Italy national under-16 football team

The Italy national U-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team was known as Italy national under-15 football team prior 2001, to reflect the age limit at the start of season instead of currently end of season.

Italy

Association	Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio – FIGC)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Daniele Zoratto
Captain	Mattia Sandri
Most caps	Davide Sinigaglia (14, pre-2001) Lorenzo De Silvestri (18, post 2001)
Top scorer	Arturo Lupoli (11)[1]
FIFA code	ITA
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The Italy under-16 football team is a feeder team of the Italy under-17 team.

The under-16 team was known as the under-15 team prior to 2001; before 2001, the UEFA European Under-17 Championship was known as UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (the under-19 Championship was similarly known as the under-18 tournament) due to the name referring to the age limit at the start of a new season. Since the 2002 Tournament, the age in the name of the tournament has referred to the age limit at the end of season. The current manager is Daniele Zoratto, who took over from Bruno Tedino in 2014. They play the majority of their home matches at the Stadio Comunale "Filippo Pirani" in Grottammare, Marche.

History

The team regularly competes in the Montaigu Tournament, winning on two occasions (1999, 2003), finishing runner-up on four occasions (1982, 2000, 2004, 2006), and third place on a further two occasions (1994, 1995).[2]

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Matteo Soncin	28 March 2001	2	0	Milan
	GK	Matteo Cardinali	28 June 2001	3	0	Roma
	DF	Giacomo Siniega	10 January 2001	2	0	Fiorentina
	DF	Francesco Semeraro	1 January 2001	6	0	Roma
	DF	Antony Angileri	27 March 2001	6	1	Palermo
	DF	Nicoló Armini	7 March 2001	5	1	Lazio
	DF	Gabriel Basani	26 March 2001	5	0	Milan
	MF	Sebastiano Finardi	20 February 2001	7	0	Atalanta
	MF	Davide Ghislandi	16 June 2001	7	1	Atalanta
	MF	Alberto Barazzetta	18 February 2001	5	0	Milan
	MF	Emmanuel Gyabuaa	21 September 2001	7	0	Atalanta
	MF	Giuseppe Iglio	24 February 2001	3	0	Milan
	MF	Mattia Sandri (captain)	4 April 2001	6	0	Torino
	FW	Riccardo Tonin	30 January 2001	4	1	Milan
	FW	Roberto Piccoli	27 January 2001	7	2	Atalanta
	FW	Elia Petrelli	15 August 2001	1	0	Juventus
	FW	Eric Lirussi	1 May 2001	7	0	Udinese
	FW	Edoardo Vergnani	6 February 2001	7	4	Internazionale

References

1. http://www.figc.it/nazionali/Marcatori?squadra=5&mode=
2. Entry in RSSSF