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
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
2025 Qatar Team
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Formerly U-16 Championship
1982 Italy Team
2024 Cyprus Team
1986 Greece Team
1993 Turkey Team
1998 Scotland Team
2013 Slovakia Team
2018 England Team
2019 Republic of Ireland Team
1992 Cyprus Team
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
1985 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 4
1987 Fourth place 6 3 1 2 8 4
1989 Did not qualify
1991 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
1993 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 6
1995 Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005 Group stage 3 1 1 1 6 7
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
2007 Did not qualify
2009 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 6 4
2011 Did not qualify
2013 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 3 5
2015 Did not qualify
2017
2019 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 9 5
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2023 Did not qualify
2025 Third place 8 6 1 1 14 5
2026 To be determined
2027
2028
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
1982 Champions 2 1 1 0 2 1 Squad
1984 Did not qualify
1985 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad
1986 Runners-up 3 2 2 1 7 4 Squad
1987 Champions[a] 3 3 2 0 8 4 Squad
1988 Did not qualify
1989 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
1990 Did not qualify
1991
1992 Third place 3 3 1 1 8 2 Squad
1993 Runners-up 3 2 1 0 5 3 Squad
1994 Did not qualify
1995 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad
1996 Did not qualify
1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 6 6 Squad
1998 Runners-up 5 4 1 1 12 6 Squad
1999 Did not qualify
2000
2001 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 8 7 Squad
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002 Did not qualify
2003 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 2 Squad
2004 Did not qualify
2005 Third place 5 3 0 2 4 3 Squad
2006 Did not qualify (Elite round)
2007
2008
2009 Semi-finals 4 1 1 2 3 6 Squad
2010 Did not qualify (Qualifying round)
2011 Did not qualify (Elite round)
2012
2013 Runners-up 4 2 3 0 5 2 Squad
2014 Did not qualify (Elite round)
2015 Quarter-finals 3 1 1 2 3 5 Squad
2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 Squad
2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad
2018 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 10 5 Squad
2019 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 14 8 Squad
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2021
2022 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 5 5 Squad
2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad
2024 Champions 6 5 1 0 11 2 Squad
2025 Semi-finals 4 3 1 0 10 6 Squad
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 Torino
12 1GK Alessandro Longoni (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 Milan
21 1GK Sebastiano Nava (2008-05-19) 19 May 2008 Juventus
2 2DF Dauda Iddrisa (2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 West Bromwich Albion
3 2DF Jean Mambuku (2008-07-08) 8 July 2008 Stade de Reims
5 2DF Leonardo Bovio (2008-02-04) 4 February 2008 Internazionale
6 2DF Luca Reggiani (captain) (2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 Borussia Dortmund
13 2DF David Marini (2008-03-04) 4 March 2008 Cesena
15 2DF Cristiano De Paoli (2008-01-27) 27 January 2008 Como
16 2DF Benit Borasio (2008-01-20) 20 January 2008 Juventus
4 3MF Vincenzo Prisco (2008-08-07) 7 August 2008 Napoli
7 3MF Andrea Luongo (2008-02-16) 16 February 2008 Torino
8 3MF Alessio Baralla (2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 Empoli
14 3MF Fabio Pandolfi (2008-05-24) 24 May 2008 Milan
17 3MF Valerio Maccaroni (2008-06-03) 3 June 2008 Roma
18 3MF Federico Steffanoni (2008-09-04) 4 September 2008 Atalanta
9 4FW Thomas Campaniello (2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 Empoli
10 4FW Samuele Inacio (2008-04-02) 2 April 2008 Borussia Dortmund
11 4FW Destiny Elimoghale (2009-04-23) 23 April 2009 Juventus
19 4FW Antonio Arena (2009-02-10) 10 February 2009 Roma
20 4FW Simone Lontani (2008-01-18) 18 January 2008 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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