Italy national under-21 football B team

Italy national under-21 football B team
Association Lega B
(part of Italian Football Federation)
Head coach Massimo Piscedda
First colours
Second colours

Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italian national football team representative team of Serie B and is controlled by the Lega B. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010.

The team is the B team and feeder team of Italy national under-21 football team, which occasionally plays against other nations' under-21 teams. Unlike the main team, the U21 Serie B selected players from Serie B only and was controlled by Lega Calcio (later Lega B) instead of Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

The team also plays against football clubs, Under-20 Lega Pro (selected players from Lega Pro), Serie B Foreigners Best XI, The Football League under-21 team (in 2006) and internal friendlies, which the team split into blue and white team and against each other.

Recent fixture

Only matches played against national teams were listed.

Players

The team had same age limit as the Italy U21 team. For 2014–2015 season, players born on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible to play. A feeder team of U21 team, some players were called up to U21 Serie B team before making their débuts for Italy U21.

The teams consist of players loaned to Serie B from Serie A clubs, youth products of Serie B and young talents signed by Serie B clubs from Lega Pro. Some players are scouted by Serie A clubs after good performances in Serie B.

Notable players

Players who won full caps or received a call-up for Italy senior team

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=6c35d10a-42fa-42b5-b4ee-9f80ca4c6803&groupId=115051%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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See also

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