Italy national under-23 football team
Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurrini (The Little Blues) | ||
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Association | Italian Football Federation (Federazion Italia Giuoco Calcio – FIGC) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Top scorer | Nicola Ventola (4) | ||
FIFA code | ITA | ||
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First international | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1992) | ||
Best result | Bronze medallist: (2004) | ||
Mediterranean Games | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 1997) | ||
Best result | Gold medalist: (1997) |
The Italy national under-23 football team (
The under-23's best result in UEFA competitions was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship. An impromptu U-23 team was formed in 1997, twenty years after their most recent appearance; they won the football tournament of the 1997 Mediterranean Games. As of 2022, an Italy U-23 team has not played ever since.
History
The forerunner of the under-23 national team was the "youth" national team (Italian: nazionale "giovanile"), which debuted on 6 April 1942, in Turin, against Hungary. In this encounter, both teams were made up of players born no earlier than 1920, making them de facto under-23 teams.[1] After World War II, the national team – also known as the "cadetti" (cadets), "giovani" (youth) or "primavera" (spring) – played regular matches at least until 1960, based on selections of players under the age of 23.[2]
The under-23 team was officially established in 1967, by a resolution of the
Honours
Olympics football Record
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.
- Before 1992: See Italy national football team
- 1992: Quarter-Finals
- 1996: Group Stage
- 2000: Quarter-Finals
- 2004: Bronze Medal
- 2008: Quarter-Finals
- 2012: Did not qualify
- 2016: Did not qualify
- 2020: Did not qualify
- 2024: To Be Determined
Overage players in Olympic Games
Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Gianluca Pagliuca (GK) | Massimo Crippa (MF) | Marco Branca (FW) | |
did not select | |||
Matteo Ferrari (DF) | Andrea Pirlo (MF) | did not select | |
Tommaso Rocchi (FW) | did not select |
See also
References
- ^ "I "giovani" d'Italia e d'Ungheria si fronteggiano in una interessante partita" (in Italian). La Stampa. 6 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Testero, Giampaolo. "Italy – U-23 – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2003. Modena: Panini. 2004. p. 697.
- ^ a b "Italy - U-23 - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "La Stampa - Consultazione Archivio". www.archiviolastampa.it.
External links
- FIGC official website (in Italian and English)
- Official National football team page by FIGC
- Official Facebook page by FIGC
- Upcoming fixtures Archived 31 July 2016 at the FIGC
- Italy at UEFA
- Italy at FIFA