The aim of this study was to determine basic features of perception of coach's leadership behaviours among young football players. The research was carried out on 143 young football players from 4 football clubs in Dalmatia (NK Dugopolje, NK Solin, HNK Hajduk Split and NK Junak). To be able to determine perception of coach's leadership behaviour among young football players a Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) questionnaire was used, which was made of 40 items which assess 5 components of leadership behaviour: training and instructions, democratic behaviour, autocratic behaviour, social support and positive feedback. All 5 measures had a satisfactory reliability value which means that hypothesis about measurement characteristics was fully accepted. An analysis of variance was made between age groups of young football players in perception of coaching behaviours. Statistically significant difference was not found, which means that hypothesis was fully accepted. Also an analysis of variance was made between groups of players with different playing positions (roles) and between groups of players with different age of starting training of young football players in perception of coaching behaviours. Overall, statistically significant differences were not found, although some differences were found in-between these subgroups. Therefore hypothesis 3 and 4 were only partially accepted. According to this research it is recommended that coaches should develop themselves and improve their relationships with their players. Also, clubs and football associations should arrange periodical educations for coaches to help them develop in that direction. Finally, coaches should also be interested in finding feedback behaviours from theirs players.