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| Full name | Juventus Football Club Youth Sector | |||
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| Nicknames | I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks)[a] Le Zebre (The Zebras) | |||
| Ground | Juventus Training Center Vinovo, Italy | |||
| Capacity | 400 | |||
| Chairman | Gianluca Ferrero | |||
| Head coach | Simone Padoin | |||
| League | Campionato Primavera 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Campionato Primavera 1, play-off round (5th in regular season) | |||
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Juventus Football Club Youth Sector (Italian:Settore giovanile della Juventus Football Club) is theyouth system of Italianfootball clubJuventus.[1] The Youth Sector is made up of various squads divided by age groups. Most of the squads train at the first team's former main training ground,Juventus Training Center, located inVinovo.[2]
The Youth Sector is divided into 11 squads: "Primavera" (under-19), "Allievi" (under-17), under-16, under-15, "Esordienti" (under-13), under-12, "Pulcini" (under-11), under-10, under-9, under-8 and under-7.[3] In 2018, Juventus formed theirreserve team (under-23), competing in thesenior league system.[4]
Despite an extensive international scouting network, the club has historically placed importance on nurturing local talent and continues to do so.[5] One proof of this is the fact of theItaly national team, coached byEnzo Bearzot during the mid-1970s[6] and mid-1980s,[7] was mainly composed of young Juventus players[8] – nicknamed theBlocco-Juve ("Juve-Block") – who formed thebackbone of the national team.[9] Examples includeRoberto Bettega,Giuseppe Furino andPaolo Rossi, all former members at the Juventus youth program (then known asNucleo Addestramento Giovani Calciatori or N.A.G.C.).[10]
Graduates of the youth sector ply their trade in otherSerie A clubs and top-flight leagues around Europe. More recently the2012–13 Scudetto-winning squad featuredPaolo De Ceglie,[11] second vice-captainClaudio Marchisio,[12]Sebastian Giovinco andLuca Marrone; the latter three were born and raised in theTurin area.[13]
In 2018, Juventus formed areserve team,Juventus Under-23,[14] and was officially admitted to theSerie C.[15] The club cannot play in the same division—or higher—as their senior team, nor can they compete in theCoppa Italia.[16] They won their first trophy in their second year as a club, after beatingTernana in the2020 Coppa Italia Serie C final.[17][18]
From 2021, all clubs with teams competing in theCampionato Primavera 1 (under-19) also have to participate in the under-18 championship. However, since Juventus already have a reserve team they have the choice on whether or not to participate in the under-18 championship.[19]
The club maintains several soccer schools, somesatellite clubs[5] and camps in Italy, the United States,[20] Mexico[20] andEngland[21] and football initiatives such as the Juventus University, the first of its kind in the world (run jointly with theUniversity of Turin)[22] and the Juventus National Academy, launched to create a network of Juventus football schools (or academies) throughout Italy addressed to boys aged between 8 and 12 years old.[23]
The Juventus College (J-College) was opened in September 2012.[24][25] It is a boarding school founded mainly to cater to boys who do not reside within the city.[citation needed] It was initially founded as a collaboration with the Istituto Edoardo Agnelli, a high school founded by theAgnelli family's charitable foundation in collaboration with theSalesians, who have a long tradition and history of education inTurin.[26] Since 2014, J-College has been overseen by theInternational School of Europe.[25] Previously the boys, especially those from outside of the Turin area, would have to drop out of school and move there.[citation needed] J-College was modelled afterPremier League clubs' youth academies, which cater to the educational needs of its youth players under 18 years old, in addition to providing lodging for non-local players.[26]
J-College is an accreditedscuola secondaria di secondo grado ("upper secondary school", ages 14 to 19) with two streams: aliceo scientifico offering the"applied sciences" option (opzione scienze applicate) and theliceo sportivo.[27] Since 2014, it has been designated aliceo sportivo (sports school), the first of its kind in Italy, by theMinistry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR).[28] It also provides practical vocational training for the youth sector players past the mandatory schooling age of 16, in particular older boys in thePrimavera age group.[29]
From the 2012–13 season, thePrimavera team is composed of players who are at least 15 years old and who are under 19 in the calendar year in which the season ends.[30] Until the 2011–12 season, the age limit was 20.[31] Starting from 2023–24, the limit was lifted to 20 again.[32] According toItalian football league system, it is the main youth category.[citation needed] Unlike many teams in the league, Juventus tend to field under-age players to send them to play with Juventus Next Gen later.[33]
The team competes in theCampionato Primavera 1. They have won four league titles,[34] threeCoppa Italia Primavera titles,[35] and threeSupercoppa Primavera titles.[36] Juventus also won theTorneo di Viareggio a record nine times.[37]
In 2007 the Juventus under-19 team finished runners-up in the inaugural edition of theChampions Youth Cup in Malaysia, intended to be aClub World Championship powered byG-14;[38] the hed the best defence of the tournament with only two goals conceded in six matches.[38] In the2021–22 UEFA Youth League, Juventus were eliminated afterpenalty shoot-outs againstBenfica at the semi-finals, their best-ever placement inthe competition.[39]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Simone Padoin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Pietro Pipolo |
Last updated: 7 August 2025
Source:Juventus.com
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The following is a list of players who have played in the Juventus youth team and represented a country at full international level.[43] Players inbold are currently playing at Juventus, or for another club on loan from Juventus.
Max Vieri
Koni De Winter
Angel Chibozo
Simon Sluga
Grigoris Kastanos
José Cevallos
Raman Chibsah
Anastasios Donis
Frantz Bertin
Emil Audero
Hörður Björgvin MagnússonGiancarlo BercellinoRoberto BettegaCarlo BigattoGiampiero BonipertiUmberto ColomboGianpiero CombiDomenico Criscito[b]Alessandro Del Piero[b]Nicolò FagioliGiuseppe FurinoSebastian GiovincoCiro ImmobileMoise KeanClaudio MarchisioDomenico MarocchinoCarlo MattrelFabio MirettiAntonio NocerinoRaffaele Palladino[b]Carlo ParolaPietro RavaEnzo RobottiTommaso RocchiPaolo RossiDaniele RuganiLuigi SartorLeonardo SpinazzolaGino StacchiniGiuseppe Vavassori
Abdoulaye BambaChristian Manfredini
Marcel Büchel
Vykintas Slivka
Gianluca Lapadula
Radu Drăgușin
Viktor Budyanskiy
Franck Kanouté
Jakub Hromada
Ayub Daud
Dean Huijsen
Andreas Isaksson
Davide ChiumientoAndi Zeqiri
Kenan Yıldız
Franco IsraelCésar Pellegrín
Christian Makoun
Ilyos Zeytulayev
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