The Dynamo Kyiv junior squads and Academy includes several junior teams of FC Dynamo Kyiv youth system. Besides some reserve teams that competed in lower leagues, the club also has junior teams that participate in competitions under-21 and under-19 of the Ukrainian Premier League. In additions to that the club also has its own football academy (school) that exists since 1957.
The Dynamo Kyiv junior squads under-21 and under-19 along with the club's reserves (Dynamo-2 and Dynamo-3) are based out of the club's training base located at southern outskirts of Kyiv, Koncha-Zaspa, while the football academy (school) is located in the western part of the city known as Nyvky.
Dynamo Kyiv children-youth football school of Valeriy Lobanovsky
The children-youth football school Dynamo Kyiv of Valeriy Lobanovsky (Ukrainian: Дитячо-юнацька футбольна школа Динамо ім. Валерія Васильовича Лобановського) is a football school (academy) of Dynamo Kyiv. The club operates the academy for boys from the age of seven upwards. The school is located in residential area of western parts of Kyiv known as Nyvky.
Unlike the club's older junior squads that competed in parallel competitions of the Ukrainian Premier League, the school fields teams in following age categories in the Ukrainian Youth Football League, U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-17. The earlier age category teams participate in the regional city competitions.
The graduates of senior squad, U-17, get promoted to the youth (U-21 and U-19) squads which play in separate youth competition organized by the Ukrainian Premier League.
Squads
Under-21 and doubles
The section existed since the introduction of Doubles Championship for the Soviet Football Championship Pervaya Gruppa (precursor of the Soviet Top League) in 1946.
After dissolution of the Soviet Union and liquidation of the Soviet Top League, in 1992 Dynamo joined Ukrainian Top League. The competitions for junior squads were discontinued, instead there was created a reserve team which entered competition in lower leagues.
In 2004 competitions among youth squads were resumed later transforming into competitions among under-21 squads. In 2021 these competitions were discontinued once again.
Under-19
In 2012 the Ukrainian Premier League created competition for under-19 squads which ran parallel with the championship of first squads and the championship of under-21 squads, three simultaneous competitions.
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