With just over a month to go until the next Elite Round in Finland, the Under-17 side will be on retreat at Coverciano from 13 to 16 May as they prepare for the final stages of the U17 European Championships, scheduled from 20 May to 5 June in Cyprus.

Massimiliano Favo has called up 28 players, all born in 2007 apart from the five born in 2008 (Camarda, Campaniello, Longoni, Natali and Inácio Piá), to meet at the Federal Technical Centre on Monday 13 May. The final squad list will be decided on Thursday 16.

In Group C, Italy will make their debut in the competition against Poland on Tuesday 21 May (19:30 CEST) at the AEK Arena in Larnaca. On Friday 24 (17:00 CEST)  at the Dasaki Achnas Stadium they will face Slovakia and on Monday 27 (17:00 CEST) at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium Tasos Markou they will play Sweden. The top two sides of each group will go through to the quarter-finals on 29 and 30 May. The semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday 2 June and the final will be on Wednesday 5 (19:30 CEST) at the Limassol Stadium.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessandro Longoni (Milan), Alessandro Nunziante (Benevento), Massimo Pessina (Bologna);
Defenders: Lamine Ballo (Inter), Cristian Cama (Roma), Emanuel Benjamín de Sant'ana Balbinot (Real Madrid), Christian Garofalo (Napoli), Giovanni Lauricella (Empoli), Federico Nardin (Roma), Andrea Natali (Barcellona), Francesco Verde (Juventus), Giorgio Vezzosi (Sassuolo);
Midfielders: Davide Atzeni (Fiorentina), Federico Coletta (Roma), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Niccolò Gariani (Atalanta), Matteo Lontani (Juventus), Matteo Mantini (Inter), Ernesto Perin (Milan), Emanuele Sala (Milan);
Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Milan), Thomas Campaniello (Empoli), Samuele Inácio Piá (Atalanta), Mattia Liberali (Milan), Salvatore Monaco (Empoli), Mattia Mosconi (Inter), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Alessandro Sugamele (Roma).

Staff - National Youth Team Coordinator:Maurizio Viscidi; Head Coach: Massimiliano Favo; Delegation Head: Filippo Corti; Assistant Coach: Matteo Barella; Goalkeeping Coach: Davide Quironi; Fitness Coach: Adalberto Zamuner; Match Analyst: Andrea Loiacono; Doctors: Giorgio Liberati Petrucci, Francesco Maria Nifosì and Alessio Rossat; Physiotherapists: Giorgio Giannini and Marco Fiore; Nutritionist: Claudio Pecorella; School Tutor: Stefano Presciutti; Press Officer: Alessandro Paoli; Secretary: Massimo Petracchini.

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Group stage

Group A: Cyprus, Ukraine, Serbia, Czechia.
Group B: Denmark, Austria, Croatia, Wales.
Group C: ITALY, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland.
Group D: France, Portugal, Spain, England.

Group C schedule

Matchday 1 (Tuesday 21 May)

17:00 CEST: Slovakia vs. Sweden, Paralimni Municipal Stadium Tasos Markou in Paralimni
19:30 CEST: ITALY vs. Poland, AEK Arena in Larnaca

Matchday 2 (Thursday 24 May)

17:00 CEST: ITALY vs. Slovakia, Dasaki Achnas Stadium in Dasaki
17:00 CEST: Sweden vs. Poland, AEK Arena in Larnaca

Matchday 3 (Monday 27 May)

17:00 CEST: Sweden vs. ITALY, Paralimni Municipal Stadium Tasos Markou in Paralimni
17:00 CEST: Poland vs. Slovakia, Dasaki Achnas Stadium in Dasaki

Knockout games

Quarter-finals (Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 May)

Semi-finals (Sunday 2 June)

Final (Wednesday 5 June)