The 2025 season of the Italy Under 18s will begin on Wednesday 15 Januarythe date on which a friendly match against Spain is scheduled. Below is the note from the FIGC.
The journey into the new year of the Under-18 national team, which closed 2024 by winning both test matches, will begin with a friendly match against Spain’s equal age group, scheduled for Wednesday 15 January (2.30 pm, live on Vivo Azzurro TV) in Coverciano. with Switzerland in November (2-1 and 1-0). Coach Daniele Franceschini has called up 20 players, all born in 2007, with the exception of one born in 2008 (Andrea Michieletto), who will gather on the evening of Sunday 12 January at the Federal Technical Center.
THE LIST OF CALLED PEOPLE
Goalkeepers: Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Tommaso Vannucchi (Fiorentina);
Defenders: Lamine Ballo (Inter), Cristian Cama (Roma), Federico Colombo (Milan), Manuel Maffessoli (Atalanta), Federico Nardin (Roma), Nirash Raffaello Perera (Milan), Nicolas Trabucchi (Parma), Francesco Verde (Juventus);
Midfielders: Giacomo Arduini (Roma), Nicolò Artesani (Atalanta), Davide Bono (Atalanta), Lorenzo Bonsignori Goggi (Atalanta), Filippo Cerpelletti (Inter), Matteo Mantini (Inter), Ernesto Perin (Milan);
Attackers: Giovanni Chiricallo (Sassuolo), Alessandro Crimaldi (Bochum), Andrea Michieletto (Atalanta).
Staff – Technical: Daniele Franceschini; Deputy National Youth Coordinator: Daniele Zoratto; Technical assistant: Manuel Pasqual; Goalkeeping coach: Stefano Baroncini; Athletic trainer: Roberto Ghielmetti; Match analyst: Federico Santi; Doctors: Riccardo Monti and Sebastiano Porcino; Physiotherapist: Saverio Didonato; Secretary: Sabrina Filacchione.