The FK Sarajevo Youth School (), is the youth department for

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and is considered to be the best in the country. The department is split into two sections. Namely, The Asim Ferhatović Hase School of Football (), named after legendary striker

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, and the FK Sarajevo Academy (). The former functions as both a general model for the popularization of the sport and as a filtering mechanism, used to pick out locally based footballing talents which are later transferred to the academy. The academy, in turn, is a top-of-the-line boarding school which brings in the biggest talents from Bosnia and Herzegovina and organizes the competitive youth selections for the club. The Youth school has teams for the Under-8 through to the Under-16 age groups, while the academy is split into the U-15 (''younger cadets''), U-17 (''older cadets'') and U-19 (''junior'') selections. The department was founded in the 1950s and has been historically known as one of the best youth systems in the former

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. Its training philosophy is not only the development of

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s, but also the care for the players' growth, education and character formation, while teaching the sporting spirit and loyalty to the club. The youth teams, besides national competitions, participate in numerous tournaments around Europe, testing their skills against some of the best European clubs. Tournaments the club's youth selection traditionally take part in include

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, Trofeo Dossena, Generali CEE Cup and the Karol Wojtyla Cup. FK Sarajevo's youth selections train in two venues. Namely, the Asim Ferhatović Hase Sports Complex and the elite Butmir Training Centre, which is currently under expansion as of February 2015. Youth team players that don't sign professional contracts with the club are usually transferred to FK Sarajevo's

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. The FK Sarajevo youth system has given numerous Bosnian and Yugoslav internationals throughout the decades.

Youth squads

Sarajevo U-19 squad

Sarajevo U-17 squad

Youth Academy staff

''As of 15 June 2024, the staff includes:''

European record

References

External links

Official Website

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