The Ukrainian National Youth Competition () is a Ukrainian organization of the Ukrainian Association of Football that conducts association football competitions among youth teams in four age categories (under-14, U-15, U-16, and U-17) and originally consisted of two tiers the Supreme and the First Leagues. The Supreme Leagues consists out of four regional groups and the First have eight. In 2020 there was introduced the Elite League (top tier).The DUFLU: there was approved composition of all groups of the 2020–21 Elite League (ДЮФЛУ: затверджено склад усіх груп Еліт-ліги сезону-2020/2021). Goldtalant.com.ua. 26 August 2020 The competition's oldest age group has the teenagers who are no older than 17 years old and the youngest - the teenagers no older than 14.
Along with the Professional Football League of Ukraine starting in 2016 the Youth League is also co-organizer of separate Under-19 competitions.
Composition The league is composed of teams with players between ages under 14 through under 17. The league features teams of various association football and sports school and in addition to them each club of the Ukrainian Premier League is obligated to field four of its junior teams in the league. Football academies of Premier league clubs sports schools (Soviet children-youth sports school network, DUSSh) sports schools of Olympic reserve (Soviet children-youth sports schools of Olympic reserve network, SDUShOR) youth football clubs (Children-youth football clubs, DUFC) colleges of physical culture (UFK) colleges of Olympic reserve (UOR)
Competitions The youth competitions started in 1998, yet the youth league was established not until 2001. In 2000 there was established a separate football competition among students of universities.
In 2002 the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL Ukraine) established experimental under-19 competitions among junior teams of the PFL clubs which however was discontinued four seasons later. With the PFL u-19 competitions ongoing in 2004, PFL Ukraine established separate competition among reserves (doubles) for club of the Top League (Vyshcha Liha), the precursor of the Ukrainian Premier League. The Top league teams that competed in the PFL u-19 competitions were moved to the new competitions. Introduction of the new Top League reserve competitions led to withdrawal of some reserve teams or the second teams (so called dvushki) that competed at Ukrainian Second League and in the way clearing the football "pyramid" of farm teams.
Earlier youth competition List of best finishers for youth competitions before establishment of the actual Ukrainian Youth Football League. SeasonAge restrWinner2nd best3rd best1998-99SeniorDynamo KyivKremin KremenchukUOR DonetskJuniorUOR DonetskShakhtar DonetskDynamo Kyiv1999-00SeniorDynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskKryvbas Kryvyi RihJuniorShakhtar DonetskDnipro-75 DnipropetrovskUFK Dnipropetrovsk2000-01SeniorDynamo KyivZmina-Obolon KyivUFK DnipropetrovskJuniorFemida-Inter LutskDynamo KyivChornomorets Odesa
Ukrainian Youth Football League (Top League) SeasonAge restrWinner2nd best3rd best2001-02U-17RVUFK KyivDnipromain DnipropetrovskShakhtar DonetskU-16Shakhtar DonetskDnipromain DnipropetrovskDynamo KyivU-15Zmina-Obolon KyivRVUFK KyivLokomotyv KyivU-14Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivAtlant-Kremez Kremenchuk2002-03U-17Shakhtar DonetskFemida-Inter LutskKarpaty LvivU-16Lokomotyv KyivShakhtar DonetskMetalurh ZaporizhiaU-15Lokomotyv KyivFemida-Inter LutskAtlant KremenchukU-14Shakhtar DonetskLokomotyv KyivDynamo Kyiv2003-04U-17Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivMetalurh ZaporizhiaU-16Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivVidradnyi KyivU-15Dynamo KyivVidradnyi KyivShakhtar DonetskU-14Shakhtar DonetskVidradnyi KyivVolyn Lutsk2004-05U-14Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskArsenal KyivU-15Dynamo KyivKarpaty LvivRVUFK KyivU-16Dynamo KyivMetalurh DonetskVidradnyi KyivU-17Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskVidradnyi Kyiv2005-06U-14Vidradnyi KyivRVUFK KyivShakhtar DonetskU-15Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivMetalurh ZaporizhiaU-16RVUFK KyivDynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskU-17Dynamo KyivRVUFK KyivShakhtar Donetsk2006-07U-14Shakhtar DonetskOlimpik DonetskVidradnyi KyivU-15Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskRVUFK KyivU-16Shakhtar DonetskArsenal KyivDynamo KyivU-17RVUFK KyivInter-Liliya DnipropetrovskMolod-DYuSSh Poltava2007-08U-14 (1994)Shakhtar DonetskMetalurh ZaporizhiaDynamo KyivU-15 (1993)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskBRW-VIK Volodymyr-VolynskyiU-16 (1992)BRW-VIK Volodymyr-VolynskyiOlimpik DonetskShakhtar DonetskU-17 (1991)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivArsenal Kyiv2008-09U-14 (1995)Dynamo KyivBRW-VIK Volodymyr-VolynskyiMetalist KharkivU-15 (1994)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskUFK LvivU-16 (1993)Shakhtar DonetskDYuSSh-11 Chornomorets OdesaRVUFK KyivU-17 (1992)Dynamo KyivMetalurh DonetskShakhtar Donetsk2009-10U-14 (1996)Shakhtar DonetskRVUFK KyivMetalurh ZaporizhiaU-15 (1995)Dynamo KyivChornomorets OdesaShakhtar DonetskU-16 (1994)Shakhtar DonetskMetalist KharkivBRW-VIK Volodymyr-VolynskyiU-17 (1993)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskRVUFK Kyiv2010-11U-14 (1997)Karpaty LvivShakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivU-15 (1996)Shakhtar DonetskRVUFK KyivDynamo KyivU-16 (1995)Dynamo KyivUFK LvivKarpaty LvivU-17 (1994)Shakhtar DonetskIllichivets MariupolBRW-VIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi2011-12U-14 (1998)Metalist KharkivDynamo KyivBRW-VIK Volodymyr-VolynskyiU-15 (1997)Shakhtar DonetskKarpaty LvivDynamo KyivU-16 (1996)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivUFK LvivU-17 (1995)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivChornomorets Odesa2012-13U-14 (1999)Shakhtar DonetskUFK LvivDynamo KyivU-15 (1998)UFK DnipropetrovskShakhtar DonetskMetalist KharkivU-16 (1997)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskIllichivets Mariupol U-17 (1996)Shakhtar DonetskUFK LvivDynamo Kyiv2013-14U-14 (2000)Shakhtar DonetskUFK LvivDynamo KyivU-15 (1999)Shakhtar DonetskRVUFK KyivMetalurh ZaporizhiaU-16 (1998)Dynamo KyivKarpaty LvivMetalist Kharkiv U-17 (1997)Dynamo KyivKarpaty LvivShakhtar Donetsk2014-15U-14 (2001)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivKarpaty LvivU-15 (2000)Dynamo KyivChornomorets OdesaDnipro DnipropetrovskU-16 (1999)Dynamo KyivUFK-Karpaty LvivDnipro Dnipropetrovsk U-17 (1998)Metalurh ZaporizhiaDynamo KyivDnipro Dnipropetrovsk2015-16U-14 (2002)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivZmina-Obolon KyivU-15 (2001)Dynamo KyivUFK-Karpaty LvivZmina-Obolon KyivU-16 (2000)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskMetalist Kharkiv U-17 (1999)Dynamo KyivKarpaty LvivShakhtar Donetsk2016-17U-14 (2003)Dynamo KyivUFK-Karpaty LvivShakhtar DonetskU-15 (2002)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskUFK-Karpaty LvivU-16 (2001)Dynamo KyivMetalurh ZaporizhiaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk U-17 (2000)Dynamo KyivUFK-Karpaty LvivShakhtar Donetsk2017-18U-14 (2004)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivChornomorets OdesaU-15 (2003)Shakhtar DonetskDynamo KyivBukovyna ChernivtsiU-16 (2002)Dynamo KyivShakhtar DonetskFC Dnipro U-17 (2001)Shakhtar DonetskUFK-Karpaty LvivDynamo Kyiv
Top League winners Teams under-17 ClubWinnerRunners-upThird placeSeasons wonDynamo Kyiv742Shakhtar Donetsk726RVUFK Kyiv111Metalurh Zaporizhia100
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Teams under-16 ClubWinnerRunners-upThird placeSeasons wonDynamo Kyiv832Shakhtar Donetsk643RVUFK Kyiv101BRW-VIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi101Lokomotyv Kyiv100
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Teams under-15 ClubWinnerRunners-upThird placeSeasons wonDynamo Kyiv922Shakhtar Donetsk552Lokomotyv Kyiv101Zmina-Obolon Kyiv101UFK Dnipropetrovsk100
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Teams under-14 ClubWinnerRunners-upThird placeSeasons wonShakhtar Donetsk1122Dynamo Kyiv355Vidradnyi Kyiv111Karpaty Lviv101Metalist Kharkiv101
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References
External links Official webpage at the Football Federation of Ukraine website Official website Gold Talant (goldtalant.com.ua). Ukrainian football talents