ACF Fiorentina Youth Sector
Full name | Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina Youth Sector | |||
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Nickname(s) | Viola (Purple), Gigliati (Lilies) | |||
Ground | Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park | |||
Capacity | 3,000[1] | |||
Chairman | Rocco B. Commisso | |||
Head coach | Daniele Galloppa | |||
League | Campionato Primavera 1 | |||
2023–24 | Campionato Primavera 1, 15th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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ACF Fiorentina Youth Sector (Italian: Settore Giovanile) comprises the under-19 team and the academy of Italian professional football club ACF Fiorentina. The side currently compete in the Campionato Primavera 1, which they have won three times, and the Coppa Italia Primavera, which they won twice. Additionally, they have won the Supercoppa Primavera three times, most recently in 2022. The club has also taken part in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament of which they are eight-time winners.[2][3]
The Youth Sector is made up of various squads divided by age groups. All of the squads train at the first team's main training ground, "Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park" Training Center in Bagno a Ripoli.
Structure
[edit]The Youth Sector is divided into 12 squads: "Primavera" (under-20), under-18, under-17, under-16, under-15, under-13, under-12, under-11, under-10, under-9, under-8 and under-7.
Viola Park
[edit]Fiorentina' home ground are the 3000-capacity Curva Fiesole Stadium (Stadio Curva Fiesole) and the 1500-capacity Davide Astori Stadium (Stadio Davide Astori), situated inside the "Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park" Training Center in Bagno a Ripoli, near Florence.[4] The Training Center was inaugurated on 11 October 2023, Stadio Curva Fiesole received UEFA licence.[5]
Primavera (under-20)
[edit]- As of 31 August 2024 [6]
Current squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]- As of 1 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
[edit]Role | Name |
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Head coach | Daniele Galloppa |
Assistant coach | Luca Antonelli |
Technical Collaborator | Lorenzo Sandri |
Goalkeeping coach | Massimiliano Benassi Antonio Rosati |
Fitness coach | Giuseppe Mazza |
Analyst | Alessandro Rubichini |
Club Doctor | Matteo Donadei |
Physiotherapists | Daniele Bacci Michele Puglisi |
Storeman | Maurizio Paoli Massimiliano De Angelis |
Team Manager | Rocco De Vincenti |
Head of Youth Development | Valentino Angeloni |
Managerial history
[edit]- Luciano Chiarugi (1993–1998)
- Luciano Bruni (1998–2004)
- Claudio Gabetta (2004–2005)
- Adriano Cadregari (2005–2007)
- Alberto Bollini (2007–2010)
- Leonardo Semplici (2011–2014)
- Federico Guidi (2014–2017)
- Emiliano Bigica (2017–2020)
- Alberto Aquilani (2020–2023)
- Daniele Galloppa (2023–present)
Source[7]
Honours
[edit]National
[edit]- Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 3
- 1970–71, 1979–80, 1982–83
- Coppa Italia Primavera: 8
- 1979–1980, 1995–1996, 2010–2011, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022, 2023–2024
- Supercoppa Primavera: 3
- 2011, 2021, 2022
International
[edit]Notable former youth team players
[edit]The following is a list of players who have played in Fiorentina's Primavera squad and represented their country at full international level and/or have played regularly at a high-level club football. Players who are currently playing at Fiorentina, or for another club on loan from Fiorentina, are highlighted in bold.
- Tommaso Bellazzini
- Federico Bernardeschi
- Davide Brivio
- Gaetano Castrovilli
- Federico Chiesa
- Danilo D'Ambrosio
- Dario D'Ambrosio
- Enrique David Mateo
- Stefano Del Sante
- Samuel Di Carmine
- Alessandro Gherardi
- Filipe Gomes
- Lorenzo Paoli
- Luca Lezzerini
- Lorenzo Morelli
- Leonardo Pettinari
- Riccardo Sottil
- Massimiliano Tagliani
- Nicolò Zaniolo
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiorentina Viola Park Sports Centre". kscapemergingsenses.com.
- ^ "Supercoppa Primavera - Stagione calcistica 2021 - Italia ⋊ Calcio online ⋊ Classifica ⋙ azscore.co.it". azscore.co.it. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ Admin (2022-10-19). "ACF Fiorentina Academy Scholarship". Soccerspen. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "FIFA President congratulates Fiorentina as ultra-modern Viola Park facility opens". FIFA. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "2024/2025: UEFA licences to 16 Serie A and 2 Serie B sides". FIGC. May 10, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Fiorentina Rosa "Primavera"" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina.
- ^ "Tutti gli allenatori storia Fiorentina [Primavera]". Calcio.com (in Italian).
External links
[edit]- Youth team | Official website (in English and Italian)