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WE CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL No. 131 | September 2013 In this issue

Official publication of the Franck Ribéry is crowned Union des associations best player in Europe européennes de football 4 A panel of leading football journalists voted Franck Ribéry the 2012/13 UEFA Best Player in Europe at the UEFA Champions Chief editor: League group stage draw in . André Vieli Getty Images Produced by: Atema Communication SA, CH-1196 Gland FC Bayern München make UEFA Printing: Super Cup history 7 Artgraphic Cavin SA, The Bavarians settle old scores and break new ground CH-1422 Grandson by beating Chelsea FC in Prague. Editorial deadline:

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The views expressed in signed articles are not necessarily the official views of UEFA. UEFA Europa League group stage draw 8 The reproduction of articles published in UEFA·direct The UEFA Europa League groups were decided in Monaco is authorised, provided the at the end of August. source is indicated. Getty Images

France win the European Women’s U19 Championship 10 France’s third victory in the European Women’s Under-19 Championship was, for many of the players, a sequel to success Cover: at the U-17 Women’s World Cup. Sportsfile A for Franck Ribéry, who was voted UEFA Best Player in Europe one day and lifted the UEFA Europe’s elite club coaches Super Cup with FC Bayern München the next. meet in nyon 11 Photo: Getty Images The coaches of some of the most prestigious clubs in Europe came together in Nyon to discuss current issues and trends in the game. Getty Images

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2 | UEFA•direct | 09.13 Editorial UEFA Looking for an answer

The number of disciplinary cases involving This situation is not going to change over- the disqualification or exclusion of clubs from night, and if we do not find an answer, our the UEFA club competitions has multiplied in competitions are going to become harder recent years and, with the gradual introduc- and harder to organise, and at times even tion of financial fair play and the stepping up erratic. The fact that a special draw had to be of efforts to fight match-fixing, this is a trend made this season before the UEFA Europa that is not about to change. League group draw could take place is a case in point. To deal with such matters, UEFA has its judi- cial system, which, it should be stressed, is This is an interesting challenge we have on totally independent from the presidency and our plate, and one on which the smooth run- executive bodies. In addition, some years ago ning of our competitions depends. UEFA introduced the possibility for aggrieved parties to take their cases to a recognised independent court, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The inconvenience of this option is, how- ever, that it makes the whole process longer, and sometimes too long for competitions with matches on set dates, which have to be UEFA President respected so as not to disrupt the smooth running of the competitions. Moreover, for as long as the specificity of sport is not fully recognised by the political authorities, UEFA will continue to be exposed to the risk of appeals before civil courts, as has already been the case.

UEFA •direct | 09.13 | 3 UEFA Champions League

FRANCK RIBÉRY IS EUROPE’S NUMBER ONE Despite the UEFA Super Cup being contested elsewhere, the traditional summer meeting in Monaco still offered a packed schedule to the representatives of European club football in attendance.

Over the course of two days, on 29 UEFA Champions League also saw a panel of and 30 August, there were compe- journalists crown Franck Ribéry UEFA Best Player tition draws, preparatory work- of the Year for the 2012/13 season. shops, a committee meeting and a The panel, which was made up of 53 expert gala evening; the winner of the journalists (one representing each of UEFA’s mem- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award was announced, ber associations), reached its decision in three the UEFA Monaco Charity Award was presented, stages, the last of which was a live vote in Monaco the UEFA President held a media briefing and to see which of the three shortlisted players – the European Club Association (ECA) convened , Franck Ribéry and a meeting. – would come away with the trophy. The award went to FC Bayern München’s Ribéry, topping off Best player in Europe a remarkable season in which he and his club took Those present in the Salle des Princes at home the treble, winning the UEFA Champions Monte Carlo’s Grimaldi Forum on 29 August League, the and the German Cup. to witness the draw for the group stage of the The Frenchman follows in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta, the first two winners of this award, which is presented by UEFA in cooperation with European Sports Media (ESM).

