Italy national under-20 football team

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 de facto based on the previous year's Under-19 team and acts mainly as a support team for the U21 selection, providing further international development for young 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. The best result obtained by the Italian team in the U-20 World Cup is the third place achieved in the 2017 edition. Italy managed to qualify for the first time for two consecutive U-20 World Cups after winning its group at the 2018 European U-19 Championship, then finishing fourth at the following year's World Cup.

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 1977Group stage302113
Japan 1979Did not qualify
Australia 1981Group stage300316
Mexico 1983Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987Quarter-finals421153
Saudi Arabia 1989Did not qualify
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005Quarter-finals5212108
Canada 2007Did not qualify
Egypt 2009Quarter-finals521299
Colombia 2011Did not qualify
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017Third place7322109
Poland 2019Fourth place741285
Indonesia 2021Cancelled[9]
Argentina 2023Qualified
Total7/2234138134443
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Sebastiano Desplanches (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 (aged 20) Italy Trento
1GK Jacopo Sassi (2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 19) Italy Giugliano
1GK Gioele Zacchi (2003-07-10)10 July 2003 (aged 19) Italy Sassuolo
2DF Filippo Fiumanò (2003-02-23)23 February 2003 (aged 20) Italy Montevarchi Aquila
2DF Alessandro Fontanarosa (2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 20) Italy Internazionale
2DF Daniele Ghilardi (2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (aged 20) Italy Mantova
2DF Samuel Giovane (2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 20) Italy Ascoli
2DF Gabriele Guarino (2004-04-14)14 April 2004 (aged 19) Italy Empoli
2DF Riccardo Turicchia (2003-02-05)5 February 2003 (aged 20) Italy Juventus Next Gen
2DF Mattia Zanotti (2003-02-11)11 February 2003 (aged 20) Italy Internazionale
3MF Tommaso Baldanzi (2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 20) Italy Empoli
3MF Cesare Casadei (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 20) England Reading
3MF Duccio Degli Innocenti (2003-04-28)28 April 2003 (aged 20) Italy Empoli
3MF Giacomo Faticanti (2004-07-31)31 July 2004 (aged 18) Italy Roma
3MF Luca Lipani (2005-05-18)18 May 2005 (aged 18) Italy Genoa
3MF Niccolò Pisilli (2004-09-23)23 September 2004 (aged 18) Italy Roma
3MF Matteo Prati (2003-12-28)28 December 2003 (aged 19) Italy SPAL
4FW Giuseppe Ambrosino (2003-09-10)10 September 2003 (aged 19) Italy Cittadella
4FW Francesco Pio Esposito (2005-06-28)28 June 2005 (aged 17) Italy Internazionale
4FW Daniele Montevago (2003-03-18)18 March 2003 (aged 20) Italy Sampdoria
4FW Simone Pafundi (2006-03-14)14 March 2006 (aged 17) Italy Udinese

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. "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

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