19

Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Italian Football Federation
Head coach	Roberto Baronio
First colours Second colours
Best result	Winners: 1958, 1966, 2003

The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held every year.

UEFA U-18 Championship Record

Before 2002, the event was called a U-18 tournament, as the players were required to under-18 at the start of qualifying phase and turn 19 in the final round.

• 1981: Second Round
• 1982: Qualifying Round
• 1983: Semi-finalists
• 1984: Second Round
• 1986: Runners-up
• 1988: Qualifying Round
• 1990: Qualifying Round
• 1992: Qualifying Round
• 1993: Intermediary Round
• 1994: Intermediary Round
• 1995: Runners-up
• 1996: 4th in Group B
• 1997: Preliminary Round
• 1998: Preliminary Round
• 1999: Runners-up
• 2000: Intermediary Round
• 2001: Preliminary Round

UEFA U-19 Championship Record

• 2002: Preliminary Round
• 2003: Winner
• 2004: Group stage
• 2005: Elite Round
• 2006: Qualifying Round
• 2007: Elite Round
• 2008: Runners-up
• 2009: Qualifying Round
• 2010: Group stage
• 2011: Elite Round
• 2012: Elite Round
• 2013: Elite Round
• 2014: Elite Round
• 2015: Elite Round
• 2016: Runners-up

Honours

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

• Winner: 2003
• Runners-up: 2008; 2016

• Under-18 era (1957–2001)

• Winner: 1958; 1966
• Runners-up: 1959; 1986; 1995; 1999

Coaches

• 1992–2006: Paolo Berrettini
• 2006–2008: Francesco Rocca
• 2008–2010: Massimo Piscedda
• 2010–2011: Daniele Zoratto
• 2011–2013: Alberigo Evani
• 2013–2015: Alessandro Pane
• 2015–2016: Paolo Vanoli
• 2016–present: Roberto Baronio

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly matches against Portugal on 6 and 9 October 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mattia Del Favero	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998			Juventus
	1GK	Alessandro Plizzari	(2000-03-12) 12 March 2000			Milan
	2DF	Mario Ierardi	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998			Genoa
	2DF	Giuseppe Scalera	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998			Bari
	2DF	Andrés Llamas	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998			Milan
	2DF	Riccardo Marchizza	(1998-03-26) 26 March 1998			Roma
	2DF	Alessandro Mattioli	(1998-02-13) 13 February 1998			Internazionale
	2DF	Alessandro Vogliacco	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998			Juventus
	2DF	Pietro Beruatto	(1998-12-21) 21 December 1998			Juventus
	2DF	Alessandro Tripaldelli	(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999			Juventus
	3MF	Claud Adjapong	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998			Sassuolo
	3MF	Alessandro Bordin	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998			Roma
	3MF	Fabio Castellano	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998			Pro Vercelli (on loan from Atalanta)
	3MF	Matteo Gabbia	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999			Milan
	3MF	Manuel Locatelli	(1998-01-08) 8 January 1998			Milan
	3MF	Filippo Melegoni	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999			Atalanta
	3MF	Francesco Puntoriere	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998			Virtus Entella
	3MF	Luca Zanimacchia	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998			Genoa
	4FW	Patrick Cutrone	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998			Milan
	4FW	Simone Lo Faso	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998			Palermo
	4FW	Andrea Pinamonti	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999			Internazionale
	4FW	Giacomo Vrioni	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998			Sampdoria

See also

• Italy national football team
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

External links

• UEFA Under-19 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-18/U-19 Championships.