Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20

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team of

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and is controlled by the

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. The team competes for the

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, which is held every two years.

History

The Under-20 team is the ''de facto'' Under-19 of the previous year, and it acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s providing further international development for youth players. The team competes for its only official tournament, the

, depending on the U19s results at the

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held in the even-numbered years, that qualifies European teams for the U-20 World Cup. So far, the best result of the team is just third place in

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. Italy managed to qualify for two consecutive U-20 World Cup for the first time, after topping the group in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. 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

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Best XI after the end of the season. (except 2009, which the U-20 (B team) was coined "U-19 team" and coached by U-19 coach Massimo Piscedda, which the A team went to Mediterranean Games).The 2006 edition was also played by the ''de facto'' U20 team but coached by U19 coach Paolo Berrettini. The 2011 edition was played by Italy Universiade team.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

:''*Draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.''

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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matches against

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on 17 and 21 November 2022 respectively.

References

Official website
Italian language
Official website
English language {{UEFA under-20 teams European national under-20 association football teams Under-20 Youth football in Italy

History

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Current squad

See also

References

References