Italy national under-18 football team

Italy Under-18
NicknameGli Azzurrini (The Little Blues)
AssociationItalian Football Federation (FIGC)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDaniele Franceschini
Top scorer
First colours
Second colours
First international
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Men's tournament

The Italian national under-18 football team represents Italy in international football at an under-18 age level and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Gioco 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 of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the feeder team of Italy national under-19 football team, which compete in UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

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[when?] 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.[5]

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against South Korea, United Arab Emirates and Croatia on 3, 6 and 9 September 2025.[6]

Caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2025, after the match against Croatia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alessandro Longoni (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Milan
12 1GK Francesco Cereser (2008-01-05) 5 January 2008 (age 18) 1 0 Italian Football Federation Torino
2 2DF Dauda Iddrisa (2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 18) 2 0 The Football Association West Bromwich Albion
3 2DF Laurence Giani (2008-03-11) 11 March 2008 (age 17) 2 0 The Football Association Stoke City
5 2DF Leonardo Bovio (2008-02-04) 4 February 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Inter
6 2DF Alessandro Rinaldi (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Atalanta
13 2DF Jean Mambuku (2008-07-08) 8 July 2008 (age 17) 2 0 French Football Federation Stade de Reims
15 2DF Cristiano De Paoli (2008-01-27) 27 January 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Udinese
16 2DF Gabriele Colaciuri (2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 17) 1 0 Italian Football Federation Fiorentina
23 2DF Davide Sorino (2008-03-02) 2 March 2008 (age 18) 1 1 Italian Football Federation Inter
2DF Davide Pavesi (2008-02-15) 15 February 2008 (age 18) 0 0 Italian Football Federation Cremonese
4 3MF Vincenzo Prisco (2008-08-27) 27 August 2008 (age 17) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Napoli
8 3MF Federico Steffanoni (2008-09-04) 4 September 2008 (age 17) 3 0 Italian Football Federation Atalanta
11 3MF Andrea Luongo (2008-02-16) 16 February 2008 (age 18) 3 1 Italian Football Federation Torino
14 3MF Alessio Baralla (2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Empoli
17 3MF Valerio Maccaroni (2008-06-03) 3 June 2008 (age 17) 1 0 Italian Football Federation Roma
18 3MF Fabio Pandolfi (2008-05-24) 24 May 2008 (age 17) 3 0 Italian Football Federation Milan
7 4FW Destiny Elimoghale (2009-04-23) 23 April 2009 (age 16) 2 2 Italian Football Federation Juventus
9 4FW Antonio Arena (2009-02-10) 10 February 2009 (age 17) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Roma
10 4FW Samuele Inácio (2008-04-02) 2 April 2008 (age 17) 1 0 German Football Association Borussia Dortmund
19 4FW Luca Costa (2008-01-28) 28 January 2008 (age 18) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Cagliari
20 4FW Edoardo Zanaga (2008-03-13) 13 March 2008 (age 17) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Empoli
21 4FW Danilo Busiello (2008-06-22) 22 June 2008 (age 17) 2 0 Italian Football Federation Empoli

References

  1. ^ "Nazionale in cifre – Classifica Marcatori – Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Nazionale in cifre – Classifica Marcatori – Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Nazionale in cifre – Elenco Gare – Nazionale U17". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Nazionale in cifre – Elenco Gare – Nazionale U18". Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "2001/2002 European Under-19 Preliminary Round Draw". UEFA. 7 November 2000. Archived from the original on 22 April 2001. Name change: On 13 April 2000, the UEFA Executive Committee endorsed a proposal made by the Youth Committee to re-name then competition in order to reflect reality. A few years ago, FIFA changed the cut-off date for age-limit competitions from 1 August to 1 January, which means that players are up to seven months older. This means that Under-18 players can be over 19 by the time they reach the final phase of the European Under-18 Championship. Therefore, for greater coherency, UEFA renamed the Under-18 competition as the European Under-19 Championship.
  6. ^ "Torneo internazionale dal 3 al 9 settembre in Croazia: le scelte del tecnico Massimiliano Favo" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
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