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Italy national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Italy women's national under-17 football team.

Italy Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationItalian Football Federation
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDaniele Franceschini
CaptainLuca Reggiani
FIFA codeITA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1985)
Best resultThird place (2025)
European Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (1982, 2024)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Qatar Team
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Formerly U-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Cyprus Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Greece Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Turkey Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Scotland Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Slovakia Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 England Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Republic of Ireland Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Cyprus Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Italy Team

The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.

The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. If qualified, the team also competes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Competitive record

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Main article: FIFA Under-17 World Cup
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
FIFA Under-16 World Championship
China 1985 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 4
Canada 1987 Fourth place 6 3 1 2 8 4
Scotland 1989 Did not qualify
Italy 1991 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
Japan 1993 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 6
Ecuador 1995 Did not qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005 Group stage 3 1 1 1 6 7
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
South Korea 2007 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 6 4
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 3 5
Chile 2015 Did not qualify
India 2017
Brazil 2019 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 9 5
Peru 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
Indonesia 2023 Did not qualify
Qatar 2025 Third place 8 6 1 1 14 5
Qatar 2026 To be determined
Qatar 2027
Qatar 2028
Qatar 2029
Total 9/20 40 19 7 14 52 43

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Main article: UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Italy 1982 Champions 2 1 1 0 2 1 Squad
West Germany 1984 Did not qualify
Hungary 1985 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad
Greece 1986 Runners-up 3 2 2 1 7 4 Squad
France 1987 Champions[a] 3 3 2 0 8 4 Squad
Spain 1988 Did not qualify
Denmark 1989 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
East Germany 1990 Did not qualify
Switzerland 1991
Cyprus 1992 Third place 3 3 1 1 8 2 Squad
Turkey 1993 Runners-up 3 2 1 0 5 3 Squad
Republic of Ireland 1994 Did not qualify
Belgium 1995 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad
Austria 1996 Did not qualify
Germany 1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 6 6 Squad
Scotland 1998 Runners-up 5 4 1 1 12 6 Squad
Czech Republic 1999 Did not qualify
Israel 2000
England 2001 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 8 7 Squad
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Denmark 2002 Did not qualify
Portugal 2003 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 2 Squad
France 2004 Did not qualify
Italy 2005 Third place 5 3 0 2 4 3 Squad
Luxembourg 2006 Did not qualify (Elite round)
Belgium 2007
Turkey 2008
Germany 2009 Semi-finals 4 1 1 2 3 6 Squad
Liechtenstein 2010 Did not qualify (Qualifying round)
Serbia 2011 Did not qualify (Elite round)
Slovenia 2012
Slovakia 2013 Runners-up 4 2 3 0 5 2 Squad
Malta 2014 Did not qualify (Elite round)
Bulgaria 2015 Quarter-finals 3 1 1 2 3 5 Squad
Azerbaijan 2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 Squad
Croatia 2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad
England 2018 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 10 5 Squad
Republic of Ireland 2019 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 14 8 Squad
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 5 5 Squad
Hungary 2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad
Cyprus 2024 Champions 6 5 1 0 11 2 Squad
Albania 2025 Semi-finals 4 3 1 0 10 6 Squad
Estonia 2026 TBD

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

  • Under-16 era (1982–2001)

Players

The following 21 players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Francesco Cereser (2008-01-05) 5 January 2008 Italian Football Federation Torino
12 1GK Alessandro Longoni (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 Italian Football Federation Milan
21 1GK Sebastiano Nava (2008-05-19) 19 May 2008 Italian Football Federation Juventus
2 2DF Dauda Iddrisa (2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 The Football Association West Bromwich Albion
3 2DF Jean Mambuku (2008-07-08) 8 July 2008 French Football Federation Stade de Reims
5 2DF Leonardo Bovio (2008-02-04) 4 February 2008 Italian Football Federation Internazionale
6 2DF Luca Reggiani (captain) (2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 German Football Association Borussia Dortmund
13 2DF David Marini (2008-03-04) 4 March 2008 Italian Football Federation Cesena
15 2DF Cristiano De Paoli (2008-01-27) 27 January 2008 Italian Football Federation Como
16 2DF Benit Borasio (2008-01-20) 20 January 2008 Italian Football Federation Juventus
4 3MF Vincenzo Prisco (2008-08-07) 7 August 2008 Italian Football Federation Napoli
7 3MF Andrea Luongo (2008-02-16) 16 February 2008 Italian Football Federation Torino
8 3MF Alessio Baralla (2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 Italian Football Federation Empoli
14 3MF Fabio Pandolfi (2008-05-24) 24 May 2008 Italian Football Federation Milan
17 3MF Valerio Maccaroni (2008-06-03) 3 June 2008 Italian Football Federation Roma
18 3MF Federico Steffanoni (2008-09-04) 4 September 2008 Italian Football Federation Atalanta
9 4FW Thomas Campaniello (2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 Italian Football Federation Empoli
10 4FW Samuele Inacio (2008-04-02) 2 April 2008 German Football Association Borussia Dortmund
11 4FW Destiny Elimoghale (2009-04-23) 23 April 2009 Italian Football Federation Juventus
19 4FW Antonio Arena (2009-02-10) 10 February 2009 Italian Football Federation Roma
20 4FW Simone Lontani (2008-01-18) 18 January 2008 Italian Football Federation Milan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Italy won the final of the 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship 1–0 against the Soviet Union. However, UEFA ruled that Riccardo Secci had been ineligible to participate in the competition. UEFA stripped Italy of their title and decided to not reaward the under-16 European title that year.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Italy success overruled". UEFA. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. ^ "La vittoria Europea 1986 revocata agli Azzurrini". 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA. 1 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Mondiale Under 17 dal 3 al 27 novembre in Qatar: i 21 convocati di Massimiliano Favo" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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