A.C. Milan Youth Sector

The Associazione Calcio Milan Youth Sector (it. Settore Giovanile dell'Associazione Calcio Milan) is the youth system of Italian football club Associazione Calcio Milan (A.C. Milan). It encompasses several boys' and girls' age-group teams ranging from Under-8s up to Under-19s. Angelo Carbone is the current Head of the Youth Sector.

Milan Primavera

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan (Primavera)
Nickname(s)	I Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) Il Diavolo (The Devil)
Ground	Centro Sportivo Vismara
Head of Youth Sector	Angelo Carbone
Manager	Federico Giunti
League	Campionato Primavera 2, (Group A)
2018–19	Campionato Primavera 1, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Milan Primavera is the men's Under-19 squad and the highest level team within the setup. They currently play in the Campionato Primavera 2, after being relegated from the top-tier Campionato Primavera 1 at the end of the 2018–19 season. They also compete in the Coppa Italia Primavera and the Viareggio Cup.

The Primavera team train at Milanello alongside the first team and play the majority of their home games at the Centro Sportivo Vismara (Vismara Sports Centre) in Milan, which also serves as the training facility for the other youth system teams.

Primavera (Under-19)

Current squad

As of 9 August 2020.[1] Shirt numbers refer to first-team matches sanctioned by Lega Serie A.[2] Different numbers may be used in international competitions. For Primavera matches numbers are issued on a match-by-match basis.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ITA Lorenzo Colombo 30 FW  ITA Riccardo Tonin 84 GK  ITA Matteo Soncin 88 MF  CRO Antonio Mionić 89 MF  ITA Alessandro Sala 92 MF  ITA Giacomo Olzer 94 MF  ITA Marco Brescianini 95 FW  ITA Andrea Capone 96 GK  DEN Andreas Jungdal 97 MF  ITA Emanuele Torrasi

No. Pos. Nation Player 98 FW  ITA Daniel Maldini — DF  ITA Alberto Barazzetta — DF  GER Lenny Borges — DF  ITA Tommaso Merletti — DF  FRA Riad Tahar — MF  ITA Alessio Brambilla — MF  ITA Marco Frigerio — MF  GRE Nikos Michelis — FW  BRA Luan Capanni

Manager 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 and 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–)

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,[4] 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:[5]

• 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 A U10
  • Pulcini B U9
  • Primi Calci U8

• Girls

  • Allieve Nazionali U17
  • Giovanissime U15
  • Esordienti U13
  • Esordienti U11
  • Pulcine U10

Squads

Under-18

As of 31 January 2020.[6] Shirt numbers refer to first-team matches sanctioned by Lega Serie A.[7] 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 86 GK  ITA Leonardo Moleri 91 DF  ITA Luca Stanga — GK  ITA Mattia Paloschi — DF  ITA Matteo Angeli — DF  ITA Matteo Cattaneo — DF  ITA Mattia Cretti — DF  ITA Gabriele Galardi — DF  ITA Simone Achille Giosuè — DF  ITA Pietro Grassi — DF  ITA Michele Lo Curto — DF  ITA Riccardo Oddi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Simone Bassoli — MF  ITA Marco Bosisio — MF  ITA Pasquale Costanzo (on loan from Torino) [8] — MF  ITA Enrico Salvatore Di Gesù — MF  ITA Andrea Malinverno — MF  ITA Francesco Palmieri — MF  ITA Giovanni Robotti — FW  GHA Kelvin Cudjoe — FW  ITA Mintasinot Luscietti — FW  ITA Danilo Magli — FW  ITA Sabino Signorile

Allievi Nazionali U17

As of 31 January 2020.[9] Shirt numbers refer to first-team matches sanctioned by Lega Serie A.[10] 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 Giuseppe Cassano — GK  ITA Andrea Cella — GK  ITA Sebastiano Desplanches — GK  ITA Thomas Galletti (on loan from Piacenza) [8] — GK  ITA Edoardo Villa — DF  ITA Alessandro Citi — DF  ITA Filippo Concas — DF  ITA Andrei Coubis — DF  ITA Nosa Obaretin — DF  ITA Andrea Sala (on loan from Lecco) [8] — MF  ITA Francesco Angelini (on loan from Rimini) [8] — MF  ITA Niccolò Balesini

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Kevin Bright — MF  ITA Gabriele El Hilali — MF  ITA Paolo Pérez — MF  ITA Alessandro Polenghi — MF  ITA Simone Tirapelle — MF  ITA Francesco Toffanin — MF  ITA Riccardo Tomella — MF  ITA Alessio Tonon — MF  ITA Matteo Turato (on loan from Cagliari) [8] — FW  ITA Jordan Amore — FW  ITA Henoc N'Gbesso — FW  ITA Marco Nasti

Honours

Primavera

• Campionato Primavera 1: 1[11]
  • 1964–65
• Coppa Italia Primavera: 2[11]
  • 1984–85, 2009–10
• Torneo di Viareggio: 9[11]
  • 1949, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1999, 2001, 2014

Other teams

• Campionato Berretti: 7[11]
  • 1971–72, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2008–09
• Campionato Allievi Nazionali: 4[11]
  • 1995–96, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11
• Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali: 2[11]
  • 1991–92, 2009–10

References

1. "Primavera 2019/20". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. "Squad - Milan". Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
3. "Campionato Primavera 2 2019/2020 — Norme generali competizioni ufficiali" [2019/2020 Primavera 2 Championship — General rules for official competitions] (PDF). Lega B (in Italian). 31 July 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
4. "Centro Sportivo Vismara". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
5. "Settore giovanile Milan: squadre e giocatori" [Milan Youth Sector: teams and players] (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
6. "Under 18, 2019–2020". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
7. "Squad - Milan". Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
8. "Transfer Market". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
9. "Allievi Nazionali U17, 2019–2020". Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
10. "Squad - Milan". Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
11. "Albo d'oro". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 14 August 2012.