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 18 (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 ot 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 2015 U-21 Championship Italy was eliminated in the group stage.

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

Current players

Players born in 1994 or later are eligible for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

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

1994-born

1995-born

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 players have been called up for the friendly matches against England on 10 November 2016 and Denmark on 14 November 2016.[11]

Caps and goals updated as of 14 November 2016, after the match against Denmark.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Alessio Cragno (1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 12 0 Italy Benevento (on loan from Cagliari)
1GK Pierluigi Gollini (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 2 0 England Aston Villa
2DF Andrea Conti (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 14 0 Italy Atalanta
2DF Mattia Caldara (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 9 0 Italy Atalanta
2DF Antonio Barreca (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 8 0 Italy Torino
2DF Adam Masina (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 4 0 Italy Bologna
2DF Alex Ferrari (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 4 0 Italy Bologna
2DF Davide Biraschi (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 3 0 Italy Genoa
2DF Michele Somma (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 2 0 Italy Brescia
2DF Davide Vitturini (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 0 0 Italy Pescara
3MF Marco Benassi (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 22 5 Italy Torino
3MF Alberto Grassi (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 8 0 Italy Atalanta (on loan from Napoli)
3MF Luca Mazzitelli (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 7 0 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Lorenzo Pellegrini (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 5 1 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Leonardo Capezzi (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 3 0 Italy Crotone
3MF Bryan Cristante (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 2 0 Italy Pescara (on loan from Benfica)
4FW Luca Garritano (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 11 0 Italy Cesena
4FW Alberto Cerri (1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 10 2 Italy SPAL (on loan from Juventus)
4FW Lorenzo Rosseti (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 8 1 Switzerland Lugano (on loan from Juventus)
4FW Federico Ricci (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 8 0 Italy Sassuolo (on loan from Roma)
4FW Vittorio Parigini (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 4 1 Italy Chievo (on loan from Torino)
4FW Andrea Petagna (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 3 0 Italy Atalanta

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Alex Meret (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 0 0 Italy SPAL (on loan from Udinese) v. England, 10 November 2016 INJ
GK Simone Scuffet (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 1 0 Italy Udinese v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
GK Gianluigi Donnarumma (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 3 0 Italy Milan v. Albania, 10 August 2016
DF Nicola Murru (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 10 0 Italy Cagliari v. Lithuania, 11 October 2016
DF Davide Calabria (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 3 0 Italy Milan v. Lithuania, 11 October 2016 INJ
DF Alessio Romagnoli (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 15 1 Italy Milan v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
DF Arturo Calabresi (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 2 0 Italy Brescia (on loan from Roma) v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
DF Filippo Romagna (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 0 0 Italy Novara (on loan from Juventus) v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
DF Daniele Rugani (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 15 2 Italy Juventus v. Republic of Ireland, 24 March 2016
MF Danilo Cataldi (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 17 2 Italy Lazio v. England, 10 November 2016
MF Roberto Gagliardini (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 2 0 Italy Atalanta v. England, 10 November 2016
MF Valerio Verre (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 7 0 Italy Pescara v. Lithuania, 11 October 2016
MF Manuel Locatelli (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 0 0 Italy Milan v. Lithuania, 11 October 2016
MF Rolando Mandragora (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 8 0 Italy Juventus v. Andorra, 29 March 2016
MF Stefano Sensi (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 0 0 Italy Sassuolo v. Republic of Ireland, 24 March 2016 INJ
FW Federico Di Francesco (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 4 3 Italy Bologna v. England, 10 November 2016 INJ
FW Leonardo Morosini (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 1 0 Italy Brescia v. Lithuania, 11 October 2016
FW Gaetano Monachello (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 8 2 Italy Bari (on loan from Atalanta) v. Andorra, 6 September 2016
FW Domenico Berardi (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 18 3 Italy Sassuolo v. Serbia, 2 September 2016 INJ
FW Kingsley Boateng (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 5 0 Italy Bari v. Andorra, 29 March 2016
FW Federico Bernardeschi (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 12 3 Italy Fiorentina v. Republic of Ireland, 24 March 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ channel4.com - Football Italia
  2. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/3093/21788/Calendario.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/204/2531734/2016/03/News.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/204/2531777/2016/03/News.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/204/2532754/2016/06/News.shtml
  6. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/204/2533580/2016/08/News.shtml
  7. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2017/matches/round=2000649/match=2016133/index.html
  8. ↑ Report
  9. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2017/matches/round=2000649/match=2016146/index.html
  10. ↑ http://www.calciomercato.com/news/inghilterra-italia-under-21-live-30905
  11. ↑ http://www.figc.it/it/204/2534970/2016/11/News.shtml
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