Campionato Nazionale Primavera

Campionato Primavera TIM -
Trofeo "Giacinto Facchetti"

Founded	1962
No. of teams	42 teams (regular season) 8 teams (finals)
Country	Italy
Continent	UEFA
Most recent champion(s)	Torino (9th title)
Most titles	Torino (9 titles)
TV partner(s)	Rai Sport 1 & Rai Sport 2
Official website	Legaseriea.it

The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, is an Italian football youth competition, the most important of the Italian football league system. 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 the 1962–63 season, in place of the "Campionato Cadetti". Due to ceremonial reasons, the league is officially called Campionato Primavera Tim – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti.

Torino boast the highest number of titles, having won the Campionato Primavera nine times.

Competition format

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From the 2012–13 season players who are at least 15 years old and who are under 19 at the beginning of the season can participate. At the discretion of the league, teams are allowed a maximum of four "non-quota" players, of which one has no age limit and the rest must be under 20 in the year that the season begins.

The initial phase of the Primavera Championship consists of 3 rounds, each consisting of 14 teams, organised by geographical criteria: teams play in a true robin-round format, for a total of 26 games in the regular season. The top two in each group have direct access to the final phase: the remaining two positions are assigned via the play-offs, with the participation of eight teams (the third and fourth ranked, plus the fifth best). The matching pattern is as following:

• First round:
  • Best 3rd vs. second-best 5th (match n. 1);
  • Best 4th vs. second-best 4th (match n. 2);
  • Best 5th vs. second-best 3rd (match n. 3);
  • Worst 3rd vs. worst 4th (match n. 4);
• Second round:
  • Winner of match 1 vs. winner of match 2;
  • Winner of match 3 vs. winner of match 4;

The latest slots (two) are awarded after a play-off series, in which eight teams are involved: the final stage (also «Final Eight»), held on a neutral venue, is based on knockout format. The final phase of the Primavera Championship is hosted every year by a different region: the winning team is awarded a trophy, like the Serie A trophy (received, as a reward, by the Italian Champions). The winners are eligible for Supercoppa Primavera, against Coppa Italia Primavera winners: if the same club wins both competitions, the runners-up of Coppa Italia are admitted in Supercoppa.

Past winners

1962–63 Juventus (A) and Como (B) 1963–64 Inter Milan (A) and Udinese (B) 1964–65 Milan (A) and SPAL (B) 1965–66 Inter Milan (A) and Padova (B) 1966–67 Torino (A) and Hellas Verona (B) 1967–68 Torino (A) and Verona (B) 1968–69 Inter Milan (A) and Brescia (B) 1969–70 Torino 1970–71 Fiorentina 1971–72 Juventus 1972–73 Roma 1973–74 Roma 1974–75 Brescia 1975–76 Lazio 1976–77 Torino 1977–78 Roma 1978–79 Napoli 1979–80 Fiorentina 1980–81 Udinese 1981–82 Cesena 1982–83 Fiorentina 1983–84 Roma 1984–85 Torino 1985–86 Cesena 1986–87 Lazio 1987–88 Torino 1988–89 Inter Milan

1989–90 Roma 1990–91 Torino 1991–92 Torino 1992–93 Atalanta 1993–94 Juventus 1994–95 Lazio 1995–96 Perugia 1996–97 Perugia 1997–98 Atalanta 1998–99 Empoli 1999–00 Bari 2000–01 Lazio 2001–02 Inter Milan 2002–03 Lecce 2003–04 Lecce 2004–05 Roma 2005–06 Juventus 2006–07 Inter Milan 2007–08 Sampdoria 2008–09 Palermo 2009–10 Genoa 2010–11 Roma 2011–12 Inter Milan 2012–13 Lazio 2013–14 Chievo Verona 2014–15 Torino

Finals

Season	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2014–15	Chiavari	Torino	Lazio	1 – 1 (6 – 7 pen.)
2013–14	Rimini	Chievo	Torino	0 – 0 (4 – 3 pen.)
2012–13	Gubbio	Lazio	Atalanta	3 – 0
2011–12	Gubbio	Internazionale	Lazio	3 – 2
2010–11	Pistoia	Roma	Varese	3 – 2
2009–10	Macerata	Genoa	Empoli	2 – 1
2008–09	Trento	Palermo	Siena	1 – 0

See also

• Coppa Italia Primavera
• Supercoppa Primavera
• Serie A
• Serie B

External links

• Official website (Italian)