Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector

Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector

Full name	Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund
President	Dr Reinhard Rauball
Youth Coordinator	Lars Ricken
Website	Club home page
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Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector is the youth set-up of Borussia Dortmund. The club operates the system for boys from the age of nine upwards and a total of 15 youth teams. Home games are staged at the club's training ground Hohenbuschei.

Lars Ricken, a former Dortmund player and German international, has been the youth coordinator since 2008.^[1]

The youth team has educated many players who have become regulars in the Fußball-Bundesliga and the Germany national football team, such as Eike Immel, Lars Ricken and the current club Director for Sport Michael Zorc. Most recent graduates include first team regulars Marco Reus, Nuri Şahin and Marcel Schmelzer. The club has notably produced World Cup champions Mario Götze and Kevin Großkreutz.

Organization

The club recruits young players and teach them football skills required to play at that club's standard. The young apprentices offered the chance to train in close proximity to the professional players.

The club launched partnerships with United States sides Cincinnati United and La Roca Futbol Club. The cooperation will include training philosophies and drills for their coaches and annual training camps with Dortmund coaching staff.^[2]

The Evonik-Fußballschule des BVB was opened in July 2011 to provide mainstream education for the youth players who do not reside in the Dortmund area.^[3]

In 2014, a new dormitory for young players from outside of Dortmund was opened. It's housing the young sportsmen who are trained to become a part of the club's professional teams.^[4]

Youth teams

Under 19

The team currently competes in the Under 19 Bundesliga and the UEFA Youth League. It also participates in the DFB Junioren Vereinspokal and the Under 19 Westphalia Cup. Some of the members of the Under 19 team also play for the club's reserve team Borussia Dortmund II. Former Under 17 head coach Hannes Wolf has been the head coach since July 2015 after he triumphed two Under 17 championships in a row.

As of 26 January 2016.^[5]

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

No. Position Player GK Jan-Pascal Reckert GK Jack Beecher GK Eike Bansen DF Jan Binias DF Mohamed El-Bouazzati DF Patrick Fritsch DF Sandy Husic DF Amos Pieper DF Till Schumacher DF Mert Şahin DF Niklas Sewing MF Oğuzhan Aydoğan MF Jacob Bruun Larsen MF Nils Burchardt

No. Position Player MF Dženis Burnić MF Lars Dietz MF Berkant Güner MF Şahin Kösecik MF Alexander Laukart MF Felix Passlack MF Christian Pulisic MF David Sauerland MF Dario Scuderi FW Hayrullah Alıcı FW Etienne Amenyido FW Jonas Arweiler FW Tarik Kurt FW Janni Serra

Under 17

The team currently competes in the Under 17 Bundesliga and the Under 17 Westphalia Cup. The team recently have won for the sixth time the Under 17 championship and have succeed in defend the previous championship. Benjamin Hoffmann has been the head coach since July 2015.

As of 26 January 2016.^[6]

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

No. Position Player GK Jack Beecher GK Björn Heußen GK Michael Luyambula GK Mario Schragl GK Jonas Wenzel DF Niklas Beste DF Luca Kilian DF Sören Lippert DF Julian Schwermann DF Tim Sechelmann DF Jan Stuhldreier DF Sefa Topcu DF Nickson Touglo DF Philipp Wagner

No. Position Player DF Dominik Wanner DF Hapsuno Yıldız MF Emre Aydinel MF Miguel Blanco MF Marcel Exner MF Julian Horstmann MF Yassin Ibrahim MF David Kopacz MF Alexander Schulte MF Yoel Yilma MF Semih Zengin FW Hüseyin Bulut FW Gabriele Kyeremateng FW Robin Wodniok

Current technical staff

Role	Under 19[5]	Under 17[6]
Head coach	Hannes Wolf	Benjamin Hoffmann
Assistant coach	Miguel Moreira	Sebastian Geppert
Goalkeeper coach	Andreas Braun	Thomas Feldhoff

Honours

• Under 19 championship

Winners (5): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

• Under 17 championship

Winners (6): 1983–84, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2013–14, 2014–15

Runners-up (5): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

• Under 19 Bundesliga West

Winners (1): 2008–09

• Under 17 Bundesliga West

Winners (3): 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15

Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2010–11

• DFB Junioren Vereinspokal

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

• Under 19 Westphalia Cup

Winners (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15

Runners-up (1): 2012–13

• Under 17 Westphalia Cup

Winners (3): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2013–14

Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

International youth graduates

This is a list of former Borussia Dortmund youth graduates who have gone on to represent their country at full international level.

As of 8 June 2015.

Fritz Walter Medal

First awarded in 2005, the Fritz Walter Medal is a series of annual awards given by the German Football Association to German youth footballers. The following youth graduates have won the medal.

As of 30 July 2015.

Year	Category	Metal	Player
2005	Under 18	Gold	Marc-André Kruska
2005	Under 17	Bronze	Sebastian Tyrała1[›]
2009	Under 17	Gold	Mario Götze
2010	Under 18	Gold	Mario Götze
2012	Under 19	Gold	Antonio Rüdiger
2015	Under 17	Gold	Felix Passlack

^ 1: Tyrała began his career with the Germany national youth football team. Later he switched to Poland.

References

External links

• Borussia Dortmund Jugend (German)