FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy

The FC Shakhtar Donetsk junior squads and academy is a football academy and the club's junior squads of Ukrainian professional football club Shakhtar Donetsk.

Shakhtar Donetsk juniors

Full name	Youth team of FC Shakhtar Donetsk (U21/U19)
Ground	Knyazha Arena, Shchaslyve, Ukraine
Capacity	1,000
President	Rinat Akhmetov
League	Youth Championship
Website	https://shakhtar.com/en/club/academy/

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

Shakhtar Donetsk has two junior teams (squads) that participate in the junior championships of the Ukrainian Premier League. There also were some additional reserve teams that competed in lower leagues (Shakhtar-2 and Shakhtar-3). Four more teams from the club's academy participate in the Ukrainian Youth Football League which is a separate national football league not associated with the Ukrainian Premier League designed for football academy and sports schools.

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.

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

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

• Vladyslav Kulach
• Artur Miranyan
• Artur Zahorulko

See also

• Kirsha Training Centre
• FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk