AS Roma Youth Sector is the youth set-up of Italian club
AS Roma. The under-19 team (''Primavera'') currently competes in the
Campionato Primavera 1, as well as the
Coppa Italia Primavera
The Coppa Italia Primavera (Italian for Spring Italian Cup) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams from Campionato Primavera. All players are under 20 of age. The first edition was held in the 1972–73 season.
Due to sponsorshi ...
, and regularly compete in the continental
UEFA Youth League (
2014–15,
2015–16 and
2016–17).
Roma Primavera have enjoyed much success over the years, winning the
Campionato Nazionale Primavera
The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in th ...
eight times, the Coppa Italia Primavera five times and
Torneo di Viareggio thrice.
Players to have graduated from the AS Roma Primavera squad include
Bruno Conti,
Agostino Di Bartolomei and
Giuseppe Giannini, as well as current first team players
Daniele De Rossi,
Alessandro Florenzi and club captain, record appearance holder and record goalscorer
Francesco Totti.
Honours
Players
Current squad
Other players under contract
Associated clubs
AS Roma Youth Sector are associated with many local clubs and football schools and others across Italy and abroad. Most notably, the ''Totti Soccer School'',
L'Aquila
L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
and
Serie D side,
F.C. Rieti
Football Club Rieti, commonly known as FC Rieti or simply Rieti, was an Italian association football club, based in Rieti, Lazio. The club last competed in Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, playing home matches at the Stadio Centro ...
, whose home stadium
Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno
The Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno is a football stadium in Rieti, Italy. It is the home stadium of F.C. Rieti and has a seating capacity of 10,163.
Built by Rieti's municipal government, it entered into operation in 1991 and was ult ...
is used by the Primavera for select matches including the
UEFA Youth League.
References
{{Campionato Nazionale Primavera
AS Roma
Football academies in Italy
UEFA Youth League teams