Italy national under-19 football team
| Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | ||
| Head coach | Alberto Bollini | ||
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| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 25 (first in 1981) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1958, 1966, 2003, 2023) | ||
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
| Year | Round |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Champions |
| 2004 | Group stage |
| 2005 | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Runners-up |
| 2009 | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Group stage |
| 2011 | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | Runners-up |
| 2017 | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Runners-up |
| 2019 | Group stage |
| |
Cancelled[1] |
| |
Cancelled[2] |
| 2022 | Semi-finals |
| 2023 | Champions |
| 2024 | Semi-finals |
| 2025 | Did not qualify |
| 2026 | TBD |
Honours
- Under-18 era (1957–2001)
Current squad
The following 20 players were called up for the Elite round of the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Tommaso Martinelli | 6 January 2006 | Fiorentina | ||
| 12 | GK | Alessandro Nunziante | 14 March 2007 | Benevento | ||
| 2 | DF | Vittorio Magni | 1 June 2006 | Milan | ||
| 3 | DF | Fellipe Jack | 12 January 2006 | Como | ||
| 4 | DF | Giovanni Leoni | 21 December 2006 | Parma | ||
| 5 | DF | Matteo Plaia | 29 March 2006 | Perugia | ||
| 6 | DF | Andrea Natali | 28 January 2008 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 13 | DF | Niccolò Fortini | 13 February 2006 | Juve Stabia | ||
| 16 | DF | Filippo Pagnucco (captain) | 9 February 2006 | Juventus | ||
| 8 | MF | Fabio Rispoli | 28 September 2006 | Virtus Verona | ||
| 10 | MF | Mattia Liberali | 6 April 2007 | Milan | ||
| 15 | MF | Emanuele Sala | 28 November 2007 | Milan | ||
| 17 | MF | Lorenzo Venturino | 22 June 2006 | Genoa | ||
| 19 | MF | Leonardo Mendicino | 25 June 2006 | Cesena | ||
| 20 | MF | Federico Coletta | 29 May 2007 | Roma | ||
| 7 | FW | Seydou Fini | 2 June 2006 | Excelsior Rotterdam | ||
| 9 | FW | Francesco Camarda | 10 March 2008 | Milan | ||
| 11 | FW | Richi Agbonifo | 8 January 2006 | Hellas Verona | ||
| 14 | FW | Giacomo De Pieri | 29 December 2006 | Internazionale | ||
| 18 | FW | Jeff Ekhator | 11 November 2006 | Genoa | ||
See also
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.
References
- ^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 20 October 2020.
- ^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Al via la missione Calabria: i 20 convocati di Bollini per l'Elite Round di qualificazione all'Europeo, si gioca dal 19 al 25 marzo". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.