The youth sector is responsible for managing all the teams registered by

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into their youth leagues that is governed by the Italian

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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

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, is divided into six squads: 'Primavera', 'Berretti', 'Allievi Nazionali', 'Giovanissimi', 'Esordienti' and 'Pulcini'. In the 1962-1963 season the

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

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, 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

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and

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'Primavera' Squad

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli Primavera is the Napoli

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composed of

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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 First team may refer to: Sports * First team (association football), the colloquial name given to the most senior team fielded by a football club * The First Team, the first players known to have played the sport of basketball * First Team All-A ...

before the beginning of the

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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 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 ...

once in the 1978–79 Primavera season. They also participate in the

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 ...

and have been Champions once in 1997 they also compete in the annual

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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

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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

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and

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. Napoli beat all the teams in the group,

and

at home to progress to the last 16 which saw them draw

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which they lost 2-1 in stoppage time with a goal by Aleix Febas Pérez in the 93rd minute.

Primavera squad

*Primavera Staff **Head coach: Dario Rocco

Managerial history

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(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) *

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(2020 - 2021) *

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(2021–2023) * Andrea Tedesco (2023-2024)

Honours

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**Champions (1): 1978–79 **Runner Up (–): — *

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**Champions (1): 1996-97 **Runner Up (1): 2012-13 * Super Coppa **Runner Up (–): — * Torneo di Viareggio Cup **Champions (1):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

**Runner Up (4):

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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

*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)

*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

who have played for the

youth squads:

Senior internationals

;Italy *

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Francesco Baiano Francesco Baiano (; born 24 February 1968) is an Italian football coach and former player, currently in charge of Serie D club Poggibonsi. He played as a striker for several Italian clubs throughout his playing career, and he also played for Der ...

Ciro Ferrara Ciro Ferrara (; born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager. Ferrara spent his playing career as a defender, initially at Napoli and later on at Juventus, winning seven total Serie A titles as well as other domestic and ...

Attila Sallustro Attila Sallustro (; 15 December 1908 – 28 May 1983) was a professional Italian–Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker. He is considered an important player in S.S.C. Napoli's history, and became extremely popular with the fans durin ...

Alessio Zerbin Alessio Zerbin (born 3 March 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Napoli and the Italy national team. Club career Zerbin started his senior career with Gozzano in Serie D in the 2015–16 season. He sig ...

Armando Izzo Armando Izzo (; born 2 March 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Monza. He previously played for the Italy national team. Club career Early career Izzo started playing football at the age of 13 ...

Paolo Cannavaro Paolo Cannavaro (; born 26 June 1981) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back and most recently was the head coach of Serie C club Pro Vercelli. After beginning his career with S.S.C. Napol ...

;Estonia * Frank Liivak ;Cyprus * Rafail Mamas

References

{{Reflist Football academies in Italy SSC Napoli UEFA Youth League teams