Italy national under-17 football team

Italy Under-17

Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Carmine Nunziata
FIFA code	ITA
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1985)
Best result	Fourth place: 1987
European Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1982)
Best result	Champions: 1982

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

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.

UEFA U-16 Championship Record

• 1982: Champions
• 1984: Did not qualify
• 1985: Group Stage
• 1986: Runners-up
• 1987: Champions (stripped)
• 1988: Did not qualify
• 1989: Group Stage
• 1990: Did not qualify
• 1991: Did not qualify
• 1992: Third Place
• 1993: Runners-up
• 1994: Did not qualify
• 1995: Group Stage
• 1996: Did not qualify
• 1997: Group Stage
• 1998: Runners-up
• 1999: Did not qualify
• 2000: Did not qualify
• 2001: Quarter-finals

UEFA U-17 Championship Record

• 2002: Did not qualify
• 2003: Group stage
• 2004: Did not qualify
• 2005: Third Place
• 2006: Elite Round
• 2007: Elite Round
• 2008: Elite Round
• 2009: Semi-finals
• 2010: Qualifying Round
• 2011: Elite Round
• 2012: Elite Round
• 2013: Runners-up
• 2014: Elite Round
• 2015: Quarter-finals
• 2016: Group stage
• 2017: Group stage
• 2018: Runners-up

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
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
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
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	To be determined
Total	7/17	4th	27	10	6	11	29	33

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

• Runners-up: 2013; 2018
• Third Place: 2005

• Under-16 era (1982–2001)

• Winner: 1982
• Runners-up: 1986; 1993; 1998
• Third Place: 1992

• FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Fourth Place: 1987

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alessandro Russo	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001			Genoa
12	1GK	Ludovico Gelmi	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001			Atalanta
2	2DF	Alberto Barazzetta	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001			Milan
3	2DF	Giorgio Brogni	(2001-01-28) 28 January 2001			Atalanta
5	2DF	Nicolò Armini	(2001-03-07) 7 March 2001			Lazio
6	2DF	Paolo Gozzi Iweru	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001			Juventus
13	2DF	Fabio Ponsi	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001			Fiorentina
14	2DF	Stefano Vaghi	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001			Internazionale
18	2DF	Francesco Semeraro	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001			Roma
4	3MF	Giuseppe Leone	(2001-05-05) 5 May 2001			Juventus
7	3MF	Samuele Ricci	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001			Empoli
8	3MF	Emmanuel Gyabuaa	(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001			Atalanta
10	3MF	Alessio Riccardi	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001			Roma
15	3MF	Nicolò Rovella	(2001-12-04) 4 December 2001			Genoa
16	3MF	Jean Freddi Pascal Greco	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001			Roma
20	3MF	Alessandro Cortinovis	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001			Atalanta
9	4FW	Edoardo Vergani	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001			Internazionale
11	4FW	Andrea Mattioli	(2001-11-09) 9 November 2001			Sassuolo
17	4FW	Nicolò Fagioli	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001			Juventus
19	4FW	Lorenzo Colombo	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002			Milan

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• FIFA U-17 World Cup

References