UEFA Under-21 Championship Group Stage Results, Standings, Stats & Schedule

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Hello, my friends. Here are the results, standings, stats, and schedule for the Uefa Under-21 Championship Group Stage. The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, also referred to as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2025, is currently the 25th edition of this tournament (28th edition if we count the Under-23 era). The event will take place from 11 to 28 June 2025.  Italy U-21 team is participating in the event.

This biennial international youth football championship is organized by UEFA for the men’s under-21 national teams across Europe.

Slovakia is hosting the tournament, marking its second time doing so, as it previously hosted the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to take part.

Italy U-21 squad

Goalkeepers: 1 Sebastiano Desplanches (Palermo), 22 Jacopo Sassi (Crotone), 12 Gioele Zacchi (Latina);

Defenders: 15 Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona), 6 Daniele Ghilardi (Hellas Verona), 19 Gabriele Guarino (Carrarese), 13 Michael Kayode (Brentford), 5 Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiacos), 3 Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta), 16 Riccardo Turicchia (Juventus), 2 Mattia Zanotti (Lugano);

Midfielders: 23 Alessandro Bianco (Monza), 8 Cesare Casadei (Turin), 18 Issa Doumbia (Venice), 14 Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna), 21 Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), 7 Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), 20 Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), 4 Matteo Prati (Cagliari);

Forwards: 9 Giuseppe Ambrosino (Frosinone), 11 Tommaso Baldanzi (Roma), 10 Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United), 17 Luca Koleosho (Burnley).

Staff – Coach: Carmine Nunziata; Head of delegation: Giancarlo Antognoni; Coordinator of the Men’s Youth National Teams: Maurizio Viscidi; Team Manager: Gianfranco Serioli; Technical assistants: Matteo Brighi and Christian Maggio; Athletic trainers: Vito Azzone and Luca Coppari; Goalkeeping coach: Fabrizio Ferron; Match analyst: Gianluca Mazziotti; Doctors: Daniele Mazza and Vincenzo Santoriello; Nutritionist: Maria Luisa Cravana; Physiotherapists: Tommaso Cannata, Giuliano Gepponi and Nicola Sanna; Secretary: Manfredi Martino.

Italy Under 21 National Football Team Standings, Results, and Fixtures

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Here are the standings, results, and fixtures for the Italy Under 21 National Football Team in their various competitions.

The Italian national under-21 football team is managed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). This team participates in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which takes place every two years. Italy, alongside Spain, is the most successful nation in the history of this competition, having won five Championships (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004). Additionally, Italy has been the runner-up twice, in 1986 and 2013.

Statistics indicate that from 1990 to 2004, the Italian National U-21 team demonstrated near-total dominance in European Under-21 football, clinching five out of seven tournaments.

On 24 March 2007, Italy’s Under-21s played their first match at the new Wembley Stadium against England Under-21s. The match ended in a 3–3 draw, with Giampaolo Pazzini netting all three goals for the Azzurrini.

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Result Spain U21 1 – 1 Italy U21, Tuesday 17 June 2025, UEFA Under-21 Championship

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Spain and Italy played to a draw in the UEFA Under 21 Championship at the Štadión Antona Malatinského on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Slovakia. After victories over Romania and Slovakia, Carmine Nunziata’s Italy U21 team was unable to defeat Spain in the European Under 21 Championship. Santi Denia’s Rojita only required a draw (with goals from Rodriguez and Pisilli) to secure a spot in the quarterfinals as the top team in Group A.

As a result, the Azzurrini finished the group stage in second place and will face either Germany or England from Group B (with Germany currently in the lead) in the match scheduled for Sunday, June 22.

Spain took the lead in the 53rd minute, thanks to a perfect assist from Moro, allowing Jesús Rodriguez to score with a central shot using his right foot.

Italy equalized in the 59th minute with a stunning diagonal goal from Roma’s Niccolò Pisilli, who skillfully controlled the ball from Ghilardi, dribbled past Marin, and shot with his right foot, marking his first goal with the Under 21s. Great job!

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 UEFA Under-21 Championship

Result Spain 1 – 1 Italy 🇮🇹
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Štadión Antona Malatinského
Trnava, Slovakia

Referee: Nicholas Walsh SCO.
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel McFarlane SCO.
Assistant Referee 2: Calum Spence SCO.
Fourth Official: Goga Kikacheishvili GEO.
VAR: Andrew Dallas SCO.
AVAR: Jan Boterberg BEL.
Referee Observer: Nuno Castro POR

⚽️ Goals: 53′ Jesús Rodriguez (S), 59′ Niccolò Pisilli

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

Lineup SPAIN U21(4-2-3-1): Cunat; Pubill, Rafa Marin, Herzog, Garcia; Jauregizar, Marin; Moro, Moleiro, Jesus Rodriguez; Roberto Fernandez.

Subs:  Alejandro Iturbe, Fraga, Mosquera, Tarrega, Javi Guerra, Lopez, Turrientes, Mateo Joseph, Torre, Juanlu, Bueno

Coach: Santi Denia.

Lineup ITALIA U21 (3-4-2-1): Zacchi; Turicchia, Coppola, Ghilardi, Kayode; Bianco, Guarino, Doumbia; Fazzini, Pisilli; Ambrosino.

Subs: Desplanches, Sassi, Zanotti, Ruggeri, Prati, Pirola, Ndour, Casadei, Gnonto, Baldanzi, Fabbian, Koleosho,

Coach: Nunziata.

Italy U21 official starting lineup against Spain U21

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