GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy (also known as Hitrec-Kacian) are the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb. The academy was founded on 27 December 1967. There are a total of ten age categories within the meow, the oldest being the Junior Team (under-19) and youngest being the Zagići II Team (under-8). They have produced many of the Croatia national team stars including Luka Modrić, Vedran Ćorluka, Eduardo, Robert Prosinečki and Zvonimir Boban.[1]

Dinamo Zagreb II
Full nameGrađanski nogometni klub
Dinamo Zagreb II
Founded27 December 1967 (27 December 1967)
GroundStadion Hitrec-Kacian
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMirko Barišić
ManagerIvan Prelec
LeagueDruga HNL
2019–20Druga HNL, 8th
WebsiteClub website

History

The first junior team was formed in 1945 and the coach was the famous Građanski Zagreb goalkeeper Maks Mihelčić. Soon after that, Márton Bukovi joined the youth squad as an expert coach, but left after two years following his disappointment with the disbanding of Građanski. The junior team won a treble in 1950 (Zagreb's, Croatian and Yugoslav championships) under the leadership of Mirko Kokotović.[2]

In 1952 Branko Horvatek started training one of the best junior generations the club ever had. Some of the famous players that played in that generation were Dražan Jerković, Mladen Košćak, Marijan Kolonić and Mladen Klobučar. The decision to form the youth academy Hitrec-Kacian was brought on 27 December 1967 with Horvatek being elected as its first director.[2] Apart from him, many other famous Croatian coaches worked with the generation that was very successful in the period of 1972-1974 in Yugoslav junior competitions. Some of them include: Zorislav Srebrić, Marko Jurić, Pero Dujmović, Vladimir Čonč, Ivan Đalma Marković, Mirko Belić, Rudolf Cvek and Zdenko Kobešćak.[2]

Domestics
Croatian football league system
  • Croatian Cup U-19
    • Winner (7): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013
  • Croatian Cup U-17
    • Winner (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Croatian Cup U-15
    • Winner (3): 2015, 2016, 2018
Yugoslav football league system
  • Yugoslav Championship U-19
    • Winner (5): 1950, 1955, 1972, 1973, 1974
  • Croatian Championship U-19
    • Winner (17): 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
  • Croatian Championship U-17
    • Winner (2): 1959, 1985
  • Yugoslav Cup U-19
    • Winner (2): 1967, 1973
  • Croatian Cup U-19
    • Winner (5): 1963, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1978

Internationals

Modern times

After the formation of HNL in 1991. Dinamo youth teams play important role with 6 U19 and 9 U17 titles (as of 2010).[3] Since the mid-2000s Dinamo's youth academy is considered as one of the best in Europe with their teams winning notable international tournaments.[4] Some of the former Dinamo youth players include Croatian internationals Vedran Ćorluka, Luka Modrić, Eduardo da Silva, Niko Kranjčar, Dejan Lovren, Milan Badelj, Ivan Kelava, Mateo Kovačić and Šime Vrsaljko.

Notable academy graduates

UEFA Youth League record
Season Stage Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2015–16 Champions League Path GS Arsenal 0–2 2–1 1st out of 4
Bayern Munich 0–1 2–1
Olympiacos 2–2 3–1
Knockout stage R16 Anderlecht 2–0 0–3 (awd.)
2016–17 Champions League Path GS Juventus 2–1 1–0 4th out of 4
Lyon 1–2 0–2
Sevilla 2–4 1–1
2018–19 Domestic Champions Path 1R Viitorul Constanța 2–0 1–0 3–0
2R Astana FC 3–1 1–1 4–2
Knockout stage PO Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 (5–4 p)
R16 Liverpool 1–1 (4–3 p)
QF Chelsea 2–2 (2–4 p)
2019–20 Champions League Path GS Atalanta 1–0 0–2 2nd out of 4
Manchester City 1–0 2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 1–1
Knockout stage PO Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 (4–3 p)
R16 Bayern Munich 2–2 (6–5 p)
QF Benfica 1–3
2020–21 Knockout stage R64 Rosenborg

Players

GNK Dinamo Zagreb II
As of 27 January 2021[5]

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  CRO Nikola Čavlina
— GK  CRO Tin Šarkanj
— DF  CRO Tin Hrvoj
— DF  CRO Marko Ravlija
— DF  CRO Luka Jelenić
— DF  CRO Leon Sopić
— MF  BIH Boško Bošković
— MF  CRO Tomislav Duvnjak
— MF  AUT Lukas Parger
— MF  WAL Robbie Burton
— MF  CRO Niko Janković
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  CRO Edin Julardžija
— MF  CRO Tomislav Krizmanić
— MF  MNE Milan Vukotić
— FW  CRO Vito Batistić
— FW  CRO Dino Kapitanović
— FW  ALB Bernard Karrica
— FW  MNE Andrija Kolundžić
— FW  CRO Ilan Pejić
— FW  CRO Ivijan Svržnjak
— FW  CMR Daniel Tueto
— FW  HKG Shinichi Chan

References
  1. "Natjecanja po uzrastima" (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  2. "Football school info". Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  3. "prvaci" (in Croatian). HNL. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  4. "news" (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  5. "Druga Momčad | Dinamo Zagreb". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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