Italy national under-19 football team

The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

Italy Under-19
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachBernardo Corradi
First colours
Second colours
European Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1981)
Best resultChampions (1958, 1966, 2003, 2023)

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held every year.

UEFA U-18 Championship Record edit

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 edit

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
  2020 Cancelled[1]
  2021 Cancelled[2]
  2022 Semi-finals
  2023 Champions
  2024 TBD

Honours edit

  • Under-18 era (1957–2001)

Current squad edit

The following 20 players were called up for the Elite Round of the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Federico Magro (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 19)   Lazio
12 1GK Renato Bellucci Marin (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 17)   Roma

20 2DF Wisdom Amey (2005-08-11) 11 August 2005 (age 18)   Bologna
3 2DF Davide Bartesaghi (2005-12-29) 29 December 2005 (age 18)   Milan
4 2DF Fabio Chiarodia (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 18)   Borussia Monchengladbach
13 2DF Cristian Corradi (2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 19)   Hellas Verona
15 2DF Filippo Mané (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19)   Borussia Dortmund
14 2DF Filippo Pagnucco (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)   JUventus
2 2DF Marco Palestra (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19)   Atalanta

17 3MF Aaron Ciammaglichella (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)   Torino
8 3MF Luca Di Maggio (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 18)   Inter Milan
6 3MF Jonas Harder (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 18)   Fiorentina
5 3MF Luca Lipani (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 (age 18)   Sassuolo
16 3MF Mattia Mannini (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 (age 17)   Roma
19 3MF Marco Romano (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)   Genoa
18 3MF Kevin Zeroli (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19)   Milan

7 4FW Lorenzo Anghelè (2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 19)   Juventus
9 4FW Giulio Misitano (2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 19)   Roma
10 4FW Simone Pafundi (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 18)   Lausanne-Sport
11 4FW Diego Sia (2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 18)   Milan

See also edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Azzurrini pronti alla fase élite dell'Europeo: i 20 convocati di Bernardo Corradi per il girone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.