Italy national football B team

Italy national football B team is a B team that representing Italian Football Federation. The most recent fixture was a non-A friendly with San Marino on 31 May 2017.[1][2][3]

Not to be confused with Italy national under-21 football B team, a team composed of Serie B players only.

Italy B
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachVacant
Home stadiumN/A
First international
 Luxembourg 1–5 Italy 
(Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 17 April 1927)
Biggest win
 Italy 12–0 Luxembourg 
(Como, Italy; 10 April 1932)
Biggest defeat
 Bulgaria 5–1 Italy 
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 7 November 1963)

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly match against San Marino on 31 May 2017.[4] Some of the players who born in 1994 or after, were also eligible to Italy national under-21 football team, which qualified to the final stage of 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Ages, clubs and caps[5] updated as of 31 May 2017

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Simone Scuffet (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 21) 1 0 Udinese
15 1GK Pierluigi Gollini 0 0 Atalanta (on loan from Aston Villa)
2 2DF Andrea Conti 1 0 Atalanta
3 2DF Danilo D'Ambrosio 1 0 Internazionale
6 2DF Mattia Caldara 1 1 Atalanta (on loan from Juventus)
13 2DF Cristiano Biraghi (1992-09-01)1 September 1992 (aged 24) 1 0 Pescara
14 2DF Alex Ferrari 0 0 Verona (on loan from Bologna)
15 2DF Gian Marco Ferrari 1 1 Crotone (on loan from Sassuolo)
19 2DF Federico Ceccherini Crotone
22 2DF Davide Calabria 0 0 Milan
2DF Emerson Palmieri 0 0 Roma
3MF Daniele Baselli Torino
3MF Danilo Cataldi Genoa

References
  1. "Italy's emerging youth prospects will take on San Marino in May" (Press release). Italian Football Federation. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "Italy side of the future beats San Marino 8-0 with Lapadula netting a hat-trick" (Press release). Italian Football Federation. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. "L'Italia strapazza San Marino: tripletta di Lapadula, finisce 8-0". Sky Sport (in Italian). Sky Italia. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018. In questa gara, che non verrà conteggiata né per le presenze degli azzurri né per il ranking della Fifa......
  4. "Italia-San Marino a Empoli: ecco i 22 Azzurri. Domani i convocati dell'Under 21" (Press release) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. "Italy 8-0 San Marino". ESPN. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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