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Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. There are two teams that participate in the junior championships of the

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. Four more teams participate in the

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Brief history

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

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in 1991, Shakhtar reserve team was discontinued as well. In 1992 based on reserve team there was created

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which was based in

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and entered competitions among professional teams the

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. 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

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(Under-19) ** Runners-up (1): 2014–15 *

(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

International competitions

Since 2013 Shakhtar's junior team competed at the

. Its first game it played on 17 September 2013 at the

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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

finals, but lost it.

League and cup history

Shakhtar U-21 / doubles

Shakhtar U-19

Notable players

* Vladyslav Kulach * Artur Miranyan * Artur Zahorulko

References

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