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Italy Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachCarmine Nunziata
Captainvacant
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1977)
Best resultThird 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 Paolo Berrettini.[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
Tunisia 1977 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 3
Japan 1979 Did not qualify
Australia 1981 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 6
Mexico 1983 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3
Saudi Arabia 1989 Did not qualify
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 10 8
Canada 2007 Did not qualify
Egypt 2009 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 9 9
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Third place 7 3 2 2 10 9
Poland 2019 Fourth place 7 4 1 2 8 5
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled[9]
Indonesia 2023 Qualified
Total 8/23 34 13 8 13 44 43
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

The following 25 players have been selected for the Under 20 Elite League match against Portugal on 23 September 2022 and the friendly match against Switzerland on 27 September 2022.[10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Pietro Passador (2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 21) Italy Torino
1GK Jacopo Sassi (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 21) Italy Giugliano
1GK Gioele Zacchi (2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 21) Italy Sassuolo
2DF Diego Coppola (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 20) Italy Verona
2DF Alessandro Fontanarosa (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21) Italy Inter Milan
2DF Filippo Fiumanò (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21) Italy Montevarchi
2DF Gabriele Mulazzi (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 21) Italy Juventus Next Gen
2DF Luigi Palomba (2003-10-10) 10 October 2003 (age 21) Italy Cagliari
2DF Edoardo Pieragnolo (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21) Italy Sassuolo
2DF Riccardo Turicchia (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 21) Italy Juventus Next Gen
2DF Mattia Zanotti (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 21) Italy Inter Milan
3MF Cesare Casadei (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21) England Chelsea
3MF Federico Casolari (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21) Italy Sassuolo
3MF Duccio Degli Innocenti (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 21) Italy Empoli
3MF Giovanni Fabbian (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 21) Italy Reggina
3MF Jacopo Fazzini (2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 21) Italy Empoli
3MF Samuel Giovane (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 21) Italy Ascoli
3MF Gaetano Oristanio (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22) Netherlands Volendam
3MF Cher Ndour (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 20) Portugal Benfica
3MF Filippo Terracciano (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21) Italy Verona
3MF Luciano Valente (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 21) Netherlands Groningen
4FW Giuseppe Ambrosino (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 21) Italy Como
4FW Tommaso De Nipoti (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) Italy Atalanta
4FW Daniele Montevago (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21) Italy Sampdoria
4FW Cristian Volpato (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 21) Italy Roma

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Orvieto, Top 11 a testa alta contro l'Italia Under 20". Corriere dello Sport-Stadio (in Italian). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Convocati 18 Azzurrini per l'amichevole tra l'Under 19 e la Top 11/Serie D". www.figc.it. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Due vittorie azzurre nell'evento Top 11". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Inizia la stagione che porta al Mondiale in Indonesia: 25 convocati per le gare con Portogallo e Svizzera". 16 September 2022.

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