The Azzurri Squad for the matches against England and Malta  March 2023
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Acerbi, Francesco	10 February 1988	35	CD	FC Internazionale Milano, on loan from SSC Napoli	28	1
Barella, Nicolò	17 February 1997	26	M	FC Internazionale Milano	42	8
Berardi, Domenico	1 August 1994	28	F	US Sassuolo Calcio	24	6
Bonucci, Leonardo	1 May 1987	35	CD	Juventus FC	120	8
Buongiorno, Alessandro	6 June 1999	23	CB	FC Torino	0	0
Chiesa, Federico	25 October 1997	25	F	Juventus FC	40	4
	Chiesa withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of injury
Cristante, Bryan	3 March 1995	28	M	AS Roma	29	2
Darmian, Matteo	2 December 1989	33	FB	FC Internazionale Milano	36	1
Di Lorenzo, Giovanni	4 August 1993	29	RB	SSC Napoli	25	3
Dimarco, Federico	10 November 1997	25	LB	FC Internazionale Milano	8	1
	Dimarco withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of injury
Donnarumma, Gianluigi	25 February 1999	24	G	Paris Saint Germain, France	50	35ᵍᵃ
Palmieri dos Santos, Emerson	3 August 1994 in Santos, Brazil	28	LB	West Ham United FC, England	27	0
				also has 15 Brazil U17 appearances
	Emerson was drafted into the squad on 20 March as a replacement for Dimarco
Falcone, Wladmiro	12 April 1995	27	G	US Lecce, on loan from UC Sampdoria	0	0ᵍᵃ
Frattesi, Davide	22 September 1999	23	M	US Sassuolo Calcio	4	0
Gnonto, Degnand Wilfried	5 November 2003	19	F	Leeds United FC, England	8	1
Grifo, Vincenzo	7 April 1993 in Pforzheim, Germany	29	F	SC Freiburg, Germany	8	4
Jorginho	20 December 1991 in Imbituba, Brazil	31	DM	Arsenal FC, England	46	5
Frello Filho, Jorge Luiz
Meret, Alex	22 March 1997	25	G	SSC Napoli	3	2ᵍᵃ
Pafundi, Simone	14 March 2006	17	F	Udinese Calcio	1	0
Pellegrini, Lorenzo	19 June 1996	26	M	AS Roma	24	5
Pessina, Matteo	21 April 1997	25	M	AC Monza, on loan from, Atalanta BC	15	4
Politano, Matteo	3 August 1993	29	F	SSC Napoli	8	3
Provedel, Ivan	17 March 1994	29	G	SS Lazio	0	0ᵍᵃ
Retegui, Mateo	29 April 1999 in San Fernando, Argentina	23	F	CA Tigre, Argentina, on loan from CA Boca Juniors, Argentina	0	0
				also has Argentina U20 appearances
Romagnoli, Alessio	12 January 1995	28	CB	SS Lazio	12	2
Scamacca, Gianluca	1 January 1999	24	F	West Ham United FC, England	9	0
Scalvini, Giorgio	11 December 2003	19	CD	Atalanta BC	3	0
Spinazzola, Leonardo	25 March 1993	29	LB	AS Roma	21	0
Tolói, Rafael	10 October 1990 in Glória d'Oeste, Brazil	32	CD	Atalanta BC	10	0
				also has 19 Brazil U20 appearances
Tonali, Sandro	8 May 2000	22	M	AC Milan	12	0
Verratti, Marco	5 November 1992	30	CM	Paris Saint-Germain FC, France	51	3

Squad details correct up to and including Italy's match against Austria on 20 November 2022.
Tallies taken from FSGC

Diary

Friday, 17 March 2023 - Head Roberto Mancini selected a trio of debutants and handed an international comeback to Inter defender Matteo Darmian in his latest Italy squad. Darmian was named in the 30-man selection for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against England and Malta, marking his first call-up since March 2018, when he failed to appear from the substitutes' bench in friendlies with Argentina and England. He last played for Italy in November 2017, when they lost to Sweden and subsequently failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Mancini has also handed an opportunity to Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone, Torino defender Alessandro Buongiorno and Tigre forward Mateo Retegui. However, there are notable absentees with Nicolo Zaniolo, Gianluca Mancini, Manuel Locatelli and Mattia Zaccagni missing out, while Alessandro Bastoni, Giacomo Raspadori and Guglielmo Vicario are absent due to injury.

Monday, 20 March 2023 - The Azzurri report for their first training session at the Federal Technical Center in Coverciano. Italy trained this afternoon without Federico Dimarco and Federico Chiesa.
Roberto Mancini has called up West Ham defender Emerson Palmieri to replace the injured Federico Dimarco. The Inter defender sustained a minor injury during Sunday’s 1-0 loss at San Siro and underwent exams in Coverciano this morning. Results have shown Dimarco will need to rest over the next few days, not being available for games against England and Malta this week. Chiesa, the Juventus winger, will not be replaced after sustaining a new injury in the game against Inter on Sunday. He underwent exams in Turin today, which ‘ruled out any lesions’, Juventus confirmed.