FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy

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

Shakhtar Donetsk juniors
Full nameYouth team of FC Shakhtar Donetsk (U21/U19)
GroundKnyazha Arena,
Shchaslyve, Ukraine
Capacity1,000
PresidentRinat Akhmetov
CoachMiguel Cardoso
LeagueYouth Championship
WebsiteClub website
Knyazha Arena in 2016 (Shakhtar - Olimpik) under-21

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

  • 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-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 Ukraine UKR Rostyslav Bahlay
GK Ukraine UKR Denys Barchenko
GK Ukraine UKR Marko Kessel
GK Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kravets
GK Ukraine UKR Artem Nedozymovanyi
GK Ukraine UKR Radislav Tanashchuk
DF Ukraine UKR Maryan Bats
DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Bashmarin
DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Bezkleynyi
DF Ukraine UKR Oleh Chuyko
DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Danylyuk
DF Ukraine UKR Yehor Dankovskyi
DF Ukraine UKR Anton Drozd
DF Ukraine UKR Valentyn Halonskyi
DF Ukraine UKR Yehor Kostyuk
DF Ukraine UKR Mykola Oharkov
DF Ukraine UKR Mykyta Sheleketa
MF Ukraine UKR Kristian Bako
MF Ukraine UKR Vasyl Bundash
MF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Dabo
MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Honchar
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Ukraine UKR Mykhaylo Khromey
MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kostrytsya
MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Losenko
MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Naumenko
MF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Prokopenko
MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Rozputko
MF Ukraine UKR Denys Smetana
MF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Tryfanenko
MF Ukraine UKR Viktor Tsukanov
MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Tyutyunov
MF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Yanovych
FW Ukraine UKR Anton Demchenko
FW Ukraine UKR Daniil Holovachov
FW Ukraine UKR Yehor Knyazyev
FW Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Lomaha
FW Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Myts
FW Ukraine UKR Oleh Pushkariov
FW Ukraine UKR Daniil Savin
FW Ukraine UKR Yehor Shakun
FW Ukraine 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

Shakhtar U-21 / doubles

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
2004–05 1st 13 30 9 4 17 33 58 31
2005–06 16 30 5 4 21 42 78 19
2006–07 2 30 20 5 5 74 37 65
2007–08 4 30 18 4 8 76 40 58
2008–09 1 30 23 5 2 70 18 74
2009–10 2 30 18 7 5 74 34 61
2010–11 1 30 22 3 5 66 30 69
2011–12 1 30 21 8 1 78 29 71
2012–13 3 30 16 5 9 67 38 53
2013–14 2 26 16 7 3 70 31 55
2014–15 4 26 14 5 7 63 31 47
2015–16 2 26 19 3 4 53 25 60
2016–17 2 32 24 4 4 74 15 76
2017–18 1 32 19 7 6 68 21 64

Shakhtar U-19

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
2012–13 1st (East) 2 14 7 2 5 26 17 23 to Champ
1st (Champ) 3 14 7 3 4 30 15 24
2013–14 1st (East) 1 14 13 1 0 54 9 40 to Champ
1st (Champ) 2 12 7 3 2 26 10 24
2014–15 1st (Donbas) 1 12 9 1 2 31 14 28 to Champ
1st (Champ) 1 14 11 2 1 39 14 35
2015–16 1st 3 30 19 5 6 67 30 62
2016–17 3 26 15 5 6 56 28 50
2017–18 2 26 18 2 6 74 26 56
2018–19

Notable players

See also

References

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