SSC Napoli Youth Sector

Napoli Primavera

Full name	Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli Primavera
Nickname(s)	Azzurrini
Founded	1926
Ground	Stadio Arena Giuseppe Piccolo
Owner	Aurelio De Laurentiis
President	Edoardo De Laurentiis
Head coach	Nicolo Frustalupi
League	Campionato Primavera 1
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The youth sector is responsible for managing all the teams registered by SSC Napoli into their youth leagues that is governed by the Italian FIGC for various National and International tournaments. The objective of this policy is to train and enhance young members of SSC Napoli so that they can be launched in the world of professional football, creating a pool of talent from which the first team can draw on.a player and want a chance in your team

Squads

The Youth Sector, according to the Italian football league system, is divided into six squads: 'Primavera', 'Berretti', 'Allievi Nazionali', 'Giovanissimi', 'Esordienti' and 'Pulcini'.

In the 1962-1963 season the FIGC decided to create a national youth championship called the Campionato Primavera. In which the Naples has participated in since the first edition with mixed success. In the early sixties a young youth star was born in the median of Antonio Juliano, who would soon debut in the first team and become the second most capped player to ever play for Napoli with 505 appearances in the league and cup alone. Since then, several future international players have emerged, including the likes of Fabio Cannavaro and Lorenzo Insigne.

Fabio Cannavaro, World champion and Ballon d'Or winner 2006, a product of the Napoli Youth team.

'Primavera' Squad

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli Primavera is the Napoli football team composed of footballers between 15 and 20 years old. According to Italian Football’s hierarchy, it is the main youth category and is thus above the 'Berretti' squad. Each season, the 'Primavera' squad is the experimental group for the trial and/or promotion of the future members of the first team before the beginning of the Serie A season. Players deemed ready for first team football are registered and given a first team squad number. The team currently competes in group C of the Primavera TIM Championship.They have won the Primavera TIM Championship better known as Campionato Nazionale Primavera once in the 1978–79 Primavera season.

They also participate in the Coppa Italia Primavera and have been Champions once in 1997 ^[1] they also compete in the annual Torneo di Viareggio one of the most prestigious U-20 championships in the world, an international tournament they have won and been runners-up 4 times.

The Primavera team also took part in the very first UEFA U-19 Champions League now called The UEFA Youth League after the Napoli first team qualified for the Champions League which gave the Primavera team access into the UEFA U-19 Champions League tournament, Napoli was put into Group F of the tournament with Olympique de Marseille, Arsenal F.C. and Borussia Dortmund. Napoli beat all the teams in the group, Olympique de Marseille, Arsenal F.C. and Borussia Dortmund at home to progress to the last 16 which saw them draw Real Madrid which they lost 2-1 in stoppage time with a goal by Aleix Febas Pérez in the 93rd minute.

Primavera squad

As of 01 October 2024

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 — GK   ITA Francesco Gisondi — GK   ITA Claudio Turi — GK   ITA Andrea Petrone — GK   ITA Andrea Sorrentino — DF   ITA Mattia Esposito — DF   ITA Vittorio Gambardella — DF   ITA Vitali Khraban — DF   ITA Pasquale Stasi — DF   ITA Alfonso De Luca — DF   ITA Chritian Garofalo — DF   ITA Francesco Distratto — DF   ITA Raffaele Colella — MF   ITA Emmanuele De Chiara — MF   ITA Giuseppe D'Angelo — MF   ITA Domenico Avvisati

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Francesco Gioeilli — MF   ITA Gabriele Zago — MF   ITA Ciro Borrelli — MF   ITA Jordan Napoletano — MF   ITA Antonio Cimmaruta — MF   ITA Antonio Arzillo — FW   ITA Matteo Malasomma — FW   ITA Salvatore Borriello — FW   ITA Luigi Picca — FW   ITA Donato Distratto — FW   ITA Ernesto Ballabile — FW   ITA Christian Raggioli — FW   ITA Diego Pinzolo — FW   ITA Edoardo Della Salandra — FW   SRB Matija Popovic

• Primavera Staff
  • Head coach: Dario Rocco

Managerial history

• Mario Corso(1978-1982)
• Luigi Caffarelli(1997-2007)
• Raimondo Marino(2003-2004)
• Roberto Miggiano(2010-2011)
• Adolfo Sormani(2011-2012)
• Giampaolo Saurini (2012–2017)
• Loris Beoni (2017 - 2018)
• Roberto Baronio (2018 - 2020)
• Giuseppe Angelini (2020)
• Emmanuel Cascione (2020 - 2021)
• Nicolò Frustalupi (2021–2023)
• Andrea Tedesco (2023-2024)

