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France Win Under-17 Title Valencia Collect the UEFA Cup FC Porto

France Win Under-17 Title Valencia Collect the UEFA Cup FC Porto

No. 27 – July 2004 Including 7.0 4 revenue distribution UEFA ChampionsLeague UEFA ChampionsLeague FC triumph inthe the UEFA Cup collect Under-17 title France win revenue distribution UEFA ChampionsLeague UEFA ChampionsLeague FC Porto triumph inthe the UEFA Cup Valencia collect Under-17 title France win 08 07 06 03 08 07 06 03 COVER IN THIS ISSUE Distribution of UEFA Champions League revenue 08 A year after their victory in the First Under-17 title for France 03 UEFA Cup, FC Porto succeeded in going Post-Bosman: the Belgian example 10 one step further and winning UEFA Cup goes to Valencia 05 the UEFA Champions League, defeating Italy triumph in the Under-21 Championship 15 in the final. FC Porto win the UEFA PHOTO: SPORTIMAGE Champions League 07 News from member associations 17

EditorialA tribute to youth football

Here we are in the midst of the European Championship, an event that is one of the high spots in a European professional footballer’s career. Not long before the finals kicked off, some of the players involved in EURO 2004 experienced another great moment in their careers by playing in one of the UEFA club competition finals. From to , via Gelsenkirchen, millions of TV viewers in and throughout the world were regaled with the very best football our continent can offer. The great technical standard of these events is a result of excellence in training, a reality brought home to clubs and their associations several years ago. And if anyone still needs convincing, ample evidence was provided by the final round of the European Under-17 Championship held in France in May. Most of the young players demonstrated qualities that have already been well honed, and the Under-21 tournament held in Germany in June showed why a large number of footballers of this age are already first-team players with their clubs. The work of developing promising young footballers starts with good training for those who take charge of them. This costs money, and professional football has a duty to make its contribution by allocating part of its proceeds to this work. It also calls for recognition, as youth football depends to a large extent on hosts of volunteers without whom it would not exist in an organised form. In this Jubilee year, which it is celebrating in association with all the members of the European football community, UEFA wished to pay a particular tribute to youth football. To do so, we have chosen as our backdrop the final round of the European Under-19 Championship, which will culminate in Nyon, in a stadium close to the UEFA headquarters. In a EURO year, this celebration will certainly not be the one that attracts the greatest media attention, but it will undoubtedly be the most richly symbolic.

Lars-Christer Olsson Chief Executive

UEFA-WOODS we care about football

02 uefadirect 7.04 In thesecond batch ofgroup stage round ofanUnder-17 tournament. pating for thefirsttimeinafinal partici- Northern Ireland, acountry nament instylewitha3-0win over pean youth football isalive andwell. group demonstrated thatEuro- high tempo typicalofthisage intense encounters played ata ment. Onceagain, aseriesof the hostsoffinaltourna- from 4to 15 May, waswon by held inthemagnificentLoire region European Under-17 Championship, WITH A2-1DEFEAT OFSPAIN, THE2003RUNNERS-UP, INTHEFINAL. THEHOST NATION,FRANCE, WON THEEUROPEAN UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP The French began the tour- The third editionofthe European Under-17 England, whom they hadbeaten Carlos Dinis’team hadto play faced sometough opposition. had won lastyear, onhome territory over4-1 victory NorthernIreland. while, alsoprogressed thanksto a However, anowngoalby oneofthe France andSpainmetinBlois. games, thingsbegan to hotupas Championship match. TheSpaniards, mean- against Turkey intheirthird Group Afollowing a2-1win French team finishedtop of France a1-0victory. The Spanish midfieldersgifted In Group B,Portugal, who team neededjustnineminutes to ing 1-0after 27 minutes, theFrench met Portugal in Blois.Despite trail- bottom ofthegroup. ing justonegoal.Ukrainefinished three wins,scoringsixandconced- The Englishtopped thegroup with of theAustrians on goal difference. secured therunners-upspot,ahead Ukraine intheirfinalgroup match land. Nevertheless, a4-0winover Austria anda3-1lossagainst Eng- first two matches,a0-0drawwith winning asinglepointfrom their hardly have gotoffto aworse start, Ukraine. ThePortuguese could (who finishedthird lastyear) and in the2003semi-final,Austria victorious on victorious on In thefirstsemi-final,France home soil home soil France France Championship France for the The European Under-16/17 first time. goes to 03

FLASH PRESS Portugal Jim Boyce (centre), and England Chairman of the Youth played and Amateur Football off for third Committee, hands place. the trophy to French captain Steven Thicot. With them are Claude Simonet (left) and Henri Roemer. PHOTOS: UEFA PHOTOS:

score three goals and book their The Spaniards’ patience and disci- place in the final. In the second semi- pline were then rewarded with a goal final, played in the Vallée du Cher 20 minutes before the end. The stadium in Tours, beat match seemed to be heading for England in dramatic fashion, extra time until a member of the scoring a penalty in the last lively French attack retrieved the ball minute of normal time. outside the penalty area and beat Just like most of the the goalkeeper with a low shot into matches in the tournament, the corner. The Spanish had lost the final in Châteauroux be- the final against the host nation for The final round was tween France and Spain was the second year running. also an opportunity watched by a lively, enthusi- By defeating England in the to publicise astic crowd. Some 13,000 3rd/4th place play-off, undoubtedly the anti-racism message. spectators filled the Stade one of the most closely fought de la Berrichonne in Château- matches of the tournament, with two roux. On the pitch, both goals in extra time and a penalty teams produced some high-class shoot-out, Portugal secured the football. The French opened the scor- final ticket for the Meridian Cup, to ing in a flash after barely 30 seconds. be played in Turkey in early 2005.

Date Venue Match Result Group A 04.05.04 Blois France – Northern Ireland 3-0 04.05.04 Amboise Spain – Turkey 1-0 06.05.04 Blois France – Spain 1-0 06.05.04 Romorantin Northern Ireland – Turkey 2-5 09.05.04 St-Cyr-sur-Loire Northern Ireland – Spain 1-4 09.05.04 Amboise Turkey – France 1-2

Fair play Group B took centre stage after 04.05.04 Tours Austria – Portugal 0-0 the final, when the 04.05.04 Avoine Ukraine – England 0-2 Fair Play 06.05.04 Tours England – Portugal 3-1 trophy for the tournament 06.05.04 St-Cyr-sur-Loire Ukraine – Austria 1-2 was presented 09.05.04 Blois England – Austria 1-0 to France. 09.05.04 Avoine Portugal – Ukraine 4-0 Semi-finals 12.05.04 Blois France – Portugal 3-1 12.05.04 Tours England – Spain 1-2 Third place 15.05.04 Châteauroux Portugal – England 4-4** ** Portugal won on penalty kicks

Final 15.05.04 Châteauroux France – Spain 2-1

04 uefadirect 7.04 The Colovray The stadium draw in opposite Basle. the House of European Football will host the final. UEFA UEFA

already. So the championship will be European Under-19 an opportunity for Swiss football fans to see for themselves. The Swiss team, who will meet Italy and in Aarau, and Ukraine in Kriens, are Championship going into the tournament with great Draw in Basle hopes. The regulars in the team are the young players who brought back IN MOST OF EUROPE, THE FOOTBALL SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE IN SUMMER. BUT Switzerland’s first-ever title in the 109-year history of the Swiss FA from THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE THIS YEAR IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE THE FINAL ROUND OF the European Under-17 Championship THE EUROPEAN UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE TAKING PLACE FROM 13 TO 24 JULY. final round in Denmark in 2002. Coach Pierre-André Schürmann is counting As a taster of what is to come, sold out and will be part of UEFA’s on the technical skills of his protégés, the draw for the final round was made Golden Jubilee celebrations. combined with grit and determination. during half-time in the EURO The tournament will also His team is hoping to at least match 2004 warm-up between Switzer- be widely covered on TV, with the bronze medal achieved by the land and Germany on 2 June in Eurosport showing two matches Swiss Under-21 team on home ground front of a capacity crowd at the in full on each match day. Hans- in the European Under-21 Champi- St Jakob Park stadium in Basle, ruedi Hasler, Technical Director onship final round in 2002. which Germany won 2-0. Swiss with the Swiss FA, says that many international Marco Zwyssig was on football supporters do not realise how hand to assist with the draw. Before high the standard of play is at this level Albert Staudenmann the 30,000 spectators packed into his club’s home stadium, the FC Basel defender was the host nation’s lucky UEFA Women’s Cup talisman. In Group A, which will play Umeå retain the title in Aarau and Kriens, Switzerland have been drawn with titleholders Italy, Bel- In its third season, the UEFA Women’s Cup culminated in the third gium and Ukraine. In Group B, whose final in a row for Umeå IK from Sweden, who have established them- matches will take place in Fribourg and selves as the best women’s Lausanne, Germany, Poland, Spain and club side in Europe for the Turkey will be endeavouring to reach the semi-finals. And even the third- time being.

