After facing Spain in January (0-0) and Slovakia in February (a 1-0 win), the Under-18 national team will be back in action with two friendlies against their Austrian counterparts on Thursday 21 (15:00 CET, live streaming on the FIGC website) and Sunday 24 March (11:00 CET) at the stadio Gianpiero Combi in Meran, which will host a national team side for the first time ever.

Head coach Daniele Franceschini has called up 22 players, all born in 2006 with the exception of Inter's Matteo Cocchi, born in 2007, and they will meet up on Sunday 17 March (before 20:30 CET) in Meran.

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Pietro Leonardelli (Fiorentina), Francesco Saverio Plaia (Spezia);
Defenders: Adam Bakoune (Milan), Matteo Cocchi (Inter), Niccolò Fortini (Fiorentina), Giovanni Leoni (Sampdoria), Vittorio Magni (Milan), Matteo Giuseppe Plaia (Roma), Gabriel Ramaj (Atalanta), Lorenzo Tosto (Empoli);
Midfielders: Andrea Bonanomi (Atalanta), Francesco Crapisto (Juventus), Lapo Deli (Fiorentina), Gabriele Finocchiaro (Juventus), Leonardo Mendicino (Atalanta), Valdes Ngana (Juventus), Lorenzo Riccio (Atalanta), Filippo Scotti (Milan);
Forwards: Riccardo Braschi (Fiorentina), Maat Daniel Caprini (Fiorentina), Seydou Fini (Standard Liège), Matteo Spinaccè (Inter).

Staff - Head coach: Daniele Franceschini; Assistant coach: Enrico Battisti; Goalkeeping coach: Stefano Baroncini; Fitness coach: Roberto Ghielmetti; Match analyst: Igor Graziani; Doctors: Alessandro Carducci and Lorenzo Sapegno; Physiotherapist: Alessandro Sferrella; Secretary: Guglielmo Cammino.