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[1]
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active teams of ACF Fiorentina
Serie A (Men) Serie A (Women) Youth
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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.

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.

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.

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]

As of 31 August 2024^[7]

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

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

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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

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

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.

• Youth team | Official website (in English and Italian)