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CREMONA, ITALY – OCTOBER 14: Coach Silvio Baldini of Italy listens to the national anthem during the UEFA Euro U21 Qualification match between Italy and Armenia at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 14, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images)
Silvio Baldini’s Italy squad for June friendlies will be filled with debutants at a senior level, 19 out of 24, and almost half of the players have never played a Serie A game.
Italy are sadly preparing for June friendly games against Luxembourg and Greece after missing out on World Cup qualification.
Caretaker coach Silvio Baldini named his 24-man squad list on Monday, only including one established player, captain Gianluigi Donnarumma and a few emerging young talents who already have international experience, such as Marco Palestra and Francesco Pio Esposito.
Donnarumma, Palestra and Esposito are also among the 13 players in the Italy squad to have played at least one game in Serie A.
The others are Honest Ahanor, Davide Bartesaghi, Pietro Comuzzo, Luca Lipani, Cher Ndour, Niccolò Pisilli, Lorenzo Venturino, Francesco Camarda, Jeff Ekhator, and Seydou Fini.
There are three players from Borussia Dortmund: Filippo Mane, Luca Reggiani and Samuele Inacio. They might not have Serie A experience, but they’ve all made their Bundesliga debut this season.Reggiani and Inacio have also scored their first goal in the Bundesliga this term.
Of the 24 players in the Azzurri squad, 19 have been called up for the first time at a senior level, and the team’s average age is 20 years and 6 months. Among them, only four have already made at least one appearance with La Nazionale at a senior level: Donnarumma, Palestra, Pisilli and Esposito.
Italy will visit Luxembourg on Wednesday, June 3 and then travel to Greece for the final game of the season on Sunday, June 7.
Italy squad for June 2026 friendlies
Goalkeepers: Giovanni Daffara (Avellino), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone);
Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Atalanta), Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Costantino Favasuli (Catanzaro), Filippo Mane (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Palestra (Cagliari), Luca Reggiani (Borussia Dortmund);
Midfielders: Matteo Dagasso (Venezia), Giacomo Faticanti (Juventus), Luca Lipani (Sassuolo), Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), Lorenzo Venturino (Roma);
Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Lecce), Luigi Cherubini (Sampdoria), Jeff Ekhator (Genoa), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Seydou Fini (Frosinone), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Luca Koleosho (Paris FC).
ByLorenzo Bettoni
Lorenzo Bettoni is the Editor of Football Italia.
