After starting their season with a 3-0 win over Albania, the Italian U19s and Champions of Europe will be back out there for two more friendlies. The Azzurrini, at the Lungobisenzio stadium in Prato, will face Northern Ireland on 7 September and the Netherlands on Monday 11. Both games will begin at 16:30 CEST with the latter being able to be streamed live on figc.it.

Coach Bernardo Corradi has called up 24 players for his squad, 21 of whom were born in 2005 and 3 born in 2006, making them just 17 this year: goalkeeper Renato Marin (Rome), defender Vittorio Magni (AC Milan), and forward Matteo Spinaccé (Inter). The squad will meet for the first time on Sunday 3 September at Campi Bisenzio (Florence) and will begin their preparations for the two friendlies the next morning. The official presentation will be made during a press conference on Wednesday 6 September at 12:30 CEST in the Salone Consillare of the Palazzo Comunale in Prato.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessandro Calligaris (Inter), Federico Magro (Lazio), Renato Marin (Roma)
Defenders: Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Monchengladbach), Saer Diop (Bologna), Saverio Domanico (Juventus), Vittorio Magni (Milan), Filippo Calixte Mane (Borussia Dortmund), Filippo Saiani (Spal), Stefano Turco (Juventus)
Midfielders: Aaron Ciammaglichella (Torino), Luca Di Maggio (Inter), Luca Lipani (Sassuolo), Marco Longoni (Torino), Vincenzo Onofrietti Teixeira (Borussia Dortmund), Fabio Parravicini (Spal), Daniele Quieto (Inter), Diego Ripani (Juventus);
Forwards: Alessandro Bolzan (Roma), Marco Delle Monache (Sampdoria), Niccolò Franzoni (Torino), Anas Haj Mohamed (Parma), Matteo Spinaccé (Inter)

Staff - Coach: Bernardo Corradi; Assistant coach: Mirco Gasparetto; Athletic coach: Marco Montini; Goalkeeping coach: Graziano Vinti; Match analyst: Francesco Donzella; Doctors: Cristiano Benelli, Sebastiano Porcino, Andrea Redler, Paolo Manetti; Physiotherapist: Giuliano Gepponi, Tommaso Cannata; Secretary: Aldo Blessich