Youngest clubs in Seria A Italy – here are the youngest football clubs and teams in Serie A and Italy!
Youngest clubs in Serie A? Which are the youngest clubs in Serie A? Are any of the youngest football teams playing in the Serie A? There is a preconceived idea in modern football that when you hit 30 years old you are too old or past your best. Serie A has more than 50 players over the age of 30.
On the other hand, the Premier League currently has only 12 players above the age of 35, five of which are goalkeepers. In fact, Italy is somewhat of a specialist when it comes to older players.
So the quesiton is which football team in Italy are the youngest clubs in Serie A? Watch & Bet Football Live =>
Top 5 youngest Serie A clubs by average age
Why Italy have such older, more valuable players is quite debatable. It could be argued that the pace of the game in Italy is slightly slower compared to the other four leagues of Europe.
For example, look at players such as Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov. Both played in the Premier League, considered one of the fastest paced leagues. They have both now ended up at Roma in their twilight years of their playing careers.
However, there are Italian clubs who have regenerated their squad and put all their trust in the youth.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 youngest Serie A clubs by average age.
5. Hellas Verona
The lone Verona side in the top Italian tier at the moment had a buy summer transfer window, with the arrivals of Luca Marrone, Miguel Veloso, Salvatore Bocchetti and Davide Faraone as their top names. In addition, Pawel Dawidowicz joined from Benfica and Samuel Di Carmine from Serie B side Perugia, respectively.
Their current average age is 25 years, 363 days.
4. Udinese
Udinese had a brilliant start of the season beating AC Milan with 1-0, despite having a relaxed summer. Their top arrival is former Palermo captain and top scorer, Macedonian international Ilija Nestorovski.
Inspire of his age, the Udine squad’s average age is set at 25 years, 319 days.
3. Sassuolo
Sassuolo’s youth program is well known among Italy. Some of the most improved Serie A players at the moment have come come from their academy.
Their average age is 15 years, 312 days.
2. Fiorentina
Despite making a big-name signing in free agent Ribery, Fiorentina are still considered the second youngest squad in Italy. 18-year-old Bobby Duncan, who joined them from Liverpool, is currently Fiorentina’s youngest squad member. But, with Duncan most likely to join Fiorentina Primavera, Luca Raineri a just 20 can be classified as the youngest member.
Their average age stands at 25 years, 28 days.
1. AC Milan
AC Milan had a clear market strategy in the summer transfer window: to replace older, experienced players such as Ignazio Abate, Riccardo Montolino and Cristian Zapata with younger more promising acquisitions. The Rossoneri’s six signings include Theo Hernandez (21), Rade Krunic (25), Rafael Leao (20), Ismael Bennacer (21) and Leo Duarte (23) and Ante Rebic (26) – with the Croatian the oldest arrival of them all.
Their current average age is 24 years, 125 days.
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