# Italy national under-16 football team

The Italy national U-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team was known as Italy national under-15 football team prior to 2001, to reflect the age limit at the start of the season instead of the end of the season.
The Italy under-16 football team is a feeder team of the Italy under-17 team.
The under-16 team was known as the under-15 team prior to 2001. Before then, the UEFA European Under-17 Championship was known as UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (the under-19 Championship was similarly known as the under-18 tournament) due to the name referring to the age limit at the start of a new season. The age limit moved from August to January for the 1997–98 tournament. Since the 2002 Tournament, the age in the name of the tournament has referred to the age limit at the end of the season. The current manager is Daniel Zoratto. They play the majority of their home matches at the Stadio Comunale "Filippo Pirani" in Grottammare, Marche.

## History

The team regularly competes in the Montaigu Tournament, winning on two occasions (1999, 2003), finishing runner-up on four occasions (1982, 2000, 2004, 2006), and third place on a further two occasions (1994, 1995).

## Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament.
Caps and goals as of 20 April 2023, after the match against Hungary.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Alessandro Nunziante | (2007-03-14) 14 March 2007 (age 17) | 6 | 0 | Benevento |
| 1GK | Massimo Pessina | (2007-12-25) 25 December 2007 (age 16) | 3 | 0 | Bologna |
| 2DF | Cristian Cama | (2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 (age 17) | 14 | 0 | Roma |
| 2DF | Federico Colombo | (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 (age 17) | 13 | 0 | Milan |
| 2DF | Christian Garofalo | (2007-01-04) 4 January 2007 (age 17) | 12 | 1 | Napoli |
| 2DF | Mattia Cappelletti | (2007-06-10) 10 June 2007 (age 17) | 11 | 0 | Milan |
| 2DF | Gianluca Maggiore | (2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 17) | 8 | 0 | Atalanta |
| 2DF | Lorenzo Biagioni | (2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 17) | 6 | 0 | Fiorentina |
| 2DF | Francesco Verde | (2007-02-21) 21 February 2007 (age 17) | 3 | 0 | Juventus |
| 2DF | Raul Zinni | (2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 17) | 2 | 0 | Roma |
| 3MF | Alessandro Di Nunzio | (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 17) | 17 | 3 | Roma |
| 3MF | Alessandro Olivieri | (2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 17) | 16 | 3 | Empoli |
| 3MF | Niccolò Gariani | (2007-03-28) 28 March 2007 (age 17) | 16 | 2 | Atalanta |
| 3MF | Diego Pisani | (2007-08-01) 1 August 2007 (age 17) | 13 | 1 | Fiorentina |
| 3MF | Ernesto Perin | (2007-03-13) 13 March 2007 (age 17) | 13 | 0 | Milan |
| 3MF | Andrea Orlandi | (2007-01-24) 24 January 2007 (age 17) | 12 | 4 | Empoli |
| 3MF | Elia Plicco | (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 17) | 7 | 0 | Parma |
| 3MF | Matias Mancuso | (2007-03-15) 15 March 2007 (age 17) | 3 | 0 | Internazionale |
| 4FW | Stefano Maiorana | (2007-02-14) 14 February 2007 (age 17) | 16 | 3 | Fiorentina |
| 4FW | Mattia Mosconi | (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17) | 12 | 7 | Internazionale |
| 4FW | Francesco Castaldo | (2007-04-28) 28 April 2007 (age 17) | 10 | 1 | Bologna |
| 4FW | Francesco Camarda | (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 16) | 4 | 1 | Milan |