Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italy national football team that represents Serie B at competitions and is controlled by the

Lega B The Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (Italian for National Professionals League B), commonly known as LNPB or Lega B (B League), is the governing body that runs the second tier of professional Association football, football competitions in Italy, ...

. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010. They are the B team and feeder team of

Italy national under-21 football team The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy (along with ...

, which occasionally plays against other national under-21 teams. Unlike the main team, the U21 Serie B selects players from Serie B only and was controlled by

Lega Calcio The Lega Nazionale Professionisti (Italian for National Professionals League), commonly known as Lega Calcio (Football League), was the governing body that ran the two highest football divisions in Italy, namely Serie A and Serie B, from 1946 to ...

(later

) instead of

Italian Football Federation The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It ...

(FIGC). The team also plays against football clubs, Under-20 Lega Pro (selected players from Lega Pro), Serie B Foreigners Best XI, The Football League under-21 team (in 2006) and internal friendlies, which the team split into blue and white team and against each other.

Recent fixture

Only matches played against national teams were listed. *28 November 2012 Russian First League Selection 0-0 draw * 22 October 2012 Selection 5-0 *15 November 2011 Russian First League Selection 2-1 won *25 October 2011 Serbian First League Selection 1-0 won *30 March 2011 Serbian First League Selection 2-0 won *6 February 2006: (result unknown) *17 March 2005: 3-2 won *30 March 2004: 3-2 won *12 February 2003: 2–1 won * 26 January 2002: 0-0 draw

Players

The team had same age limit as the Italy U21 team. For 2014–2015 season, players born on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible to play. A feeder team of U21 team, some players were called up to U21 Serie B team before making their débuts for Italy U21. The teams consist of players loaned to Serie B from Serie A clubs, youth products of Serie B and young talents signed by Serie B clubs from Lega Pro. Some players are scouted by Serie A clubs after good performances in Serie B.

Notable players

Players who won full caps or received a call-up for Italy senior team * Andrea Barzagli (b. 1981) *

Salvatore Bocchetti Salvatore Bocchetti (; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of club Hellas Verona. He played as a centre-back as a player. Club career Bocchetti started his professional career at Asc ...

(b. 1986) * Leonardo Bonucci (b. 1987) *

Mattia Cassani Mattia Cassani (; born 26 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who last played as a defender for Bari. Club career Juventus Cassani started his career at Juventus during the 2002–03 Serie A season, and then left for Sampdoria on loan in J ...

(b. 1983) *

Andrea Esposito Andrea Esposito (born 17 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for club Latina. Club career As a young boy, Esposito started his career in the local Lecce Primavera youth squad before being sent to Sambenedettese on loan ...

(b. 1986) * Daniele Gastaldello (b. 1983) *

Christian Maggio Christian Maggio (; born 11 February 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a right-back, as a wing-back, or as a right winger. A dynamic and hard-working offensive full-back, prior to joining Napoli in 2008, Maggio played for It ...

(b. 1982) *

Cristian Molinaro Cristian Molinaro (; born 30 July 1983) is an Italian professional football official and a former full-back. He works as a technical director for club Venezia. He represented the Italy national team. Club career Early career Molinaro started ...

(b. 1983) * Simone Pepe (b. 1983) *

Giacomo Bonaventura Giacomo "Jack" Bonaventura (; (born 22 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy national football team. Bonaventura started his senior career at Atalanta in the Serie ...

(b. 1989)

References

External links

Official Site
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Recent fixture

Players

Notable players

See also

References

External links