Italy National Under-20 Football Team

Italy Under-20

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurrini
Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Head coach	Alberto Bollini
Captain	Samuel Giovane
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1977)
Best result	Runners-up (2023)
Under 20 Elite League
Appearances	6 (first in 2017–18)
Best result	Winner (2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)

The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years, and for the Under-20 Elite League, held every year.

The Under-20 team is de facto based on the previous year's Under-19 team and acts mainly as a support team for the Under-21 selection, providing further international experience for young selectable players.

The team competes for its only official tournament, the FIFA U-20 World Cup, depending on the U19s results at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in the even-numbered years, that qualifies European teams for the U-20 World Cup.

The best result obtained by the Italian team in the U-20 World Cup is the second place achieved in the 2023 edition held in Argentina, losing 1–0 against Uruguay. They finished also third in 2017 and fourth in 2019. Italy managed to qualify for the first time for two consecutive U-20 World Cups after winning its group at the 2018 European U-19 Championship, then finishing fourth at the following year's World Cup.

Each season the team mainly participates in friendly tournaments, in which overage players may also be selected. The U20 team participated until 2017 in the annual Four Nations Tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Poland (which replaced Austria). Since the 2017–18 season, the Italy U20 team participates in the annual Under 20 Elite League, expanded to 8 participants.

The team also had an annual fixture with the Serie D Best XI after the end of the season.

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3
1979	Did not qualify
1981	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6
1983	Did not qualify
1985
1987	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	3
1989	Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	10	8
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	9	9
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Third place	7	3	2	2	10	9
2019	Fourth place	7	4	1	2	8	5
2021	Cancelled
2023	Runners-up	7	5	0	2	13	8
2025	To be determined
Total	8/24	41	18	8	15	57	51

*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.

The following 23 players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against England and Portugal on 16 and 21 November 2023, respectively.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Davide Mastrantonio	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)	Pro Vercelli
	1GK	Lorenzo Palmisani	(2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 19)	Frosinone
	2DF	Samuele Angori	(2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 20)	Pontedera
	2DF	Giovanni Bonfanti	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)	Atalanta U23
	2DF	Alessandro Dellavalle	(2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 19)	Torino
	2DF	Alessandro Fontanarosa	(2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21)	Cosenza
	2DF	Filippo Missori	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 20)	Sassuolo
	2DF	Iacopo Regonesi	(2004-03-28) 28 March 2004 (age 20)	Atalanta U23
	2DF	Alessandro Pio Riccio	(2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 (age 22)	Modena
	2DF	Filippo Terracciano	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	Milan
	3MF	Lorenzo Amatucci	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20)	Ternana
	3MF	Giacomo Faticanti	(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 19)	Ternana
	3MF	Luis Hasa	(2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20)	Juventus Next Gen
	3MF	Lorenzo Ignacchiti	(2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20)	Pontedera
	3MF	Riccardo Pagano	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 19)	Roma
	3MF	Niccolò Pisilli	(2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 19)	Roma
	3MF	Federico Zuccon	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 21)	Cosenza
	4FW	Federico Accornero	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20)	Pescara
	4FW	Nicholas Bonfanti	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)	Pisa
	4FW	Luigi Cherubini	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)	Roma
	4FW	Luca D'Andrea	(2004-09-10) 10 September 2004 (age 19)	Catanzaro
	4FW	Daniele Montevago	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21)	Virtus Entella
	4FW	Nicolò Turco	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)	Liefering

• Italy national under-21 football team
• Italy national under-19 football team
• FIFA U-20 World Cup