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Italy national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Italy women's national under-17 football team.

The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

Italy Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMassimiliano Favo
FIFA codeITA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1985)
Best resultFourth place (1987)
European Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (1982)
Medal record
Men's football
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Formerly U-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Italy Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Greece Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Turkey Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Scotland Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Slovakia Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 England Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Republic of Ireland Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Cyprus Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Italy Team

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.

Competitive record edit

FIFA Under-17 World Cup edit

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
FIFA Under-16 World Championship
  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
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
  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
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
  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 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 0 2 9 5
  2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
  2023 Did not qualify
  2025 To be determined
Total 8/20 4th 32 13 6 13 38 38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Under-17 Championship edit

Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
  1982 Champions 2 1 1 0 2 1 Squad
  1984 Did not qualify
  1985 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad
  1986 Runners-up 3 2 2 1 7 4 Squad
  1987 Champions[a] 3 3 2 0 8 4 Squad
  1988 Did not qualify
  1989 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
  1990 Did not qualify
  1991
  1992 Third place 3 3 1 1 8 2 Squad
  1993 Runners-up 3 2 1 0 5 3 Squad
  1994 Did not qualify
  1995 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad
  1996 Did not qualify
  1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 6 6 Squad
  1998 Runners-up 5 4 1 1 12 6 Squad
  1999 Did not qualify
  2000
  2001 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 8 7 Squad
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
  2002 Did not qualify
  2003 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 2 Squad
  2004 Did not qualify
  2005 Third place 5 3 0 2 4 3 Squad
  2006 Did not qualify (Elite round)
  2007
  2008
  2009 Semi-finals 4 1 1 2 3 6 Squad
  2010 Did not qualify (Qualifying round)
  2011 Did not qualify (Elite round)
  2012
  2013 Runners-up 4 2 3 0 5 2 Squad
  2014 Did not qualify (Elite round)
  2015 Quarter-finals 3 1 1 2 3 5 Squad
  2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 Squad
  2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad
  2018 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 10 5 Squad
  2019 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 14 8 Squad
  2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3][4]
  2021
  2022 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 5 5 Squad
  2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours edit

Years in Italics indicate the Championship was held during the Under-16 era.

Current squad edit

The following 20 players were called up for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Massimo Pessina (2007-12-25) 25 December 2007 (age 16)   Bologna
12 1GK Alessandro Longoni (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 16)   AC Milan
2 2DF Emanuel Benjamin (2007-07-14) 14 July 2007 (age 16)   Real Madrid
3 2DF Cristian Cama (2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 (age 16)   Roma
5 2DF Francesco Verde (2007-02-21) 21 February 2007 (age 17)   Juventus
6 2DF Christian Garofalo (2007-01-04) 4 January 2007 (age 17)   Napoli
13 2DF Lamine Ballo (2007-05-10) 10 May 2007 (age 17)   Inter Milan
15 2DF Andrea Natali (2008-01-28) 28 January 2008 (age 16)   Barcelona
16 2DF Federico Nardin (2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 (age 17)   Roma
18 2DF Giovanni Lauricella (2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 17)   Empoli
4 3MF Matteo Mantini (2007-08-27) 27 August 2007 (age 16)   Inter Milan
7 3MF Federico Coletta (2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 17)   Roma
8 3MF Alessandro Di Nunzio (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 17)   Roma
14 3MF Emanuele Sala (2007-11-28) 28 November 2007 (age 16)   AC Milan
17 3MF Matteo Lontani (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17)   Juventus
20 3MF Andrea Orlandi (2007-01-24) 24 January 2007 (age 17)   Empoli
9 4FW Francesco Camarda (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 16)   AC Milan
10 4FW Mattia Liberali (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 17)   AC Milan
11 4FW Mattia Mosconi (c) (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17)   Inter Milan
19 4FW Thomas Campaniello (2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 16)   Empoli

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Italy won the final of the 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship 1–0 against the Soviet Union. However, UEFA ruled that Roberto Secci had been ineligible to participate in the competition. UEFA stripped Italy of their title and decided to not reaward the under-16 European title that year.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Italy success overruled". UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. ^ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA. 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ^ "A Cipro si alza il sipario sull'élite round. I 20 Azzurrini convocati da Corradi" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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