Italy national under-21 football team

Italy Under-21
Nickname(s) Azzurrini
(Little Blues)
Association Federazione Italiana
Giuoco Calcio
Head coach Luigi Di Biagio
Captain Marco Benassi
Most caps Andrea Pirlo (46)
Top scorer Alberto Gilardino (19)
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
Italy Italy 7–0 Estonia Estonia
Catanzaro, March 23, 1995
Italy Italy 8-1 Wales Wales
Pavia, September 5, 2003
Italy Italy 7–0 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Casarano, 6 September 2012
Biggest defeat

Norway Norway 6–0 Italy Italy
Stavanger, June 5, 1991

Records for competitive
matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 19 (first in 1978)
Best result Winners: (1992, 1994,
1996, 2000, 2004)

The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy is the most successful nation in the history of the competition, with five Championships won (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2004). Italy has also been twice runner-up of the competition, in 1986 and 2013.

From 1990 to 2004 the team established near-total dominance of European Under-21 football, winning five of the seven tournaments.

Italy's Under-21s played the first match at the new Wembley Stadium, on 24 March 2007, against England Under-21s. The game resulted in a 3–3 draw, with Giampaolo Pazzini scoring all 3 goals for the Azzurrini.

Prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Italy U-21s went on to win the 2008 Toulon Tournament by beating Chile (1–0) in the final. It was the first time they had won this tournament, previously their best had been runner-up on two occasions.[1]

In the 2017 U-21 Championship Italy was eliminated in the semi-finals.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Italy's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

Olympics football Record

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
2004 Athens Team

Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically is a U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third place of UEFA U-21 Championship qualify for Olympics.

Mediterranean Games Record

Mediterranean Games Football tournament was U-23 event in 1993 and 1997.

Honours

Coaches

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Only official matches are reported.[2]

2016

2017

2018

Current players

Players born in 1996 or later are eligible for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following eligible players have been called up in the squad.

1996-born

1997-born

1998-born

1999-born

Note: Players in italics have already been called up to the senior team for official matches (training camps excluded).

Current squad

The following 23 players have been called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Caps and goals updated as of 27 June 2017, after the match against Spain.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alessio Cragno (1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 12 0 Italy Cagliari
17 1GK Simone Scuffet (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 2 0 Italy Udinese
19 1GK Gianluigi Donnarumma (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 7 0 Italy Milan
2 2DF Davide Calabria (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 7 0 Italy Milan
3 2DF Antonio Barreca (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 13 0 Italy Torino
4 2DF Daniele Rugani (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 19 2 Italy Juventus
12 2DF Andrea Conti (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 17 1 Italy Milan
13 2DF Mattia Caldara (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 12 0 Italy Atalanta (on loan from Juventus)
14 2DF Davide Biraschi (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 5 0 Italy Genoa
22 2DF Alex Ferrari (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 7 0 Italy Bologna
23 2DF Giuseppe Pezzella (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 0 0 Italy Udinese
5 3MF Danilo Cataldi (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 20 2 Italy Benevento (on loan from Lazio)
6 3MF Lorenzo Pellegrini (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 11 4 Italy Roma
8 3MF Alberto Grassi (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 12 0 Italy SPAL (on loan from Napoli)
15 3MF Marco Benassi (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 27 6 Italy Torino
18 3MF Roberto Gagliardini (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 6 0 Italy Internazionale
21 3MF Manuel Locatelli (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 4 0 Italy Milan
7 4FW Domenico Berardi (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 23 4 Italy Sassuolo
9 4FW Alberto Cerri (1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 15 2 Italy Perugia (on loan from Juventus)
10 4FW Federico Bernardeschi (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 16 5 Italy Juventus
11 4FW Andrea Petagna (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 7 1 Italy Atalanta
16 4FW Luca Garritano (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 12 0 Italy Chievo
20 4FW Federico Chiesa (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 6 0 Italy Fiorentina

Recent call-ups

Following are listed players called up in the previous 12 months that are still eligible to represent the Under-21 team.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Emil Audero (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 0 0 Italy Venezia (on loan from Juventus) v. Spain, 27 March 2017
GK Alex Meret (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 0 0 Italy SPAL (on loan from Udinese) v. England, 10 November 2016INJ
DF Kevin Bonifazi (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 0 0 Italy Torino v. Spain, 27 March 2017
DF Davide Vitturini (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 0 0 Italy Carpi (on loan from Pescara) v. Denmark, 14 November 2016
DF Arturo Calabresi (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 2 0 Italy Spezia (on loan from Roma) v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
DF Filippo Romagna (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 0 0 Italy Cagliari v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
MF Rolando Mandragora (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 10 0 Italy Crotone (on loan from Juventus) v. Spain, 27 March 2017
FW Andrea Favilli (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 2 0 Italy Ascoli v. Spain, 27 March 2017
FW Vittorio Parigini (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 4 1 Italy Torino v. Denmark, 14 November 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ channel4.com - Football Italia
  2. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/3093/21788/Calendario.shtml
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