Italy national under-19 football team
{{Short description|National under-19 association football team representing Italy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox national football team
| Name = Italy Under-19
| Badge = Logo Italy National Football Team - 2023.svg
| Nickname =Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
| Association = Italian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
| Coach = Alberto Bollini
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|Regional cup apps=25|Regional cup first=1981|Regional cup best=Champions (1958, 1966, 2003, 2023)|Regional name=European Championship|Badge_size=138 px}}
The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.
The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held every year.
UEFA U-18 Championship Record
Before 2002, the event was called a U-18 tournament, as the players were required to under-18 at the start of qualifying phase and turn 19 in the final round.
- 1981: Second Round
- 1982: Qualifying Round
- 1983: Semi-finalists
- 1984: Second Round
- 1986: Runners-up
- 1988: Qualifying Round
- 1990: Qualifying Round
- 1992: Qualifying Round
- 1993: Intermediary Round
- 1994: Intermediary Round
- 1995: Runners-up
- 1996: 4th in Group B
- 1997: Preliminary Round
- 1998: Preliminary Round
- 1999: Runners-up
- 2000: Intermediary Round
- 2001: Preliminary Round
UEFA U-19 Championship Record
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Year
!Round | |
---|---|
{{flagicon|NOR}} 2002 | Did not qualify |
style="background-color:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|LIE}} 2003 | Champions |
{{flagicon|SUI}} 2004 | Group stage |
{{flagicon|NIR}} 2005 | rowspan=3|Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|POL}} 2006 | |
{{flagicon|AUT}} 2007 | |
style="background-color:Silver;"
|{{flagicon|CZE}} 2008 | Runners-up |
{{flagicon|UKR}} 2009 | Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|FRA}} 2010 | Group stage |
{{flagicon|ROM}} 2011 | rowspan=5|Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|EST}} 2012 | |
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} 2013 | |
{{flagicon|HUN}} 2014 | |
{{flagicon|GRE}} 2015 | |
style="background-color:Silver;"
|{{flagicon|GER}} 2016 | Runners-up |
{{flagicon|GEO}} 2017 | Did not qualify |
style="background-color:Silver;"
|{{flagicon|FIN}} 2018 | Runners-up |
{{flagicon|ARM}} 2019 | Group stage |
{{flagicon|NIR}} | Cancelled{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/025e-0fac6fe40557-8da71e4a1ab1-1000--2020-under-19-euro-cancelled/?iv=true|title=2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled|publisher=UEFA|date=20 October 2020}} |
{{flagicon|ROM}} | Cancelled{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0266-11a56ec11741-2377dafed677-1000--2020-21-under-19-euro-cancelled/|title=2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled|publisher=UEFA|date=23 February 2021}} |
{{flagicon|SVK}} 2022 | Semi-finals |
style="background-color:Gold;"
|{{flagicon|MLT}} 2023 | Champions |
{{flagicon|NIR}} 2024 | Semi-finals |
{{flagicon|ROM}} 2025 | Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|WAL}} 2026 | TBD |
Honours
Current squad
The following 20 players were called up for the Elite round of the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/inizia-la-missione-calabria-i-20-convocati-di-bollini-per-lelite-round-di-qualificazione-alleuropeo-si-gioca-dal-19-al-25-marzo/|title=Al via la missione Calabria: i 20 convocati di Bollini per l'Elite Round di qualificazione all'Europeo, si gioca dal 19 al 25 marzo|date=13 March 2025|access-date=13 March 2025|website=Italian Football Federation|language=it-IT}}
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{{nat fs player no caps|no=1|pos=GK|name=Tommaso Martinelli|age={{bda|2006|1|6|df=y}}|club=Fiorentina|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=12|pos=GK|name=Alessandro Nunziante|age={{bda|2007|3|14|df=y}}|club=Benevento|clubnat=ITA}}
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{{nat fs player no caps|no=13|pos=DF|name=Niccolò Fortini|age={{bda|2006|2|13|df=y}}|club=Juve Stabia|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=4|pos=DF|name=Giovanni Leoni|age={{bda|2006|12|21|df=y}}|club=Parma|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=2|pos=DF|name=Vittorio Magni|age={{bda|2006|6|1|df=y}}|club=Milan|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=6|pos=DF|name=Andrea Natali|age={{bda|2008|1|28|df=y}}|club=Bayer Leverkusen|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=3|pos=DF|name=Fellipe Jack|age={{bda|2006|1|12|df=y}}|club=Como|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=16|pos=DF|name=Filippo Pagnucco|age={{bda|2006|2|9|df=y}}|club=Juventus|clubnat=ITA|other=captain}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=5|pos=DF|name=Matteo Plaia|age={{bda|2006|3|29|df=y}}|club=Perugia|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=20|pos=MF|name=Federico Coletta|age={{bda|2007|5|29|df=y}}|club=Roma|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=10|pos=MF|name=Mattia Liberali|age={{bda|2007|4|6|df=y}}|club=Milan|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=19|pos=MF|name=Leonardo Mendicino|age={{bda|2006|6|25|df=y}}|club=Cesena|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=8|pos=MF|name=Fabio Rispoli|age={{bda|2006|9|28|df=y}}|club=Virtus Verona|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=15|pos=MF|name=Emanuele Sala|age={{bda|2007|11|28|df=y}}|club=Milan|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=17|pos=MF|name=Lorenzo Venturino|age={{bda|2006|6|22|df=y}}|club=Genoa|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=9|pos=FW|name=Francesco Camarda|age={{bda|2008|3|10|df=y}}|club=Milan|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=14|pos=FW|name=Giacomo De Pieri|age={{bda|2006|12|29|df=y}}|club=Internazionale|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=18|pos=FW|name=Jeff Ekhator|age={{bda|2006|11|11|df=y}}|club=Genoa|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=7|pos=FW|name=Seydou Fini|age={{bda|2006|6|2|df=y}}|club=Excelsior Rotterdam|clubnat=NED}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=11|pos=FW|name=Richi Agbonifo|age={{bda|2006|1|8|df=y}}|club=Hellas Verona|clubnat=ITA}}
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See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925085910/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/index.html UEFA Under-19 website] Contains full results archive
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/europe-u18.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-18/U-19 Championships.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Italy national football team}}
{{Football in Italy}}
{{National sports teams of Italy}}
{{UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{UEFA under-19 teams}}
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Category:European national under-19 association football teams