After securing qualification for EURO 2020 with three matches to spare, Italy will be back in action for two more matches in the European Qualifiers. In the ninth and tenth matches in Group J, Italy will play Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday 15th November at the Bilino Poje Stadium in Zenica at 20:45 CET and Armenia on Monday 18th November with kick-off at 20:45 CEST at the Stadio Renzo Barbera.

For the occasion, Roberto Mancini has named 29 players to his squad for a training camp starting soon Monday 11th November in Coverciano. Brescia’s Andrea Cistana received his first call-up as did Gaetano Castrovilli of Fiorentina and Bologna’s Riccardo Orsolini who was previously involved in a training camp back in April. Udinese midfielder Rolando Mandragora and Sassuolo forward Domenico Berardi are back for the first time since June and November 2018. For the first time, Gianluca Vialli will be the delegation head.

Bosnia Herzegovina vs. Italy 

The Azzurri will be playing in Zenica for the first time. The only other match played away against Bosnia and Herzegovina was in Sarajevo in 1996 and defeat marked the end of the Arrigo Sacchi era. Following the match in Turin, the balance is now level against Bosnia and Herzegovina with a win apiece and the sides level on goal difference.

Italy vs. Armenia

It will be the fourth match between Italy against Armenia after two qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup and the earlier European Qualifier in September in Yerevan. Italy have won two and drawn one. It will be the 14th match in Palermo where the side has won 12 times with a current run of six straight wins, drawn once and lost once.

Points are up for stake as the team looks to top the group and ensure its status as a seeded team for the draw on 30 November in Bucharest and make up ground in the FIFA Ranking ahead of qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Italy are currently 15th in the world and 10th in Europe.

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Cristiano Biraghi (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Andrea Cistana (Brescia), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Armando Izzo (Torino), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Rolando Mandragora (Udinese), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain). Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma);

Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Shanghai Shenua), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna).

Staff – Delegation Head: Gianluca Vialli; Head Coach: Roberto Mancini; Team Manager: Gabriele Oriali; Assistant coaches: Alberico Evani, Attilio Lombardo, Giulio Nuciari, Fausto Salsano; Fitness coaches: Claudio Donatelli and Andrea Scanavino; Goalkeeping coach: Massimo Battara; Match Analyst: Antonio Gagliardi and Simone Contran; Doctors: Andrea Ferretti (Medical director) and Carmine Costabile; Physiotherapists: Maurizio Fagorzi, Emanuele Randelli, Fabrizio Scalzi, Luca Lascialfari, Fabio Sannino; Osteopath: Walter Martinelli; Nutritionist: Matteo Pincella; Secretary: Emiliano Cozzi; Press officer: Paolo Corbi.

Schedule (all times CET)

Monday 11 November

12:00 - Arrival

13:45 - New FIGC partners’ press conference

14:00 - Head Coach’s press conference

16:00 - Training (First 15 minutes open to the press)

 

Tuesday 12 November

13:45 - Press conference (player)

16:00 - Training (First 15 minutes open to the press)

 

Wednesday 13 November

13:45 - New FIGC partners’ press conference

14:00 - Press conference (players)

16:00 - Training (closed)

 

Thursday 14 November

10:45 - Travel Florence-Sarajevo-Zenica

17:30 - Italy press conference (Coach and one player)

18:00 - Italy training (First 15 minutes open to the press)

19:45 – Bosnia and Herzegovina press conference (Head Coach and one player)

20:30 – Bosnia and Herzegovina training (First 15 minutes open to the presss)

 

Friday 15 November

20:45 - Bosnia Herzegovina vs. Italy

Bilino Poje Stadium in Zenica

Coaches’ press conference, mixed zone (players) and travel Sarajevo-Venice to follow.

 

Saturday 16 November

11:30 - Training (closed)

17:30 - New FIGC partners’ press conference

 

Sunday 17 November

11:00 - Travel Venice-Palermo

17:00 - Italy press conference (Head Coach and one player)

17:30 - Italy training (first 15 minutes open to the press)

18:30 - Armenia press conference (Head Coach and one player)

19:00 - Armenia training (First 15 minutes open to the press)

 

Monday 18 November

20:45 - Italy vs. Armenia

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Coaches’ press conference, mixed zone (players) and return to club sides after the match.