Inter Milan Youth Sector

Inter Milan Youth Sector

Full name	Football Club Internazionale Milano Youth Sector
Nickname(s)	I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues) La Beneamata (The Cherished One) Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake)
Founded	9 March 1908; 116 years ago (1908-03-09)
Ground	Konami Youth Development Centre in Memory of Giacinto Facchetti (Milan) Stadio Ernesto Breda (Sesto San Giovanni)
President	Giuseppe Marotta[1]
Head coach	Andrea Zanchetta (Primavera)
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2023–2024	Campionato Primavera 1, semifinalists (1st in regular season)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Inter Milan Youth Sector (Italian: F.C. Internazionale Milano Settore Giovanile) is the youth set-up of Italian professional football club Inter Milan. The under-20 team plays in the Campionato Primavera 1. They have been Italian champions ten times, Coppa Italia Primavera winners six times^[2] and have also won the Supercoppa Primavera on one occasion.^[3][4] They also participate in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament which they have won eight times.

On 25 March 2012, the under-19 team were champions in the inaugural edition of the NextGen Series, an association football tournament which involved the under-19 teams from 16 different clubs from across Europe.^[5]

As of 16 August 2024^[6][7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Alessandro Calligaris 2 DF  ITA Mike Aidoo 3 DF  ITA Matteo Cocchi 4 MF  ITA Mattia Zanchetta 5 DF  GRE Christos Alexiou 6 DF  FRA Yvan Maye 7 MF  ITA Thomas Berenbruch 8 MF  COL Dilan Zárate 9 FW  ITA Matteo Lavelli 10 MF  VEN Daniele Quieto 11 FW  ITA Matteo Spinaccè 12 GK  ALB Alain Taho 13 DF  FIN Ilari Kangasniemi 14 MF  ITA Leonardo Bovo 15 DF  ESP Álex Pérez (on loan from Real Betis)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ITA Matteo Venturini 17 DF  ITA Matteo Motta 18 FW  ITA Mattia Mosconi 19 DF  ITA Tommaso Della Mora 21 GK  ITA Matteo Zamarian 22 MF  ITA Edoardo Tigani 23 FW  ITA Marco Vanzulli 24 DF  ITA Gabriele Re Cecconi 25 FW  MAR Aymen Zouin 26 DF  ITA Gabriele Garonetti 27 FW  ITA Manuel Pinotti 28 FW  ARG Thiago Romano 29 MF  SVN Luka Topalović 30 FW  ITA Giacomo De Pieri 32 GK  ITA Mattia Michielan

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

• unknown (1962–2001)
• Corrado Verdelli (2001–2003)
• Daniele Bernazzani (2003–2006)
• Vincenzo Esposito (2006–2009)
• Fulvio Pea (2009–2011)
• Andrea Stramaccioni (2011–2012)
• Daniele Bernazzani (2012–2013)
• Salvatore Cerrone (2013–2014)^[8]
• Stefano Vecchi (2014–2018)^[9]
• Armando Madonna (2018–2021)
• Cristian Chivu (2021–2024)
• Andrea Zanchetta (2024–current)

• Campionato Nazionale Primavera / Campionato Primavera 1
  • Champions (10): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1988–89, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (5): 1979–80, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2018–19
• Coppa Italia Primavera
  • Champions (6): 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2005–06, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (3): 1978–79, 2003–04, 2006–07
• Supercoppa Primavera
  • Champions (1): 2017
  • Runners-up (6): 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022
• Torneo di Viareggio
  • Champions (8): 1962, 1971, 1986, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 1972, 1983
• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
  • Champions (1): 1983
• Champions Under-18 Challenge::
  • Champions (1): 2010
• NextGen Series
  • Champions (1): 2011–12

The home of Inter's Youth Sector is at Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, 30,000 square metres of professional training and education facilities between the Niguarda and Bresso districts in the north of Milan.^[10]

Inter Youth Sector has 20 scouts in the Lombardy region and 10 in the rest of Italy. They all report directly to the general coordinator in Milan.^[10]

Below the Primavera team (U19), there are nine other teams:

• Berretti (U18)
• Allievi Nazionali (U17)
• Allievi Nazionali Lega Pro (U16)
• Giovanissimi Nazionali (U15)
• Giovanissimi Regionali (U14)
• Giovanissimi Regionali Fascia B (U13)
• Esordienti (U12)
• Pulcini Regionali (U11)
• Pulcini B (U10)
• Pulcini C (U9)

• Campionato Berretti: 6
  • 1979–80, 1983–84, 1990–91, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Campionato Allievi Nazionali: 8
  • 1984–85, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018–19
• Campionato Allievi Nazionali Lega Pro: 1
  • 2017–18
• Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali: 10
  • 1987–88, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23
• Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali: 7
  • 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22
• Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali Fascia B: 1
  • 2017–18
• Supercoppa Under-17: 3
  • 2014, 2017, 2019
• Supercoppa Under-15: 1
  • 2018

• Inter Youth Sector's official website Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Italian)
• The Inter Milan academy way – These Football Times (2015)