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| Nickname | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) |
|---|---|
| Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) |
| Head coach | Vacant |
| Home stadium | N/A |
| First international | |
 Luxembourg 1–5Italy  (Esch-sur-Alzette,Luxembourg; 17 April 1927) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Italy 12–0Luxembourg (Como,Italy; 10 April 1932) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Bulgaria 5–1Italy  (Sofia,Bulgaria; 7 November 1963) | |
Italy national football B team is a B team representing theItalian Football Federation. Over time, the squad has faced other nations' full teams and played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations. Since the team's creation in 1927, they have played 70 official matches.[1]
Italy B was created in 1927, to give the possibility to test under-21 or less experienced players, in addition to those involved with the senior national team. made their debut at theStade de la Frontière inEsch-sur-Alzette on 17 April 1927, beatingLuxembourg's A team 5-1. The selector of the team wasRenzo De Vecchi. The team also had elements of some experience, such asLuigi Cevenini, the author of the first goal.[2]
Until the Second World War the use of this national team was very frequent, so much so that between 1929 and 1939, a total of 38 matches were played, the most notable of which being the team's biggest ever victory, when they again beat Luxembourg A, 12-0, at theStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia inComo, on 10 April 1932.[1]
Their first meeting after the war was a match played inLocarno on 11 November 1945 by a team from northern Italy, which beatSwitzerland B 4-1.[1] In May 1949, Italy B participated in the1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup (or Mediterranean Cup), playing three matches in Athens againstTurkey A,Egypt A andGreece A, and they won all three games by a 1 goal margin, thus winning the tournament.[3] Italy's top goal scorers in the tournament wereAldo Puccinelli andAlberto Galassi with 3 goals each. They then participated in thefollowing tournament of the Mediterranean Cup, where they faced the A teams of Turkey, Egypt and Greece home and away, and Italy B again won with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, with their only loss in the tournament being a 3-0 shock defeat to Egypt atPrince Farouk Stadium,Cairo on 11 November 1951.[4] Italy B also participated in the third and last edition of the Mediterranean Cup, the1953-58 Mediterranean Cup, with the B teams ofSpain andFrance joining the party to form a six-team tournament, and this time they finished third behind the aforementioned B teams with 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.[5]
The most recent fixture was a non-A friendly withSan Marino on 31 May 2017, which ended in an 8-0 win to the Azzurri.[6][7][8]
Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup Champion:1949
Eastern Mediterranean Cup Champion:1950-53
In questa gara, che non verrà conteggiata né per le presenze degli azzurri né per il ranking della Fifa......