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 (2): 2014–15, 2020–21
  • 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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. Shakhtar became the first Ukrainian team to enter the competition. The first game was played on 17 September 2013 at the Zubieta Facilities against Real Sociedad Juvenil. The first goal for Shakhtar in the competition was scored by Ukrainian international footballer Artur Miranyan, who later switched to play for Armenia.

In 2015, Shakhtar's juniors reached the UEFA Youth League finals, but lost it.

UEFA Youth League

As of match played 10 December 2025

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013–14	GS	Real Sociedad	0–0	2–3	Second place
		Manchester United	2–1	1–1
		Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	2–1
	R16	Arsenal	—	1–3	1–3
2014–15	GS	Athletic Bilbao	6–0	2–0	First place
		Porto	1–1	1–1
		BATE Borisov	1–0	4–1
	R16	Olympiacos	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)	—	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)
	QF	Benfica	—	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)
	SF	Anderlecht	3–1		3–1
	F	Chelsea	2–3		2–3
2015–16	GS	Real Madrid	2–6	0–4	Forth place
		Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	2–5
		Malmö FF	3–1	5–5
2017–18	GS	Napoli	1–2	1–2	Third place
		Manchester City	2–1	1–3
		Feyenoord	1–1	0–4
2018–19	GS	TSG Hoffenheim	1–2	1–1	Forth place
		Lyon	1–1	0–2
		Manchester City	1–1	1–4
2019–20	GS	Manchester City	1–3	0–5	Forth place
		Atalanta	1–4	2–2
		Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	0–1
2020–21	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2021–22	GS	Sheriff Tiraspol	6–0	5–0	Third place
		Inter Milan	0–1	0–1
		Real Madrid	3–2	0–1
2022–23	GS	RB Leipzig	1–1	2–0	Second place
		Celtic	2–1	1–0
		Real Madrid	0–3	1–6
	R32	Hajduk Split	—	0–1	0–1
2023–24	GS	Porto	1–4	0–2	Third place
		Antwerp	3–1	2–1
		Barcelona	0–3	0–2
2024–25	LP	Bologna	—	4–3	14th place
		Atalanta	0–3	—
		Arsenal	—	1–0
		Young Boys	1–0	—
		PSV Eindhoven	—	1–1
		Bayern Munich	0–2	—
	R32	TSG Hoffenheim	—	1–5	1–5

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