Italy national under-19 football team
National under-19 association football team representing Italy
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The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.
NicknameGli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coachAlberto Bollini
Appearances25 (first in 1981)
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| Nickname | Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues) | ||
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| 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 | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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 2002 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2003 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
 2004 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2006 | |||||||
 2007 | |||||||
 2008 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
 2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2010 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
 2011 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2012 | |||||||
 2013 | |||||||
 2014 | |||||||
 2015 | |||||||
 2016 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
 2017 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2018 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19[1][2] | ||||||
| 2021 | |||||||
 2022 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 2023 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2026 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2027 |
To be determinated | ||||||
 2028 | |||||||
 2029 | |||||||
Honours
Players
The following 20 players were called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | Tommaso Vannucchi | 5 March 2007 |  Pontedera | ||
| 22 | GK | Massimo Pessina | 25 December 2007 | Bologna | ||
| 3 | DF | Matteo Cocchi | 1 February 2007 | Inter Milan | ||
| 4 | DF | Federico Nardin | 18 February 2007 | Roma | ||
| 5 | DF | Andrea Natali | 28 January 2008 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| 6 | DF | Cristiano De Paoli | 27 January 2008 | Como | ||
| 13 | DF | Francesco Verde | 21 February 2007 | Juventus | ||
| 19 | DF | Mattia Marello | 13 March 2008 | Inter Milan | ||
| 21 | DF | Niccolò Rizzo | 19 July 2007 | Juventus | ||
| 7 | MF | Federico Coletta | 29 May 2007 |  Benfica | ||
| 8 | MF | Emanuele Sala (captain) | 28 November 2007 | AC Milan | ||
| 10 | MF | Mattia Liberali | 6 April 2007 | Catanzaro | ||
| 14 | MF | Christian Comotto | 25 April 2008 | Spezia | ||
| 15 | MF | Samuel Wiafe | 22 June 2008 | Modena | ||
| 16 | MF | Matteo Mantini | 13 February 2007 | Grasshopper | ||
| 2 | FW | Javison Idele | 23 January 2007 | Atalanta | ||
| 9 | FW | Jamal Iddrissou | 22 September 2007 | Inter Milan | ||
| 11 | FW | Mattia Mosconi | 26 March 2007 | Inter Milan | ||
| 17 | FW | Destiny Elimoghale | 23 April 2009 | Juventus | ||
| 20 | FW | Antonio Arena | 10 February 2009 | Roma | ||
See also
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.