FK Partizan Academy
Full nameBelin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school
Nickname(s)Crno-beli (The Black and Whites)
Parni valjak (The Steamroller)
DirectorVanja Radinović
WebsiteClub website

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

It was founded in the 1950s and named after former Partizan players Bruno Belin, Čedomir Lazarević and Branko Nadoveza.[1] The school is well known for its dedicated work with youngsters.[1] 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.[1] There are around 400 youngsters classified by age categories.[1] There are six age groups, four compete at the level of the Football Association of Serbia, the U17, U16, U15 and U14, while the U13 and U12 compete at the level of the Football Association of Belgrade.[1] Below U12 level there are no official competitions, but players do play in tournaments and friendly matches.[1]

Partizan is the club with most league titles and cup wins in youth competition in Serbia.[1] 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.[1] Partizan also organizes football camps for children in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Australia[1][2] and United States.[2][3] Many of the best youth academy players move directly to the Partizan senior side, or to the affiliate club Teleoptik Zemun.[1]

All of Partizan's youth categories train at the Partizan sport complex named SC Partizan-Teleoptik 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,[4] and the club's youth school has been declared the second-best in Europe after that of Ajax Amsterdam.[5] 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 (University of Neuchâtel 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 [6]

Academy officials

Current staff
  • Director: Serbia Vanja Radinović
  • Assistant director: Serbia Miodrag Radović
  • Scouting director: Serbia Nedeljko Kostić
  • Scout: Serbia Dušan Trbojević
  • School Secretary: Serbia Dragan Šušnjar
  • U19 Coach: North Macedonia Nikica Klinčarski
  • U17 Coach: Serbia Ilija Zavišić
  • U16 Coach: Serbia Vanja Radinović
  • U15 Coach: Serbia Darko Tešović
  • U14 Coach: Serbia Dragan Kecman
  • U13 Coach: Serbia Milan Ristić
  • U12 Coach: Serbia Slađan Šćepović
  • U11 Coach: Serbia Zoran Mamić
  • U10 Coach: Serbia Zoran Kraljević
  • U9 Coach: Serbia Zvonko Popović
  • Goalkeeping coach: Serbia Predrag Jušić
  • Fitness coach: Serbia Aleksandar Tomić
  • Equipment manager: Serbia Miodrag Stojanović
  • Equipment manager: Serbia Slobodan Todorović

Notable youth graduates

UEFA Youth League record

Season Stage Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2023–24 Domestic Champions Path 1R Romania Universitatea Craiova 4–0 1–0 5–0
2R Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 5–2 0–2 5–4
PO Portugal Braga

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Youth School Belin – Lazarevic – Nadoveza". Partizan.rs. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "FK Partizan organizuje internacionalne fudbalske kampove" (in Serbian). The Blic. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Partizan škola fudbala – Australija" (in Serbian). Partizankampovi.rs. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Partizan Beograd – Partizan: Ein Klub für die Geschichtsbücher" (in German). The UEFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Partizan između Ajaksa i Barselone!" (in Serbian). The Sportal. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Monthly Report 9". football-observatory.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
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