{"id":7706,"date":"2026-06-03T03:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/7706\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:58:12","slug":"italy-squad-numbers-for-friendly-in-luxembourg-as-ndour-given-10-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/7706\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy squad numbers for friendly in Luxembourg as Ndour given 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy<\/a> have announced the squad numbers for tomorrow\u2019s friendly match against Luxembourg, as Francesco Pio Esposito<\/a> wears Number 9 and Cher Ndour<\/a> gets the iconic 10.<\/p>\n

It kicks off in Luxembourg on Wednesday at 19.45 UK time (20.45 CEST).<\/p>\n

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EMPOLI, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 26: Silvio Baldini manager of Italy U21 looks on during the UEFA Under 21 EURO Qualifier match between Italy<\/a> U21 and North Macedonia U21 at Stadio Carlo Castellani on March 26, 2026 in Empoli, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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This friendly, and the trip to Greece on Sunday evening, are under the guidance of interim coach Silvio Baldini<\/a>, who was promoted from the Under-21 side following the resignation of Gennaro Gattuso.<\/p>\n

There are a few familiar faces, including captain Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/a> and Inter<\/a> striker Esposito<\/a>, but the squad is largely made up of young and uncapped players.<\/p>\n

Pio Esposito has been handed the Number 9 jersey<\/a>, while Fiorentina<\/a> midfielder Ndour is wearing Number 10, the shirt he also wears at Under-21 level.<\/p>\n

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ZENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA \u2013 MARCH 31: Francesco Pio Esposito shows his dejection of Italy during the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers KO play-offs match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy at Stadion Bilino Polje on March 31, 2026 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Italy squad numbers<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: 12 Giovanni Daffara (Avellino), 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City<\/a>), 23 Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone)<\/p>\n

Defenders: 24 Honest Ahanor<\/a> (Atalanta<\/a>), 3 Davide Bartesaghi<\/a> (Milan<\/a>), 4 Fabio Chiarodia<\/a> (Borussia Monchengladbach<\/a>), 15 Pietro Comuzzo<\/a> (Fiorentina), 22 Costantino Favasuli (Catanzaro), 25 Niccol\u00f2 Fortini (Fiorentina), 6 Filippo Mane (Borussia Dortmund<\/a>), 2 Marco Palestra<\/a> (Cagliari<\/a>), 13 Luca Reggiani<\/a> (Borussia Dortmund)<\/p>\n

Midfielders: 14 Tommaso Berti (Cesena), 20 Matteo Dagasso (Venezia), 16 Giacomo Faticanti<\/a> (Juventus<\/a>), 5 Luca Lipani<\/a> (Sassuolo<\/a>), 10 Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), 21 Niccol\u00f2 Pisilli (Roma)<\/p>\n

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Forwards: 8 Francesco Camarda<\/a> (Lecce<\/a>), 7 Luigi Cherubini<\/a> (Sampdoria), 18 Jeff Ekhator<\/a> (Genoa<\/a>), 9 Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), 17 Seydou Fini<\/a> (Frosinone), 19 Samuele Inacio<\/a> (Borussia Dortmund), 11 Luca Koleosho<\/a> (Paris FC<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy have announced the squad numbers for tomorrow\u2019s friendly match against Luxembourg, as Francesco Pio Esposito wears Number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[2116,2090,2099,2112,2084,2094,2093,2096,2086,2095,2083,2091,2092,2115,2102,2085,2108,2109,408,2088,2106,2111,2114,2107,2100,2089,2101,5,2105,2098,1217,2110,2097,2103,2113,2104,2069,2087],"class_list":["post-7706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-luxembourg","tag-atalanta","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-borussia-monchengladbach","tag-cagliari","tag-cher-ndour","tag-davide-bartesaghi","tag-esposito","tag-fabio-chiarodia","tag-fiorentina","tag-francesco-camarda","tag-francesco-pio-esposito","tag-friendly-match","tag-gennaro-gattuso","tag-genoa","tag-giacomo-faticanti","tag-gianluigi-donnarumma","tag-honest-ahanor","tag-inter","tag-italy","tag-italy-squad","tag-jeff-ekhator","tag-juventus","tag-lecce","tag-luca-koleosho","tag-luca-lipani","tag-luca-reggiani","tag-luigi-cherubini","tag-luxembourg","tag-manchester-city","tag-marco-palestra","tag-milan","tag-paris-fc","tag-pietro-comuzzo","tag-samuele-inacio","tag-sassuolo","tag-seydou-fini","tag-silvio-baldini","tag-stadio-carlo-castellani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}