Milan Futuro

Milan Futuro
Nickname	Milan U23
Founded	27 June 2024
Ground	Stadio Felice Chinetti, Solbiate Arno, Italy
Capacity	4,500
Owner(s)	RedBird Capital Partners (99.93%); Private shareholders (0.07%)
Sporting director	Jovan Kirovski
Head coach	Sergio Navarro Barquero
League	Serie D
2025–26	Serie D, Group B: 4th of 18
Website	www.acmilan.com/en

Milan Futuro (lit. 'Future [AC] Milan'), occasionally referred to as Milan U23, is a professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, which acts as the reserve team of Serie A club AC Milan. Founded on 27 June 2024, the club started in Serie C. Following relegation, they compete in Serie D.

History

AC Milan's reserve team was admitted to Serie C on 27 June 2024 to fill a vacancy created by Ancona's exclusion. After five years as an assistant coach for the main senior squad, on 27 June 2024, Daniele Bonera was unveiled as their inaugural head coach, the team was registered under the denomination of Milan Futuro (Future Milan).^[4] For their first season, the team was put into Girone B of Serie C, usually intended for teams from Central Italy, due to the presence of other reserves team from Northern Italy in their respective group (Girone A). This was due to not saturating a single group with too many professional reserve teams.^[5]

Bonera was dismissed from his role on 24 February 2025, leaving the team deep in the relegation zone.^[6] A day later, on 25 February 2025, Massimo Oddo was appointed as head coach.^[7]

In their debut season, Milan Futuro were immediately relegated to the Serie D. They placed 18th in the regular season, and they lost to SPAL (2–1 on aggregate) in the relegation play–offs.^[8]

On 30 June 2026, the club announced the departure of head coach Massimo Oddo ahead of the 2026–27 season.^[9] He was replaced by Sergio Navarro Barquero, who was appointed as the head coach on 4 July 2026.^[10]

On 12 August 2026, the club's participation in the Premier League International Cup for the English competition's 13th edition was announced.^[11]

Stadium

The team will play home games in the Stadio Felice Chinetti, nearby Solbiate Arno, a comune in the Province of Varese.

Players

Current squad

The following players are actually part of Milan Futuro's roster. All players are eligible for the first-team, while some players also qualify for the Primavera (under-19) and youth squads. Shirt numbers refer to Milan Futuro and may differ from numbers used by the same players in the youth championship or the main roster.

As of 19 August 2026^[12]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Léo Paul Bouyer
—	GK	ITA	Alessio Catalano
—	GK	ITA	Pietro Faccioli
—	GK	ITA	Matteo Pittarella
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Calvani
—	DF	ITA	Mattia Cappelletti
—	DF	SEN	El Hadji Malick Cissé
—	DF	ITA	Federico Colombo
—	DF	TUR	Berkay Karaca
—	DF	ITA	Matteo Pagliei
—	DF	ITA	Nirash Perera
—	DF	ITA	Mattia Piermarini
—	DF	BUL	Valeri Vladimirov
—	DF	SVN	Damir Zukić
—	MF	ITA	Emanuele Borsani
—	MF	FRA	Maiga-Hamadoun Cissé
—	MF	ITA	Andrea Di Siena
—	MF	ENG	Aurelien Guernier


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SWE	Demirel Hodžić
—	MF	MAR	Yahya Idrissi
—	MF	ITA	Tommaso Mancioppi
—	MF	ITA	Luca Menon
—	MF	ITA	Fabio Pandolfi
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Plazzotta
—	MF	ITA	Emanuele Sala (captain)
—	MF	ITA	Jacopo Sardo
—	MF	NED	Silvano Vos
—	MF	ITA	Kevin Zeroli
—	FW	GER	Levis Asanji
—	FW	SUR	Cheveyo Balentien
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Bonomi
—	FW	ITA	Alex Castiello
—	FW	ITA	Ludovico Di Nella
—	FW	ITA	Andrea Magrassi
—	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Ossola
—	FW	ITA	Diego Sia

Main squad & Youth sectors

The following players are part of senior squad or AC Milan Youth Sector and have either been called up or signed a professional contract with Milan Futuro during the current season. Players in bold are those from the senior squad.

As of 18 August 2026