ACF Fiorentina Youth Sector

Fiorentina Youth Sector
Full name	Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina Youth Sector
Nickname(s)	Viola (Purple), Gigliati (Lilies)
Ground	Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park
Capacity	3,000 (Curva Fiesole Stadium); 1,500 (Davide Astori Stadium);
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head coach	Daniele Galloppa
League	Campionato Primavera 1
2023–24	Campionato Primavera 1, 15th
Website	https://www.acffiorentina.com/en/news/all/youth-team

ACF Fiorentina Youth Sector (Italian: Settore Giovanile) comprises the under-20 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 eight times. 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]

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.

History

Fiorentina has historically placed great importance on nurturing local talent and continues to do so. Many young players have successfully transitioned from the youth academy to the first team, with notable examples like Claudio Merlo, who spent most of his career in Florence. Merlo joined Fiorentina at the age of 17 after moving from Rome and quickly rose through the ranks. Alongside players like Luciano Chiarugi, they became a key figure in the Fiorentina team of the 1960s, famously debuting in Serie A against the legendary Inter side in 1965. Their contributions helped the team win the Mitropa Cup and the Italian Cup, culminating in Fiorentina's iconic 1969 Scudetto triumph.^[3]

In the 1960s, Fiorentina's youth sector achieved its first victory in the prestigious Viareggio Tournament in 1966. The 1970s saw further success with the club winning its first youth league title in the Campionato Primavera, followed by a second title in the 1979-1980 season. During the same decade, the Viola triumphed four more times at the Torneo di Viareggio. The 1980s brought a third and final Campionato Primavera title, while international victories at Viareggio reached a total of eight by 1992. The growth of Fiorentina's youth academy continued to produce successful talents, with numerous players debuting in the first team during the 2000s, including Federico Bernardeschi, Federico Chiesa, and Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic.^[4] The team also embarked on a remarkable winning streak in the Coppa Italia Primavera, securing a total of eight titles by the end of the 2023-2024 season, with five victories in six consecutive finals.

Structure

Fiorentina owns its own training ground with the complex set to provide a single hub for both the men's and women's first teams, as well as the youth academy.

The Youth Sector is divided into 10 squads: "Primavera" (under-20), under-18, under-17, under-16, under-15, under-13, under-12, under-11, under-10 and under-9.

Viola Park

Fiorentina' home ground includes 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.^[5] The Training Center was inaugurated on 11 October 2023, Stadio Curva Fiesole received UEFA licence.^[6]

Primavera (under-20)

As of 31 August 2024^[7]

Current squad

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	ITA	Tommaso Vannucchi
4	DF	ITA	Leonardo Baroncelli
5	DF	ITA	Edoardo Sadotti
6	MF	LTU	Ernestas Gudelevicius
8	MF	ITA	Jonas Harder
9	FW	ITA	Jacopo Tarantino
10	MF	ITA	Mattia Ievoli (Captain)
11	MF	ITA	Tommaso Rubino
16	MF	ITA	Bala Keita
17	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Romani
18	FW	ITA	Giorgio Puzzoli
19	MF	ITA	Niccolò Trapani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Lapo Deli
22	GK	ITA	Pietro Leonardelli
23	MF	ITA	Diego Pisani
24	FW	ITA	Riccardo Braschi
25	DF	ITA	Mirko Elia
26	DF	ITA	Eddy Kouadio
27	DF	VEN	Luís Balbo
28	FW	ITA	Gabriele Bertolini
31	MF	ITA	Giulio Scuderi
36	FW	ITA	Maat Daniel Caprini
39	FW	ITA	Giorgio Puzzoli
73	FW	ITA	Francesco Presta

Out on loan

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Daniele Galloppa
Assistant coach	Luca Antonelli
Technical Collaborator	Lorenzo Sandri
Goalkeeping coach	Massimiliano Benassi
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

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)

Honours

National

Primavera

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

Other Youth teams

Berretti: 2
- 1975–1976, 1978–1979
Under-17 Allievi: 3
- 1985–1986, 1988–1989, 2008–2009
Under-15 Giovanissimi: 1
- 2010-2011
Juniores Nazionali: 2
- 1957-1958, 1958-1959

International

Primavera

Torneo di Viareggio: 8
- 1966, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1992

Notable former youth team players

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.