placed teams from each group will not One year on since their vic- GABOR HORVATH go home too disappointed, since they tory against Fortuna Hjørring, the will qualify along with the group win- Swedish side again found them- ners and runners-up for a place in the selves up against Germany’s FFC FIFA World Youth Championship in the Frankfurt, who beat them in the next year (10 June to 2 July first final, in 2002. Umeå took 2005). The Swiss organisers are making their revenge brilliantly this year, every effort to ensure that the event is going into the return leg on a a success. The Swiss FA is reckoning on firm basis, having won the first average gates of 2,000 spectators per match. The organisers are planning to leg 3-0 in Sweden on 8 May. Two Women’s Cup titles in a row for Sweden’s Umeå. encourage schoolchildren to attend. In Frankfurt on 5 June, the The final, which will be played in Nyon, Swedish team withstood German pressure at the start of the match and just across the road from UEFA’s surprised their opponents with sharp counterattacks. Down 0-2 at half-time, headquarters, on 24 July, is already Frankfurt risked everything after the break, but in vain, and Umeå even finished the match in triumphant style with a 5-0 win. The groups A (Aarau and Kriens): Belgium, Italy, Ukraine and Switzerland B (Fribourg and Lausanne): Germany, Poland, Spain and Turkey 05 Mathieu Flamini The Spanish (Olympique side celebrate. de ) slips between two Valencia players. FLASH PRESS FLASH PRESS AFP/JULIEN UEFA Cup Final A crucial penalty UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP IN 2000 AND 2001 AND FIRST-TIME UEFA CUP FINAL PARTICIPANTS CF VALENCIA LIFTED THE TROPHY WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER IN GOTHENBURG’S STADIUM.

The cold wind that swept the holding an advantage that was to FLASH PRESS

The decisive moment: striker Mista Swedish city of Gothenburg through- prove all the more solid since the is tripped up, resulting in goalkeeper Barthez out the day did not let up despite keeper’s foul earned him a red card being sent off and a penalty awarded. the Mediterranean cast of the 33rd in strict application of the rules. UEFA Cup final and the white heat of A now numerically superior the fans’ support. The chill blast Valencia did not have too much had the two teams trouble controlling the second half. searching for After nearly an hour of play, Rafael their game, and, Benitez’s team consolidated their with the exception of a advantage with a second goal. In the few more lively displays at wake of their recent victory in the both ends of the field, Spanish championship, Valencia were the first half was a therefore able to finish their season muted affair and seemed by lifting their third European trophy almost certain to see Valencia after the Cup Winners’ Cup and and Olympique de Marseille UEFA Super Cup won back in 1980. return to the dressing room at On their way to the final, half-time without the score Valencia successively eliminated having budged an inch since AIK Solna, Maccabi Haifa, Besiktas, Pierluigi Collina’s opening Genc,lerbirligi, Girondins de Bordeaux whistle. and Villarreal, notching up nine wins But it was in for two draws and just one defeat. the last few moments Their opponents in the final entered of the first half that the the UEFA Cup in the third round, match took a crucial turn: having been eliminated from the a dodgy pass from Mar- UEFA Champions League as third- seille, followed by a foul placed team in their group behind by the OM goalkeeper Real Madrid and FC Porto. They went sanctioned by a penalty on to eliminate Dnipropetrovsk, tucked safely into the goal, Liverpool, Internazionale and New- and the Spanish side castle United, chalking up five wins suddenly found themselves and three draws in the process. Abdoulyae Meite and Miguel Angel Ferrer Valencia CF – Olympique de Marseille: 2-0 (1-0) challenge for the ball Ullevi stadium: 39,000 spectators

in the air. AFP/SORIANO Goals: Vicente (penalty, 45th +2), Mista (58th) Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) 06 uefadirect 7.04 Carlos Alberto ... and (FC Porto) scores opens the score... goal number two. FLASH PRESS BONGARTS

an unexpectedly convincing win for José Mourinho’s men. UEFA Porto had finished second in their group behind Real Madrid who, in Portugal, inflicted on them their Champions League only defeat in the tournament. In the FC Porto achieve the double knock-out stages, Porto eliminated Manchester United, Olympique Lyon- A YEAR AFTER WINNING THE UEFA CUP, FC PORTO LIFTED nais and Deportivo La Coruña. THE CHAMPIONS’ TROPHY FOR THE SECOND TIME AT THE ARENA Having won the Portuguese AUFSCHALKE IN GELSENKIRCHEN ON 26 MAY, BEATING title, FC Porto is therefore in a posi- tion to repeat its feat of 1987 by win- AS MONACO 3-0 IN THE FINAL OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. ning the Champions’ Cup, Super Cup and European/South American Cup. The final, however, followed For AS Monaco who, after the tradition which led Monegasque winning their group, knocked out coach Didier Deschamps to declare Lokomotiv , Real Madrid and before the match that “finals are rarely Chelsea, the prospects are not quite spectacular”. so rosy, since they will have to Except for a break negotiate a UEFA Champions League by French captain Giuly (who qualifying round then had to leave the field before they can start prematurely because of dreaming about injury), brought to an end repeating this sea- by the quickly advancing son’s exploits, which goalkeeper Vitor Baia, have put French clubs the first half was back on the map of more memorable for top-level European its tension than for football. its exciting play. Just before the break, FC Porto enjoyed the good fortune of scor- ing from their first serious at- tempt on goal. Porto’s FLASH PRESS remarkably In the UEFA Champions League well-organised history books, the 2003/04 season, defence and ex- with a new structure comprising one pert counter-attack- group stage followed by direct knock- ing did the rest: a out rounds, will be remembered for second goal, scored some rather crazy results, including a after a swift break, number of high-scoring encounters was the fatal blow (such as AS Monaco’s 8-3 win over for the Monegasques Deportivo La Coruña) and, in particular, before another sharp the elimination of all the favourites counter a few min- and Deco show off one after the other. utes later secured the prestigious trophy. AS Monaco – FC Porto: 0-3 (0-1) Arena AufSchalke: 53,000 spectators

Goals: Carlos Alberto (39), Deco (71), Alenitchev (75) FLASH PRESS Referee: (Denmark) 07 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Amounts received by each association for itself Sharing out the revenue and its clubs ASSOCIATION CHF AFTER CHANGING FORMAT SO AS TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO DIRECT KNOCK-OUT

ALBANIA 770 000 MATCHES AFTER THE FIRST GROUP MATCH STAGE, THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ANDORRA 530 000 ARMENIA 770 000 NOW COMPRISES FEWER MATCHES (125 COMPARED WITH 157 BEFORE) AND, AUSTRIA 1 170 000 AZERBAIJAN 300 000 ONE WOULD ASSUME, GENERATES LESS REVENUE. BELARUS 690 000 BELGIUM 540 000 However, the new format has kets. In the case of associations repre- 850 000 BULGARIA 770 000 revived the competition, and the high sented by more than one club, this CROATIA 1 330 000 interest it generates is reflected in the share varies according to the clubs’ CYPRUS 850 000 fact that each match is actually worth league rankings in 2002/03 and the CZECH REPUBLIC 780 000 DENMARK 1 250 000 more than used to be the case. number of matches played in the ENGLAND 700 000 In deciding how to share the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League. ESTONIA 690 000 FAROE ISLANDS 690 000 revenue among the clubs involved in A grand total of 631 million FINLAND 850 000 the competition, UEFA has remained has therefore been paid out to the par- FRANCE 540 000 GEORGIA 690 000 faithful to the three-pillar system: fixed ticipants, not counting gate receipts. GERMANY 940 000 amounts, performance bonuses and 780 000 HUNGARY 850 000 market pool share. Solidarity payments ICELAND 690 000 ■ A total of CHF 320 million For the sake of solidarity, UEFA ISRAEL 1 010 000 was set aside for the fixed amounts Champions League rights are marketed ITALY 380 000 690 000 and bonuses, for distribution as centrally, and in this spirit some of LATVIA 770 000 follows: the revenue from the competition has LIECHTENSTEIN 380 000 LITHUANIA 770 000 – 2,500,000 for each club been allocated to the national associa- 690 000 involved in the group stage; tions and to other clubs involved in FYR MACEDONIA 1 010 000 MALTA 770 000 – 500,000 per match played, the 2003/04 UEFA club competitions. MOLDOVA 850 000 i.e. 3 million per club; ■ 300,000 for each of UEFA’s NETHERLANDS 780 000 – 500,000 for a win and 52 member associations; NORTHERN IRELAND 690 000 NORWAY 850 000 250,000 for a draw, meaning that a ■ 80,000 per round for each POLAND 930 000 club which won all its matches would club eliminated in the UEFA Cham- PORTUGAL 620 000 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 770 000 have earned an extra 3 million, pions League qualifying competition; ROMANIA 1 010 000 a feat that no one actually achieved; and 80,000 per round for each club RUSSIA 620 000 SAN MARINO 530 000 – 2,500,000 for each club eliminated in the qualifying round SCOTLAND 620 000 that reached the first knock-out round; or first two rounds of the UEFA Cup, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 700 000 3 million for each quarter-finalist amounting to 400,000 for a club SLOVAKIA 1 010 000 SLOVENIA 850 000 and 4 million for each semi-finalist. eliminated in the second round of the SPAIN 300 000 For winning the final, FC Porto were UEFA Cup after having played in SWEDEN 850 000 SWITZERLAND 1 010 000 rewarded with 10 million, while the three UEFA Champions League TURKEY 460 000 AS Monaco took home 6 million. qualifying rounds; UKRAINE 620 000 WALES 690 000 – In addition, 311 million has ■ 150,000 for each domestic been shared among the 32 participants champion club which did not qualify TOTAL 39 250 000 according to the value of their TV mar- for the UEFA Champions League.

