After the two recent friendlies with Switzerland and an open training day in Turin, to increase the pool of Azzurri players, the Under-16 side are back in friendly action, this time against the Netherlands, at Coverciano on Tuesday 11 October at 18:00 CEST (live in streaming on figc.it) and Thursday 13 at 12:00 CEST in Tirrenia. This will be their first meeting since April 2019 were the Dutch won 4-2.

Head Coach Daniele Zoratto has called up 23 players from the 2007 year group and they will meet up for camp on Sunday 9 October at the Olympic Sports Training Centre in Tirrenia. 

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Alessandro Nunziante (Benevento), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Tommaso Vannucchi (Fiorentina);
Defenders: Lorenzo Biagioni (Fiorentina), Cristian Cama (Roma), Mattia Cappelletti (Milan), Federico Colombo (Milan), Christian Garofalo (Napoli), Manuel Maffessoli (Atalanta), Gianluca Maggiore (Atalanta), Giorgio Vezzosi (Sassuolo);
Midfielders: Alessandro Ciardi (Inter), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Niccolò Gariani (Atalanta), Marco Genovese (Sampdoria), Mattia Liberali (Milan), Alessandro Olivieri (Empoli), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Diego Pisani (Fiorentina);
Forwards: Francesco Castaldo (Bologna), Stefano Maiorana (Fiorentina), Gabriele Mazzetti (Bologna), Mattia Mosconi (Inter)

Staff – Head Coach: Daniele Zoratto; Assistant Head Coaches: Davide Cei, Matteo Barella, Emanuele Giaccherini; Fitness Coach: Luca Coppari; Goalkeeper Coach: Fabrizio Capodici; Match Analyst: Luca Romualdi; Doctors: Giorgio Liberati Petrucci, Sofia Calaciuria Clarich; Physiotherapist: Alessandro Sferrella; Nutritionist: Vito Flavio Valletta; Secretary: Aldo Blessich