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Italy national under-20 football team

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

Italy Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurrini
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachBernardo Corradi
CaptainLuca Lipani
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1977)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)
Under 20 Elite League
Appearances6 (first in 2017–18)
Best resultWinner (2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)

The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years, and for the Under-20 Elite League, held every year.

History

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The Under-20 team is de facto based on the previous year's Under-19 team and acts mainly as a support team for the Under-21 selection, providing further international experience for young selectable 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.

The best result obtained by the Italian team in the U-20 World Cup is the second place achieved in the 2023 edition held in Argentina, losing 1–0 against Uruguay. They finished also third in 2017 and fourth in 2019. Italy managed to qualify for the first time for two consecutive U-20 World Cups after winning its group at the 2018 European U-19 Championship, then finishing fourth at the following year's 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 (which replaced Austria). Since the 2017–18 season, the Italy U20 team participates in the annual Under 20 Elite League, expanded to 8 participants.

The team also had an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season.[1][2][3][4]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
  1977 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 3
  1979 Did not qualify
  1981 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 6
  1983 Did not qualify
  1985
  1987 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3
  1989 Did not qualify
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 10 8
  2007 Did not qualify
  2009 Quarter-finals 5 2 1 2 9 9
  2011 Did not qualify
  2013
  2015
  2017 Third place 7 3 2 2 10 9
  2019 Fourth place 7 4 1 2 8 5
  2021 Qualified but cancelled[5]
  2023 Runners-up 7 5 0 2 13 8
  2025 Qualified
Total 8/23 41 18 8 15 57 51
*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

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The following 22 players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against Czech Republic and Germany on 5 and 10 September 2024, respectively.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Federico Magro (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 19)   Hellas Verona
1GK Lorenzo Torriani (2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 19)   Milan
2DF Davide Bartesaghi (2005-12-29) 29 December 2005 (age 18)   Milan Futuro
2DF Fabio Chiarodia (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 19)   Borussia Monchengladbach
2DF Pietro Comuzzo (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 19)   Fiorentina
2DF Christian Corradi (2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 19)   Hellas Verona
2DF Riyad Idrissi (2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 (age 19)   Modena
2DF Filippo Mané (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19)   Borussia Dortmund
2DF Marco Palestra (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19)   Atalanta
3MF Pietro Candelari (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19)   Spezia
3MF Aaron Ciammaglichella (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)   Torino
3MF Matteo Cichella (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)   Frosinone
3MF Luca Di Maggio (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 19)   Perugia
3MF Jonas Harder (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 19)   Fiorentina
3MF Luca Lipani (captain) (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 (age 19)   Sassuolo
3MF Jacopo Sardo (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19)   Saarbrücken
3MF Kevin Zeroli (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19)   Milan Futuro
4FW Lorenzo Anghelè (2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 19)   Juventus Next Gen
4FW Giacomo De Pieri (2006-12-29) 29 December 2006 (age 17)   Internazionale
4FW Giulio Misitano (2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 19)   Roma
4FW Francesco Presta (2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 19)   Fiorentina
4FW Dominic Vavassori (2005-12-09) 9 December 2005 (age 18)   Atalanta Under-23

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "L'Italia Under 20 batte la Top 11 di D". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Orvieto, Top 11 a testa alta contro l'Italia Under 20". Corriere dello Sport-Stadio (in Italian). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Top 11: sport e solidarietà". Serie D News (in Italian). 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. 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. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Inizia la marcia di avvicinamento al Mondiale. I 22 convocati di Corradi per i primi due impegni in Elite League contro Cechia e Germania" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

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