Italy national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Italy women's national under-17 football team.

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
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Third place (2025)
European Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1982 )
Best result	Champions (1982, 2024)
Medal record Men's football FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 Qatar Team 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

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. If qualified, the team also competes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Competitive record

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Main article: FIFA Under-17 World Cup

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 to COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Third place	8	6	1	1	14	5
2026	To be determined
2027
2028
2029
Total	9/20	40	19	7	14	52	43

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Main article: UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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 the COVID-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 on penalty kicks.

Honours

• FIFA Under-17 World Cup

• Third place: 2025
• 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

Players

The following 21 players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup. ^[6]

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

See also

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

Notes

1. Italy won the final of the 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship 1–0 against the Soviet Union. However, UEFA ruled that Riccardo Secci had been ineligible to participate in the competition. UEFA stripped Italy of their title and decided to not reaward the under-16 European title that year. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. "Italy success overruled". UEFA . Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "La vittoria Europea 1986 revocata agli Azzurrini". 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024.
4. "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA. 1 April 2020.
5. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
6. "Mondiale Under 17 dal 3 al 27 novembre in Qatar: i 21 convocati di Massimiliano Favo" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.