The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA european Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Italy ( along with Spain ) is the most successful nation in the history of the contest, with five Championships won ( 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2004 ). Italy has besides been twice runner-up of the competition, in 1986 and 2013.
From 1990 to 2004 the team established near-total dominance of european Under-21 football, winning five of the seven tournaments. Italy ‘s Under-21s played the first equal at the new Wembley Stadium, on 24 March 2007, against England Under-21s. The game resulted in a 3–3 draw, with Giampaolo Pazzini scoring all 3 goals for the Azzurrini. prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Italy U-21s went on to win the 2008 Toulon Tournament by beating Chile ( 1–0 ) in the final. It was the beginning time they had won this tournament, previously their best had been runner-up on two occasions. [ 1 ]
UEFA european Under-21 Championship [edit ]
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the starting signal of a biennial competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Italy ‘s record in the preceding U-23 competitions is besides shown .
- 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
- 1974: Losing quarter-finalists.
- 1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Since 1992 Olympic football changed to a U-23 event, and the european U-21 teams are technically U-23 teams. european national teams qualify for the Olympic football tournament through the UEFA European U-21 Championship .
mediterranean Games Record [edit ]
mediterranean Games Football tournament was U-23 event in 1993 and 1997 .
- 1993: 4th place
- 1997: Winners
- 2001: a U20 event
- 2005: filled with B team
Honours [edit ]
Coaches [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
stream technical staff : [ 2 ]
recent results and approaching fixtures [edit ]
only official matches are listed. [ 3 ]
2021 [edit ]
2022 [edit ]
Players [edit ]
Players born in 2000 or belated are eligible for the 2023 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have been already capped with the senior team .
current team [edit ]
The following players have been called up for the reservation match against Republic of Ireland on 12 November 2021 and the friendly match against Romania on 16 November 2021. [ 8 ]
Caps and goals updated as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Romania.
late call-ups [edit ]
Following are listed players called up in the previous 12 months that are still eligible to represent the Under-21 team .
Records [edit ]
Players in bold are still eligible to represent Under-21 team. As of 31 May 2021.
top appearances [edit ]
The follow is the acme 10 most capped under-21 players : [ 9 ]
lead goalscorers [edit ]
The following is the acme 10 under-21 goalscorers : [ 10 ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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