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Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurrini | ||
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Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | ||
Head coach | Carmine Nunziata | ||
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.
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]
Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
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![]() | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
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![]() | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |
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![]() | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
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![]() | Third place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
![]() | Fourth place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
![]() | Cancelled[9] | |||||||
![]() | Qualified | |||||||
Total | 8/23 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 43 |
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 | ||
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1GK | Pietro Passador | (2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
1GK | Jacopo Sassi | (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
1GK | Gioele Zacchi | (2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Diego Coppola | (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 18) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Alessandro Fontanarosa | (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Filippo Fiumanò | (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Gabriele Mulazzi | (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Luigi Palomba | (2003-10-10) 10 October 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Edoardo Pieragnolo | (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Riccardo Turicchia | (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
2DF | Mattia Zanotti | (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Cesare Casadei | (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 18) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Federico Casolari | (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Duccio Degli Innocenti | (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Giovanni Fabbian | (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Jacopo Fazzini | (2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Samuel Giovane | (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Gaetano Oristanio | (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 20) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Cher Ndour | (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 18) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Filippo Terracciano | (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
3MF | Luciano Valente | (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
4FW | Giuseppe Ambrosino | (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
4FW | Tommaso De Nipoti | (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
4FW | Daniele Montevago | (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 19) | ![]() | |||
4FW | Cristian Volpato | (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 18) | ![]() |
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