AC Milan Youth Sector

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. Angelo Carbone is the current Head of the Youth Sector.

AC Milan Primavera

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan Primavera
Nickname(s)	I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) Il Diavolo (The Devil)
Founded	1912, as AC Milan Reserves (it. Riserve)
Ground	Puma House of Football - Centro P. Vismara
Capacity	1.200
Head of Youth Sector	Angelo Carbone
Manager	Ignazio Abate
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2021–22	Campionato Primavera 1, 13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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 26 February 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. Nation Player 1 GK   FRA Noah Raveyre 2 DF   ITA Adam Bakoune 3 DF   ITA Davide Bartesaghi 4 MF   ITA Mattia Malaspina 5 DF   SRB Jan-Carlo Simić 6 DF   FRA Clinton Nsiala 7 MF   ITA Vincenzo Perrucci 8 MF   POL Dariusz Stalmach 9 FW   ITA Francesco Camarda 10 FW   PAR Hugo Cuenca 11 FW   ITA Diego Sia 12 GK   ITA Lorenzo Torriani 13 DF   ITA Dorian Paloschi 14 MF   POL Mateusz Skoczylas 15 DF   ITA Pietro Parmiggiani

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   ITA Tommaso Mancioppi 17 FW   ITA Filippo Scotti 18 MF   ITA Kevin Zeroli (captain) 19 DF   ESP Álex Jiménez (on loan from Real Madrid B) 20 GK   ITA Lapo Nava 21 FW   ITA Mattia Liberali 22 MF   NGA Victor Eletu 23 DF   ITA Vittorio Magni 24 GK   ITA Andrea Bartoccioni 25 GK   ITA Edoardo Colzani 26 DF   SWE Fredrik Nissen 28 FW   ITA Emanuele Sala 31 FW   ITA Alessandro Bonomi 32 FW   DEN Alexander Simmelhack (on loan from Copenhagen)

Managerial history

•   Francesco Zagatti (1965–1970)
•   Carlo Scarpato (1970–1971)
•   Carlo Annovazzi (1977–1978)
•   Paolo Ferrario (1978–1980)
•   Italo Galbiati (1980–1982)
•   Fabio Capello (1982–1986)
•   Italo Galbiati (1986–1987)
•   Andrea Valdinoci (1987–1991)
•   Carlo Garavaglia (1991–1992)
•   Luigi Radice & Maurizio Viscidi (1992–1993)
•   Maurizio Viscidi (1993–1994)
•   Giorgio Morini (1994–1995)
•   Walter De Vecchi (1995–1996)
•   Simone Boldini (1996–1997)
•   Mauro Tassotti (1997–2002)
•   Franco Baresi (2002–2006)
•   Filippo Galli (2006–2008)
•   Alberigo Evani (2008–2009)
•   Giovanni Stroppa (2009–2011)
•   Aldo Dolcetti (2011–2013)
•   Filippo Inzaghi (2013–2014)
•   Cristian Brocchi (2014–2016)
•   Stefano Nava (2016–2017)
•   Gennaro Gattuso (2017)
•   Alessandro Lupi (2017–2018)
•   Federico Giunti (2018–2022)
•   Christian Terni (2022)
•   Ignazio Abate (2022–present)

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 18 September 2023.^[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. Nation Player — GK   ITA Omar Rugginenti — GK   ITA Samuele Rutigliano — DF   BRA Estevan Amaral Castilho — DF   ITA Andrea De Bonis — DF   ITA Lorenzo Grilli — DF   FIN Axel Sandler — DF   ITA Matteo Tezzele — MF   ITA Andrea Di Siena — MF   ITA Andrea Gualdi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SWE Maximilian Ibrahimović — MF   ITA Alessandro Lamorte — MF   ITA Gioele Perina — MF   ITA Michael Vitali — FW   ITA Riccardo Corradino — FW   ITA Gaetano Manto — FW   ITA Luca Martinazzi — FW   ITA Riccardo Martinelli — FW   ROU Alexandru Siman

Allievi Nazionali U17

As of 21 January 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. Nation Player — GK   ITA Carlo Bassorizzi — GK   ITA Edoardo Capizzi — GK   PER Paolo Doneda — GK   ITA Alessandro Longoni — GK   ITA Riccardo Strohhecker — DF   ITA Salem Albé — DF   ITA Gioele Benedetti — DF   ITA Mattia Cappelletti — DF   ITA Gabriele Ceriani — DF   ITA Federico Colombo — DF   ITA Luca Del Forno — DF   ITA Daniele Eberini — DF   ITA Simone Farioli — DF   ITA Nirash Raffaello Perera — MF   ITA Christian Comotto — MF   ITA Antonio D'Ambrosio

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Alessandro Di Maria — MF   ITA Cristiano Dotta — MF   ITA Matteo Geroli — MF   ITA Ernesto Perin — MF   ITA Emanuele Sala — MF   ITA Simone Sassi — MF   NED Denzel Viana Seedorf — FW   ITA Simone Batistini — FW   ITA Francesco Domnitei — FW   ITA Mattia Liberali — FW   ITA Simone Lontani — FW   ALB Fabiano Mavriqi — FW   ITA Marco Melchionda — FW   ITA Lorenzo Ossola — FW   ISL Mihajlo Rajakovac — FW   ITA Davide Scolari

Allievi Nazionali U16

As of 18 September 2023.^[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. Nation Player — GK   ITA Alessio Catalano — GK   ITA Pietro Faccioli — GK   ITA Matteo Pittarella — DF   ITA Andrea Cullotta — DF   ITA Simon La Mantia — DF   ITA Mattia Mercogliano — DF   ITA Luca Nolli

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ROU Christian Vechiu — MF   ITA Gregorio Angelé — MF   ITA Thomas Martini — MF   ITA Samuele Pisati — FW   ITA Vincenzo Albore — FW   ITA Diego Carminati — FW   ITA Simone Lupo

Honours

Primavera

• Campionato Primavera 1: 1^[16]
  • 1964–65
• Coppa Italia Primavera: 2^[16]
  • 1984–85, 2009–10
• Torneo di Viareggio: 9^[16]
  • 1949, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1999, 2001, 2014
• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup: 2^[16]
  • 1958, 1977

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

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