Competition draw Ribéry and Messi (Ronaldo was not in Monaco) were preceded on stage by other greats of Euro- pean football, who came to assist with the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League: Luis Figo, the ambassador for the 2014 final in Lis- bon; Billy McNeill, who captained Celtic FC when they won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in in 1967; , a three-time win- ner of the Champion Clubs’ Cup; , who won the UEFA Super Cup with Liverpool FC in 2001; and Paulo Sousa, a two-time winner of the UEFA Champions League, having won it with both Juventus and . The draw was conducted on the same basis as AFP usual, allocating places in the eight groups to the The UEFA President, Michel Platini, presents Franck Ribéry with the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award prize money for the 2013/14 season As the 2013/14 season is the second in a three year commercial cycle, the fixed bonuses paid to clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League should be the same as last season. This means:

• an €8.6m bonus for clubs participating in Revenue will also be distributed by means of the group stage; supplementary payments based on the financial • €1m for each win during the group stage value of each club’s national market. and €500,000 for each draw; ■ At its meeting in Monaco, the UEFA Club € • 3.5m for reaching the round of 16; Competitions Committee took note of the total • €3.9m for each club that makes it to the amounts to be awarded following the UEFA quarter-finals; Champions League final at Wembley. The two • €4.9m for each of the four semi-finalists; finalists, FC Bayern München and Borussia Dort- mund, will each receive €4.366m as a percent- € • 6.5m for the beaten finalists; age of ticket sales, on top of their bonuses of • €10.5m for the winners of the competition. €10.5m and €6.5m respectively. l

4 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 2013/14 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group A FC Shakhtar Manchester United FC Real Sociedad de Fútbol

Group B Juventus Galatasaray AŞ Real Madrid CF FC København

Group C Saint-Germain FC SL Benfica RSC Anderlecht AFP Olympiacos FC The Salle des Princes at the Grimaldi Forum, the traditional venue for the group stage draw Group D Manchester City FC 22 clubs that had entered the group stage number of associations that have had at FC Bayern München directly and the 10 that had made it through least one club participating in this stage PFC CSKA Moskva qualifying (via either the champions or the since 1999/2000 remains 31. This season, FC Viktoria Plzeň league route). The first group matches are , and have all suc- Dates of matches in these on 17 and 18 September. ceeded in getting four of their clubs – the four groups: 17 September, maximum number – to the group stage. In 2 October, 23 October, Just one newcomer fact, this is the tenth year in a row that Eng- 5 November, 27 November Of the clubs in the draw, one – FK land has achieved that feat! There are eight and 10 December. Wien – is making its first appearance in the national associations that have always been competition, bringing the total number of represented in the group stage: Spain (57 Group E clubs that have participated in the UEFA places in total, spread between 12 clubs), FC Basel 1893 Champions League since its inception in England (56 places; 8 clubs), Italy (51 places; FC Schalke 04 1992/93 to 128. 8 clubs), Germany (46 places; 9 clubs), FC Steaua Bucureşti A total of 14 previous winners of the France (41 places; 10 clubs), the Nether- Chelsea FC European Cup are in the running this year lands (25 places; 7 clubs), Greece (23 places; – with Group H drawing the most attention, 3 clubs) and (19 places; 5 clubs). l Group F since the four clubs contesting that group Borussia Dortmund are all former champions, sharing a grand total of 16 titles between them (seven Arsenal FC for AC Milan, four each for AFC Ajax and SSC Napoli FC Barcelona, and one for Celtic FC). 2014 FIXTURE LIST Manchester United FC remain the compe- Round of 16: 18, 19, 25 and 26 February Group G tition’s most regular participants, appearing (first legs); 11, 12, 18 and 19 March FC Zenit in the draw for the 19th time – one ahead of (second legs) FK Austria Wien FC Barcelona, FC Porto and Real Madrid CF. FC Porto FC Bayern München and AC Milan have Quarter-finals: 1 and 2 April (first legs); Club Atlético de Madrid each participated 17 times, Arsenal FC 16, 8 and 9 April (second legs) Olympiacos FC 15, Juventus 14, and AFC Semi-finals: 22 and 23 April (first legs); Group H Ajax, Chelsea FC and Galatasaray AŞ 12. 29 and 30 April (second legs) AFC Ajax Since 1999/2000, when the 32-team group AC Milan stage was introduced, Arsenal FC, Manchester Final: 24 May in Lisbon Celtic FC United FC and Real Madrid CF have been Draw for the round of 16: FC Barcelona present every single year. 13 December 2013 Dates of matches in these Ten times four for England Draw for the quarter-finals: 21 March four groups: 18 September, 1 October, 22 October, None of the 18 national associations rep- Draw for the semi-finals: 11 April 6 November, 26 November resented in the group stage this year are and 11 December. supplying a club for the first time, so the The full fixture list can be found on UEFA.com.

UEFA •direct | 09.13 | 5 Events in Monaco

CHEQUE PRESENTED TO THE JOHAN CRUYFF FOUNDATION

Elite football does not exist in isolation, and UEFA proves this at the annual meeting in Monaco by giving a cheque for €1m to a different charity every year.

