Italy national under-17 football team

Italy Under-17

Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Carmine Nunziata
FIFA code	ITA
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1985)
Best result	Fourth place: 1987
European Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1982)
Best result	Champions: 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

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	3	4
1987	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	8	4
1989	Did Not Qualify
1991	Group Stage	10th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1993	Group Stage	10th	3	0	1	2	1	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group Stage	13th	3	1	1	1	6	7
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009	Quarter-Finals	6th	5	3	1	1	6	4
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013	Round of 16	13th	4	2	0	2	3	5
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017
2019	Qualified
Total	8/18	4th	27	10	6	11	29	33

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

• Runners-up: 2013; 2018; 2019
• Third Place: 2005

• Under-16 era (1982–2001)

• Winner: 1982
• Runners-up: 1986; 1993; 1998
• Third Place: 1992

• FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Fourth Place: 1987

Current squad

The following 20 players have been called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Manuel Gasparini	(2002-05-19) 19 May 2002			Udinese
12	1GK	Marco Molla	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002			Bologna
2	2DF	Francesco Lamanna	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002			Juventus
3	2DF	Matteo Ruggeri	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002			Atalanta
5	2DF	Lorenzo Moretti	(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002			Internazionale
6	2DF	Lorenzo Pirola	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002			Internazionale
13	2DF	Iyenoma Udogie	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002			Verona
15	2DF	Christian Dalle Mura	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002			Fiorentina
17	2DF	Alessandro Riccio	(2002-02-06) 6 February 2002			Juventus
4	3MF	Simone Panada	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002			Atalanta
7	3MF	Franco Tongya	(2002-03-13) 13 March 2002			Juventus
8	3MF	Nikola Sekulov	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002			Juventus
14	3MF	Michael Brentan	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002			Juventus
16	3MF	Niccolò Squizzato	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002			Internazionale
19	3MF	Alessandro Arlotti	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002			Monaco
20	3MF	Samuel Giovane	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003			Atalanta
9	4FW	Lorenzo Colombo	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002			Milan
10	4FW	Sebastiano Esposito	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002			Internazionale
11	4FW	Nicolò Cudrig	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002			Brugge
18	4FW	Nicholas Bonfanti	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002			Internazionale

See also

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