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Italy national under-21 football team

Italy national under-21 football team

Italy's national under-21 football team

The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

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The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy (along with Spain) 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 of 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]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

  • 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1974: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

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*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympics football Record

Main article: Italy national under-23 football team

Since 1992 Olympic football changed to a U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams are technically U-23 teams. European national teams qualify for the Olympic football tournament through the UEFA European U-21 Championship.

Overage players in Olympic Games

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Mediterranean Games Record

Mediterranean Games Football tournament was U-23 event in 1993 and 1997.

  • 1993: 4th place
  • 1997: Winners
  • 2001: a U20 event
  • 2005: filled with B team

Honours

Coaches

Coaching staff

Main article: List of Italy national football team managers

Current technical staff:[2]

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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Only official matches are listed.[3]

2023

22 June 2023 (2023-06-22) 2023 UEFA U21 Champ. France  2–1  Italy Cluj Napoca, Romania
20:45
Report
Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 11,286
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
25 June 2023 (2023-06-25) 2023 UEFA U21 Champ. Switzerland  2–3  Italy Cluj Napoca, Romania
18:00
Report
Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
28 June 2023 (2023-06-28) 2023 UEFA U21 Champ. Italy  0–1  Norway Cluj Napoca, Romania
20:45 Report
Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 2,347
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) 2025 Championship qual. Latvia  0–0  Italy Jūrmala, Latvia
Report Stadium: Sloka Stadium
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2025 Championship qual. Turkey  0–2  Italy Adapazari, Turkey
Report
Stadium: New Sakarya Atatürk Stadium
17 October 2023 (2023-10-17) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  2–0  Norway Bolzano, Italy
 Report Stadium: Stadio Druso
16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) 2025 Championship qual. San Marino  0–7  Italy Serravalle, San Marino
Report
Stadium: San Marino Stadium
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 Championship qual. Republic of Ireland  2–2  Italy Cork, Republic of Ireland
 Report
Stadium: Turners Cross

2024

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  2–0  Latvia Cesena, Italy
 Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  1–1  Turkey Ferrara, Italy
18:15
Report
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain)
4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) Touloune Tournament Group Stage Italy  v Japan Japan U23 Vitrolles, France
15:00 Report Stadium: Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
6 June 2024 (2024-06-06) Touloune Tournament Group Stage Ukraine  v  Italy Aubagne, France
15:00 Report Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
10 June 2024 (2024-06-10) Touloune Tournament Group Stage Italy  v Panama Panama U23 Aubagne, France
18:15 Report Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
12 June 2024 (2024-06-12) Touloune Tournament Group Stage Italy  v Egypt Egypt U23 Salon-de-Provence, France
18:15 Report Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
14 or 16 June 2024 Touloune Tournament Final TBD Italy  v TBD TBD, France
TBD Stadium: TBD
5 September 2024 (2024-09-05) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  v  San Marino TBD, Italy
10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 2025 Championship qual. Norway  v  Italy TBD, Norway
15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  v  Republic of Ireland TBD, Italy

Players

Players born in 2002 or later are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have been already capped with the senior team.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the qualifying matches against Latvia and Turkey on 22 and 26 March 2024, respectively.[4]

Caps and goals as of 26 March 2024, after the match against Turkey.

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Recent call-ups

Following are listed players called up in the previous twelve months who are still eligible to represent the under-21 team.

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Records

Players in bold are still eligible to represent the Under-21 team. Caps and goals with the Olympic team are included.

Most appearances

The following is the top 10 most capped under-21 players:[5]

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Top goalscorers

The following is the top 10 under-21 goalscorers:[6]

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See also

Notes

    References

    1. [1]
      "Categories - All 4". www.channel4.com.
    2. [2]
      "Staff" (in Italian). FIGC. 18 March 2021.
    3. [3]
      "FIGC". www.figc.it. 7 February 2020.
    4. [4]
      "Lettonia e Turchia sulla strada verso l'Europeo: i convocati di Nunziata per le sfide di Cesena e Ferrara, prima chiamata per Hasa". 15 March 2024.
    5. [5]
      "Classifica Presenze". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    6. [6]
      "Classifica Marcatori". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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