The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19

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team of

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and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the

UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and England ...

, 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 *

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: Qualifying Round * 1992: Qualifying Round * 1993: Intermediary Round *

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: 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

Honours

:* Winner: 2003 :* Runners-up: 2008; 2016; 2018 * Under-18 era (1957–2001) :* Winner: 1958; 1966 :* Runners-up: 1959; 1986; 1995; 1999

Coaches

* 1992–2006: Paolo Berrettini * 2006–2008:

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* 2008–2010: Massimo Piscedda * 2010–2011:

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* 2011–2013:

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* 2013–2015: Alessandro Pane * 2015–2016: Paolo Vanoli * 2016–2017: Roberto Baronio * 2017–2018: Paolo Nicolato * 2018–2019:

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* 2019: Carmine Nunziata * 2019–2020:

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* 2020–present: Carmine Nunziata

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against

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on 16 and 19 November 2022.

External links

UEFA Under-19 website
Contains full results archive

Contains full record of U-18/U-19 Championships.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Italy National Under-19 Football Team Under-19 European national under-19 association football teams Youth football in Italy