After having attained qualification to the next round of European qualifying, Italy U19 – who are coached by Carmine Nunziata – are in action against Hungary on 11 and 15 November. 24 players have been called up for this double friendly, all born in 2003 apart from Giacomo Faticanti (Roma), Tommaso Mancini (Vicenza) and Samuele Vignato (Monza) – the latter having received his first call-up who were born in 2004. There are two more new faces in the squad with Giuseppe Ambrosino (Napoli) and Giuseppe Valente (Groningen U21) having both received their first call-ups.

The team will travel to Budapest from Novarello on Tuesday 9 November. The first of the two matches is on Thursday 11 November at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest. The second – on Monday 15 – will be held in Telki. Both venues are within the greater Budapest area and the Azzurrini will stay in the Hungarian capital until their return to Italy in the morning of Tuesday 16 November.

Goalkeepers: Sebastiano Desplanches (Milan), Jacopo Sassi (Atalanta), Gioele Zacchi (Sassuolo);

Defenders: Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona), Filippo Fiumano’ (Juventus), Alessandro Fontanarosa (Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Fiorentina), Gabriele Mulazzi (Juventus), Thomas Sandon (Vicenza), Riccardo Turicchia (Juventus), Mattia Zanotti (Inter);

Midfielders: Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), Cesare Casadei (Inter), Duccio Degli Innocenti (Empoli), Giovanni Fabbian (Inter), Giacomo Faticanti (Roma), Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), Fabio Miretti (Juventus), Luciano Valente (Groningen);

Attackers: Giuseppe Ambrosino (Napoli), Degnand Wilfred Gnonto (Zurigo), Tommaso Mancini ( Vicenza), Stephane Henoc N’gbesso ( Spezia), Samuele Vignato (Monza).

Staff: Head Coach, Carmine Nunziata; Head of the Delegation,  Gianfranco Serioli; Assistant Head Coach, Emanuele Filippini; Fitness coach, Vito Azzone; Goalkeeping coach, Fabrizio Ferron; Match Analyst, Marco Mannucci; Team doctoers, Lorenzo Ticca and Raffaele Iorio; Physiotherapists:, Giuseppe Galli and Riccardo Torquati; Nutritionist, Alessio Colli; Secretary, Aldo Blessich; Tutor, Stefano Presciutti