SS Lazio Youth Sector

S.S. Lazio Youth Sector (Italian: Settore Giovanile) comprises the under-19 team (Italian: Primavera) and the academies of Italian professional football club S.S. Lazio.

Lazio Primavera

Full name	Società Sportiva Lazio Primavera
Nickname(s)	I Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues) Le Aquile (The Eagles) Gli Aquilotti (The Eaglets)
Ground	Centro Sportivo di Formello – Rome, Lazio, Italy
Capacity	3,000
President	Claudio Lotito
Head coach	Stefano Sanderra
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2022-23	Campionato Primavera 2, 1st (Promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Lazio Primavera

The under-19 squad (Italian: Primavera) usually competes in the Campionato Primavera 1 but currently plays in the Campionato Primavera 2 after being relegated in the 2020-21 campaign.^[1]

The club's Primavera side have been champions of Italy five times, having last won the championship back in 2012–13 after beating Atalanta 3-0 in the final.^[2] They have also won the Coppa Italia Primavera on three occasions (1978-79, 2013-14, 2014-15) and the Supercoppa Primavera on one occasion (2014-15).^[3]

Alessandro Calori has been in charge of Lazio Primavera since June 11, 2021.^[4][5] He replaced Leonardo Menichini who managed the team for 55 matches (17W-10D-28L).

Current squad

As of 16 July 2023^[6]

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   ITA Federico Magro 2 DF   BRA Filipe Bordon (on loan from Ferroviária U20) 3 DF   ITA Alessandro Milani 4 MF   ITA Jacopo Sardo 5 DF   ITA Filippo Bedini 7 FW   POR Saná Fernandes 8 MF   ITA Leonardo Di Tommaso 9 FW   USA Lorenzo D'Agostini 10 MF   ITA Luca Napolitano 11 FW   ESP Mahamadou Balde 12 GK   ITA Leonardo Martinelli 13 DF   ITA Fabio Ruggeri (captain) 14 FW   ITA Souleymane Kone (on loan from Sorrento) 15 DF   ROU Matteo Duțu 17 FW   ITA Federico Serra 18 FW   ITA Manuel Tredicine

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   ALB Flavio Sulejmani 20 MF   CIV Larsson Coulibaly 21 FW   ITA Massimo Bigotti 22 GK   ITA Davide Renzetti 24 DF   ITA Lorenzo Ferrari 26 FW   ITA Mattya D'Alessandro 27 FW   ITA Tommaso Cappelli 28 FW   ITA Nicolò Urbano 29 DF   ITA Matteo Zazza 30 MF   ITA Marco Nazzaro 36 MF   ITA Valerio Gelli 38 FW   ITA Vincenzo Di Gianni 40 FW   ITA Cristian Cuzzarella 49 FW   ITA Angelo Antonio Puzzangara — DF   USA Stefano D'Agostini

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Andrea Colistra (at United Riccione until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Leonardo Zanchetta (at Albalonga until 30 June 2024)

Non-playing staff (under-19 squad)

• Head Coach: Stefano Sanderra
• Assistant Coach: Dario Barraco
• Technical collaborator: Simone Rughetti
• Goalkeeping Coach: Christian Olevano
• Fitness Coach: Mario Genova
• Team Manager: Francesco Renga / Maurizio Spreghini
• Kit manager: Sebastiano Strano
• Team Doctors: Michele Morelli / Matteo Cantagalli
• Physiotherapists: Marco Allegrucci / Glauco Bucci

Lazio U17

The under-17 squad currently competes in the Allievi Nazionali U17 - Serie A/B - Girone C.^[7]

Non-playing staff (under-17 squad)

• Team Managers: Andrea Torda / Luigi De Sanctis
• Head Coach: Marco Alboni
• Assistant Coach: Giammarco Fedeli

Notable former Primavera and youth team players

Many players from Lazio's Primavera squad go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Lazio or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have represented their country at full international level and/or have played regularly at a high level of club football.

•   Keita Baldé
•   Danilo Cataldi
•   Luca Crecco
•   Lorenzo De Silvestri
•   Luigi Di Biagio
•   Paolo Di Canio
•   Marco Di Vaio
•   Josip Elez
•   Davide Faraoni
•   Valerio Fiori
•   Michael Folorunsho
•   Daniele Franceschini
•   Alessandro Gazzi
•   Luca Germoni
•   Bruno Giordano
•   Chris Ikonomidis
•   Cristiano Lombardi
•   Federico Macheda
•   Lionello Manfredonia
•   Alessandro Murgia
•   Alessandro Nesta
•   Ogenyi Onazi
•   Simone Palombi
•   Federico Peluso
•   Giampiero Pinzi
•   Marco Pisano
•   Daniele Portanova
•   Manolo Portanova
•   Franjo Prce
•   Flavio Roma
•   Antonio Rozzi
•   Aleandro Rosi
•   Alessandro Rossi (footballer)
•   Gianluca Scamacca
•   Stefano Sorrentino
•   Thomas Strakosha
•   Mauro Tassotti
•   Mamadou Tounkara
•   Alessandro Tuia
•   Giuseppe Wilson

See also

• S.S. Lazio
• Lazio Women
• Lazio (Futsal)

References

1. Heyes, Apollo (June 29, 2021). "Lazio Primavera Relegated to Campionato Primavera 2 After Losing Campionato Primavera 1 TIM Play-Outs Against Bologna". The Laziali. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
2. Guarnaccia, Francesco (2016-11-13). "La Lazio vince il Campionato Primavera 2012/2013". Football Scouting | Campionato Primavera | Calcio Giovanile (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-30.
3. "Chievo Verona U19 x Lazio U19 risultati oggi di calcio 01.10.2014, AzScore.co.it". azscore.co.it. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
4. "Comunicato 11.06.2021". S.S. Lazio. June 11, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
5. Heyes, Apollo (June 14, 2021). "Official: Lazio Hire Alessandro Calori to Replace Primavera Coach Leonardo Menichini". The Laziali. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
6. "S.S. Lazio Giovanili "Primavera"".
7. "Risaltati: Allievi Nazionali U17 - Serie A / B - Girone C". Tuttocampo.it. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

External links

• Official website (in English and Italian)