Italy national under-19 football team

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

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[1]
2021	Cancelled[2]
2022	Semi-finals
2023	Champions
2024	Semi-finals
2025	Did not qualify
2026	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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendlies against Albania on 5 and 7 August 2025.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Massimo Pessina	(2007-12-25) 25 December 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Bologna
	1GK	Alessandro Nunziante	(2007-03-14) 14 March 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Udinese
	2DF	Matteo Cocchi	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 18)	4	0	Inter Milan
	2DF	Federico Nardin	(2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Roma
	2DF	Lamine Ballo	(2007-05-10) 10 May 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Inter Milan
	2DF	Mattia Cappelletti	(2007-06-10) 10 June 2007 (age 18)	0	0	AC Milan
	2DF	Giovanni Lauricella	(2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Empoli
	2DF	Manuel Maffessoli	(2007-04-18) 18 April 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Atalanta
	2DF	Mattia Pellini	(2007-02-23) 23 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Torino
	2DF	Nicolas Trabucchi	(2007-08-17) 17 August 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Parma
	3MF	Emanuele Sala	(2007-11-28) 28 November 2007 (age 17)	12	0	AC Milan
	3MF	Federico Coletta	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 18)	4	0	Roma
	3MF	Davide Atzeni	(2007-06-20) 20 June 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Fiorentina
	3MF	Alessandro Ciardi	(2007-01-07) 7 January 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Parma
	3MF	Alessandro Di Nunzio	(2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Roma
	3MF	Andrea Orlandi	(2007-01-24) 24 January 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Empoli
	3MF	Lorenzo Ossola	(2007-02-13) 13 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	AC Milan
	3MF	Elia Plicco	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Parma
	4FW	Mattia Mosconi	(2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 18)	5	1	Inter Milan
	4FW	Nicolò Artesani	(2007-02-16) 16 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Atalanta
	4FW	Alessio Cacciamani	(2007-06-29) 29 June 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Torino
	4FW	Francesco Castaldo	(2007-04-28) 28 April 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Bologna
	4FW	Jamal Iddrissou	(2007-09-22) 22 September 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Inter 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.

References

1. "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 20 October 2020.
2. "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 23 February 2021.
3. "Doppia amichevole contro l'Albania il 5 e il 7 agosto a Novarello: le scelte del tecnico Alberto Bollini" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.