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??????????????? PHOTOS: EMPICS Régis Jean-Marc Guillou Laguesse (left) is responsible in discussion for watching with the academy’s Arsène Wenger. players all over Europe.

Post-BosmanIvory Coast invades Belgium

OF COURSE, THE BOSMAN RULING DID NOT FORCE ANY CLUB

TO OPEN ITS DOORS TO FOREIGN PLAYERS, BUT IT CREATED A NEW SITUATION

TO WHICH ALL CLUBS ARE TRYING TO ADAPT AS BEST THEY CAN.

AN EXAMPLE IS FOUND IN BELGIUM.

“It’s a question of survival!” academy is creating some furrowed says Eddy Wouters, President of brows: these days, Beveren’s team R. Antwerp FC, Belgium’s oldest club. rarely includes even one Belgian. The message may be brief and rather Jean-Marc Guillou is, in effect, using sweeping, but this is certainly not an Beveren as a shop window for the tal- uncommon situation in Belgium: more ented players identified and developed and more medium-sized clubs are by his academy. In the , his teaming up with prestigious foreign players used to play for ASEC . outfits. Antwerp work with Manchester However, after a disagreement with United. Until recently, Germinal Beer- the club directors, Guillou ended that schot had an arrangement with Ajax partnership and took over a second Amsterdam. Westerlo has collaborated division club, Toutmandis. with Chelsea and . Other clubs are developing similar relation- Scouting ships, including Saint-Trond. Marc Régis Laguesse, the academy Wilmots, a former Belgian international consultant, follows the players’ progress who played for Schalke 04, a team all over Europe and gives them the he coached for two months, is advice they need. He told us how the now the coach/general manager academy works: “We look for potential of Saint-Trond and is hoping players in the streets, visiting the to make use of his friendship different neighbourhoods. We only with Rudi Assauer, general man- take children under 12. To estimate ager of Schalke 04. their age, which is not always easy Following the upheavals that over there, we set a weight limit of resulted from the Bosman ruling, Bev- 30 kg. The academy was founded in eren has been particularly inventive, 1994. We recruit players in two-year establishing relations with Arsenal and age groups, selecting a total of the Abidjan football academy run by 20 players on the basis of organised former French international Jean-Marc trial matches. They stay with us for Guillou. A club on its last legs just two between six and ten years, depending Arsène Né years ago, Beveren has just qualified on their maturity and opportunities has moved from Beveren for the UEFA Cup by reaching the final that come their way. We give them to Metalurg Donetsk. of the Belgian Cup, since opponents a high-quality education as well as Club Brugge had already qualified for football coaching. This means our the UEFA Champions League. Its dual players never leave empty-handed,

PHOTOS: PHOTONEWS PHOTOS: collaboration with Arsenal and the even if they don’t make it as foot-

10 uefadirect 7.04 Beveren Antwerp President (Armand Eddy Wouters (right) Mandaken with J.-P. Detremmerie Mahan, in (Mouscron). white) played Club Brugge () in Arunda Dindane the Belgian of RSC Anderlecht. Cup final.

for Anderlecht, Didier “Maestro” Zokora had a spell at RC , while numerous academy graduates are on Beveren’s books. As a group, they find it easier to cope with the culture shock and we are always there to help solve their problems, which are ballers, through injury, for example. more or less the same as those facing Several of them have become coaches any young person. Playing football at the academy. The best ones go on is obviously the easy part”. to play in Europe and live out their transferred: Yapo to Nantes, where his dream. We currently have 23 profes- A dream contract has already been extended, sionals in Europe. Some of them are During the winter break, Yapi and the others to Metalurg Donetsk. with Arsenal. plays Yapo, Yaya Toure and Arsène Né were all Yapi Yapo was the spiritual leader of Beveren’s band of Ivorian players. He lived in Beveren for A question of survival? two and a half years before joining Hearing his President’s words, Paul Bistiaux, Antwerp’s general secretary, Nantes in the French first division. cannot suppress a smile. He quickly plays down the seriousness of the state- This is his first “promotion”. ment, but his own view is equally alarming: “The Bosman ruling destroyed the “The academy is a dream for every Belgian and European markets. Medium-sized clubs such boy in Abidjan. To win a place is a as ours cannot keep their best players, not even the young source of great pride. I learned all ones, especially when they are as close as we are to the I know there. Beveren was a spring- Netherlands, where they can earn much more and where some talented 14- or 15-year olds are offered contracts. board in my eyes and I have excel- This is why the standard of Belgian football is deteriorat- lent memories of my first experi- ing. Don’t forget that TV rights are very limited because ences in Europe. It was hard to of the narrowness of our market”. begin with: I was a long way from Collaboration between Manchester United and my family, in a foreign environ- Antwerp dates back to 1998. It has two elements: the ment, and Beveren had fewer English club provides two or three players – the most recent being Johnson Ivorian players than nowadays. and Bardsley – who would have played for the reserves or youth team if they I was one of the first. I also came had stayed in England. At Antwerp, they gain first-team experience and learn across a different perspective on about continental football. John O’Shea is the outstanding example: after a the game. However, these problems year and a half at Antwerp, the defender became a regular first-team player for United. The English club also scouts for players all over the world and allows did not deter me because I felt them to develop for a few years in Antwerp: players such as Dong, the first I was making progress and I knew Chinese player in Belgium, Gomez (Gambia) or Souleymane (Togo). As Paul I was on the right track. I try to Bistiaux points out, these players are harder to look after than British players: progress one step at a time.” “The British are virtually no different from the Belgians, but they are abroad The academy is not a chari- on their own for the first time at a very tender age. The players from Africa table organisation. Jean-Marc Guillou or Asia clearly experience an enormous culture shock; we also have to deal made sure there was a distinction with logistical and administrative issues, but we do not have anywhere near between players’ employment con- as many staff as Manchester United. We really have to look after these young- tracts and transfer rights. The latter sters. Dong regularly attends English lessons and the Chinese community in may be owned by the club and can Antwerp is helping him. We have our own Chinatown, you know.” Paul Bistiaux be sold if the club needs the cash. A does not think that this mixing of cultures harms team spirit: “Antwerp has a long tradition of this kind of thing. As a port, the city has always been club can buy a player’s transfer rights cosmopolitan and the club has been since the 1960s. It’s a sign of the times. without offering an employment con- Like it or not, football is becoming an international business without borders. tract or, on the contrary, recruit an Personally, I think it’s a good thing. The time when the players were all local out-of-contract player without obtain- is now gone. However, no matter what people might say, this does not mean ing the corresponding transfer rights. that we are blocking the way for our own young players. A good number will Pascale Pierard always come through and, as I have explained, many of them move abroad themselves at an early age.” P.P. 11 Grants from ...as well the HatTrick as to fit programme out gyms. can be used for pitches... SFZ SFZ ??????????????? HatTrick

The FA of Programme Luxembourg applied to Benefiting the community the HatTrick programme THE HATTRICK ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME ON OFFER TO ALL UEFA for its national training centre. MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS ALLOWS THEM, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO BENEFIT FROM A ONE-OFF GRANT (OF UP TO CHF 2.5 MILLION PER ASSOCIATION) FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS

FLF IN TERMS OF IMPROVING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.

