Italy national under-19 football team

The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

Italy Under-19

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coach	Alberto Bollini
First colours Second colours
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
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Semi-finals
2023	Champions
2024	Semi-finals
2025	TBD

Honours

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

• Winner: 2003; 2023
• Runners-up: 2008; 2016; 2018

• Under-18 era (1957–2001)

• Winner: 1958; 1966
• Runners-up: 1959; 1986; 1995; 1999

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the Qualifying round of the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Renato Bellucci Marin	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006	Roma
	1GK	Tommaso Martinelli	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006	Fiorentina
	2DF	Matteo Cocchi	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007	Inter
	2DF	Niccolò Fortini	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006	Juve Stabia
	2DF	Giovanni Leoni	(2006-12-21) 21 December 2006	Parma
	2DF	Vittorio Magni	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006	Milan
	2DF	Andrea Natali	(2008-01-28) 28 January 2008	Bayer Leverkusen
	2DF	Filippo Pagnucco	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006	Juventus
	2DF	Matteo Plaia	(2006-03-29) 29 March 2006	Perugia
	3MF	Mattia Mannini (captain)	(2006-07-08) 8 July 2006	Roma
	3MF	Leonardo Mendicino	(2006-06-25) 25 June 2006	Cesena
	3MF	Marco Romano	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006	Genoa
	3MF	Lorenzo Riccio	(2006-07-25) 25 July 2006	Atalanta
	3MF	Emanuele Sala	(2007-11-28) 28 November 2007	Milan
	4FW	Francesco Camarda	(2008-03-10) 10 March 2008	Milan
	4FW	Giacomo De Pieri	(2006-12-29) 29 December 2006	Inter
	4FW	Seydou Fini	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006	Excelsior Rotterdam
	4FW	Jeff Ekhator	(2006-11-11) 11 November 2006	Genoa
	4FW	Mattia Liberali	(2007-04-06) 6 April 2007	Milan
	4FW	Diego Sia	(2006-03-10) 10 March 2006	Milan

See also

• Italy national under-20 football team
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

External links

• UEFA Under-19 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-18/U-19 Championships.