The FK Partizan Youth School (/Омладинска школа фудбалског клуба Партизан), also known as Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school, is the youth school for Serbian football club

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. It was founded in the 1950s and named after former Partizan players

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Čedomir Lazarević Čedomir Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Чедомир Лазаревић; 5 October 1926 – 20 October 1962) was a Serbian footballer who played for FK Partizan. Death He died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Z ...

and Branko Nadoveza. The school is well known for its dedicated work with youngsters. Its training philosophy is not only the development of football players, but also to care of their growth and personality forming, while also teaching the sporting spirit and the loyalty to the club. There are around 400 youngsters classified by age categories. There are six age groups, four compete at the level of the

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, the U17, U16, U15 and U14, while the U13 and U12 compete at the level of the Football Association of Belgrade. Below U12 level there are no official competitions, but players do play in tournaments and friendly matches. Partizan is the club with most league titles and cup wins in youth competition in Serbia. The youth teams also participate in numerous tournaments around Europe and also organize an U17 international tournament with participation of some of the top European clubs. Partizan also organizes football camps for children in Serbia, Montenegro,

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. Many of the best youth academy players move directly to the Partizan senior side, or to the affiliate club Teleoptik Zemun. All of Partizan's youth categories train at the Partizan sport complex named

SC Partizan-Teleoptik The Sports Centre Partizan-Teleoptik ( sr, Спортски центар Партизан-Телеоптик / Sportski centar Partizan-Teleoptik), also known as Zemunelo ( sr-cyrl, Земунело; the name being composed to show the resemblance ...

along with Partizan's seniors and the players of Teleoptik. Partizan has won several awards for its youth work, including "Best European Youth Work" in 2006, and the club's youth school has been declared the second-best in Europe after that of Ajax Amsterdam. Partizan's academy has produced numerous professional football players or Yugoslav and Serbian internationals. The Partizan Academy is one of the most renowned and export-oriented in Europe. CIES (

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International Centre for Sports Studies) Football Observatory report of November 2015 ranks Partizan Belgrade at the top place of training clubs out of the 31 European leagues surveyed

Academy officials

Notable youth graduates

Stefan Babović Stefan Babović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying playmaker. He is the current chief operations officer (COO) of Victoria Group. During h ...

Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Partizan, Barcelona, AEK Athens, and Real Valladolid. Internationally, h ...

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* Ivan Golac * Nikola Gulan * Saša Ilić *

Ivica Iliev Ivica Iliev (, ; born 27 October 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career After starting out as a youngster at Rad, Iliev joined the youth system of Partizan in January 1996. He made his first-te ...

Fahrudin Jusufi Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslav national team. Playing career Club career Jusufi ...

Vladica Kovačević Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (, ; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Ivanjica, Kovačević moved to Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) ...

Danko Lazović Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward or winger. He represented the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Partizan Lazović st ...

* Saša Lukić *

Adem Ljajić Adem Ljajić ( sr-cyr, Адем Љајић, ; born 29 September 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Beşiktaş and the Serbia national team. Ljajić began his career with FK Jošanica, and ...

Lazar Marković Lazar Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Марковић, ; born 2 March 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor on loan from Gaziantep. He started his career at Partizan before m ...

Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partizan. ...

Aleksandar Mitrović Aleksandar Mitrović ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Митровић, (); born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Fulham F.C., Fulham a ...

Albert Nađ Albert Nađ (, ; born 29 October 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager at Partizan. At international level, Nađ represented Serbia and Montenegro a ...

Matija Nastasić Matija Nastasić ( sr-cyr, Матија Настасић; born 28 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish La Liga club Mallorca and the Serbia national team. He began his career at Partizan, a ...

Nikola Ninković Nikola Ninković ( sr-cyrl, Никола Нинковић; born 19 December 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Torpedo Kutaisi. Club career Partizan On 11 July 2011, alongside Lazar Marković, ...

Ivan Obradović Ivan Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Обрадовић, ; born 25 July 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and Serbia national team. At international level, Obradović represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World C ...

Veljko Paunović Veljko Paunović ( sr-Cyrl, Вељко Пауновић, ; born 21 August 1977) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the current manager of Liga MX club Guadalajara. A versatile attacking unit, he could operate as an attacking ...

Danilo Pantić Danilo Pantić ( sr-Cyrl, Данило Пантић, ; born 26 October 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Partizan. He has represented Serbia at multiple youth levels. Club career Partizan Pantić made his debut on 26 May ...

Nemanja Rnić Nemanja Rnić (, ; born 30 September 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career In June 2003, Rnić signed his first professional contract with Partizan on a five-year deal. He won two national champ ...

* Milan Smiljanić *

Miralem Sulejmani Miralem Sulejmani ( sr-Cyrl, Миралем Сулејмани, ; born 5 December 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger. When he signed for Ajax in 2008, he became the most expensive football player to have ever been ...

Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was b ...

Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his gener ...

Vladimir Vermezović Vladimir Vermezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. Playing career Vermezović started playing ...

Momčilo Vukotić Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Моца Bукoтић; 2 June 19503 December 2021) was a Serbian football coach and player. He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. ...

Andrija Živković Andrija Živković ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Живковић, ; born 11 July 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club PAOK and the Serbia national team. He is the youngest player ever to m ...

Nikica Klinčarski Nikica Klinčarski ( Macedonian: Никица Клинчарски; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in ...

* Stevan Jovetić *

Ivica Kralj Ivica Kralj (, ; born 26 March 1973) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career, Kralj was best known for his time at Partizan, having three spells at the club and winning five major trophies. He als ...

Simon Vukčević Simon Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Симон Вукчевић, ; born 29 January 1986) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. After starting his senior career at the age of 17 with Partizan, winning two na ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:FK Partizan Academy

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