Parma Calcio 1913 Youth Sector

Parma Under-20s
Parma's crest
Full nameGli Juniores della S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913
NicknameI Crociatini (The Young Crusaders)
GroundCentro Sportivo Parma Calcio, Collecchio
Capacity1,200[1]
PresidentKyle Krause
Head coachNicola Corrent
LeagueCampionato Primavera 1
Websitewww.parmacalcio1913.com/giovanili/

Parma F.C. youth teams (it. i giovanili) form the youth set-up of S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913, comprising six squads divided by age group: Juniores, Allievi, Regionali, Prof B Esordienti, and Pulcini.[2]

Juniores

The Juniores are the Parma football team composed of footballers between 17 and 20 years old, which is the most senior youth category according to Italian football's hierarchy. Each season, the squad is trialled for promotion to the first team before the beginning of the season. Players deemed ready for first team football are registered.

The team has competed in the Italian Campionato Nazionale Primavera, which has been known as the Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti since 2006, but has never won the title.[3] The squad has also competed in the Coppa Italia Primavera, the national Italian youth cup competition, but have also failed to win that competition[4] Having won neither of the two Italian Primavera competitions, Parma have never competed in the Supercoppa Primavera.

The closest the team has come to a major honour was in the Torneo di Viareggio, a major youth tournament contested by teams from all over the world, succumbing to a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Brescia Calcio in 1996. Appearances in the third place play-off of that competition have ended in a 1988 win on penalties over A.C. Milan and a 1–0 defeat to Internazionale in 1989.[5] The play-off was abolished in 2009, but Parma did manage a fourth semi-final appearance in 2012, losing 1–0 to Juventus F.C.[6]

Honours

Primavera

Current squad

As of 8 July 2026[7] 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
3 DF  ITA Roberto D'Intino
4 DF  CRO Karlo Pajsar
6 MF  FRA Aboubacar-Sama Coulibaly
7 FW  ITA Melvin Nwajei
8 MF  ITA Edoardo Tigani
9 FW  POL Daniel Mikołajewski
10 MF  ALB Dean Vranici
11 FW  ITA Alessandro Cardinalli
12 DF  ITA Antonio Castaldo
14 MF  ITA Elia Plicco
16 GK  ITA Gabriele Casentini
17 DF  SVN Dominik Drobnič
19 MF  ITA Alessandro Ciardi
21 MF  ITA Davide Balduzzi
23 MF  HUN Roberto Ozzano
25 MF  FRA Doro Diop
26 DF  FRA Bernardo Conde
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF  ITA Andrea Gemello
40 DF  ITA Djibril Diallo
45 FW  GHA Mama Opoku
47 MF  SEN Abdou-Salam Konate
63 DF  ITA Lorenzo Marchesi
71 FW  ITA Filippo Alinovi
77 MF  ITA Giorgio Chimezie
79 FW  ROU Ianis Avrămescu
80 MF  ITA Filippo Mengoni
90 FW  POR Afonso Semedo
— GK  ITA Andrea Giardino
— DF  USA Ryan Hartley
— DF  SUI Gabriel Morisoli
— FW  CRO Andrija Burcar
— FW  ITA Simone Lontani
— FW  SWE Lukas Rosengren

Out on loan

As of 6 July 2026

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  ITA Gianluca Astaldi (at Pianese until 30 June 2027)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  DOM Marlon Mena (at Arezzo until 30 June 2027)

Other youth teams

Below the Juniores, are the following youth teams:

  • Allievi (under 17s)
    • League winners in 2003–04[8] and 2012–13[9]
  • Regionali (under 14s) – Players born in 2002
  • Prof B (under 13s) – Players born in 2003
  • Esordienti (under 12s) – Players born in 2004
  • Pulcini (under 11s) – Players born in 2005

Notable former players

Many players from Parma's youth teams go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Parma or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have played in Serie A.

Footnotes and references

  1. ↑ "Impianti" [Grounds]. ParmaCalcio1913.com (in Italian). S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "News giovanili e femminile" [Youth and ladies news]. ParmaCalcio1913.com (in Italian). S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Albo d'Oro". Lega Serie A. legaseriea.it. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Albo d'Oro". Lega Serie A. legaseriea.it. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Viareggio Cup: le curiosità di Parma – Juventus" [Viareggio Cup: Parma – Juventus trivia]. Parma F.C. (in Italian). 17 February 2012. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Parma, Viareggio Cup: la Primavera esce a testa alta in semifinale" [Parma, Viareggio Cup: Youth team walk away from the semi-finals with pride] (in Italian). sportsbook24.net. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Prima squadra" [First team]. ParmaCalcio1913.com (in Italian). S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Campionato Allievi Nazionali edizione 2003/04" [2003/04 edition of the Allievei Nazionali championship] (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lucarelli, scudetto al primo tentativo con gli Allievi del Parma" [Lucarelli, title at first attempt with the Parma Allievi]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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