Atalanta BC Youth Sector

The Atalanta BC Youth Sector (Italian: Settore Giovanile) comprises the Primavera (under-19) team and the academy of Italian professional football club Atalanta BC The under-19 squad competes in the Campionato Primavera 1. The club's Primavera side has been champions of Italy four times, having last won the championship in 2019–20. The under-18 side has won the Campionato Allievi Nazionali on four occasions, most recently in the 2015–16 season.

Atalanta Youth Sector

Full name	Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio Youth Sector
Nickname(s)	La Dea (The Goddess)
Ground	Centro Sportivo Bortolotti, Zingonia [it], Italy
Manager	Giovanni Bosi (Under-19 Primavera squad)
League	Campionato Primavera
Website	https://www.atalanta.it
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Primavera

Current squad

As of 19 July 2024^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SVN Relja Obrić 3 DF  ITA Federico Simonetto 8 MF  ITA Lorenzo Riccio 9 FW  SRB Vanja Vlahović 14 DF  ITA Luca Gobbo 19 DF  ITA Mattia Tavanti 21 MF  ITA Andrea Bonanomi 22 GK  ITA Lorenzo Sala 24 FW  ITA Federico Ragnoli Galli 25 MF  SVK Martin Parilla 26 FW  ISL Birkir Jakob Jónsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  ITA Daniele Orlando 28 MF  ITA Gabriel Martinelli 29 FW  ITA Alex Castiello 30 FW  ROU Alexandru Capac 31 MF  ITA Federico Cassa 32 MF  ITA Niccolò Gariani 33 DF  ITA Iacopo Regonesi 36 MF  ITA Matteo Colombo — MF  ITA Andrea Coati — MF  GHA Anthony Kenneth Mensah — FW  SWE David Pérez

In bold players already capped with senior team in official matches.

Non-playing staff (under-19 squad)

• Director: Flavio Negrini
• Head Coach: Giovanni Bosi
• Assistant manager: Marco Zanchi
• Goalkeeping Coach: Gabriele Manini
• Fitness Coach: Emanuele Vit
  Marco Semeria
• Match analyst: Roberto Ferrari
• Team Doctor: Stefano Bondi
• Physiotherapist: Alfredo Adami
  Enrico Tassi
• Team manager: Flavio Negrini
• Оfficial accompanying manager: Maurizio De Lorenzo

Settore Giovanile

Berretti (under-18 squad)

Non-playing staff (under-18 squad)

• Directors: Maurizio De Lorenzo / Amelio Macetti
• Head Coach: Stefano Lorenzi
• Fitness Coach: Andrea Filippelli
• Goalkeeping Coach: Giorgio Frezzolini
• Team Doctor: Fabrizio Caroli
• Physiotherapist: Leonardo Belotti

Youth system

Below the Primavera team (U19), and Berretti (U18), there are six other teams listed on the official website:^[2]

• Allievi Nazionali (U17)
• Allievi Lega Pro (U16)
• Giovanissimi Nazionali (U15)
• Giovanissimi Regionali A (U14)
• Giovanissimi Regionali B (U13)
• Giovanissimi Regionali Femminili

Managerial history

• Valter Bonacina (2012–2017) – Primavera (under-19 coach)
• Massimo Brambilla (2015–2017) – Allievi Nazionali (under-17 coach)
• Massimo Brambilla (2017–2022) – Primavera (under-19 coach)
• Marco Fioretto (2022–2023) – Primavera (under-19 coach)^[3]
• Giovanni Bosi [it] (2023–present) – Primavera (under-19 coach)^[4]

Honours

• Campionato Nazionale Primavera
  • Champions: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Torneo Città di Arco
  • 2016, 2017
• Campionato Allievi Nazionali
  • 1991–92, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2015–16
• U-17 Supercoppa Italiana
  • 2016
• Torneo Internazionale Maggioni-Righi
  • 2017

Notable former Primavera and youth team players

Many players from Atalanta's Primavera squad go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Atalanta or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have represented their country at full international level and/or have played regularly at a high level of club football.

• Michele Canini
• Richard Hughes

References

1. "Atalanta B.C. Primavera squad".
2. "Settore Giovanile". www.atalanta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
3. "Primavera: Coach Fioretto's thoughts". Atalanta B.C. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
4. "Giovanni Bosi named Atalanta Primavera coach". 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

External links

• Official Atalanta B.C. site (archived)
• How Atalanta's academy is shaping the future of Italian football – These Football Times (2017)