Honours

• Scudetto
  • Champions (1): 1978–79
  • Runner Up (–): —
• Coppa Italia
  • Champions (1): 1996-97
  • Runner Up (1): 2012-13
• Super Coppa
  • Runner Up (–): —
• Torneo di Viareggio Cup
  • Champions (1): 1975
  • Runner Up (4): 1969, 1984, 1990, 1991

Allievi Nazionali Serie A & B (U17) - Allievi Professionisti (competes against Serie A and B clubs)

As of 15 September 2019

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 — GK   ITA Francesco Baietti — GK   ITA Ciro Pinto — DF   ITA Benedetto Barba — DF   ITA Lorenzo Carannante — DF   ITA Mauro Sepe — DF   ITA Francesco Somma — DF   ITA Antonio Vittiello — DF   ITA Gioele Cirillo — DF   ITA Domenico Verdile — DF   ITA Roberto Natale — MF   ITA Francesco Rossi — MF   ITA Enrico Pio De Martino

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Gennaro Iaccarino — MF   ITA Manuel Matrone — MF   ITA Raffaele D'Angelo — MF   ITA Bruno Umile — MF   ITA Davide Accampa — MF   ITA Giuseppe D'Agostino — FW   ITA Luca Assalve — FW   ITA Paolo De Simone — FW   ITA Antonio Vergara — FW   ITA Antonio Cianciulli — FW   ITA Ambrosino — FW   ARG Ludovico Benjamín Pelagotti

• Allievi Nazionali Staff
  • Head coach: Massimo Carnevale
  • Assistant coach: Antonio Vanacore
  • Physical Trainer: Arcangelo Crispino
  • Goalkeeping coach: Massimiliano Di Gliulo
  • Team Leader: Luca Lentini

Allievi Lega Pro I & II (U17) - Allievi Lega Pro (competes against Lega Pro clubs)

As of 19 August 2015

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 — GK   ITA Alessandro D'Andrea — GK   ITA Antonio Maisto — DF   ITA Gabriel Casolare — DF   ITA Roberto Rea — DF   ITA Niccolò Bartiromo — DF   ITA Alberto Senese — DF   ITA Andrea Mambella — DF   ITA Giovanni Calvano — MF   ITA Salvatore Micillo — MF   ITA Antonio Illuminato

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Matteo Coglitore — MF   ITA Carmine Cristiano — MF   ITA Nicola D'Alessandro — MF   ITA Christian Velotti — FW   ITA Ciro Palmieri — FW   ITA Francesco Pirone — FW   ITA Vincenzo Di Dato — FW   ITA Sergio Gianfrancesco — FW   ITA Angelo Lieto — FW   ITA Marco Merola

• Allievi Lega Pro Staff
  • Head coach: Vincenzo Marino
  • Assistant coach: Armando Nocerino
  • Physical Trainer: Giuseppe Trepiccione
  • Goalkeeping coach: Massimiliano Di Gliulo

Notable former Youth Team players

Below is a list of some footballers who have played for the Napoli youth squads:

Paolo Cannavaro Giuseppe Taglialatela Jacopo Dezi Antonio Floro Flores Luigi Vitale Antonio Bocchetti Guglielmo Stendardo Armando Izzo Mariano Arini Roberto Insigne Alfonso De Lucia Luigi Sepe Antonio Di Nardo Raffaele Ametrano Angelo Pagotto Vincenzo Bernardo Raffaele Pucino Carmelo Imbriani Raffaele Longo Fabio Liverani Salvatore Bruno

Ferdinando Coppola Dino Fava Salvatore Russo Roberto Sorrentino Roberto Amodio Camillo Ciano Gennaro Esposito Raffaele Maiello Igor Łasicki Sebastiano Luperto Frank Liivak Giuseppe Fornito Gennaro Tutino Leandro Vitiello Mariano Stendardo Emanuele Troise Giorgio Di Vicino Raffaele Longo Francesco Di Gennaro Dario Bova Soma Novothny

Senior internationals

Italy

• Fabio Cannavaro
• Lorenzo Insigne
• Fabio Liverani
• Antonio Juliano
• Francesco Baiano
• Ciro Ferrara
• Attila Sallustro
• Alessio Zerbin
• Armando Izzo
• Paolo Cannavaro

Estonia

• Frank Liivak

Cyprus

• Rafail Mamas

See also

• Campionato Nazionale Primavera
• Coppa Italia Primavera
• Supercoppa Primavera
• Youth system
• Reserve team
• Youth Sector (cantera)

References

1. "Napoli Youth trophies list - AiScore". m.aiscore.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.