More than 20 national associa- to CHF 1 million per national ties, facilities and human resources tions have already seized this oppor- association for the installation of are needed. tunity and submitted projects to the mini-pitches. ■ It is the first need that the HatTrick Board for approval. So far, The FA’s project is the fruit of mini-pitches meet: multipurpose sur- CHF 30 million worth of projects have discussions with the British Govern- faces will add to the existing installa- already been given the go-ahead. ment, which identified 39 particularly tions. One of the more original disadvantaged areas in England. It ■ And in terms of human projects is that of The Football Asso- also recognised that football can play resources, the HatTrick money will ciation of England, which combines a useful role in community develop- contribute to the recruitment of 22 infrastructure improvement with ment programmes (“New Deal for community football workers who will training in a community service pro- Communities”), especially in areas work in the areas concerned under gramme. In doing so, it unites two such as health, education and social three-year contracts. of the aspects of the HatTrick pro- behaviour. For football to be made The Government will match gramme – the one-off grant referred accessible in these areas, which in- the HatTrick contribution with the to above and a global amount of up clude many ethnic minority communi- equivalent of CHF 2.5 million. The FA intends to increase the financial package thanks to local partners.

Multiple possibilities The one-off grants from the HatTrick programme do not neces- sarily have to be for just one project. The Dutch FA, for example, has had a three-fold project approved by the HatTrick Board. It comprises:

Mini-pitches ■ CHF 300,000 for the reno- replace street vation of the national sports centre football. in Zeist by improving the lighting and emergency exits as well as fitting smoke alarms; ■ CHF 1 million towards the installation of an artificial playing sur- face at the Zeist national centre so that it can be used for training all year round by national teams and clubs; ■ CHF 1.2 million towards a refereeing development and improve- ment project covering recruitment, selection and professional refereeing. FRF/PROFIR 12 uefadirect 7.04 Background briefing Council of the European Union The Council is the main decision- making body of the European Union. It brings together the 25 member states, who have the final say when it comes to passing new EU laws. The Council sits in the Justus Lipsius building in (see photo). While the role of proposing new Report legislation falls to the European from Brussels Commission, it is the Council that takes the final decisions, following consultation with the European AS THEY ENTERED THE MONTH OF JUNE, THE 25 EU GOVERNMENTS WERE CONFIDENT

THAT THEY COULD AGREE A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION.

FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF NEGOTIATIONS LAST DECEMBER, SEVERAL COUNTRIES

HAD SOFTENED THEIR POSITION, AND SUDDENLY A COMPROMISE SEEMED POSSIBLE.

For a long time, the major tion of the ‘double majority’ model, obstacle to agreement was the alloca- perhaps raising the thresholds to tion of national votes in the Council, 55% (of member states) and 65% the EU’s most powerful decision- (of the total EU population). However, making body (see ‘Background brief- once the new Treaty is signed, ing’ on this page). Until now, member much work remains. All 25 national states have voted according to a parliaments must then ratify it, complex formula that approximately and in some cases this will require Parliament. In areas where member reflects the size of each country. In a national referendum. states want to protect national sover- the Council, each government has a Regarding Article 182 of the eignty, such as foreign policy or taxa- number of votes that corresponds – Treaty, which includes provisions on tion, Council decisions require una- very roughly – to its total population. sport, the final text seems certain to nimity. In most policy areas, however, The first draft of the new include the following wording, which voting by majority is increasingly the Treaty proposed a much simpler is broadly satisfactory to UEFA: norm. ‘double majority’ system, which would “The Union shall contribute Member state ministers meet reg- ensure that decision-making in an to the promotion of European sport- ularly within the Council. Depending organisation of 25 would not become ing issues, while taking account on the agenda, each country is repre- paralysed. The new proposal sug- of its special nature, its structures sented by the minister responsible for gested that laws could be passed by based on voluntary activity and its that subject (foreign affairs, finance, a simple majority of the 25 member social and educational function... social affairs, etc.). Article 182 of the states provided their combined popu- “Union action shall be new Constitutional Treaty will now lation surpassed 60% of the EU total. aimed at…developing the European create a formal Council of Sports The plan provoked stern resistance dimension in sport, by promoting Ministers, who will meet regularly to from Poland and Spain, who preferred fairness and openness in sporting discuss European sports policy. Until the previous system, and the dis- competitions and cooperation now, sports ministers have only met agreement blocked negotiations. between bodies responsible for informally, usually no more than twice Six months later, the change sports, and by protecting the a year. of government in Spain and several physical and moral integrity of In summary, the Council: other factors have created a new sportsmen and sportswomen, ■ passes laws, usually legislating mood of compromise. The member especially young sportsmen and jointly with the European Parliament; states will probably agree some varia- sportswomen.” ■ coordinates the broad economic policies of the member states; ■ defines and implements the EU’s common foreign and security Human faces of the EU policy; ■ concludes international agree- JAVIER SOLANA ments between the EU and other Secretary-General of the Council of the EU states; ■ adopts measures in the area of Javier Solana symbolises the EU’s efforts to police and judicial cooperation raise its profile on the international stage. Since in criminal matters. 1999, Mr Solana has been High Representative for The Presidency of the Council is the EU’s common foreign and security policy. His held for six months by each Member main role is to help the Council formulate its for- State on a rotating basis. Ireland eign policy and, on behalf of the Council, conduct holds the current Presidency until political dialogue with third parties. the end of June 2004, when the At first a professor of physics, Mr Solana entered the Spanish Netherlands takes over for the second Parliament in 1977 and was a minister in the Spanish Government from half of the year. 1982 to 1995, where he eventually took charge of foreign affairs. From 1995 to 1999, he was Secretary-General of NATO.

13 Around 20 young European Gilberto Grigoriy referee talents gathered Madail Surkis in Nyon from 11 to 13 May for the 4th UEFA Talents and Mentors Seminar. The mentors are former elite referees who take promising young referees under their wings to help them progress. UEFA UEFA

UEFA Meetings

Twoand members othercoopted to the activitiesExecutive Committee

THE UEFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIFTH MEETING OF THE YEAR – AND ITS SECOND WITH ITS NEW MEMBERSHIP –

IN GOTHENBURG ON THE DAY OF THE UEFA CUP FINAL, WITH LENNART JOHANSSON IN THE CHAIR.

Concerned as it is to stay in The coopted members are Gilberto No change on the marketing front touch with the member associations and Madaíl, President of the Portuguese The Executive Committee to give them a wider geographical Football Federation since April 1996, awarded the contract to market the representation around the top table, the and Grigoriy Surkis, President of the UEFA Champions League rights for Executive Committee exercised the Ukrainian Football Federation since Au- the period 2006 to 2009 to TEAM powers conferred on it by article 24, (d) gust 2000. These two additional mem- Marketing AG. Offers were initially of the Statutes to appoint two additional bers will be able to attend the Commit- received from three agencies, and members for a period of two years. tee’s meetings but will not have a vote. TEAM were short-listed with Sportfive GmbH in a first selection procedure. The Executive Committee voted to stick with TEAM, who have been UEFA’s marketing partners since the first UEFA Champions League season (1992/93). The UEFA Administration has now received nominations from the member associations for mem- bership of the committees and pan- els for 2004 through 2006. The committees will be reconstituted this summer.

Referee exchange programme The Executive Committee gave the go-ahead to an experimen- tal voluntary referee exchange pro- gramme for the national associa- tions. In this pilot phase lasting one year, the exchanges will involve only elite referees and will be strictly reciprocal: for example, a referee from association A will officiate at a match for association B and a referee from association B will officiate at a match for association A. The referees will be appointed by the UEFA Referees Committee TEAM Marketing and the exchange will be limited will continue to five matches per league during to market the UEFA

EMPICS Champions League rights. the trial period.

14 uefadirect 7.04 Italy Portugal celebrate (Lourenço, left) after the final finished in third against place and earned Serbia and a place in Montenegro. the Olympic tournament at the expense of Sweden (Dusan Djuric). GABOR HORVATH UEFA UEFA

