GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy, also known as Hitrec-Kacian (), are the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb. The academy was founded on 27 December 1967. There are a total of ten age categories within the academy, the oldest being the Junior Team (under-19) and youngest being the ZagiÃÂi II Team (under-8). They have produced many of the Croatia national team stars including Luka ModriÃÂ, Vedran ÃÂorluka, Eduardo, Robert ProsineÃÂki and Zvonimir Boban.
The first junior team was formed in 1945 and the coach was the famous GraÃÂanski Zagreb goalkeeper Maks MihelÃÂiÃÂ. Soon after that, Márton Bukovi joined the youth squad as an expert coach, but left after two years following his disappointment with the disbanding of GraÃÂanski. The junior team won a treble in 1950 (Zagreb's, Croatian and Yugoslav championships) under the leadership of Mirko KokotoviÃÂ.
In 1952 Branko Horvatek started training one of the best junior generations the club ever had. Some of the famous players that played in that generation were Draà ¾an JerkoviÃÂ, Mladen Koà ¡ÃÂak, Marijan Koloniàand Mladen KlobuÃÂar. The decision to form the youth academy Hitrec-Kacian was brought on 27 December 1967 with Horvatek being elected as its first director. Apart from him, many other famous Croatian coaches worked with the generation that was very successful in the period of 1972âÂÂ1974 in Yugoslav junior competitions. Some of them include: Zorislav SrebriÃÂ, Marko JuriÃÂ, Pero DujmoviÃÂ, Vladimir ÃÂonÃÂ, Ivan ÃÂalma MarkoviÃÂ, Mirko BeliÃÂ, Rudolf Cvek and Zdenko Kobeà ¡ÃÂak.
After the formation of HNL in 1991. Dinamo youth teams play important role with 6 U19 and 9 U17 titles (as of 2010). Since the mid-2000s Dinamo's youth academy is considered one of the best in Europe with their teams winning notable international tournaments. Some of the former Dinamo youth players include Croatian internationals Vedran ÃÂorluka, Luka ModriÃÂ, Eduardo da Silva, Niko KranjÃÂar, Dejan Lovren, Milan Badelj, Ivan Kelava, Mateo KovaÃÂiàand à  ime Vrsaljko.