Italy national under-20 football team

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Italy Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachCarmine Nunziata
Captainvacant
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1977)
Best resultThird place, 2017

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

The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.

History[edit]

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 U21 selection, providing further international development for young 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 third place achieved in the 2017 edition. 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] (except 2009, which the U-20 (B team) was coined "U-19 team" and coached by U-19 coach Massimo Piscedda,[5][6] which the A team went to Mediterranean Games).The 2006 edition was also played by the de facto U20 team but coached by U19 coach Paolo Berrettini.[7] The 2011 edition was played by Italy Universiade team.[8]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record[edit]

Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 3
Japan 1979 Did not qualify
Australia 1981 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 6
Mexico 1983 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3
Saudi Arabia 1989 Did not qualify
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 10 8
Canada 2007 Did not qualify
Egypt 2009 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 9 9
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Third place 7 3 2 2 10 9
Poland 2019 Fourth place 7 4 1 2 8 5
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled[9]
Indonesia 2023 Qualified
Total 7/22 34 13 8 13 44 43
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League matches against Norway and Germany on 23 and 27 March 2023 respectively.[10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Gioele Zacchi (2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 19) Italy Sassuolo
1GK Jacopo Sassi (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 19) Italy Giugliano
2DF Filippo Fiumanò (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 20) Italy Montevarchi
2DF Alessandro Fontanarosa (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 20) Italy Inter Milan
2DF Daniele Ghilardi (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 20) Italy Mantova
2DF Edoardo Pieragnolo (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 20) Italy Sassuolo
2DF Mattia Zanotti (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 20) Italy Inter Milan
2DF Filippo Terracciano (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 20) Italy Hellas Verona
2DF Gabriele Guarino (2004-04-14) 14 April 2004 (age 18) Italy Empoli
2DF Andrei Coubiș (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 19) Italy AC Milan
3MF Duccio Degli Innocenti (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 19) Italy Empoli
3MF Jacopo Fazzini (2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 20) Italy Empoli
3MF Samuel Giovane (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 19) Italy Ascoli
3MF Cher Ndour (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 18) Portugal Benfica
3MF Luciano Valente (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 19) Netherlands Groningen
3MF Antonio Vergara (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 20) Italy Pro Vercelli
3MF Flavio Paoletti (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 20) Italy Sampdoria
3MF Matteo Prati (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 19) Italy SPAL
3MF Federico Zuccon (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 19) Italy Lecco
4FW Giuseppe Ambrosino (2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 19) Italy Cittadella
4FW Claudio Cassano (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 19) Italy Roma
4FW Marco Nasti (2003-09-17) 17 September 2003 (age 19) Italy Cosenza
4FW Antonio Satriano (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 19) Netherlands Heracles Almelo
4FW Cristian Volpato (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 19) Italy Roma

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Convocati 18 Azzurrini per l'amichevole tra l'Under 19 e la Top 11/Serie D". www.figc.it. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  6. ^ "A Orvieto si completa la grande festa del Top 11". interregionale.com (in Italian). 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. ^ "TOP 11 SERIE D - Nazionale Under 19: 2 - 0". Serie D News (in Italian). 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Due vittorie azzurre nell'evento Top 11". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Contro Norvegia e Germania le ultime due gare del Torneo Otto Nazioni, poi il Mondiale: i 23 convocati di Nunziata" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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