33 players have been called up by Roberto Mancini for the 2020 European Championship qualifiers against Greece (8 June, Athens) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 June, Turin).

Torino’s Andrea Belotti returns to the Italy squad for the first time since September while Roma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante is also back after previously only being called up under Antonio Conte.

The squad will gather at Coverciano by 12:00 CEST on Saturday 1st June. In the afternoon, there will be a press conference with the coach at 13:30 CEST before the first of eight sessions at 17:00. The team will leave for Athens on 7 June before training at 18:00 local time with the Azzurri set to train at the Spyros Louis Stadium. The team will return to Italy on Sunday 9th June, travelling to Turin. The following day, the Azzurri will work at 18:00 at the Juventus Stadium before the Bosnia and Herzegovina match on Tuesday 11th June at 20:45.

On Monday 3rd June, the FIGC/Ospedale Pediatrico ‘Bambino Gesù’ partnership will be presented as will the FIGC/Acqua Lete partnership. On Tuesday 4th June, the Auditorium at Coverciano will be the venue for the “L’inno svelato-raccontato agli Azzurri della Nazionale di calcio” event with a concert promoted by the ANCRI and organised in colalboration with the Polizia di Stato about the meaning of the national anthem.

After two matches in the European Qualifiers, Italy are top of Group J on full points after beating Finland 2-0 and Liechtenstein 6-0. Greece and Bosnia Herzegovina both have four points, Finland while Armenia and Liechtenstein have no points.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta); Salvatore Sirigu (Torino), Antonio Mirante (Roma);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Armando Izzo (Torino), Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Juventus);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma);

Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Vincenzo Grifo (Friburgo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Juventus), Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), Matteo Politano (Inter), Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).

 

Staff – Head Coach: Roberto Mancini; National Team Coordintaor: Gabriele Oriali; Assistant Coaches: Alberico Evani, Attilio Lombardo, Giulio Nuciari, Fausto Salsano; Fitness coaches: Claudio Donatelli and Andrea Scanavino; Goalkeeping coach: Massimo Battara; Match Analyst: Antonio Gagliardi; Doctors: Andrea Ferretti and Carmine Costabile; Physiotherapist: Maurizio Fagorzi, Emanuele Randelli, Fabrizio Scalzi, Luca Lascialfari, Fabio Sannino; Hosteopath: Walter Marinelli; Nutritionist: Matteo Pincella.

 

Squad schedule and media commitments

 

Saturday 1 June

12:00 CEST Squad to meet at Coverciano

13:30 Head Coach press conference

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Sunday 2 June

13:30 Press conference (players)

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Monday 3 June

13:30 Press conference

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Tuesday 4 June

11:30 Concert – “Inno svelato raccontato agli Azzurri” (open to accredited press).

13:30 Press conference (players)

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Wednesday 5 June

10:00 Training (closed door)

13:30 Press conference (players)

18:30 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Thursday 6 June

10:00 Training (closed door)

13:30 Press conference (players)

18:30 Training (closed door)

 

Friday 7 June

09:00 Transfer to Florence airport

10:00 Flight from Florence to Athens

13:00 l.t.* Arrival and transfer to hotel

17:30 l.t. Press conference MD-1 c/o ‘OACA Spyros Louis Stadium’

18:00 l.t. Training MD-1 c/o ‘OACA Spyros Louis Stadium’ (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Saturday 8 June

21:45 l.t. MD3 Greece–Italy - ’Spyros Louis Stadium’

 

Sunday 9 June

11:00 l.t. Training (closed door)

15:45 l.t. Airport transfer

17:00 l.t. Flight from Athens to Turin

19:00 Arrival and transfer to the hotel

 

Monday 10 June

17:30 Press conference MD-1 c/o “Juventus Stadium”

18:00 Training MD-1 c/o “Juventus Stadium” (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

 

Tuesday 11 June

20:45 MD4 Italy–Bosnia Herzegovina - “Juventus Stadium”