Still in the field of refereeing, Celebration of youth football the Committee took note of an audit For its Golden Jubilee, UEFA is going to celebrate youth football on conducted on refereeing structures the occasion of the final round of the European Under-19 Championship in the national associations between which Switzerland is hosting in July. spring 2003 and early 2004. This audit was carried out in 49 member The celebration will take place in Nyon, in conjunction with the final, associations by the UEFA Referees Com- in the form of a seminar to consider future developments in this important sector. Each national association will be represented by mittee assisted by the UEFA Administra- its Under-19 coach. tion’s Refereeing Unit. After each visit, The seminar will open with a dinner in on 22 July, a report was drawn up and sent to the continuing at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon the next day with association concerned to enable presentations, discussions and a practical session. On 24 July, measures to be taken to improve discussions will turn to the future of European youth football, refereeing structures where necessary. after which the seminar will close with the participants attending the final The Executive Committee gave its of the European Under-19 Championship. backing to this work in support of the member associations. Fifth Under-21 title for Italy Under-17 final round assigned Italy have won back the European Under-21 title that they to Luxembourg relinquished to the Czech Republic two years ago, making it the fifth On the competitions front, the time that they have won this competition, having won the champi- Executive Committee noted that, from onship previously in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2000. 2005 onwards, the European-South In the final round, which was staged from 27 May to 8 June in the American Cup would be replaced by western part of Germany (Bochum, Oberhausen, Mainz and Mannheim), Italy the Club World Championship. The got off to a bad start however, losing their first match, against Belarus, 1-0. 2005 edition will be held in Tokyo By winning their other two matches in Group A, against Serbia from 11 to 18 December. Six teams will and Montenegro (2-1) take part and the European representa- and Croatia (1-0), Clau- tive will play two matches. In the youth dio Gentile’s men still sector, the Committee entrusted the finished their group in Luxembourg FA with the organisation top place and qualified of the final round of the 2005/06 for the semi-finals. European Under-17 Championship. Serbia and Montenegro went through to the next stage with them, Conference in following wins against Croatia (3-2) The Committee approved the and Belarus (2-1). agenda of the XIII Conference of Presi- In Group B, Sweden were im- dents and General Secretaries of UEFA pressive, winning all three of their member associations, to be held in matches, against Portugal, Germany Lisbon on 3 July, the day before the and Switzerland, and winning the group by a wide margin. The remain- Italy met EURO 2004 final. Among the items Serbia and ing place in the semi-finals was not to be discussed by the delegates Montenegro decided until the last group-match day in the are matters concerning the European Under-21 and in the end went to Portugal, who final. Union, the HatTrick programme, defeated Germany, while Switzerland, incentives to train players and media- who were still in the running, lost to related issues. Sweden, despite having opened the Finally, the meeting approved score. a new schedule regarding artificial turf, For Sweden, their semi-final whereby the conclusions of the tests against Serbia and Montenegro lasted to be carried out are to be submitted a few seconds too long, just long AFP/STOLLARZ to the Committee in November 2004. enough for their opponents to even out the goal scored by Sweden in the The participants also learned that the first half. After a goal-less period of extra time, Serbia and Montenegro went euro2004.com website has now been through to the final on penalty kicks. launched in Chinese. In the other semi-final, Italy beat Portugal 3-1.

15 EURO 2004 kicked off on 12 June, preceded by a grand opening ceremony. LINGRIA AFP/MARIT AFP/GENE

In the final, played at the Ruhr Stadium in Bochum on 8 June, the game Fair play again went Italy’s way, as it did in their group match against Serbia and Monte- negro. Having opened the score just over 30 minutes into the game, Italy then had rewarded the advantage of playing against a depleted Serbia and Montenegro, who had a The 2003/04 UEFA Fair man sent off two minutes after Italy’s goal. Vladimir Petrovic’s players did not give Play Competition concluded on up hope though, until Italy scored twice in the space of three minutes, bringing 31 May. Sweden topped the the final score to 3-0. rankings and automatically earn The match for third place played in Oberhausen a couple of hours before an additional UEFA Cup place. the final itself had added importance because it determined the third European participant in this summer’s Olympic football tournament, not counting Greece, That place goes to who qualify automatically. That place goes to Portugal, who beat Sweden 3-2 after Östers IF, who were extra time. the best-placed club in the Swedish fair play competition after the The draw for the Olympic football tournament, teams that have already qualified which will run from 11 to 28 August, was made in Athens for the 2004/05 UEFA club competi- on 9 June: tions on the basis of their results. A: Greece, Republic of Korea, Mali, Mexico A further 11 national associa- B: Paraguay, Japan, , Italy tions achieved a final average of C: Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro, Tunisia, Australia eight points or more, which put D: Costa Rica, Morocco, Iraq, Portugal them into a draw to decide where the other two UEFA Cup places at stake would go. The draw was made Club competitions resume in Bochum (Germany) on 8 June during the half-time interval in the The 2004/05 UEFA club competition season kicked off while EURO 2004 was still in full swing, with European Under-21 Championship the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. final. The lucky associations were In its tenth season, 60 clubs the three winners with an additional Armenia, whose extra UEFA Cup are taking part in this competition UEFA Cup place. place goes to FC MIKA, and Ukraine, which, as in the past, rewards each of The first round takes place on whose representative was not yet 19/20 (first legs) and 26/27 June, the known at the time of going to press. second round on 3/4 and 10/11 July, In total, 1,522 UEFA competi- Last season, and the third round on 17/18 and tion matches were assessed for the Villarreal (Quique 24 July. The dates for the semi-finals fair play rankings. Alvarez, No. 16) went from the are 28 July and 4 August, and the finals UEFA Intertoto will be played on 10 (first legs) and Cup as far as the 1. Sweden 8.314 points semi-finals of the 24 August. UEFA Cup, where 2. Denmark 8.231 they came up The draw for the semi-finals and against Valencia 3. Norway 8.206 (Mohamed finals will be made in Nyon on 12 July. Sissoko). ■ In the other two UEFA club 4. England 8.204 competitions, the draw for the first two 5. Germany 8.135 qualifying rounds in the UEFA Champions 6. Ukraine 8.134 League will be made in Nyon on 25 June, as will the draw for the first qualifying 7. Rep. Ireland 8.108 round of the revamped UEFA Cup. 8. Finland 8.089 For the purpose of calculating 9. Spain 8.056 the clubs’ coefficients to designate the 10. Albania 8.032 seeds for the draws, only 33% (instead of 50%) of the national association 11. Armenia 8.023 coefficient will be taken into account 12. Iceland 8.008

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16 uefadirect 7.04 GERMANY ENGLAND ARMENIA Germany Geoffrey FFA President celebrate Thompson Ruben after scoring and Hayrapetyan in the FIFA CONCACAF presents centenary President the clubs match. Jack Warner. with their licences. AFP/FIFE THE FA FFA

finally scoring the winner in a counter- attack five minutes from the end. In win- ning all three matches, Belgium showed its defensive and organisational qualities. News We have everything to play for in the final round of the European Championship. from member associations “Our qualification is very impor- tant for Belgian football because it will give all these players an unbelievable ARMENIA Work on the Belarussian House experience. It is also the third time in of Football in will begin in June. four years that we will have played in The great importance It will be located near the covered football the final round of the European Champi- of the licence pitch and complex of football pitches. onship. Belgium is one of the eight On 27 May, the champions In June, a football festival dedi- finalists and will be a team to watch in and cup winners of Armenia, cated to the International Day of Child Switzerland from 13 July. FC Pyunik, together with another progres- Protection was organised for orphans. “Our ambition? To get through sive Armenian club and last year’s cup The event was dedicated to UEFA’s the first round so that we can qualify winners, FC Mika, played for the Super Golden Jubilee. for at least the 3rd/4th place play-off Cup of Armenia, organised under the Alexander Tomin or maybe even the final! We should also supervision of Football Federation of remember that a good performance Armenia (FFA). Scoring the only goal, could help us qualify for the 2005 World in extra time, FC Pyunik also became BELGIUM Cup. But we will take things one step at the Super Cup winners. The Super Cup Under-19s qualify a time…!” trophy is named after Akob Tonoyan, a for European François Vantomme prominent figure in Armenian football Championship during Soviet times. BOSNIA AND That particular festive day, which Belgian Under-19 coach Marc traditionally takes place with great solem- Van Geersom talks about his team's quali- HERZEGOVINA fication for the European Championship: nity in the main stadium of the country, NK Siroki Brijeg was also special for Armenian football “Before commenting on our perfor- mances on the pitch, I would like to pay and FK Modrica fans because four leading Armenian clubs Maxima celebrate – Pyunik, Banants, Shirak and Mika – were tribute to everyone who played a part, presented with FFA club licences by the whether large or small, in the success of NK Siroki Brijeg secured the champi- president of Football Federation of Arme- this tournament. The UEFA representa- onship of Bosnia and Herzegovina several nia, Ruben Hayrapetyan. tives were quite right to speak highly of rounds before the end of competition. The licences are confirmation the excellent organisation of the competi- It is the club’s first title, and, alongside that these clubs meet the requirements of tion. The Province of Western Flanders, the players, credit for this achievement the FFA’s club licensing system, which was the clubs and the numerous volunteers is due to head coach Ivo Istuk. developed on the basis of the UEFA club deserve our heartfelt thanks. The quality NK Siroki Brijeg is a highly licensing system. With great assistance of the pitches was also exceptional. organised club, which, in its opinion, from the FFA, the clubs made every effort “As far as the matches them- has been the key to its success. to pass the difficult licensing procedure. selves are concerned, it is hard to imagine On receiving their licences, the presidents how things could have gone better. We of all four clubs acknowledged how impor- played three formidable opponents, all of tant the system of licensing was, because whom could have laid claim to a place in it will enable club football, coaching work the final round. It was our team spirit and football infrastructure to be devel- that got us through. We opted for a oped, which, in turn, will contribute to rotation system to give each player new playing standards, new quality, new time to rest. Team selection de- approaches to football, and, as an end pended on whom we were playing. result, multiply the number of football Of course, a system like that only fans as well. The FFA president appealed works if you have a nucleus to everybody to be faithful to UEFA’s motto of high-quality players. “It is vital to get GERMANY “We care about football” and do their best Birgit Prinz for the development of football. off to a good start in this kind of tournament because we went (left) Arayik Manukyan outpaces straight to the top of the group with a Naima difficult 1-0 win over the Republic of Laouadi BELARUS Ireland. Our second game looked in the FIFA easier on paper but our youngsters centenary Work to start made heavy weather of it. In diffi- match. on Belarussian cult windy conditions, we didn't House of Football play our best, but still got the three The domestic cup points we needed with another 1-0 final between FC Gomel and Shahter win. We were ideally placed as we (Soligorsk) took place on 16 May. prepared for our final Shahter scored the only goal of the match match against Serbia and BONGARTS and won the cup for the first time in the Montenegro. We con- club’s history. trolled that game before

