Italy Under-19
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachBernardo Corradi
First colours
Second colours
European Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1981)
Best resultChampions (1958, 1966, 2003, 2023)

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

Year Round
Norway 2002Did not qualify
Liechtenstein 2003Champions
Switzerland 2004Group stage
Northern Ireland 2005Did not qualify
Poland 2006
Austria 2007
Czech Republic 2008Runners-up
Ukraine 2009Did not qualify
France 2010Group stage
Romania 2011Did not qualify
Estonia 2012
Lithuania 2013
Hungary 2014
Greece 2015
Germany 2016Runners-up
Georgia (country) 2017Did not qualify
Finland 2018Runners-up
Armenia 2019Group stage
Northern Ireland 2020Cancelled[1]
Romania 2021Cancelled[2]
Slovakia 2022Semi-finals
Malta 2023Champions
Northern Ireland 2024TBD

Honours

  • Under-18 era (1957–2001)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Qualifying Round of the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Federico Magro (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 Italy Lazio
1GK Renato Marin (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 Italy Roma
2DF Wisdom Amey (2005-08-11) 11 August 2005 Italy Bologna
2DF Davide Bartesaghi (2005-12-29) 29 December 2005 Italy Milan
2DF Fabio Chiarodia (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 Germany Borussia Monchengladbach
2DF Pietro Comuzzo (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 Italy Fiorentina
2DF Cristian Corradi (2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 Italy Hellas Verona
2DF Vittorio Magni (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 Italy Milan
2DF Marco Palestra (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 Italy Atalanta
3MF Aaron Ciammaglichella (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 Italy Torino
3MF Luca Di Maggio (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 Italy Inter Milan
3MF Luca Lipani (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Mattia Mannini (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 Italy Roma
3MF Diego Ripani (2005-09-12) 12 September 2005 Italy Juventus
3MF Daniele Quieto (2005-10-22) 22 October 2005 Italy Inter Milan
3MF Kevin Zeroli (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 Italy Milan
4FW Lorenzo Anghelè (2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 Italy Juventus
4FW Alphadjo Cisse (2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 Italy Hellas Verona
4FW Simone Pafundi (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 Italy Udinese
4FW Marco Delle Monache (2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 Italy Sampdoria

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 20 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Il cammino dei campioni d'Europa parte dalla Svezia: i 20 Azzurrini scelti da Bernardo Corradi". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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