# Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector

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.
The youth team has educated many players who have become regulars in the 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.
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.
In 2014, a new dormitory for young players from outside of Dortmund was opened. It houses the young sportsmen who are trained to become a part of the club's professional teams.

## 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 und the Under 19 Westphalian Cup. Former Under 17 head coach Benjamin Hoffmann has been the head coach since September 2016.
    As of 31 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marian Kirsch |
| 2 | DF | SWE | William Rashidi |
| 3 | DF | GER | Tom Rothe |
| 4 | DF | GER | Nnamdi Collins (captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jonah Husseck |
| 6 | DF | GER | Faroukou Cissé |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Noa-Gabriel Šimić |
| 8 | MF | GER | Vasco Walz |
| 9 | FW | NED | Julian Rijkhoff |
| 10 | FW | GER | Samuel Bamba |
| 11 | FW | GER | Isaak Nwachukwu |
| 12 | GK | GER | Marlon Zacharias |
| 13 | DF | NED | Prince Aning |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | GER | Jaden Korzynietz |
| 15 | MF | GER | Rafael Lubach |
| 18 | MF | GER | Michel Ludwig |
| 19 | FW | GER | Paris Brunner |
| 20 | FW | GER | Bismark Quayson |
| 21 | DF | GER | Hendry Blank |
| 22 | GK | DEN | Gustav Aabro |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Onofrietti |
| 24 | MF | GER | Mika Lenninghaus |
| 25 | FW | GER | Ayukayoh Mengot |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Filippo Mané |
| 27 | FW | GER | Marlon Ubani |
| 28 | FW | GER | Raúl König |

### Under-17

The team currently competes in the Under 17 Bundesliga and the Under 17 Westphalian Cup. Sebastian Geppert has been the head coach since September 2016.
    As of 31 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Leon Herdes |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dustin Plöger |
| 3 | DF | POL | Nico Adamczyk |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tyler Meiser |
| 5 | DF | GER | Elias Benkara |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Gürpüz |
| 7 | FW | GER | Raúl König |
| 8 | MF | GER | Kjell Wätjen (captain) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Paris Brunner |
| 10 | FW | USA | Cole Campbell |
| 11 | FW | GER | Charles Herrmann |
| 12 | GK | GER | Aaron Held |
| 13 | DF | GER | Bruno Numbisie |
| 14 | DF | GER | Anas Mahjoubi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SWE | William Rashidi |
| 16 | MF | GER | Johannes Kerlen |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Jakob Zickler |
| 18 | DF | GER | Almugera Kabar |
| 19 | FW | GER | Alex Niziolek |
| 20 | MF | GER | Venis Uka |
| 21 | FW | GER | Joshua Burstedde |
| 22 | GK | GER | Robin Lisewski |
| 23 | GK | DEN | Gustav Aabro |
| 24 | FW | GER | Shayan Sadeghi |
| 25 | MF | GER | Abolfazl Masjedizadah |
| 26 | FW | GER | Joshua Bäcker |
| 27 | DF | GER | Luke Rahmann |
| 28 | GK | GER | Simon Ole Schilling |

## Current technical staff

| Role | Under-19 | Under-17 |
| Head coach | Mike Tullberg | Karsten Gorges |
| Assistant coach | Daniel Rios | Patrick Fritsch Eren Yilmaz |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tobias Ritz | Andreas Braun Michael Strzys |

## Honours

* Under 19 championship
    Winners (8): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
    Runners-up (1): 2008–09
* Under 17 championship
    Winners (7): 1983–84, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18
    Runners-up (7): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2018–19
* Under 19 Bundesliga West
    Winners (3): 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17
    Runners-up (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
* Under 17 Bundesliga West
    Winners (6): 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
    Runners-up (4): 2006–07, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2019–20
* 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 (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18

## International youth graduates

This is a list of former Borussia Dortmund youth graduates with at least one appearance for a youth setup who have gone on to represent their country at full international level.
    As of 14 October 2023
| Name | National football team | Notes |
| Augustine Ahinful | Ghana | |
| Mihail Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | |
| Enis Alushi | Kosovo | |
| Etienne Amenyido | Togo | |
| Viktor Angelov | North Macedonia | |
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | Denmark | |
| Vladimir But | Russia | |
| Kerem Demirbay | Germany | Winner Confederations Cup 2017 |
| Jeremy Dudziak | Tunisia |
| Chris Führich | Germany |
| Bashiru Gambo | Ghana | |
| Daniel Gordon | Jamaica | |
| Jon Gorenc Stanković | Slovenia | |
| Mario Götze | Germany | Winner World Cup 2014; Third-place European Championship 2012 & European Championship 2016 |
| Kevin Großkreutz | Germany | Winner World Cup 2014 |
| Eike Immel | Germany | Winner European Championship 1980; Runner-up World Cup 1982 & World Cup 1986 |
| Issa Issa | Lebanon | |
| Helmut Kapitulski | Germany | |
| Erdal Keser | Turkey | |
| August Lenz | Germany | |
| Patrick Njambe | Cameroon | |
| David Odonkor | Germany | Runner-up European Championship 2008; Third-place World Cup 2006 |
| Yasin Öztekin | Turkey | |
| Christian Pulisic | United States | Winner CONCACAF Nations League 2021, 2023, & 2024 |
| Marco Reus | Germany | |
| Lars Ricken | Germany | Runner-up World Cup 2002 |
| Giovanni Reyna | United States | Winner CONCACAF Nations League 2021, 2023, & 2024 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Germany | Winner Confederations Cup 2017 |
| Nuri Şahin | Turkey | |
| Kosi Saka | DR Congo | |
| Jadon Sancho | England | |
| Marcel Schmelzer | Germany | |
| Ibrahim Tanko | Ghana | |
| Sebastian Tyrała | Poland | |
| Miroslav Votava | Germany | Winner European Championship 1980 |
| Michael Zorc | Germany | |

## 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 24 July 2018
| Year | Category | Metal | Player |
| 2005 | Under 18 | Gold | Marc-André Kruska |
| 2005 | Under 17 | Bronze | Sebastian Tyrała |
| 2009 | Under 17 | Gold | Mario Götze |
| 2010 | Under 18 | Gold | Mario Götze |
| 2012 | Under 19 | Gold | Antonio Rüdiger |
| 2015 | Under 17 | Gold | Felix Passlack |
| 2018 | Under 17 | Bronze | Luca Unbehaun |
^ 1: Tyrała began his career with the Germany national youth football team. Later he switched to Poland.