Italy 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)

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
Total 8/19 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 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Tommaso Martinelli (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18)   Fiorentina
12 1GK Francesco Plaia (2006-03-29) 29 March 2006 (age 17)   Spezia

2 2DF Vittorio Magni (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 17)   AC Milan
3 2DF Matteo Cocchi (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 17)   Inter Milan
5 2DF Edoardo Sadotti (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18)   Fiorentina
6 2DF Gabriel Ramaj (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)   Atalanta
13 2DF Filippo Pagnucco (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)   Juventus
15 2DF Alessandro Bassino (2006-02-12) 12 February 2006 (age 18)   Juventus
16 2DF Giorgio Vezzosi (2007-01-14) 14 January 2007 (age 17)   Sassuolo

4 3MF Lorenzo Riccio (2006-07-25) 25 July 2006 (age 17)   Atalanta
7 3MF Leonardo Mendicino (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)   Atalanta
8 3MF Mattia Mannini (c) (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 (age 17)   Roma
10 3MF Marco Romano (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)   Genoa
14 3MF Giacomo De Pieri (2006-12-29) 29 December 2006 (age 17)   Inter Milan
17 3MF Francesco Crapisto (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18)   Juventus
20 3MF Mattia Liberali (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 16)   AC Milan

9 4FW Federico Ragnoli Galli (2006-01-24) 24 January 2006 (age 18)   Atalanta
11 4FW Tommaso Ravaglioli (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18)   Bologna
18 4FW Emanuele Rao (2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 17)   SPAL
19 4FW Seydou Fini (2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 17)   Genoa

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 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.