AC Milan 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	Vincenzo Vergine (men) ; Gianfranco Parma (women U10–U17); Elisabet Spina (women U19)
Manager	Federico Guidi
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2021–22	Campionato Primavera 1, 13th
Website	Club 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 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

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 (2022–2024)
Federico Guidi (2024–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