The Under-18 National Team are ready to begin the new season with a friendly double-header against the Netherlands: the two fixtures are scheduled for Saturday 7 September (16:00 CEST kick-off) and Monday 9 September (19:00 CEST) in ‘s-Gravenzande and Noordwijk, respectively.

23 players have been named in Daniele Franceschini’s squad (all born in 2007), and they will gather at the Olympic Training Centre in Tirrenia on Monday 2 September. There, they will hold six training sessions in four days before departing for Amsterdam in the afternoon of Thursday 5 September.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Gioele Bosi (Lazio), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Tommaso Vannucchi (Fiorentina);
Defenders: Cristian Cama (Roma), Mattia Cappelletti (Milan), Federico Colombo (Milan), Alessandro De Luca (Bologna), Emanuel Benjamín de Sant'ana Balbinot (Real Madrid), Giovanni Lauricella (Empoli), Manuel Maffessoli (Atalanta), Francesco Verde (Juventus);
Midfielders: Alessandro Ciardi (Liefering), Federico Coletta (Roma), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Matteo Lontani (Juventus), Matteo Mantini (Inter), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Diego Pisani (Fiorentina), Ernesto Perin (Milan);
Forwards: Samuele Belmonte (Roma), Alex Castiello (Atalanta), Salvatore Monaco (Empoli), Alessandro Sugamele (Roma).

Staff – Head Coach: Daniele Franceschini; Assistant Coach: Manuel Pasqual; Goalkeeping Area Coordinator: Gaetano Petrelli; Goalkeeper Coach: Stefano Baroncini; Fitness Coach: Roberto Ghielmetti; Match Analyst: Guido Didona; Doctors: Francesco Cuccaro and Giorgio Liberati Petrucci; Physiotherapist: Alessandro Sferrella; Secretary: Guglielmo Cammino.