Italy national under-20 football team

Italy Under-20
Nickname(s) Azzurrini
Association Federazione Italiana
Giuoco Calcio
Head coach Federico Guidi
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 6 (first in 1977)
Best result Third Place, 2017

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

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.

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 (wich replaced Austria).

Since the 2017–18 season, the Italy U20 participates in the annual Under 20 Elite League.

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
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
Total6/212797113638

Current squad

The following players have been called up for a stage from 6 to 10 August 2017.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Andrea Zaccagno (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 Italy Torino
1GK Samuele Perisan (1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 Italy Triestina (on loan from Udinese)
1GK Mattia Del Favero (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 Italy Juventus
2DF Giuseppe Scalera (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 Italy Bari
2DF Claud Adjapong (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 Italy Sassuolo
2DF Pietro Beruatto (1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 Italy Vicenza (on loan from Juventus)
2DF Gian Filippo Felicioli (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 Italy Verona (on loan from Milan)
2DF Mauro Coppolaro (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 Italy Brescia (on loan from Udinese)
2DF Alessandro Vogliacco (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 Italy Juventus
2DF Marco Varnier (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 Italy Cittadella
2DF Alberto Dossena (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 Italy Perugia
2DF Davide Vitturini (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 Italy Carpi (on loan from Pescara)
3MF Alfredo Bifulco (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 Italy Napoli
3MF Gaetano Castrovilli (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 Italy Cremonese (on loan from Fiorentina)
3MF Alessandro Bordin (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 Italy Ternana (on loan from Roma)
3MF Nicholas Pierini (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Niccolò Zanellato (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 Italy Milan
3MF Francesco Cassata (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Matteo Pessina (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 Italy Atalanta
3MF Mattia Vitale (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 Italy Venezia (on loan from Juventus)
4FW Giuseppe Panico (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 Italy Cesena (on loan from Genoa)
4FW Simone Lo Faso (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 Italy Palermo
4FW Simone Mazzocchi (1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 Italy Siracusa (on loan from Atalanta)
4FW Marco Tumminello (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 Italy Roma

See also

References

  1. ↑ "L'Italia Under 20 batte la Top 11 di D". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Orvieto, Top 11 a testa alta contro l'Italia Under 20". Corriere dello Sport-Stadio (in Italian). 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Top 11: sport e solidarietà". Serie D News (in Italian). 3 June 2008. 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. 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. 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.
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