# Italy national under-19 football team

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 | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Runners-up |
| 2009 | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Group stage |
| 2011 | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify |
| 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 | 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

## Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the Elite round of the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Renato Marin | (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 18) | Roma |
| 1GK | Tommaso Martinelli | (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19) | Fiorentina |
| 2DF | Niccolò Fortini | (2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 19) | Juve Stabia |
| 2DF | Giovanni Leoni | (2006-12-21) 21 December 2006 (age 18) | Parma |
| 2DF | Vittorio Magni | (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18) | Milan |
| 2DF | Andrea Natali | (2008-01-28) 28 January 2008 (age 17) | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2DF | Matteo Cocchi | (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 18) | Internazionale |
| 2DF | Filippo Pagnucco | (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 19) | Juventus |
| 2DF | Matteo Plaia | (2006-03-29) 29 March 2006 (age 18) | Perugia |
| 3MF | Federico Coletta | (2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 17) | Roma |
| 3MF | Mattia Liberali | (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 17) | Milan |
| 3MF | Leonardo Mendicino | (2006-06-25) 25 June 2006 (age 18) | Cesena |
| 3MF | Mattia Mannini (captain) | (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 (age 18) | Roma |
| 3MF | Emanuele Sala | (2007-11-28) 28 November 2007 (age 17) | Milan |
| 3MF | Lorenzo Venturino | (2006-06-22) 22 June 2006 (age 18) | Genoa |
| 4FW | Francesco Camarda | (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 17) | Milan |
| 4FW | Giacomo De Pieri | (2006-12-29) 29 December 2006 (age 18) | Internazionale |
| 4FW | Jeff Ekhator | (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 18) | Genoa |
| 4FW | Seydou Fini | (2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 18) | Excelsior Rotterdam |
| 4FW | Mattia Mosconi | (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17) | Internazionale |