Several former players of SC Dynamo Berlin and BFC Dynamo became youth trainers in the club after ending their playing careers, such as Herbert Schoen, Günter Schröter, Hartmut Pelka and Hans-Jürgen Riediger. The youth academy produced stars such as Lutz Eigendorf, Falko Götz and Andreas Thom. Most of the top performers of BFC Dynamo in the 1980s came through the club's own youth academy or junior team, including Norbert Trieloff, Bodo Rudwaleit, Ralf Sträßer, Artur Ullrich, Rainer Ernst, Bernd Schulz, Christian Backs, Frank Rohde, Jan Voß, Andreas Thom, Jörg Fügner, Hendrik Herzog and Marco Köller.