All four Italian teams have released their respective squad lists for the upcoming UEFA Champions League group stage campaign. The new season of Europe’s top-tier continental tournament begins in the third week of September, and some mouthwatering clashes await all the Serie A clubs involved.
Inter
Last year’s finalists, the Nerazzurri are drawn in Group D with Real Sociedad, Benfica and RB Salzburg. They have all but one player available for their UCL group stage campaign.
Full squad: (GK): Yann Sommer, Emil Auder, Raffaele Di Gennaro (DF): Denzel Dumfries, Federico Dimarco Matteo Darmian, Stefan de Vrij, Yann Bisseck, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Benjamin Pavard, Carlos Augusto (MF): Davy Klaassen, Juan Cuadrado, Davide Frattesi, Hakan Calhanoglu, Kristian Asllani, Nicolò Barella, Henriakh Mkhitaryan (ST): Marko Arnautovic, Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez, Alexis Sanchez
Exclusion: Stefano Sensi
Milan
The Rossoneri are part of arguably the toughest of all groups this season as they look to overcome Newcastle United, Borussia Dortmund, and Paris Saint-Germain in Group F.
Full squad: (GK): Mike Maignan, Marco Sportiello, Antonio Mirante (DF): Pierre Kalulu, Davide Calabria, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Simon Kjaer, Mattia Caldara, Alessandro Florenzi, Theo Hernandez (MF): Tijjani Reijnders, Rade Krunic, Tommaso Pobega, Yacine Adli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Yunus Musah (ST): Luka Jovic, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic, Samuel Chukwueze, Noah Okafor, Rafael Leao
Exclusions: Marco Pellegrino, Luka Romero, Ismael Bennacer
Napoli
The Scudetto title holders will encounter the likes of SC Braga, Union Berlin, and Real Madrid in Group C.
Full squad: (GK): Alex Meret, Pierluigi Gollini, Nikita Contini (DF): Natan, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Mario Rui, Alessandro Zanoli, Leo Ostigard, Mathias Olivera, Juan Jesus, Amir Rrahmani (MF): Gianluca Gaetano, Stanislav Lobotka, Lorenzo Russo, Piotr Zielinski, Eljif Elmas, Jens Cajuste, Frank Anguissa (ST): Alessio Zerbin, Matteo Politano, Victor Osimhn, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Jesper Lindstrom, Giacomo Raspadori, Giovanni Simeone
Exclusion: Diego Demme
Lazio
Tricky fixtures await Lazio in UCL Group C, with Celtic, Atletico Madrid, and Feyenoord all in the pictures to create problems for Maurizio Sarri’s men.
Full squad: (GK): Ivan Provedel, Luigi Sepe (DF): Nicolo Casale, Elseid Hysaj, Patric, Luca Pellgrini, Alessio Romagnoli, Manuel Lazzari, Mario Gila, Adam Marusic (MF): Danilo Cataldi, Matteo Guendouzi, Daichi Kamada, Matias Vecino, Nicolo Rovella, Luis Alberto (ST): Taty Castellanos, Felipe Anderson, Ciro Immobile, Gustav Isaksen, Pedro, Mattia Zaccagni
Exclusions: Christos Mandas, Mohamed Fares, Toma Basic
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