Inter Milan Youth Sector

Inter Milan Youth Sector (Italian: F.C. Internazionale 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 one occasion.^[3][4] They also participate in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament which they have won eight times.

Inter Milan Youth Sector

Full name	Football Club Internazionale Milano Youth Sector
Nickname(s)	I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues) La Beneamata (The Cherished One) Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake)
Founded	9 March 1908; 117 years ago (1908-03-09)
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

As of 3 August 2025^[6][7]

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  ALB Simon Lleshi — GK  ITA Alessandro Pentima — GK  ALB Alain Taho — DF  ITA Lamine Ballo — DF  ITA Leonardo Bovio — DF  ITA Cristian Breda — DF  USA Matteo Carbonara — DF  ITA Arturo Conti — DF  FIN Ilari Kangasniemi — DF  ITA Thomas Lissi — DF  POL Patryk Mackiewicz — DF  ITA Mattia Marello — DF  FRA Yvan Maye — DF  ITA Alessandro Nenna — DF  ITA Davide Sorino — DF  ITA Manuel Verre — MF  NOR Matheo André Arntzen — MF  ITA Filippo Cerpelletti — MF  ITA Giovanni D'Agostino

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Hugo Humanes — MF  CRO Dominik Kartelo — MF  ITA Pietro La Torre — MF  ITA Matias Mancuso — MF  SWE Dino Putsén — MF  ITA Edoardo Tigani — MF  ITA Marco Virtuani — MF  MNE Andrija Vukoje — FW  MLI Aliou Badra Fofana — FW  ITA Cristian Carrara — FW  NOR Jonas Dahlberg Strand — FW  MAR Anas El Mahboubi — FW  ITA Jamal Iddrissou — FW  LVA Roberts Kukulis — FW  ITA Kevin Moressa — FW  ITA Manuel Pinotti — FW  ARG Thiago Romano — FW  MAR Aymen Zouin

Out on loan

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

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 (1): 2017
  • Runners-up (6): 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022
• Torneo di Viareggio
  • Champions (8): 1962, 1971, 1986, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 1972, 1983
• 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 Niguarda and Bresso districts in the north of 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