Italy national under-20 football team

Italy Under-20

Nickname(s)	Azzurrini
Association	Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
Head coach	Alberigo Evani
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1977)
Best result	Quarter-final, 1987, 2005, 2009

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 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.

History

The U20 team is the de facto under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result. The U19 team finished runners-up of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, thereby qualifying for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Any player may receive an U20 call-up regardless of whether they have played for the under-19 team. As the team mainly participate in friendly tournaments, overage players may also be selected.

The team participated in an annual Four Nations Tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Poland (in the past Austria or an invitee), which was the main fixture of the U20 team.

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

• 1977: 3rd in Group C
• 1979: Did not qualify
• 1981: 4th in Group B
• 1983: Did not qualify
• 1985: Did not qualify
• 1987: Quarter-final
• 1989 to 2003: Did not qualify
• 2005: Quarter-final
• 2007: Did not qualify
• 2009: Quarter-final
• 2011: Did not qualify
• 2013: Did not qualify
• 2015: Did not qualify
• 2017: Qualified

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the squad for the Four Nations tournament matches against Germany on 10 November 2016 and Switzerland on 15 November 2016.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Emil Audero	18 January 1997			Juventus
	GK	Andrea Zaccagno	27 May 1997			Pro Vercelli (on loan from Torino)
	DF	Leonardo Sernicola	30 July 1997			Ternana
	DF	Federico Dimarco	10 November 1997			Empoli (on loan from Internazionale)
	DF	Gian Filippo Felicioli	30 September 1997			Ascoli
	DF	Filippo Romagna	26 May 1997			Novara (on loan from Juventus)
	DF	Mauro Coppolaro	10 March 1997			Latina (on loan from Udinese)
	DF	Arturo Calabresi	17 March 1996			Brescia (on loan from Roma)
	DF	Elio Capradossi	11 March 1996			Bari (on loan from Roma)
	DF	Lorenzo Dickmann	24 September 1996			Novara
	MF	Christian D'Urso	26 July 1997			Latina (on loan from Roma)
	MF	Nicolò Barella	7 February 1997			Cagliari
	MF	Alberto Picchi	12 August 1997			SPAL (on loan from Empoli)
	MF	Matteo Pessina	21 April 1997			Como (on loan from Milan)
	MF	Luca Checchin	3 May 1997			Prato (on loan from Verona)
	MF	Simone Pontisso	20 March 1997			SPAL (on loan from Udinese)
	MF	Francesco Cassata	16 July 1997			Ascoli (on loan from Juventus)
	MF	Alfredo Bifulco	19 January 1997			Carpi (on loan from Napoli)
	MF	Federico Chiesa	25 October 1997			Fiorentina
	MF	Andrea Palazzi	24 February 1996			Pro Vercelli (on loan from Internazionale)
	FW	Giuseppe Panico	10 May 1997			Cesena (on loan from Genoa)
	FW	Riccardo Orsolini	24 January 1997			Ascoli
	FW	Luca Vido	3 February 1997			Milan
	FW	Antonino La Gumina	6 March 1996			Ternana (on loan from Palermo)
	FW	Alessandro Piu	30 July 1996			Spezia (on loan from Empoli)

See also

• Italy national under-21 football team
• FIFA U-20 World Cup

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. 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.