AC Milan Youth Sector

Italian football club
Football club
AC Milan Primavera
A.C. Milan badge
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Milan Primavera
Nickname(s)I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks)
Il Diavolo (The Devil)
Founded1912, as AC Milan Reserves (it. Riserve)
GroundPuma House of Football - Centro P. Vismara
Capacity1,200
Head of Youth SectorVincenzo Vergine (men)
Gianfranco Parma (women U10–U17)
Elisabet Spina (women U19)
ManagerFederico Guidi
LeagueCampionato Primavera 1
2021–22Campionato Primavera 1, 13th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Associazione Calcio Milan Youth Sector (Italian: Settore giovanile dell'Associazione Calcio Milan) is the youth system of Italian football club AC Milan. The Youth Sector is made up of various boys' and girls' squads divided by age groups. Starting from September 2023 Vincenzo Vergine is the Head of the Youth Sector, replacing Angelo Carbone.

The Primavera team are the men's under-19 squad and the highest level team within the set-up. They currently play in the top-tier Campionato Primavera 1 and the Coppa Italia Primavera, as well as representing the club in the UEFA Youth League, where they either qualify through their domestic league or the first team qualifies for the UEFA Champions League.

The Primavera team trains at Milanello alongside the first team and they play the majority of their home games at the Vismara Sports Centre in Milan, which also serves as the training facility for all other teams in the set-up.

Primavera (under-19)

Current squad

As of 14 October 2024[1] Shirt numbers refer to Primavera matches.[2][3] Different numbers may be assigned to players who take part in first-team matches.[4] Some players remain eligible for Under-18 squad also.


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GKFrance FRALéo Paul Bouyer
GKItaly ITAEdoardo Colzani
GKItaly ITADavide Mastrantonio (on loan from Roma)
DFItaly ITAAdam Bakoune
DFItaly ITAMattia Cappelletti
DFItaly ITAFederico Colombo
MFRomania ROUMatteo Duțu
DFItaly ITALeonardo Frugnoli
DFItaly ITALorenzo Grilli
DFItaly ITAVittorio Magni
DFSweden SWEFredrik Nissen
DFItaly ITADorian Paloschi
DFItaly ITAPietro Parmiggiani
DFItaly ITANirash Perera
MFItaly ITACristiano Dotta
MFItaly ITAChristian Comotto
MFItaly ITAAndrea Gualdi
MFItaly ITAAlessandro Lamorte
MFItaly ITAMattia Liberali
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MFItaly ITATommaso Mancioppi
MFItaly ITALorenzo Ossola
MFItaly ITAErnesto Perin
MFItaly ITAGioele Perina
MFItaly ITAVincenzo Perrucci
MFItaly ITAEmanuele Sala
MFPoland POLMateusz Skoczylas
MFPoland POLDariusz Stalmach
MFItaly ITAMatteo Tezzele
FWItaly ITAAlessandro Bonomi
FWItaly ITAFrancesco Camarda
FWItaly ITAAndrea Di Siena
FWSweden SWEMaximilian Ibrahimović
FWItaly ITASimone Lontani
FWItaly ITALuca Martinazzi
FWItaly ITAFilippo Scotti
FWItaly ITADiego Sia
FWRomania ROUAlexandru Șiman
FWItaly ITAMattia Zaramella

Managerial history

Youth Sector

The Youth Sector has been responsible for producing some of the club's greatest ever players, including their top three all-time appearance makers, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta, as well as several players, in recent years, who have managed to become regular players in Serie A. The training facilities are based at the Centro Sportivo Vismara (Vismara Sports Centre), a 57-acre (230,000 m2) site in Gratosoglio, Milan,[5] although the Primavera team train at Milanello alongside the first team.

The Youth Sector encompasses several age-group teams ranging from Under-8s up to Under-18s, divided as follows:[6]

  • Boys
    • Under-18
    • Allievi Nazionali U17
    • Allievi Nazionali U16
    • Giovanissimi Nazionali U15
    • Giovanissimi Regionali A U14
    • Giovanissimi Regionali B U13
    • Esordienti A U12
    • Esordienti B U11
    • Pulcini U10
    • Pulcini U9
    • Primi Calci U8
  • Girls
    • Women's Primavera (Under-19)
    • Allieve Nazionali U17
    • Giovanissime U15
    • Esordienti U13
    • Esordienti U11
    • Pulcine U10

Squads

Under-18

As of 19 July 2024.[7] Shirt numbers refer to Primavera matches.[8][9] For Under-18 matches numbers are issued on a match-by-match basis.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GKItaly ITACarlo Bassorizzi
GKItaly ITAEdoardo Colzani
GKItaly ITAAlessandro Longoni
DFItaly ITASalem Albe
DFItaly ITAMattia Cappelletti
DFItaly ITAFederico Colombo
DFItaly ITALuca Del Forno
DFItaly ITADaniele Eberini
DFItaly ITASimone Farioli
DFItaly ITAAlessandro Guffanti
DFItaly ITANirash Perera
MFItaly ITAFilippo Bagarotti
MFItaly ITASimone Batistini
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MFItaly ITAAlessandro Di Maria
MFItaly ITACristiano Dotta
MFItaly ITAMattia Geroli
MFItaly ITALorenzo Ossola
FWItaly ITAAnthony Pace
MFItaly ITAErnesto Perin
MFItaly ITASimone Sassi
MFNetherlands NEDViana Seedorf
FWItaly ITAFrancesco Domnitei
FWItaly ITASimone Lontani
FWAlbania ALBFabiano Mavriqi
FWItaly ITAMarco Melchionda

Allievi Nazionali U17

As of 14 August 2024.[10] Shirt numbers refer to Primavera matches.[11][12] For Under-17 matches numbers are issued on a match-by-match basis.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GKItaly ITAAlessio Catalano
GKItaly ITAMatteo Pittarella
DFItaly ITAAndrea Cullotta
DFItaly ITASimon La Mantia
DFItaly ITALuca Nolli
DFRomania ROUChristian Vechiu
No.Pos. NationPlayer
DFBulgaria BULValeri Vladimirov
MFItaly ITAGregorio Angelé
MFItaly ITAFabio Pandolfi
FWItaly ITASimone Lupo
FWCroatia CROMihajlo Rajakovac
FWItaly ITATommaso Valenta

Allievi Nazionali U16

As of 19 July 2024.[13] Shirt numbers refer to Primavera matches.[14][15] For Under-16 matches numbers are issued on a match-by-match basis.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GKItaly ITAPietro Faccioli
DFItaly ITAMattia Mercogliano
MFItaly ITAMattia Angelicchio
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MFItaly ITAThomas Martini
MFItaly ITASamuele Pisati
FWItaly ITADiego Carminati

Honours

Primavera

Other teams

  • Campionato Berretti: 7[16]
    • 1971–72, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2008–09
  • Campionato Allievi Nazionali: 5[16]
    • 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11
  • Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali: 3[16]
    • 1991–92, 2009–10, 2021-22

References

  1. ^ "Primavera". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Milan". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Milan". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Squad - Milan". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Centro Sportivo Vismara". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. ^ "AC Milan Youth Teams". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Under 18". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Milan". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Milan". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Allievi Nazionali U17". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Milan". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Milan". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Allievi Nazionali U16". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Milan". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Milan". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g "Albo d'oro". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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