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Official: Italy squad numbers confirmed ahead of France Nations League test

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BOLOGNA - OCTOBER 05: Italy players line up during the national anthem before the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between Italy and Türkiye at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium on October 05, 2026 in Bologna. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

BOLOGNA - OCTOBER 05: Italy players line up during the national anthem before the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between Italy and Türkiye at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium on October 05, 2026 in Bologna. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Nicolo Fagioli will continue to wear the no.10 shirt for Italy when they take on France in the Nations League on Thursday evening, Pio Esposito will wear the no.9 and his brother Sebastiano will don the no.7. 

The squad list and shirt numbers for Thursday’s Nations League test against France has recently been confirmed. 

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 02: Riccardo Calafiori, Pio Esposito and Sebastiano Esposito of Italy looks on alongside teammates before the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between France and Italy at Stade de France on October 02, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pauline Figuet/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 02: Riccardo Calafiori, Pio Esposito and Sebastiano Esposito of Italy looks on alongside teammates before the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between France and Italy at Stade de France on October 02, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pauline Figuet/Getty Images)

The Azzurri will host Les Bleus in San Siro at 19.45 this evening in the penultimate round of Nations League group stage fixtures. As things stand, France top the group on 10 points from the first four matches, Italy are in second on seven points, Belgium in third on six points and Turkey in fourth on zero. 

Roberto Mancini has whittled his squad down to a matchday squad of 23, leaving six players out including Alphado Cisse and Mattia Liberali. Honest Ahanor, Matteo Palma, Federico Gatti and Niccolo Pisilli will also sit this one out. 

Pre-match reports indicate that both Esposito brothers could start in attack for Italy this evening, potentially alongside Bologna’s Nicolo Cambiaghi. They have been handed squad numbers 7, 9 and 19. 

Francesco Pio Esposito celebrates with his brother Sebastiano Esposito during Turkiye vs. Italy in the Nations League (@azzurri)
Francesco Pio Esposito celebrates with his brother Sebastiano Esposito during Turkiye vs. Italy in the Nations League (@azzurri)

Below is the full list of confirmed squad numbers for Thursday’s Nations League clash between Italy and France.

  1. Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
  2. Michael Kayode 
  3. Giorgio Scalvini
  4. Samuele Ricci 
  5. Riccardo Calafiori
  6. Alessandro Bastoni 
  7. Sebastiano Esposito 
  8. Sandro Tonali 
  9. Pio Esposito 
  10. Nicolo Fagioli 
  11. Federico Dimarco 
  12. Marco Carnesecchi (GK)
  13. Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
  14. Marco Palestra 
  15. Issa Doumbia 
  16. Davide Frattesi 
  17. Alessandro Romano 
  18. Nicolo Barella 
  19. Nicolo Cambiaghi 
  20. Gianluca Scamacca 
  21. Antonio Vergara 
  22. Daniele Ghilardi 
  23. Luca Koleosho 
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