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FC Shakhtar Donetsk (youth)

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Ground Capacity
  
1,000

League
  
Youth Championship

President
  
Rinat Akhmetov

Parent organization
  
SCM Holdings

Coach
  
Miguel Cardoso

Website
  
Club home page

Chairman
  
Rinat Akhmetov

Full name
  
Youth team of FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Ground
  
Knyazha-Arena, Shchaslyve, Ukraine

Shakhtar U-21 Donetsk is a youth team of Ukrainian professional football club Shakhtar Donetsk. It participates in the Youth championship of the Ukrainian Premier League.

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Brief history

The team was created in 2004 as Shakhtar-D Donetsk for the Championship for reserve teams of the Ukrainian Top League (Vyshcha Liha). In 2007 it was merged with FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk that was withdrawn from the Ukrainian First League. In 2008 it was renamed Shakhtar U-21 Donetsk to participate in the Youth championship of the newly formed Ukrainian Premier League.

History

  • Youth championship: 3
  • Winner: 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12
  • Under-19: 1
  • Winner: 2014-15

    • Current squad

    As of 9 November 2016.

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Notable players

  • Vladyslav Kulach
  • Artur Miranyan
  • Artur Zahorulko

    • References

    FC Shakhtar Donetsk (youth) Wikipedia
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