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Italy national under-20 football team

Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

Italy Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachAlberto Bollini
CaptainSamuel Giovane
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)
Under 20 Elite League
Appearances6 (first in 2017–18)
Best resultWinner (2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)

The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years, and for the Under-20 Elite League, held every year.

History

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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 Under-21 selection, providing further international experience for young selectable 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 second place achieved in the 2023 edition held in Argentina, losing 1–0 against Uruguay. They finished also third in 2017 and fourth in 2019. 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]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
  1977 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 3
  1979 Did not qualify
  1981 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 6
  1983 Did not qualify
  1985
  1987 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3
  1989 Did not qualify
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 10 8
  2007 Did not qualify
  2009 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 9 9
  2011 Did not qualify
  2013
  2015
  2017 Third place 7 3 2 2 10 9
  2019 Fourth place 7 4 1 2 8 5
  2021 Cancelled[5]
  2023 Runners-up 7 5 0 2 13 8
  2025 To be determined
Total 8/24 41 18 8 15 57 51
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

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The following 23 players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against England and Portugal on 16 and 21 November 2023, respectively.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Davide Mastrantonio (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)   Pro Vercelli
2 1GK Lorenzo Palmisani (2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 20)   Frosinone
3 2DF Samuele Angori (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 20)   Pontedera
4 2DF Giovanni Bonfanti (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)   Atalanta U23
5 2DF Alessandro Dellavalle (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 20)   Torino
6 2DF Alessandro Fontanarosa (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21)   Cosenza
7 2DF Filippo Missori (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 20)   Sassuolo
8 2DF Iacopo Regonesi (2004-03-28) 28 March 2004 (age 20)   Atalanta U23
9 2DF Alessandro Pio Riccio (2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 (age 22)   Modena
10 2DF Filippo Terracciano (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)   Milan
11 3MF Lorenzo Amatucci (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20)   Ternana
12 3MF Giacomo Faticanti (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 19)   Ternana
13 3MF Luis Hasa (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20)   Juventus Next Gen
14 3MF Lorenzo Ignacchiti (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20)   Pontedera
15 3MF Riccardo Pagano (2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 19)   Roma
16 3MF Niccolò Pisilli (2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 19)   Roma
17 3MF Federico Zuccon (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 21)   Cosenza
18 4FW Federico Accornero (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20)   Pescara
19 4FW Nicholas Bonfanti (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)   Pisa
20 4FW Luigi Cherubini (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)   Roma
21 4FW Luca D'Andrea (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 19)   Catanzaro
22 4FW Daniele Montevago (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21)   Virtus Entella
23 4FW Nicolò Turco (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)   Liefering

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "L'Elite League continua con gli impegni contro Inghilterra e Portogallo: i 23 convocati di Bollini per le due sfide" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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