THE TEAM INTRODUCES ITSELF
GNK Dinamo Zagreb is the record champion and the pre-eminent club in Croatia. Among its greatest achievements, alongside its domestic dominance since 1992, are winning the Yugoslav Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1967 (the precursor to the UEFA Cup) and regular participation in the UEFA Champions League.
Dinamo Zagreb is renowned for its outstanding youth development work, carried out at its world-famous football academy. Generations of young players have left their mark on European football. Among them, Zvonimir Boban, Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić, Dejan Lovren and Joško Gvardiol stand out. The foundations are laid by a large team of experienced coaches.
Today’s Dinamo football academy operates according to a clearly defined development philosophy: the training of technically skilled, tactically intelligent and strong-willed players who are ready for the highest level of football. Particular emphasis is placed on the individual development of each player’s potential, education and appropriate sporting upbringing, modern training methods, sports medicine and analytics, as well as continuous collaboration between the first team and the academy.
Virtually every year, the bulk of the Croatian youth national teams come from Zagreb’s talent pool, which has also produced numerous Croatian senior internationals. The lads from the Croatian capital are certainly aiming to have their say in the race for the title at the latest edition of the Blue Stars Zürich Youth Cup.