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
Ground	Konami Youth Development Centre in Memory of Giacinto Facchetti (Milan); Stadio Ernesto Breda (Sesto San Giovanni)
President	Giuseppe Marotta
Head coach	Andrea Zanchetta (Primavera)
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2023–2024	Campionato Primavera 1, semifinalists (1st in regular season)

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.

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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]

Current squad

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.

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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	MF	ITA	Giacomo De Pieri
32	GK	ITA	Mattia Michielan

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Out on loan

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Managerial history

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)

Honours

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)

Honours

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

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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)

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