Knyazha Arena in 2016 (Shakhtar - Olimpik) under-21

FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy are junior teams of Ukrainian professional football club Shakhtar Donetsk.

There are two teams that participate in the junior championships of the Ukrainian Premier League. Four more teams participate in the Ukrainian Youth Football League.

Brief history

FC Shakhtar Donetsk has been fielding its reserve (junior) team since 1949 when the club returned to the Soviet top league (Pervaya Gruppa). In 1953 the club established its own training center in Kirsha. Since discontinuation of the Soviet Top League in 1991, Shakhtar reserve team was discontinued as well.

In 1992 based on reserve team there was created FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk which was based in Kostiantynivka and entered competitions among professional teams the 1992 Ukrainian First League.

At the end of 1990s there were more discussions about revival of junior competitions. In 1998 there was created All-Ukrainian youth football championship among senior and junior youth teams and which in 2000 Shakhtar junior youth team won. In 2001 there was established the DYuFL (Youth Football League) and teams of Vyshcha Liha (Higher League) were mandated to field four teams in each age group competition (U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17). In 2002 there also was established provisional competitions among under-19 teams.

Honours

• UEFA Youth League (Under-19)
  • Runners-up (1): 2014–15

• Soviet Top League (reserves)
  • Winners (2): 1967, 1969
  • Runners-up (3): 1968, 1976, 1977

• Ukrainian Under-21 Championship
  • Winners (4): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (5): 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

• Ukrainian Under-19 Championship
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2017–18

• Ukrainian Under-17 Championship
  • Winners (7): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2009–10

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023.^[1][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  UKR Rostyslav Bahlay — GK  UKR Denys Barchenko — GK  UKR Marko Kessel — GK  UKR Vladyslav Kravets — GK  UKR Artem Nedozymovanyi — GK  UKR Radislav Tanashchuk — DF  UKR Maryan Bats — DF  UKR Oleksandr Bashmarin — DF  UKR Dmytro Bezkleynyi — DF  UKR Oleh Chuyko — DF  UKR Maksym Danylyuk — DF  UKR Yehor Dankovskyi — DF  UKR Anton Drozd — DF  UKR Valentyn Halonskyi — DF  UKR Yehor Kostyuk — DF  UKR Mykola Oharkov — DF  UKR Mykyta Sheleketa — MF  UKR Kristian Bako — MF  UKR Vasyl Bundash — MF  SEN Ibrahima Dabo — MF  UKR Maksym Honchar

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UKR Mykhaylo Khromey — MF  UKR Oleksandr Kostrytsya — MF  UKR Ivan Losenko — MF  UKR Vladyslav Naumenko — MF  UKR Yevheniy Prokopenko — MF  UKR Oleksandr Rozputko — MF  UKR Denys Smetana — MF  UKR Bohdan Tryfanenko — MF  UKR Viktor Tsukanov — MF  UKR Vladyslav Tyutyunov — MF  UKR Yevhen Yanovych — FW  UKR Anton Demchenko — FW  UKR Daniil Holovachov — FW  UKR Yehor Knyazyev — FW  UKR Oleksandr Lomaha — FW  UKR Vitaliy Myts — FW  UKR Oleh Pushkariov — FW  UKR Daniil Savin — FW  UKR Yehor Shakun — FW  UKR Oleksandr Yushchenko

International competitions

Since 2013 Shakhtar's junior team competed at the UEFA Youth League. Its first game it played on 17 September 2013 at the Zubieta Facilities against Real Sociedad Juvenil. The team played in every season except for the 2016–17 season. Since 2015 Shakhtar fields its junior team along with its main rival Dynamo.

In 2014 Shakhtar's juniors reached the UEFA Youth League finals, but lost it.

League and cup history

Notable players

• Vladyslav Kulach
• Artur Miranyan
• Artur Zahorulko

See also

• Kirsha Training Centre
• FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

References