Italy national under-17 football team

Italy Under 17

Association	Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Emiliano Bigica
FIFA code	ITA
First colours Second colours

The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. The team, if qualified, competes also in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

UEFA U-16 Championship Record

• 1982: Champions
• 1984: Did not qualify
• 1985: Group Stage
• 1986: Runners-up
• 1987: Champions (stripped)
• 1988: Did not qualify
• 1989: Group Stage
• 1990: Did not qualify
• 1991: Did not qualify
• 1992: Third-place
• 1993: Runners-up
• 1994: Did not qualify
• 1995: Group Stage
• 1996: Did not qualify
• 1997: Group Stage
• 1998: Runners-up
• 1999: Did not qualify
• 2000: Did not qualify
• 2001: Quarter-finals

UEFA U-17 Championship Record

• 2002: Did not qualify
• 2003: Group stage
• 2004: Did not qualify
• 2005: Third place
• 2006: Elite Round
• 2007: Elite Round
• 2008: Elite Round
• 2009: Semi-finals
• 2010: Qualifying Round
• 2011: Elite Round
• 2012: Elite Round
• 2013: Runners-up
• 2014: Elite Round
• 2015: Quarter-finals
• 2016: Group stage

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	3	4
1987	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	8	4
1989	Did Not Qualify
1991	Group Stage	10th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1993	Group Stage	10th	3	0	1	2	1	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group Stage	13th	3	1	1	1	6	7
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009	Quarter-Finals	-	5	3	1	1	6	4
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013	Round of 16	-	4	2	0	2	3	5
2015	Did Not Qualify
Total	7/16	-	27	10	6	11	29	33

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

• Winner: 1982
• Runners-up: 1986; 1993; 1998; 2013

• FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Fourth Place: 1987

Current squad

The following 18 players have been called up for the Qualifying Round of the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Simone Ghidotti	19 March 2000			Fiorentina
	GK	Marco Carnesecchi	1 July 2000			Cesena
	DF	Moris Sportelli	31 January 2000			Milan
	DF	Axel Campeol	5 March 2000			Milan
	DF	Davide Bettela	7 April 2000			Internazionale
	DF	Antonio Candela	27 April 2000			Spezia
	DF	Raoul Bellanova	17 May 2000			Milan
	DF	Matteo Anzolin	11 November 2000			Vicenza
	MF	Alessandro Ahmetaj	2 January 2000			Cesena
	MF	Andrea Rizzo Pinna	13 January 2000			Atalanta
	MF	Roberto Biancu	19 January 2000			Cagliari
	MF	Luca Scarlino	16 February 2000			Spezia
	MF	Fabrizio Caligara	12 April 2000			Juventus
	MF	Elia Visconti	30 June 2000			Internazionale
	FW	Rilind Nivokazi	26 January 2000			Atalanta
	FW	Giacomo Raspadori	18 February 2000			Sassuolo
	FW	Davide Merola	27 March 2000			Internazionale
	FW	Pietro Pellegri	17 March 2001			Genoa

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• FIFA U-17 World Cup

References