The Italian national under-18 football team represents

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in international football at an under-18 age level and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (''Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio''), the governing body for football in Italy. The team was known as Italy national under-17 football team prior 2001. The current coach is Daniele Franceschini. The under-18 team were compose of players from

Italy national under-17 football team The Italy national U-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. The team, if qualified ...

of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the feeder team of

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 Cha ...

, which compete in

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 ...

. Before 2001, the name of the under-18 team was Italian national under-17 football team (as well as the current under-19 team, was named under-18). However, the age limit of the team was always under-17 (calendar age) at the start of season, or under-18 (calendar age) at the end of season. In the past, the cut-off date was on 1 August instead of 1 January.

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the

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. * Match dates: 26 June – 3 July 2022 * Caps and goals correct as of: 28 March 2022, after the match against

References

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