Inter Milan Youth Sector
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Inter Milan Youth Sector (Italian: Inter 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 eleven times, Coppa Italia Primavera winners six times,[2] and have also won the Supercoppa Primavera on two occasions.[3][4] They also participate in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament which they have won eight times.
La Beneamata (The Cherished One)
Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake)
Stadio Ernesto Breda (Sesto San Giovanni)
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| Full name | Football Club Internazionale Milano Youth Sector | ||
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| Nicknames | I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues) La Beneamata (The Cherished One) Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake) | ||
| Founded | 9 March 1908 | ||
| Ground | Konami Youth Development Centre in Memory of Giacinto Facchetti (Milan) Stadio Ernesto Breda (Sesto San Giovanni) | ||
| President | Giuseppe Marotta[1] | ||
| Head coach | Benito Carbone (Primavera) | ||
| League | Campionato Primavera 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Campionato Primavera 1, champions (2nd in regular season) | ||
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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]
Primavera
Current squad
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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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 (2024–2025)
- Benito Carbone (2025–current)
Honours
- Campionato Nazionale Primavera / Campionato Primavera 1
- Champions (11): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1988–89, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2024–25
- 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 (2): 2017, 2025
- Runners-up (6): 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022
- Torneo di Viareggio
- Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
- Champions (1): 1983
- Champions Under-18 Challenge
- Champions (1): 2010
- NextGen Series
- Champions (1): 2011–12
Youth system
The home of Inter's Youth Sector is at Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti, also known as Interello, 30,000 square metres of professional training and education facilities between the Affori and Niguarda neighborhoods in northern 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 (Campionato Nazionale Under-15): 11
- 1987–88, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23, 2024-25
- 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