Italy national under-17 football team

The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Italy women's national under-17 football team.

Italy Under-17
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMassimiliano Favo
FIFA codeITA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1985)
Best resultFourth place (1987)
European Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (1982, 2024)
Medal record
Men's football
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Formerly U-16 Championship
1982 ItalyTeam
2024 CyprusTeam
1986 GreeceTeam
1993 TurkeyTeam
1998 ScotlandTeam
2013 SlovakiaTeam
2018 EnglandTeam
2019 Republic of IrelandTeam
1992 CyprusTeam
2005 ItalyTeam

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. The team, if qualified, also competes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Competitive record

FIFA Under-17 World Cup
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
FIFA Under-16 World Championship
1985Group stage13th310234
1987Fourth Place4th631284
1989Did not qualify
1991Group stage10th302123
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
1993Group stage10th301216
1995Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005Group stage13th311167
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
2007Did not qualify
2009Quarter-finals6th531164
2011Did not qualify
2013Round of 1613th420235
2015Did not qualify
2017
2019Quarter-finals5th530295
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2023Did not qualify
2025To be determined
Total8/204th32136133838

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1982Champions211021Squad
1984Did not qualify
1985Group stage301226Squad
1986Runners-up322174Squad
1987Champions[lower-alpha 1]332084Squad
1988Did not qualify
1989Group stage302123Squad
1990Did not qualify
1991
1992Third place331182Squad
1993Runners-up321053Squad
1994Did not qualify
1995Group stage302112Squad
1996Did not qualify
1997Group stage301266Squad
1998Runners-up5411126Squad
1999Did not qualify
2000
2001Quarter-finals412187Squad
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002Did not qualify
2003Group stage311142Squad
2004Did not qualify
2005Third place530243Squad
2006Did not qualify (Elite round)
2007
2008
2009Semi-finals411236Squad
2010Did not qualify (Qualifying round)
2011Did not qualify (Elite round)
2012
2013Runners-up423052Squad
2014Did not qualify (Elite round)
2015Quarter-finals311235Squad
2016Group stage310246Squad
2017Group stage310235Squad
2018Runners-up6411105Squad
2019Runners-up6501148Squad
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2021
2022Quarter-finals420255Squad
2023Group stage310244Squad
2024Champions6510112Squad

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours
  • Under-16 era (1982–2001)

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Massimo Pessina (2007-12-25) 25 December 2007 Bologna
12 1GK Alessandro Longoni (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 AC Milan
2 2DF Emanuel Benjamin (2007-07-14) 14 July 2007 Real Madrid
3 2DF Cristian Cama (2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 Roma
5 2DF Francesco Verde (2007-02-21) 21 February 2007 Juventus
6 2DF Christian Garofalo (2007-01-04) 4 January 2007 Napoli
13 2DF Lamine Ballo (2007-05-10) 10 May 2007 Inter Milan
15 2DF Andrea Natali (2008-01-28) 28 January 2008 Barcelona
16 2DF Federico Nardin (2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 Roma
18 2DF Giovanni Lauricella (2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 Empoli
4 3MF Matteo Mantini (2007-08-27) 27 August 2007 Inter Milan
7 3MF Federico Coletta (2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 Roma
8 3MF Alessandro Di Nunzio (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 Roma
14 3MF Emanuele Sala (2007-11-28) 28 November 2007 AC Milan
17 3MF Matteo Lontani (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 Juventus
20 3MF Andrea Orlandi (2007-01-24) 24 January 2007 Empoli
9 4FW Francesco Camarda (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 AC Milan
10 4FW Mattia Liberali (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 AC Milan
11 4FW Mattia Mosconi (c) (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 Inter Milan
19 4FW Thomas Campaniello (2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 Empoli

See also

Notes
  1. Italy won the final of the 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship 1–0 against the Soviet Union. However, UEFA ruled that Riccardo Secci had been ineligible to participate in the competition. UEFA stripped Italy of their title and decided to not reaward the under-16 European title that year.[2][3]

References
  1. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. "Italy success overruled". UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240514145723/https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/palmares-storia/la-vittoria-europea-1986-revocata-agli-azzurrini/
  4. "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA. 1 April 2020.
  5. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. "A Cipro si alza il sipario sull'élite round. I 20 Azzurrini convocati da Corradi" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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