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Italy Euro 2024 squad: Luciano Spalletti's full team ahead of the tournament
The Italy Euro 2024 squad has been provisionally announced by manager Luciano Spalletti, with 30 players included in his initial team.
With the Azzurri looking to defend their European crown this summer, plenty of pressure will be placed on the Italy Euro 2024 squad to do the business in Germany. And the Italians have a brand new look to them from the team that won at Wembley Stadium three years ago, with stalwarts Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci having both moved on, while Roberto Mancini has been replaced in the dugout by Luciano Spalletti.
There's still plenty of experience and talent for the former Napoli title-winning boss to select from for his starting XI at Euro 2024, though, with Gianluigi Donnarumma having developed into the leader he promised to become as a teenager, with the goalkeeper now the captain of the squad. Alessandro Bastoni is a defensive rock, too, while Jorginho and Nicolo Barella pull the strings for Italy in midfield. In attack, there's Federico Chiesa, Giacomo Raspadori and former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca, fresh from winning the Europa League.
So, it may be a different look for the Italy Euro 2024 squad, but that doesn't mean they should be written off by any means.
The Azzurri – who have been placed into arguably the toughest Euro 2024 group with Spain, Croatia and Albania – might not be as strong as the tournament three years ago, but then again they weren't among the favourites that time, either. If they manage to reach the knockout stages and fixtures go their way, then anything can happen.
Italy Euro 2024 squad: The 30-man preliminary team
GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
GK: Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham)
GK: Alex Meret (Napoli)
GK: Ivan Provedel (Lazio)
DF: Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan)
DF: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)
DF: Raoul Bellanova (Torino)
DF: Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino)
DF: Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna)
DF: Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus)
DF: Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan)
DF: Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli)
DF: Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan)
DF: Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
DF: Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
MF: Jorginho (Arsenal)
MF: Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
MF: Bryan Cristante (Roma)
MF: Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus)
MF: Michael Folorunsho (Verona)
MF: Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan)
MF: Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
MF: Samuele Ricci (Torino)
FW: Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
FW: Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli)
FW: Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
FW: Mateo Retegui (Genoa)
FW: Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
FW: Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna)
FW: Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta)
Italy Euro 2024 squad numbers
The Italy Euro 2024 squad numbers will be announced when the final squad is submitted.
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Italy fixtures and results
March 21: Venezuela 1–2 Italy, Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States
March 24: Ecuador 0–2 Italy, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States
June 4: Italy v Turkey, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy June 9: Italy v Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli, Italy
June 15: Italy v Albania, Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany June 20: Spain v Italy, Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany June 24: Croatia v Italy, Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
Roberto Mancini's decision to quit the national team in August came as a shock – and Luciano Spalletti's appointment came as something of one, too.
The former Inter Milan and Roma manager had recently started a year-long sabbatical after leading Napoli to last season's Serie A title – but he jumped at the chance to take over as Italy boss. He's managed to get to grips with the Italy Euro 2024 squad relatively quickly, too, as the Italian boss targets more glory.
Italy's star player
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Gianluigi Donnarumma is one of the top goalkeepers on the planet (Image credit: Getty Images)
Italian success has historically been built on a robust rearguard action – and their last line of defence, Gianluigi Donnarumma, was their main man en route to Euro 2020 glory.
The hero in the penalty shootout victory over England in the final at Wembley, Donnarumma has more than lived up to the immense potential he showed as a youngster – when he broke into the AC Milan first team aged just 16.
Now 25, he's still a baby in goalkeeping terms, but the towering PSG shot-stopper has already established himself as one of the world's best in his position. With more than 61 appearances already for the national team, if he manages to maintain a similar level for the next 15 years he could well reach obscene numbers on the international stage.
Kits
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Italy Euro 2024 home kit (Image credit: Adidas)
Sometimes, all you need to do is deliver a blue shirt with the national flag on it.
While Adidas didn't give us nearly enough France shirts with red, white and blue stripes on the shoulders – opting to hide the Tricolor in white stripes – they've done so for the Italian national side. This is a work of art.
The Italian flag is again present, the blue collar is a nice touch and this is one that feels timeless. You could tell us it was Italy's shirt 20 years ago and only the Adi logo would give away the lie.
How many players are Italy allowed to take to Euro 2024?
The Italy Euro 2024 squad will be made up of 26 players. UEFA initially planned on reducing the size of teams to 23, the size they used to be prior to the Covid-19 affected Euro 2020, but teams lobbied successfully for the expanded squads to remain.
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
