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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachAlberto Bollini
CaptainSamuel Giovane
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)
Under 20 Elite League
Appearances5 (first in 2017–18)
Best resultWinner (2021–22, 2022–23)

The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years, and for the Under-20 Elite League, held every year.

History

The Under-20 team is de facto based on the previous year's Under-19 team and acts mainly as a support team for the Under-21 selection, providing further international experience for young selectable 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.

The best result obtained by the Italian team in the U-20 World Cup is the second place achieved in the 2023 edition held in Argentina, losing 1–0 against Uruguay. They finished also third in 2017 and fourth in 2019. Italy managed to qualify for the first time for two consecutive U-20 World Cups after winning its group at the 2018 European U-19 Championship, then finishing fourth at the following year's World Cup.

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 had an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season.[1][2][3][4]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Group stage302113
Japan 1979Did not qualify
Australia 1981Group stage300316
Mexico 1983Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987Quarter-finals421153
Saudi Arabia 1989Did not qualify
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005Quarter-finals5212108
Canada 2007Did not qualify
Egypt 2009Quarter-finals521299
Colombia 2011Did not qualify
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017Third place7322109
Poland 2019Fourth place741285
Indonesia 2021Cancelled[5]
Argentina 2023Runners-up7502138
Total8/2341188155751
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League match against Poland on 13 October 2023.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Davide Mastrantonio (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 Italy Monterosi Tuscia
1GK Lorenzo Palmisani (2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 Italy Olbia
2DF Samuele Angori (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 Italy Pontedera
2DF Giovanni Bonfanti (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 Italy Atalanta U23
2DF Tommaso Corazza (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 Italy Bologna
2DF Alessandro Dellavalle (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 Italy Torino
2DF Alessandro Fontanarosa (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 Italy Cosenza
2DF Filippo Missori (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 Italy Sassuolo
2DF Iacopo Regonesi (2004-03-28) 28 March 2004 Italy Atalanta U23
2DF Filippo Terracciano (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 Italy Hellas Verona
3MF Lorenzo Amatucci (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 Italy Fiorentina
3MF Giacomo Faticanti (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 Italy Lecce
3MF Samuel Giovane (captain) (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 Italy Ascoli
3MF Luis Hasa (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 Italy Juventus Next Gen
3MF Lorenzo Ignacchiti (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 Italy Pontedera
3MF Riccardo Pagano (2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 Italy Roma
3MF Niccolò Pisilli (2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 Italy Roma
4FW Federico Accornero (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 Italy Pescara
4FW Luca D'Andrea (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 Italy Catanzaro
4FW Daniele Montevago (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 Italy Gubbio
4FW Samuele Vignato (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 Italy Monza
4FW Nicolò Turco (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 Austria Liefering

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. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. "Elite League, venerdì 13 a Catanzaro c'è la Polonia: i 22 convocati di Bollini per la sfida del 'Ceravolo'" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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