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Italy Under-17

Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Daniele Franceschini
Captain	Luca Reggiani
FIFA code	ITA
Firstcolours Secondcolours
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in1985)
Best result	Fourth place (1987)
European Championship
Appearances	20 (first in1982)
Best result	Champions (1982,2024)
Medal record Men'sfootball UEFA European U-17 Championship Formerly U-16 Championship 1982 Italy Team 2024 Cyprus Team 1986 Greece Team 1993 Turkey Team 1998 Scotland Team 2013 Slovakia Team 2018 England Team 2019 Republic of Ireland Team 1992 Cyprus Team 2005 Italy Team

TheItaly national U-17 football team is the national under-17football team ofItaly and is controlled by theItalian Football Federation.

The team competes in theUEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. If qualified, the team also competes in theFIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
FIFA Under-16 World Championship
1985	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
1987	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	8	4
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
1993	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	7
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Quarter-finals	5	3	1	1	6	4
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	3	5
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	9	5
2021	Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[1]
2023	Did not qualify
2025	3rd/4th place	7	6	0	1	14	5
2026	To be determined
2027
2028
2029
Total	9/20	39	19	6	14	52	43

*Draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1982	Champions	2	1	1	0	2	1	Squad
1984	Did not qualify
1985	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad
1986	Runners-up	3	2	2	1	7	4	Squad
1987	Champions[a]	3	3	2	0	8	4	Squad
1988	Did not qualify
1989	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad
1990	Did not qualify
1991
1992	Third place	3	3	1	1	8	2	Squad
1993	Runners-up	3	2	1	0	5	3	Squad
1994	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad
1996	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	3	0	1	2	6	6	Squad
1998	Runners-up	5	4	1	1	12	6	Squad
1999	Did not qualify
2000
2001	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	8	7	Squad
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	2	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2005	Third place	5	3	0	2	4	3	Squad
2006	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2007
2008
2009	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	3	6	Squad
2010	Did not qualify (Qualifying round)
2011	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2012
2013	Runners-up	4	2	3	0	5	2	Squad
2014	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2015	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	2	3	5	Squad
2016	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6	Squad
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2018	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	10	5	Squad
2019	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	14	8	Squad
2020	Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2021
2022	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	5	5	Squad
2023	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	Squad
2024	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2	Squad
2025	Semi-finals	4	3	1	0	10	6	Squad
2026	TBD

*Draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks.

• FIFA Under-17 World Cup

• Fourth place:1987

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

• Winner:2024
• Runners-up:2013;2018;2019
• Third place:2005

• Under-16 era (1982–2001)

• Winner:1982
• Runners-up:1986;1993;1998
• Third place:1992

The following 21 players were called up for the2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[6]

Caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2025, after the match againstBurkina Faso.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Francesco Cereser	(2008-01-05)5 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Torino
12	1GK	Alessandro Longoni	(2008-01-31)31 January 2008 (age 17)	18	0	Milan
21	1GK	Sebastiano Nava	(2008-05-19)19 May 2008 (age 17)	10	0	Juventus
2	2DF	Dauda Iddrisa	(2008-01-08)8 January 2008 (age 17)	19	1	West Bromwich Albion
3	2DF	Jean Mambuku	(2008-07-08)8 July 2008 (age 17)	17	1	Stade de Reims
5	2DF	Leonardo Bovio	(2008-02-04)4 February 2008 (age 17)	14	0	Inter
6	2DF	Luca Reggiani(captain)	(2008-01-09)9 January 2008 (age 17)	12	2	Borussia Dortmund
13	2DF	David Marini	(2008-03-04)4 March 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Cesena
15	2DF	Cristiano De Paoli	(2008-01-27)27 January 2008 (age 17)	7	1	Como
16	2DF	Benit Borasio	(2008-01-20)20 January 2008 (age 17)	15	0	Juventus
4	3MF	Vincenzo Prisco	(2008-08-07)7 August 2008 (age 17)	23	0	Napoli
7	3MF	Andrea Luongo	(2008-02-16)16 February 2008 (age 17)	20	2	Torino
8	3MF	Alessio Baralla	(2008-02-05)5 February 2008 (age 17)	13	1	Empoli
14	3MF	Fabio Pandolfi	(2008-05-24)24 May 2008 (age 17)	6	1	Milan
17	3MF	Valerio Maccaroni	(2008-06-03)3 June 2008 (age 17)	10	1	Roma
18	3MF	Federico Steffanoni	(2008-09-04)4 September 2008 (age 17)	23	0	Atalanta
9	4FW	Thomas Campaniello	(2008-02-29)29 February 2008 (age 17)	23	10	Empoli
10	4FW	Samuele Inacio	(2008-04-02)2 April 2008 (age 17)	19	13	Borussia Dortmund
11	4FW	Destiny Elimoghale	(2009-04-23)23 April 2009 (age 16)	6	1	Juventus
19	4FW	Antonio Arena	(2009-02-10)10 February 2009 (age 16)	12	3	Roma
20	4FW	Simone Lontani	(2008-01-18)18 January 2008 (age 17)	10	1	Milan

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

• European national under-17 association football teams
• National youth sports teams of Italy
• Youth football in Italy
• UEFA European Under-17 Championship winners

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