17 BOSNIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND HERZEGOVINA Domestic Cup-winners champions FK Modrica Maxima. NK Siroki Brijeg. F. KRVAVAC F. KRVAVAC

“We deserved this first place workshop, the latter aimed at the will take practical exams this summer ahead of well-known FK Zeljeznicar, coaching staff of the national teams in and theoretical tests by the end of FK and FK Leotar. Our success the region as many of them prepare August. Ultimately they will receive the is the result of the good work of our for World Cup qualifiers. UEFA “B” Licence and hopefully next year coach with the players, and also good The May Congress marked they will join a group for “A” organisational skills,” says club presi- the first time that Geoffrey Thompson Licence training,” said Goes. dent Zlatan Mijo Jelic. has attended this biannual conference, As almost the whole group is Historical success was achieved a reflection of the ever-strengthening still playing in the Estonian , by Modrica Maxima, who won the Bosnia relationships English football is building the players have fresh views on recent and Herzegovina Cup. What makes this around the world. The invitation by domestic developments. “What is really achievement even greater is the fact that CONCACAF President Jack Warner was in nice is that there is no rivalry in the this has been their first season in the recognition of the considerable support coaching group, despite the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina . The FA has given to football in the region. most of them play against each other In the final, played at the Kosevo Olympic “We enjoy an excellent partnership with every week. The attitude is very posi- Stadium in Sarajevo, Modrica Maxima CONCACAF and we are very proud of tive and many of them are only “wak- beat FK Borac from Banja Luka on penal- it”, said Thompson, “It is a particular ing up” to see football through the ties. At the end of regular time the score honour to receive such a special tribute eyes of a coach and not a player,” was 1-1. Dario Damjanovic scored the for our work with them”. commented the Dutch specialist. winning penalty. Jane Bateman Goes arrived in Estonia at the NK Siroki Brijeg will be taking end of 2000, at the same time as fellow part in the UEFA Champions League quali- ESTONIA Dutchmen was signed as fying round, while FK Modrica Maxima head coach of the national team and and FK Zeljeznicar qualify for the UEFA New generation FC Flora . He has developed a Cup. of coaches in Estonia completely new coaching system for the NK Brotnjo from Citluk and The Estonian Football EJL and the courses have also earned FK Glasinac from have been Association (EJL) was one praise from UEFA’s instructors. relegated from the Premier League, while of the first federations in Eastern Europe Besides educating coaches, Goes has first league winners FK Slavija from Luka- to receive permission to award UEFA “A” also brought in new coach educators, vica and FK Buducnost from Banovici coaching licences 18 months ago. Much such as Flora’s Technical Director move up into the premiership. of the credit for this achievement is due Janno Kivisild and former international Women champions are ZNK SFK to coach educator Jelle Goes. The special- defender Urmas Kirs (80 caps). 2000 from Sarajevo, who are taking part ist from the Netherlands recently came Margus Luik in the UEFA Women’s Cup qualifiers. up with the original idea of calling up In the final tournament, the players of a new group of “talents” for combined FINLAND SFK 2000 were better than ZNK Iris from EJL Trainer/Coach III and II courses. Zenica and ZNK Borac from Banja Luka. It is no ordinary group of First Finnish ZNK SFK 2000 also won the coaches, but comprises 17 former and mini-pitch inaugu- Bosnia and Herzegovina Women’s Cup. current international players, who are into rated in Eerikkilä In the final they beat ZNK Borac from the second months of their studies. The Finnish national Banja Luka 3-2. The group includes Estonia’s inter- teams’, Eerikkilä training centre received The Futsal championship is over. national Marko Kristal (140 caps), current a mini-pitch in June through UEFA’s Hat- The champions are MNK Karaka Croatia national team captain (131 Trick programme. The sports centre, Osiguranje, who won the title by beating caps), former national team regulars named after the late chairman of MNK Kaskada Drvostil from Gracanica. Indro Olumets, Sergei Hohlov-Simson and the Finnish Football Association, Fuad Krvavac Argo Arbeiter, as well as young current Erik von Frenckell, can now offer internationals Kert Haavistu (24 years old) its young and grown-up ENGLAND and Joel Lindpere (22 years old). guests one more form of “We had the idea to organise a leisure pursuit. Award for Geoffrey special coaching course with a group of Thompson players who have played for Estonia at FA Chairman Geoffrey Thomp- least 20 times at full international level, son travelled to Grenada in in order to produce a new generation of May to receive a special award on behalf coaches with vast experience on the play- of The FA for services to football in ing field. We cannot lose the experience ESTONIA CONCACAF (Central and North America and knowledge these players have, as it Marko Kristal, and the Caribbean). is be extremely important for the continu- Estonia’s The award was presented as part ous build-up of Estonian football,” Goes most-capped of the CONCACAF Congress that was explained. player, breaks away from held on the Caribbean island. Since an The group of players started the Latvia’s Vitalijs agreement was signed in 2000, The FA course in May with numerous theoretical Astafjevs. has organised various courses at the Cen- hours and then continued by following tre of Excellence in Trinidad, including and analysing youth games. “We started Coaching Licence and Referees Instructor with youth football and the players had to courses as well as Marketing, Administra- analyse matches and present their ideas. tion and Strategic Planning workshops for We will gradually move on to senior foot- CONCACAF member associations. This ball, but will keep returning to youth foot- year alone, The FA has delivered a Coach- ball, as that is where all the foundations ing Licence course and a Fitness Training will be laid for future success. The group

18 uefadirect 7.04 ESTONIA MALTA Martin Reim (left, Futsal behind Moldova’s is in full Yauheni expansion Lashankou), an in Malta. experienced international, is making his debut as a coach. D. AQUILINA ??????????????? D. AQUILINA

“In our role as a football train- “It was a great honour for us, since KAZAKHSTAN ing centre, the UEFA mini-pitch provides we were able to receive this award out us with a new way to enjoy the game. on the football pitch, which suits us Timofeev takes It will be especially appreciated by our better than appearing in skirts and over from Pachomov young visitors, who will surely find it pretty shoes in a ballroom somewhere”, The national team very useful”, says Göran Enckelman, said Tina Theune-Meyer. of Kazakhstan played a Head of the centre. In that respect, the DFB coach friendly match against Azerbaijan in The aim of the Finnish Football coped well with her team's 3-2 defeat. Almaty on 28 April. This game, which the Associations to build 100 mini-pitches “The result doesn't upset me too much, Kazakhstanis lost 3-2, turned out to be with the help of HatTrick programme since we performed very well”, she the last for Russian Leonid Pachomov in within a three-year period. A recent joint explains. In an entertaining match with the role of head coach. Under his leader- study by the Finnish Ministry of Educa- numerous chances, the German team ship, Kazakhstan played nine matches, tion and Young Finland shows that every actually took the lead with goals from drawing only two and losing seven of third primary school is in desperate Birgit Prinz (27th min.) and Kerstin Gare- them. Pachomov’s first match as Kaza- need of better sports facilities. Besides frekes (44). However, the FIFA side came khstan’s coach was on 12 February 2003 schools, local communities and clubs out on top thanks to strikes by Malin in Malta (2-2). The Russian was the first are target groups for the HatTrick pro- Moström (15), Victoria Svensson (48) foreign coach in the history of the com- gramme. and Mercy Akide (71). The spectators in bined team of Kazakhstan. “We are actively seeking mini- the Stade de France in warmly Right after the resignation of pitch partners, and 20 pitches have al- applauded this exciting encounter, which Pachomov, the name of his successor was ready been built. We hope that the Hat- brought the playing careers of Maren announced. He is well-known Kazakhstan Trick programme will help us to bring Meinert and Bettina Wiegmann to a footballer Sergey Timofeev, 39, who back the yard games, which are played fitting end. Although they both officially only hung up his boots last year after a less today than ten years ago”, says Tero retired after the World Cup final last playing career which started with two- Auvinen, the FA of Finland’s Head of October, Tina Theune-Meyer selected time Kazakhstan champions Irtysh (then Facilities. them one final time for this match. Tractor) from Pavlodar, before moving Sami Terävä Niels Barnhofer to Dynamo Moscow and subsequently returning to Kazakhstan to play for GERMANY ISRAEL Alanya (Vladikavkaz), Locomotive (Nizhni Novgorod), Sokol (Saratov), Esyl-Bogatyr DFB women First home match (Petropavl) and Kayrat (Almaty). honoured in Israel In his last season on the field, he played at FIFA gala In the first international for Niva in Ukraine. This season, The German FA's national match to be played in Timofeev started out as head coach of women's team has been showered Israel since UEFA’s decision to allow FC Ekybastuzec, who are one of the with honours in recent months. Since home matches to be played in the leaders of the Kazakhstan super league. winning the World Cup in the USA last country again, the Israeli and Estonian year, the team coached by Tina Theune- women’s national teams met in the Meyer has been awarded one prize after Ramat Gan Stadium on 9 May in the another. Now it has an- context of the 2005 European Women’s Championship. other one to add to its ISRAEL collection. At the FIFA The game went very well and Abbas Suwan, gala held to mark the was observed by two UEFA delegates. captain of Arab team Bney world governing body's The Estonian delegation enjoyed their stay and especially the Israeli sunshine. Sachnin, holds centenary on 20 May, up the Israel Cup. the DFB team The next match, also a 2005 played a world XI. European Women’s Championship fix- ture, pitting Israel against Kazakhstan, took place on 30 May. On 18 May, the Israeli Cup final took place between Hapoel Haifa and Bney Sachnin, an Arab club that plays in the Israeli top league. Some 150 Arab teams play in different divisions under the aegis of the Israel Football Associa- tion. Bney Sachnin won the game 4-1, becoming the first Arab club to win the Israeli Cup. Over 40,000 fans turned out to watch the final and there was great excitement in the stadium. Twenty-seven TV and radio channels broadcast the match, highlighting foot- ball’s role as a unifying factor. On 11 May, the Israeli women’s EMPICS U18 team took part in a friendly tourna-

