Gennaro Gattuso has summoned 27 players for Estonia and Israel, October 2025, World Cup Qualifiers
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🇮🇹👉 Italy’s Head Coach Gennaro Gattuso has summoned 27 players for a training camp set for the evening of Monday, October 6, 2025. The squad will convene at the Federal Technical Center in Coverciano. The national team’s quest for the World Cup qualification is back on track.
The Italian team will once again face Estonia and Israel. These are the same teams they triumphed over in September during Gennaro Gattuso’s initial two matches as coach.
On Saturday, October 11th, Italy will travel to Estonia in Tallinn, followed by a home match against Israel on Tuesday, October 14th in Udine, at the Stadio Friuli, which hosted the Nations League game against Ben Shimon’s squad a year prior.
Standings
Norway 15 points (5 games played), Italy 9 (4), Israel 9 (5), Estonia 3 (5), Moldova 0 (5)
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🇮🇹👉 ITALY SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).
DEFENDERS: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Diego Coppola (Brighton & Hove Albion), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Matteo Gabbia (Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham).
MIDFIELDERS: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Fiorentina), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle).
FORWARDS: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Atletico Madrid), Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
ITALY’S OPPONENTS.
The 5-0 victory in Bergamo marked the largest win against Estonia. As a result, making it the eighth triumph in as many encounters with the national team, which currently ranks 129th in the FIFA World Cup standings and is still striving for its first World Cup qualification.
In Debrecen, Italy achieved its seventh victory in eight matches against Israel (the only draw being a 0-0 stalemate during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico). On October 14 in Udine, the Azzurri triumphed 4-1, with Giovanni Di Lorenzo scoring twice and Mateo Retegui and Davide Frattesi also finding the net.
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PREVIOUS MEETINGS IN TALLINN AND UDINE.
The national team has played in Tallinn three times, all in World Cup qualifying matches. The first time in the Estonian capital was on September 22, 1993, when Italy won 3-0 thanks to a Roberto Baggio brace and a goal from Roberto Mancini. A year later, in October 1994, the Azzurri prevailed again, winning 2-0 with goals from Christian Panucci and Pierluigi Casiraghi. The third and final game at the Lilleküla Stadium was 15 years ago. Prandelli’s Italy came from behind to win 2-1, with goals from Antonio Cassano and Leonardo Bonucci.
Exactly one year later, Udine will host Italy-Israel again. On October 14, 2024, at the Stadio Friuli, the national team defeated Israel 4-1 (with a brace from Di Lorenzo and goals from Retegui and Frattesi) in the fourth matchday of Group 2 of League A of the UEFA Nations League. The national team has played 10 matches in Udine, where they are undefeated, having collected 8 wins and 2 draws (21 goals scored and 3 conceded).
GROUP I FIXTURES AND STANDINGS
- October 11, 6:00 PM: Norway vs. Israel (Oslo)
- October 11, 8:45 PM: Estonia vs. Italy (Tallinn)
- October 14, 6:00 PM: Estonia vs. Moldova (Tallinn)
- October 14, 8:45 PM: ITALY vs. Israel (Udine)
- November 13, 6:00 PM: Norway vs. Estonia (Oslo)
- November 13, 8:45 PM: Moldova vs. Italy (Chisinau)
- November 16, 8:45 PM: Israel vs. Moldova (Debrecen)
- November 16, 8:45 PM: ITALY vs. Norway (Milan)