The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.
| Nickname | Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | ||
| Head coach | Alberto Bollini | ||
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| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 25 (first in 1981) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1958, 1966, 2003, 2023) | ||
The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held every year.
UEFA U-18 Championship Record
Before 2002, the event was called a U-18 tournament, as the players were required to under-18 at the start of qualifying phase and turn 19 in the final round.
- 1981: Second Round
- 1982: Qualifying Round
- 1983: Semi-finalists
- 1984: Second Round
- 1986: Runners-up
- 1988: Qualifying Round
- 1990: Qualifying Round
- 1992: Qualifying Round
- 1993: Intermediary Round
- 1994: Intermediary Round
- 1995: Runners-up
- 1996: 4th in Group B
- 1997: Preliminary Round
- 1998: Preliminary Round
- 1999: Runners-up
- 2000: Intermediary Round
- 2001: Preliminary Round
UEFA U-19 Championship Record
| Year | Round |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Champions |
| 2004 | Group stage |
| 2005 | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Runners-up |
| 2009 | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Group stage |
| 2011 | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | Runners-up |
| 2017 | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Runners-up |
| 2019 | Group stage |
| | Cancelled |
| | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Semi-finals |
| 2023 | Champions |
| 2024 | Semi-finals |
| 2025 | Did not qualify |
| 2026 | TBD |
Honours
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship
- Under-18 era (1957–2001)
Players
The following 20 players were called up for the Qualifying Round of the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alessandro Nunziante | 14 March 2007 | Udinese | |||
| GK | Tommaso Vannucchi | 5 March 2007 | Pontedera | |||
| DF | Matteo Cocchi | 1 February 2007 | Inter Milan | |||
| DF | Javison Osarumwense Idele | 23 January 2007 | Atalanta | |||
| DF | Marco Leandri | 31 January 2007 | Atalanta | |||
| DF | Manuel Maffessoli | 18 April 2007 | Atalanta | |||
| DF | Federico Nardin | 18 February 2007 | Roma | |||
| DF | Andrea Natali | 28 January 2008 | AZ Alkmaar | |||
| DF | Francesco Verde | 21 February 2007 | Juventus | |||
| MF | Filippo Cerpelletti | 19 June 2007 | Inter Milan | |||
| MF | Alessandro Ciardi | 7 January 2007 | Parma | |||
| MF | Federico Coletta | 29 May 2007 | Benfica | |||
| MF | Alessandro Di Nunzio | 21 April 2007 | Roma | |||
| MF | Mattia Liberali | 6 April 2007 | Catanzaro | |||
| MF | Matteo Mantini | 13 February 2007 | Grasshopper | |||
| MF | Emanuele Sala (captain) | 28 November 2007 | AC Milan | |||
| FW | Alessio Cacciamani | 29 June 2007 | Juve Stabia | |||
| FW | Alex Castiello | 13 February 2007 | AC Milan | |||
| FW | Jamal Iddrissou | 22 September 2007 | Inter Milan | |||
| FW | Mattia Mosconi | 26 March 2007 | Inter Milan | |||
See also
- Italy national under-20 football team
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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