Inter Milan Youth Sector () is the youth set-up of Italian professional

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. The under-20 team plays in the

Campionato Primavera 1 Campionato Primavera 1, known also as Campionato Primavera 1 TIM – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti due to sponsorship and posthumous honour, is an Italian football youth competition. It was created in 2017–18 season by splitting Campionato Nazion ...

. They have been Italian champions eleven times,

Coppa Italia Primavera The Coppa Italia Primavera (Italian for Spring Italian Cup) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams from Campionato Primavera. All players are under 20 of age. The first edition was held in the 1972–73 season. Due to sponsorshi ...

winners six times and have also won the

Supercoppa Primavera The Supercoppa Primavera is an Italian youth teams football match played by the winners of the Campionato Primavera championship and the winners of the Coppa Italia Primavera at the beginning of the season. The competition has been held since 20 ...

on one occasion. They also participate in the annual

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, 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.

Primavera

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

* ''unknown'' (1962–2001) *

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(2001–2003) *

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(2003–2006) *

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(2006–2009) *

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(2009–2011) *

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(2011–2012) *

(2012–2013) * Salvatore Cerrone (2013–2014) *

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(2014–2018) *

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(2018–2021) *

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(2021–2024) *

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(2024–current)

Honours

Campionato Nazionale Primavera The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in the 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 *

**Champions (6): 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2005–06, 2015–16 **Runners-up (3): 1978–79, 2003–04, 2006–07 *

**Champions (1): 2017 **Runners-up (6): 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022 *

**Champions (8):

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, 2015, 2018 **Runners-up (2):

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

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**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'', 30,000 square metres of professional training and education facilities between the Niguarda and Bresso districts in the north of

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. 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. 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 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has be ...

: 8 **1984–85, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018–19 *

Campionato Allievi Nazionali Lega Pro Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for Association football, football clubs located at the only level of the San Marino, Sammarinese Football in San Marino, footb ...

: 1 **2017–18 *

Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has be ...

: 10 **1987–88, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23 *

Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has be ...

: 7 **2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22 *

Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali Fascia B Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio (English translation: Sammarinese Football Championship) is the highest competition for football clubs located at the only level of the Sammarinese football league system (no relegation system exists) and has be ...

: 1 **2017–18 *

Supercoppa Under-17 The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous sea ...

: 3 **2014, 2017, 2019 *

Supercoppa Under-15 The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous sea ...

: 1 **2018

References

External links

Inter Youth Sector's official website

The Inter Milan academy way
– ''These Football Times'' (2015) {{Campionato Nazionale Primavera Primavera Football academies in Italy UEFA Youth League teams NextGen series