Italy national under-20 football team

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

Italy Under-20
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachDaniele Franceschini
Captainvacant
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1977)
Best resultThird Place, 2017

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

History

The Under-20 team is the de facto Under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s providing further international development for youth 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. So far, the best result of the team is just third place in 2017. Italy managed to qualify for two consecutive U-20 World Cup for the first time, after topping the group in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

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 have an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season, from 2007[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
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1977Group stage302113
1979Did not qualify
1981Group stage300316
1983Did not qualify
1985
1987Quarter-finals421153
1989Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005Quarter-finals5212108
2007Did not qualify
2009Quarter-finals521299
2011Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017Third place7322109
2019Fourth place741285
2021To be determined
Total7/2234138134443
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the Under 20 Elite League tournament match against Switzerland on 18 November 2019.[9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Leonardo Loria (1999-03-28) 28 March 1999 Juventus U23
1GK Simone Ghidotti (2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 Pergolettese
2DF Raoul Bellanova (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 Bordeaux
2DF Alessandro Fiordaliso (1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 Venezia
2DF Gabriele Bellodi (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 Crotone
2DF Alessandro Buongiorno (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 Torino
2DF Filippo Delli Carri (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 Juventus U23
2DF Alessandro Tripaldelli (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 Sassuolo
2DF Gianluca Frabotta (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 Juventus U23
2DF Matteo Lovato (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000 Padova
3MF Manolo Portanova (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 Juventus U23
3MF Alessandro Mallamo (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 Juve Stabia
3MF Andrea Danzi (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 Verona
3MF Andrea Colpani (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 Trapani
3MF Tommaso Pobega (1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 Pordenone
3MF Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (2000-06-18) 18 June 2000 Perugia
4FW Giacomo Raspadori (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 Sassuolo
4FW Gabriele Gori (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 Arezzo
4FW Emanuel Vignato (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 Chievo
4FW Domenico Alberico (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 Hoffenheim
4FW André Anderson (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 Lazio
4FW Gennaro Borrelli (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 Pescara
4FW Marco Olivieri (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 Juventus U23

See also

References
  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. http://www.figc.it/it/204/21233/2009/05/News.shtml
  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. "Torneo 8 Nazioni. Convocati ventitré Azzurrini per la quinta gara contro la Svizzera". figc.it (in Italian). IFF. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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