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

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the squad for the friendly match against Denmark on 27 April 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Simone Scuffet (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 Italy Como (on loan from Udinese)
1GK Lorenzo Montipò (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 Italy Siena (on loan from Novara)

2DF Lorenzo Venuti (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 Italy Brescia (on loan from Fiorentina)
2DF Michele Troiani (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 Italy Benevento
2DF Lorenzo Filippini (1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 Italy Pro Vercelli
2DF Luca Barlocco (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 Italy Carrarese
2DF Pietro Ceccaroni (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 Italy Spal
2DF Arturo Calabresi (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 Italy Brescia (on loan from Roma)
2DF Giacomo Sciacca (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 Italy Renate
2DF Sebastiano Luperto (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 Italy Napoli

3MF Leonardo Capezzi (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 Italy Crotone (on loan from Fiorentina)
3MF Fabio Gerli (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 Italy Santarcangelo
3MF Andrea Palazzi (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 Italy Livorno (on loan from Internazionale)
3MF Giovanni Sbrissa (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 Italy Vicenza (on loan from Sassuolo)
3MF Daniele Verde (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 Italy Pescara (on loan from Roma)
3MF Patrick Ciurria (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 Italy Spezia
3MF Luca Mazzitelli (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 Italy Brescia (on loan from Sassuolo)
3MF Michele Rocca (1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 Italy Lanciano (on loan from Sampdoria)

4FW Antonino La Gumina (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 Italy Palermo
4FW Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 Italy Pescara (on loan from Verona)
4FW Alessandro Piu (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 Italy Empoli
4FW Leonardo Morosini (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 Italy Brescia

See also

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.
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