Italy national under-19 football team

Italy Under-19

Nickname	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
2021	Cancelled
2022	Semi-finals
2023	Champions
2024	Semi-finals
2025	Did not qualify
2026	Qualified

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

The following 20 players were called up for the Elite Round of the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Alessandro Nunziante	(2007-03-14) 14 March 2007	Udinese
	1GK	Tommaso Vannucchi	(2007-03-05) 5 March 2007	Pontedera
	2DF	Matteo Cocchi	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007	Inter Milan
	2DF	Javison Osarumwense Idele	(2007-01-23) 23 January 2007	Atalanta
	2DF	Marco Leandri	(2007-01-31) 31 January 2007	Atalanta
	2DF	Federico Nardin	(2007-02-18) 18 February 2007	Roma
	2DF	Andrea Natali	(2008-01-28) 28 January 2008	AZ Alkmaar
	2DF	Luca Reggiani	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008	Borussia Dortmund
	2DF	Francesco Verde	(2007-02-21) 21 February 2007	Juventus
	3MF	Federico Coletta	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007	Benfica
	3MF	Christian Comotto	(2008-04-25) 25 April 2008	Spezia
	3MF	Mattia Liberali	(2007-04-06) 6 April 2007	Catanzaro
	3MF	Matteo Mantini	(2007-02-13) 13 February 2007	Grasshopper
	3MF	Emanuele Sala (captain)	(2007-11-28) 28 November 2007	AC Milan
	3MF	Federico Steffanoni	(2008-09-04) 4 September 2008	Atalanta
	4FW	Filippo Galvagno	(2007-02-27) 27 February 2007	Cesena
	4FW	Jamal Iddrissou	(2007-09-22) 22 September 2007	Inter Milan
	4FW	Samuele Inácio	(2008-04-02) 2 April 2008	Borussia Dortmund
	4FW	Mattia Marello	(2008-02-13) 13 February 2008	Inter Milan
	4FW	Mattia Mosconi	(2007-03-26) 26 March 2007	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.