The club is also particularly famous for its youth program that has produced many Slovak talents over the years, including Juraj Kucka, Michal Breznaník, Róbert Pich, Peter Štyvar and Marek Bažík.

The following clubs are affiliated with Podbrezová: FK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team.

Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Podbrezová after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in bigger Slovak clubs (Juraj Kucka to MFK Ružomberok[9] in 2007, Michal Breznaník to ŠK Slovan Bratislava[10] in 2007, Mahmudu Bajo to Dunajská Streda[11] in 2024, Jakub Kiwior to MŠK Žilina[12] in 2019) and European clubs of a higher standard (Peter Kováčik to Italian Como 1907[13] in 2024).

[15] The top transfer was agreed in 2024 when 20 years old forward Moses Cobnan moved to Russian FC Krasnodar for a fee €1 million.

Had international caps for their respective countries For full list, see Category:ŽP Šport Podbrezová players