ment in Portalegre, together with Roma- AFP/COHEN nia and hosts Portugal. The Israeli team took first place. Adi Rosenberg

19 MOLDOVA NORWAY The New record international for football tournament schools. was also an opportunity to campaign against racism. FMF NFF

In 1997, Timofeev played for his for them to test themselves on the field dards of the game are reflected in its country in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. with their professional elders. efforts to launch its teams into interna- Now he is going to participate in the The Lithuanian Football Federa- tional orbit. 2006 World Cup qualifiers in a different tion hopes that the event will tempt Alex Vella capacity. His first match will be against a lot of children to take up football and Ukraine on 8 September. produce a crop of talent for future MOLDOVA Alexander Keplin national teams. Vaiva Zizaite 5th international LITHUANIA youth tournament MALTA The Under-17 national teams Celebration of Bulgaria, Romania, for children Futsal is thriving Ukraine and Belarus, plus two national The Lithuanian Football Futsal in Malta is fast teams from Moldova, took part in the 5th Federation has organised a growing in popularity. The “FA of Moldova Cup from 10 to 14 May”. present for all children in Lithuania. On Malta FA (MFA) has been The main objective of the com- 1 June, everyone interested in football very active in promoting this offshoot of petition was to expand the popularity of had the possibility to see the Lithuanian football and organising it on proper lines. the king of sports. For this reason, the national team's friendly match against This 1996 addition to UEFA’s matches were played at different venues: the country’s Under-18 team. This match competitions portfolio is in its fifth season Cobusca-Noua, Milestii-Mici, Sarata-Gal- was a present to all children of Lithuania under the auspices of the MFA. The first bena, Ternovca and Chisinau. on the occasion of International Child official Futsal matches were played in The young footballers played Protection Day. 1999. One of the most popular indoor some attractive football during the tour- All children from various football sports in Malta, five-a-side football is cur- nament, which was won by Belarus, who schools were invited to this match, where rently experiencing a new upsurge and has defeated Bulgaria in the final on penalty many surprises awaited them, including gained great popularity. Quite a few former shots by 7-6. Moldova finished in third Malta football internationals are involved, place. the chance to meet famous players, to Vasile Vatamanu have their photo taken with them and as well as young talents and football collect their autographs. The Lithuanian enthusiasts from more than 40 partici- Football Federation also organised a pating clubs, forming three divisions. NETHERLANDS special press conference after the match The MFA is also interested in fur- ther developing the technical aspects of Cruyff Courts with the head coaches and some of the orange pitches players. this competition and has been instrumen- Head coach Algimantas Liubin- tal in organising a course with the partici- Very much like UEFA, The skas viewed the match with the Under-18s pation of coaches and managers of teams Royal Netherlands Football as a nice training exercise before the involved in various national competitions. Association is in a festive mood. This year friendly match against Portugal in Setubal John Farrugia, MFA vice-presi- marks the fiftieth anniversary of profes- on 5 June. “We wanted to organise a big dent and chairman of the Futsal Competi- sional football in the Netherlands and celebration for children and in this way tions Committee, sees this course as numerous activities have been planned we hope to encourage them to take an an important instrument for raising the to celebrate this event. The highlight of interest in football,” he said. Head coach game in Malta to international levels and the festivities will certainly be the jubilee of the Lithuanian Under-18 team, Saulius preparing Maltese teams to give a better match in the in Amster- Vertelis, said that his young players were account of themselves in international dam on Saturday 7 August. Players past thrilled to have the opportunity to play competitions. and present will sport their jerseys and the senior national team. It was a chance Refereeing is also regarded as boots once again, in many cases only for of utmost importance. Mr Farrugia insists a few minutes, in a match that will feature that “the need to have an adequate pool , Guus Hiddink, Louis van of Futsal referees should not be under- Gaal and many others who have put their estimated. The Malta FA has plans to run stamp on Dutch football. a number of referees’ courses for this The current players of the national category in order to encourage new- team have made a wonderful gesture comers to take up a career in refereeing”. as well. Just before leaving for Portugal Malta has two FIFA Futsal refe- they underlined the social importance of rees, Konrad Borg and Ian Miller. the game of football and stressed the The winners of last year’s attributes of football that are all too often MFA Futsal Knock-Out competition, RBSM underrated. The national team players pre- FC were declared Malta’s Futsal Champi- sented the cities of Amsterdam, ons in May. In the final match, played at and Eindhoven with so-called “Cruyff the Corradino Sports Pavilion, the numer- Courts orange pitches”. Former interna- ous spectators enjoyed an exciting match tional Aron Winter started this project last involving players from the past but still year when he offered a mini-pitch to the playing well today, including Ray Vella ‘il- city of Lelystad, where he lives. This initia- Mundu’, Edwin Camilleri, Alex Azzopardi tive encouraged the current internationals and others. In a match full of brilliant to ask the Welfare Foundation football from both sides, RBSM beat rivals to construct three pitches in the host cities El Mundos 5-2 to clinch this year’s title. of the national team. One can therefore say that Futsal The mini-pitches will be situated MOLDOVA is really thriving in Malta. The energetic in relatively old parts of the city where Moldova’s young players FMF efforts of the MFA to enhance the stan- space is limited and many children seek (in blue and red) finished the international tournament in third place.

20 uefadirect 7.04 NETHERLANDS ROMANIA Internationals Inaugural Johnny match on Heitinga and the mini-pitch Wesley Sneijder in Bucharest. took part in the “Cruyff orange pitches” operation. KNVB KNVB FRF

