Campionato Primavera 3

Campionato Primavera 3
Founded	1966; 58 years ago
Owner(s)	Lega Pro
No. of teams	64 teams (regular season); 16 teams (finals)
Country	Italy
Continent	UEFA
Most recent; champion(s)	Arezzo (1st title)
Most titles	Giulianova (5 titles)
Official website	Legapro.it

Campionato Primavera 3, formerly Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti (or simply Campionato Berretti), is an Italian football competition played by youth teams (under 19) organized by the Lega Pro, and mainly composed by Serie C clubs but also by some Serie A and Serie B teams.^[1] The first edition was held in the 1966–67 season for Serie C clubs only, but the competition was opened to other series' clubs in the 1968–69; since there the championship awarded multiple winning trophies, usually one for Serie C champion and one for the other categories' champion. From 1996–97 to 2003–04, only one winner was awarded.

Format

In 2011–12 season, the age limited was age 19 (calendar age) at the end of competition (born on or after 1 January 1993), one year below Primavera (born 1992).^[2] In 2012–13 Primavera had changed its age limited to age 19 (calendar age) at the end of competition, matching Berretti's 19.^[3] In 2020, the tournament was reduced to 30 clubs, following the transformation in Primavera3.

Past winners

Torneo "Dante Berretti"

Year	Serie C champion	Serie A/B champion	Serie D champion
1966–67	Casertana
1967–68	Internapoli
1968–69	Salernitana		Sangiovannese
1969–70	Novara		Mestrina
1970–71	Verbania		Trevigese
1971–72	Pisa	Milan	Astimacombi
1972–73	Padova	Bologna	Velletri Roma
1973–74	Imperia	Torino	Cremonese
1974–75	Padova	Torino	Montebelluna
1975–76	Cremonese	Fiorentina	Conegliano
1976–77	Giulianova	Lazio	Forlì
1977–78	Marsala	Torino	Conegliano
1978–79	Como	Fiorentina	Irpinia
1979–80	Teramo	Inter	Sulmona
1980–81	Juve Stabia	Torino	Irpinia
1981–82	Carrarese	Milan
1982–83	Montebelluna	Milan
1983–84	Giulianova	Inter
1984–85	Giulianova	Milan
1985–86	Lodigiani Roma	Torino
1986–87	Angizia Luco	Avellino
1987–88	Trento	Torino
1988–89	R.M. Firenze	Torino
1989–90	Lucchese	Milan
1990–91	Carpi	Inter
1991–92	Catanzaro	Torino

Campionato Nazionale Juniores Torneo "Dante Berretti"

Year	Serie A/B/D champion	Serie C champion
1992–93	Cosenza	Leffe
1993–94	Milan	Nola
1994–95	Cesena	Leffe
1995–96	Avellino	Lodigiani

Campionato Nazionale "Dante Berretti"

Year	Serie A/B/D champion	Serie C champion
1996–97	Casarano
1997–98	Lodigiani
1998–99	Siena
1999–2000	Battipagliese
2000–01	Palermo
2001–02	Juventus
2002–03	Reggiana
2003–04	Juventus
2004–05	Juventus	Napoli
2005–06	Atalanta	Giulianova
2006–07	Torino	Perugia
2007–08	final stages not played	Pro Sesto
2008–09	Milan	Benevento
2009–10	Atalanta	Novara
2010–11	Napoli	Virtus Entella
2011–12	Inter	Frosinone Calcio
2012–13	Atalanta	Latina
2013–14	Torino	AlbinoLeffe
2014–15	Not awarded	Novara
2015–16	Inter Milan	Cittadella
2016–17	Inter Milan	Livorno
2017–18	Sassuolo	Feralpisalò
2018–19	Torino	Virtus Entella

References

^ During the Berretti era, Serie A and Serie B clubs could usually enrol U-18 teams, while their U-19 played in the Campionato Primavera
^ "REGOLAMENTO DEL CAMPIONATO "D. BERRETTI " 2011 – 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "Comunicato ufficiale n. 59/L" (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Italiana Cacio Professionistico. August 20, 2012.

[1] During the Berretti era, Serie A and Serie B clubs could usually enrol U-18 teams, while their U-19 played in the Campionato Primavera

[2] "REGOLAMENTO DEL CAMPIONATO "D. BERRETTI " 2011 – 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

[3] "Comunicato ufficiale n. 59/L" (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Italiana Cacio Professionistico. August 20, 2012.

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