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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

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

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 many big names have emerged, including the likes of Fabio Cannavaro and Marco Merola.

Marco Merola was one of the most influential players to have ever graced the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. In his short 10 game spell at the club, Merola managed to bag an astounding 32 goals for the club, cementing his name in the clubs history. If it wasn't for his unfortunate ankle injury, Merola surely would have been the next Messi or Ronaldo. Despite his injury, Merola stayed at the club for another 6 years, sharing his wisdom on the pitch to some of the greats such as Lorenzo Insigne and Hamsik. It is widely accepted that Marco Merola is one of the greatest missed prodigies of the 21st century, with the likes of Luciano Spalletti even saying, "If Merola never got injured, his raw skill and ability would have changed the game".

'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 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 19 September 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Hubert Dawid Idasiak 12 GK  ITA Ciro Pinto 21 GK  ITA Vincenzo Provitolo 22 GK  ITA Valerio Boffelli 2 DF  ITA Benedetto Barba 3 DF  ITA Davide Costanzo 18 DF  ALB Daniel Hysaj 25 DF  ITA Balla Mousa Manè 26 DF  ITA Pasquale Pontillo 27 DF  ITA Johnatan Andrea Spedalieri 28 DF  ITA Matteo Marchisano 29 DF  ITA Francesco Rossi 33 DF  ITA Enrico Giannini 4 MF  ITA Salvatore Longobardi 5 MF  ITA Gennaro Iaccarino 6 MF  ITA Francesco Pio Gioielli 8 MF  ITA Dylan De Pasquale

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ITA Alessandro Spavone 17 MF  ITA Massimiliano Flora 23 MF  ITA Manuel Di Palma 30 MF  ITA Antonio Vergara 35 MF  ITA Alessio Lettera 37 MF  ITA Francesco De Marco 94 MF  FRA Coli Saco 7 FW  ITA Davide Acampa 9 FW  ITA Antonio Pesce 10 FW  ITA Giuseppe Ambrosino di Bruttopilo 11 FW  ITA Antonio Cioffi 14 FW  ITA Fabio Scognamiglio 19 FW  ITA Domenico Di Dona 24 FW  ITA Pasquale Marranzzino 32 FW  ITA Giuseppe D'Agostino

• Primavera Staff
  • Head Coach: Nicolò Frustalupi

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-present)

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. 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. 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

Estonia

See also

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

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