opportunities to simply play. The mini- have been and continue to be popular the Irish side and, having cleared the pitches are meant to substitute former with children. major hurdle of facing the Irish supporters playgrounds where children could play The Norwegian Football Associa- not knowing how they might react to his football endlessly without having to worry tion will mark UEFA’s 50th anniversary by return, both Keane and Kerr were happy about speeding cars and other present- using the football schools as the basis for that the event had gone so successfully. day dangers. The pitches offer new op- a major grassroots campaign epitomising The occasion was also helped by portunities to youths in the cities. They what football is all about. the fact that Keane – who had to have can meet on these pitches and play foot- Roger Solheim lengthy treatment for leg injuries picked ball together. Thus these pitches encour- up playing for Manchester United in their age children in the cities to spend their English FA Cup final victory over Millwall spare time on a football pitch rather than REPUBLIC the previous Saturday – showed many of hanging around doing nothing. Frank de OF IRELAND his old touches and fitted into the team Boer, record international, on this initia- with a confidence and an ease as if he tive: “We used to have the opportunity to Return of had never been away. play football just around the corner every The 'big day' has come Overall, it was a good night for day. Many of these playgrounds have dis- and gone for the Republic the Republic and the hope now is that appeared over the years. That is why we of Ireland. The much-publicised return Keane will continue to be a part of the want to make sure that children still get of Roy Keane to the senior international Irish squad which will begin their qualify- a chance to play football.” team took place in the friendly game ing games for the 2006 World Cup finals The Cruyff Courts orange pitches between the Irish and Romania in Lans- in the autumn. are a means to tackle major themes downe Road in at the end of May. Brendan McKenna. such as social responsibility, integration Keane, who had not played and playing together. KNVB has the inten- for the Republic for two years following ROMANIA tion to spend part of the benefits from his 'fall out' with Irish manager Mick EURO 2004 on the development of this McCarthy prior to the World Cup finals in Mini-pitch mini-pitches project. The cities are Japan in the summer of 2002, had hoped inaugurated responsible for the maintenance of the to make his intended return to the Irish The Romanian FA could pitches, whereas the internationals have team in the friendly against the Czech Re- not think of a better mo- vowed to attend football tournaments, public in Dublin at the end of April, but ment to inaugurate the mini-pitch proto- autograph sessions, clinics and other injury took a hand and he was forced to type than 1 June. events that will be staged on them. withdraw from the squad for that game. FA President Mircea Sandu felt Rob de Leede But all went well prior to the that because the mini-pitch is dedicated game against the Romanians and he first of all to children, it had to be inaugu- made his reappearance in an Irish jersey rated on this special day, the International NORWAY to a tumultuous reception from a packed Day of the Child. Lansdowne Road crowd. An attendance Football schools At local level, every effort was of over 42,000 were in the ground for the taken to make this set another record game, and Keane received a rousing re- inauguration possi- For the seventh year run- ception as he took his place on the field ble. In consultation ning, the Norwegian foot- behind captain Kenny Cunningham and with the mayor of ball schools have broken their participa- the rest of the team. the 3rd Bucharest tion record. Keane had been captain of the district (Bucharest This year, a total of 350 football side when he was 'sent home' by man- has six districts schools will run courses for 57,000 child- ager McCarthy after a dispute erupted on in total), the site ren and young people throughout the the final day of the 'warm-up week' the of the Grupul summer months. The purpose of the squad spent on the island of Saipan be- Scolar Industrial football schools is to provide all children fore leaving for their World Cup base on with an opportunity to play, have fun and mainland Japan. benefit from quality football instruction. But current manager Brian Kerr At the football schools, the children learn decided to leave the captaincy of the a great deal about the game and have side with Cunningham, who had been fun with others in the same age group. given the armband after Keane's re- “We have reached the ceiling re- moval from the squad. garding participation this year, and this is The return of the Manches- very gratifying. The football school con- ter United captain had been orches- REPUBLIC cept is continuously under development trated by Kerr following a number of OF IRELAND A successful return and breaking all records”, said Grassroots meetings with the player about a possible for Roy Keane. Football Director Stig-Ove Sandnes. return to the side. The Norwegian Football Associa- Keane's return was a triumph tion’s philosophy is that the first priority both for himself and for the Irish for the clubs which host football schools team as they worked their way to a should be to find instructors with good prestigious 1–0 win over the Roman- football credentials and teaching qualifi- ians, the goal coming from a stun- AFP/CRONIN cations. This approach will ensure that ning volley by Matt Holland from a the schools provide quality instruction, move set up by Keane himself. and the children will benefit accordingly. In their talks, Keane had The number of children participating year indicated to Brian Kerr that he after year shows that the football schools was willing to make a return to

21 ROMANIA SERBIA AND SLOVENIA Adrian MONTENEGRO Brane Oblak, Nastase Dragan Stojkovic, the new inaugurates president of the national coach. the FA of Serbia and mini-pitch. Montenegro, pre- sents the domestic cup trophy to Red captain Nemanja Vidic. FS SCG FRF NZS

“Nicolae Teclu” (a high school) was picked. Montenegro Cup. This is the eighth dou- they play a friendly against Bosnia and Together with the local authorities and ble in the domestic competitions in the Herzegovina in Orasje, and he hopes to the high school directors, all the history of FC Red Star, who chalked up end his short time with them with a win. necessary conditions were created so that their 23rd championship title, finishing “There are some excellent players in the at the end of the last week of May two 11 points ahead of their traditional rivals Under-21 team. I intend to count on them specialists from the Norwegian company FK Partizan. In the Serbia and Monte- – and pick at least one or two – when “PST Sport”, together with specialists negro Cup, FC Red Star won their 20th putting the senior team together,”, he from a local company, could install the Cup title with a 1-0 win over FK Buduc- revealed. mini-pitch in only 18 hours. nost Banatski Dvor. The dearest wish The new head coach make his The inauguration itself was a of everyone in this club, which won the debut in a friendly match against Serbia special event. Almost 100 enthusiastic European Championship title back in 1991, and Montenegro on 18 August. pupils, together with their teachers, is to get through the qualifying phase Irena Ilesic Cujovic welcomed the man who inaugurated and enter the UEFA Champions League. this mini-pitch, Romanian Prime Minister of Ser- Adrian Nastase, who is a big football fan, bia and Montenegro has completed the UKRAINE supporter of the new champion Dinamo club licensing procedure for participation Bucharest. He was accompanied by other in the 2004/05 UEFA club competitions. Valeriy Lobanovsky eminent politicians, as well as two high Nine clubs submitted their applications memorial tournament officials of the Romanian FA – General for a licence. Two clubs were not granted The second international Secretary Adalbert Kassai, and Deputy the licence, while the remaining seven tournament in memory General Secretary Cristian Bivolaru. gained the right to participate in this of Valeriy Lobanovsky was The inauguration was followed season's UEFA club competitions on the held in Kyiv from 12 to 14 May. The by a show on the mini-pitch by cheer girls basis of the criteria set out in the national champions of four countries took part – (high school pupils) and a short football club licensing manual. The licensees are: Ukraine (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Moldova match between two teams of high school FK Crvena Zvezda (FC Red Star), FK Parti- (FC Sherif ), Latvia (FC Skonto pupils. And everything was accompanied zan, FK Zeleznik, FK Buducnost (Banatski Riga) and Georgia (FC Dinamo ). permanently by music. Dvor), OFK Beograd, FK Sartid and The home side emerged victorious this Now that this step has been FK Obilic. All of these clubs except year again. taken by the Romanian FA, it has to FK Obilic have qualified for the UEFA club To mark FIFA’s centenary finalise the documentation for beginning competitions on sporting merit. Since this and UEFA’s golden jubilee, the Football its UEFA Golden Jubilee mini-pitch pro- is the first competition season in which Federation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian gramme. This documentation is being the club licensing system is being imple- post office have issued a series of special compiled in cooperation with the districts mented, it is a new experience for all con- stamps featuring Under-21 players of Bucharest and with clubs from the first cerned. This being so, we consider that Dmytro Vorobey and Volodymyr Sam- and second divisions. the procedure has been relatively suc- borskiy and national team and FC Milan cessful. Our association will now analyse player . Paul Zaharia what we have accomplished so far and The problems and further devel- adopt a new plan of action accordingly. opment of football in the Central, East Nebojsa Ivkovic and South regions of Ukraine have been SERBIA AND under consideration in Dnipropetrovsk. MONTENEGRO The second expanded meeting of the Double crown FFU’s Regions’ Council with the participa- for FC Red Star tion of FFU President Grigoriy Surkis, rep- resentatives of the local authorities and FC Crvena Zvezda of Bel- 11 of the 27 Ukrainian regions was held grade, otherwise known as FC Red Star, on 22 May. A similar meeting took place won the 'double crown' in the 2003/04 SLOVENIA in Uzhgorod for eight West regions. competition season by lifting the national Software called “Football and championship title and the Serbia and A new challenge for Brane Oblak Health” and an electronic manual on the Legendary Slovenian footballer Brane “Fundamentals of Selection, Training and Oblak, recently named best player of the Coaching of Football Players” have been UKRAINE presented by the FFU. These publications Stamps last 50 years in Slovenia, has become the commemorating new national coach, folowing the FAS have been produced for wide distribution the UEFA Executive Committee's decision to remove and are designed to assist young players, Jubilee. Bojan Prasnikar from that position. secondary school football teachers and Oblak, who has just started rebuilding children’s/youth sports schools. FFU and the Under-21 team since his appointment Ministry of Education and Science special- as Under-21 coach in February, will now ists have rated the new manuals highly. face a new challenge. Oblak has never They contain a broad spectrum of theo- hidden his ambition to become the retical information, football technique “No. 1 coach”. However, his plans remain training systems, tactics training pro- unknown for the moment: “I still have grammes, photo and video information, some obligations with the Under-21s and teachers’ models for developing and only after that I will be able to tell you monitoring the physical and technical something more about my plans for the capabilities of the pupils. The manuals senior national team,” he explained. will be given to every school. Oblak will have his last meeting

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