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. Starting from September 2023 Vincenzo Vergine is the Head of the Youth Sector, replacing Angelo Carbone.

AC Milan Primavera
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

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 30 June 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
— GK  ITA Andrea Bartoccioni
— GK  ITA Edoardo Colzani
— DF  ITA Adam Bakoune
— DF  ITA Vittorio Magni
— DF  ITA Dorian Paloschi
— DF  ITA Pietro Parmiggiani
— MF  ITA Tommaso Mancioppi
— MF  ITA Vincenzo Perrucci
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  POL Mateusz Skoczylas
— FW  ITA Alessandro Bonomi
— FW  ITA Maikol Cifuentes
— FW  ITA Mattia Liberali
— FW  ITA Emanuele Sala
— FW  ITA Diego Sia
— FW  ITA Filippo Scotti

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

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

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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