Italy national under-20 football team

Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

Italy Under-20

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurrini
Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coach	Bernardo Corradi
Captain	Luca Lipani
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up (2023)
Under 20 Elite League
Appearances	6 (first in 2017–18)
Best result	Winner (2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)

The team competes for the Under 20 Elite League, held annually and, if qualified, for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, held every two years.

History

The Under-20 team is de facto based on the previous year's Under-19 team and acts mainly as a support team for the Under-21 selection, providing further international experience for young selectable players.

The team competes for its only official tournament, the FIFA U-20 World Cup, depending on the U19s results at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in the even-numbered years, that qualifies European teams for the U-20 World Cup.

The best result obtained by the Italian team in the U-20 World Cup is the second place achieved in the 2023 edition held in Argentina, losing 1–0 against Uruguay. They finished also third in 2017 and fourth in 2019. Italy managed to qualify for the first time for two consecutive U-20 World Cups after winning its group at the 2018 European U-19 Championship, then finishing fourth at the following year's World Cup.

Each season the team mainly participates in friendly tournaments, in which overage players may also be selected. The U20 team participated until 2017 in the annual Four Nations Tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Poland (which replaced Austria). Since the 2017–18 season, the Italy U20 team participates in the annual Under 20 Elite League, expanded to 8 participants.

The team also had an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season.^[1][2][3][4]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3
1979	Did not qualify
1981	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6
1983	Did not qualify
1985
1987	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	3
1989	Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	10	8
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	9	9
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Third place	7	3	2	2	10	9
2019	Fourth place	7	4	1	2	8	5
2021	Qualified but cancelled[5]
2023	Runners-up	7	5	0	2	13	8
2025	Qualified
Total	8/23	41	18	8	15	57	51

*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against Czech Republic and Germany on 5 and 10 September 2024, respectively.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Federico Magro	(2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 20)	Hellas Verona
	1GK	Lorenzo Torriani	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 20)	Milan
	2DF	Davide Bartesaghi	(2005-12-29) 29 December 2005 (age 19)	Milan Futuro
	2DF	Fabio Chiarodia	(2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 20)	Borussia Monchengladbach
	2DF	Pietro Comuzzo	(2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 20)	Fiorentina
	2DF	Christian Corradi	(2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 20)	Hellas Verona
	2DF	Riyad Idrissi	(2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 (age 20)	Modena
	2DF	Filippo Mané	(2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 20)	Borussia Dortmund
	2DF	Marco Palestra	(2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 20)	Atalanta
	3MF	Pietro Candelari	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 20)	Spezia
	3MF	Aaron Ciammaglichella	(2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 20)	Torino
	3MF	Matteo Cichella	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)	Frosinone
	3MF	Luca Di Maggio	(2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 20)	Perugia
	3MF	Jonas Harder	(2005-09-30) 30 September 2005 (age 19)	Fiorentina
	3MF	Luca Lipani (captain)	(2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 (age 20)	Sassuolo
	3MF	Jacopo Sardo	(2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 20)	Saarbrücken
	3MF	Kevin Zeroli	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 20)	Monza
	4FW	Lorenzo Anghelè	(2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 20)	Juventus Next Gen
	4FW	Giacomo De Pieri	(2006-12-29) 29 December 2006 (age 18)	Internazionale
	4FW	Giulio Misitano	(2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 20)	Roma
	4FW	Francesco Presta	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 20)	Fiorentina
	4FW	Dominic Vavassori	(2005-12-09) 9 December 2005 (age 19)	Atalanta Under-23

See also

• Italy national under-21 football team
• Italy national under-19 football team
• FIFA U-20 World Cup