After qualifying for the European Championship Elite Round thanks to a second-place finish in Group 11, the U17s are set to return to the pitch for the ‘Torneo dei Gironi’, which is scheduled to take place between Friday 24 and Sunday 26 November at Novarello.

Massimiliano Favo has called up 60 players, who will be divided into three teams of 20 players (Under-17 National Team, Rappresentativa A and Rappresentativa B) before taking part in a friendly tournament. This will kick off with a match between Rappresentativa A and Rappresentativa B on Friday 24 November (14:30 CET), while the Under-17 National Team will take the field on Saturday and Sunday to respectively face the losers and winners of the first game.

List of players called up

Goalkeepers: Brando Dolfi (Fiorentina), Alessandro Nunziante (Benevento), Lorenzo Nyarko (Sassuolo), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Giorgio Stomeo (Roma), Francesco Versari (Empoli);
Defenders: Cristian Cama (Roma), Alessio Campanelli (Bari), Mattia Cappelletti (Milan), Davide Castelli (Monza), Federico Colombo (Milan), Jacopo Contarini (Juventus), Edoardo Dalla Nora (Venezia), Alessandro De Luca (Bologna), Christian Garofalo (Napoli), Manuel Maffessoli (Atalanta), Gianluca Maggiore (Atalanta), Federico Nardin (Roma), Francesco Nuvoli (Venezia), Martino Odero (Genoa), Nirash Raffaello Perera (Milan), Niccolò Rizzo (Juventus), Tommaso Rugani (Empoli), Federico Terlizzi (Roma), Nicolas Trabucchi (Parma), Francesco Verde (Juventus), Giorgio Vezzosi (Sassuolo), Diego Zingone (Juventus);
Midfielders: Davide Atzeni (Fiorentina), Federico Coletta (Roma), Guido Della Rovere (Cremonese), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Niccolò Gariani (Atalanta), Mattia Huqi (Empoli), Roberto Malfitano (Cagliari), Matias Mancuso (Inter), Matteo Mantini (Inter), Francesco Mariutto (Venezia), Antonio Stefano Merola (Juventus), Andrea Mussini (Sassuolo), Giulio Nebuloso (Lazio), Alessandro Olivieri (Empoli), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Lorenzo Ossola (Milan), Diego Pisani (Fiorentina), Elia Plicco (Parma), Alessandro Puzzo (Colonia), Emanuele Sala (Milan), Manuel Scacchi (Roma);
Forwards: Francesco Castaldo (Bologna), Carlo Evangelista (Fiorentina), Briajan Gjyla (Feralpisalò), Jamal Iddrissou (Inter), Francesco Leone (Juventus), Stefano Maiorana (Fiorentina), Gabriele Mazzetti (Bologna), Mattia Mosconi (Inter), Simone Negri (Bologna), Mattia Turella (Venezia), Christian Vaccaro (Palermo).

Staff – Head Coaches: Massimiliano Favo, Matteo Barella and Daniele Franceschini; National Youth Team Coordinator: Maurizio Viscidi; Goalkeeping Coordinator: Gaetano Petrelli; Junior Scouting Representative: Alessandro Musicco; Fitness Coach: Adalberto Zamuner; Goalkeeping Coach: Davide Quironi; Match Analyst: Andrea Loiacono; Doctors: Alessio Rossato and Sofia Calaciura Clarich; Physiotherapists: Marco Fiore and Enrico Matera; Nutritionist: Claudio Pecorella; Press Office: Alessandro Paoli; Secretary: Massimo Petracchini; Scouts: Luca Briccarello, Andrea Campatelli, Gianpietro Di Pierro, Claudio Gabetta, Italo Graziani, Christian Maggio, Domenico Maggiora, Antonio Martella, Matteo Orlandoni, Daniele Ranzato, Giovanni Re, Armando Reggianini, Francesco Talarico and Carlo Zanantoni.

Torneo dei Gironi

Teams: U17 National Team, Rappresentativa A and Rappresentativa B.

Matchday 1 (Friday 24 November)
14.30 CET: Rappresentativa A vs. Rappresentativa B

Matchday 2 (Saturday 25 November)
14:30 CET:  U17 National Team vs. first match loser

Matchday 3 (Sunday 26 November)
11:00 CET: U17 National Team vs. first match winner