This year, the chosen charity was the foundation established in 1997 by former Dutch international Johan Cruyff. Its aim is to give children the opportu- nity to take part in sport and play together in order to improve their health and quality of life, foster integra- tion and teach them fundamental human values. The foundation also organises programmes aimed specifically at disabled children.

In particular, the foundation builds special sports facili- Getty Images ties – Cruyff Courts – where children can learn and A cheque for €1 million for the Johan Cruyff Foundation, develop skills in complete safety. There are 176 of these presented by the UEFA President, Michel Platini in total, primarily in the , and every week more than 15,000 young people play there as part used to establish six new Cruyff Courts in six European of the foundation’s community programme. countries. These sports facilities, which will be located UEFA’s donation, which was presented during the gala in town and city centres, will offer at least six hours of evening at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club, will be structured activities every week. l

New club competition at youth level

The UEFA Youth League, the first UEFA club competition for youth teams, made its debut in September alongside the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. It is an Under-19 competition and primarily serves a developmental purpose.

When it met in Monaco on 29 August, a team in this development tournament. The the UEFA Club Competitions Com- groups are all identical to those of the senior mittee reviewed the main features competition, as is the fixture list, and the win- of this new competition, which is ners will be awarded the Lennart Johansson Tro- being trialled this season and next. Two work- phy. shops were then held for representatives of the When the competition reaches the knockout The UEFA Club clubs concerned. stage, a separate draw will take place. The round Competitions The 32 clubs participating in the group stage of 16 will be made up of single-leg ties, with the Committee in Monaco of the UEFA Champions League have all entered group winners playing at home. Round of 16 matches will not be possible between the win- ners and runners-up of the same group, or between teams from the same association. If scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time will not be played and the teams will pro- ceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The quarter-final pairings will be determined by means of an open draw. As these, too, will be single-leg ties, the draw will dictate which clubs play at home. A draw will also be held to deter- mine the composition of the semi-finals, which will be played at the same neutral venue as the final. These last three matches will be played at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, opposite UEFA head- quarters, between 11 and 14 April 2014 (with no third-place play-off). The working group tasked with organising the competition will monitor developments care- Getty Images fully in order to learn lessons for the future. l

6 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 UEFA Super Cup

A GERMAN FIRST

With all the transformations brought about by the summer transfer window, it is not uncommon for the newly crowned champions of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League to field teams with several fresh faces in their UEFA Super Cup dual.

At this year’s Super Cup in Prague, even the two the two teams’ situations reversed. The penalty shoot-out also coaches were new, although neither lacks experi- went Bayern’s way this time, with making the ence at the summit of the European game. crucial save to end it 5-4. FC Bayern München’s Josep Guardiola and Chel- Bayern’s success marked a first among German clubs, none sea FC’s José Mourinho have both amassed quite of which had previously managed to lift the UEFA Super Cup, a collection of silverware over the years, including and it made the Bavarians the fourth team ever to have won the UEFA Champions League trophy, which they have each all four UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League/ lifted twice so far. European Champion Clubs’ Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup). The A roller coaster of a game only clubs to have beaten Bayern to the full set are AFC Ajax, Guardiola also won two editions of the Super Cup with Juventus and, coincidentally, Chelsea. Competing in Prague as FC Barcelona. His new team, clearly adjusting to his posses- representatives of the Champions League, Bayern also restored sion-oriented, short-passing game, made it a hat-trick for him a perfect balance to the ratio of Super Cup wins between the in a highly competitive roller coaster of a game in Prague. titleholders of each feeder competition (19 apiece). opened the scoring for Chelsea with a After 15 years in Monaco, the UEFA Super Cup entered a clinical shot early in the first half. Bayern were the dominant new era in Prague as it started its journey around the conti- side on the whole, but the Londoners made it clear more than nent. Cardiff is hosting the match next year and the year once that their counterattacks could upset the German after. l defence at any moment. A few minutes after half-time, however, Franck Ribéry fired in an equaliser, clearly eager to live up to his new title of UEFA 30 August 2013 Best Player in Europe. Neither side could break the deadlock for Eden Arena, Prague – 17,686 spectators the rest of the second half, but Chelsea – with only ten players FC Bayern München v Chelsea FC 2-2* (0-1, 1-1) – went into extra time with another early goal, this time cour- *won 5-4 on penalties tesy of . From then on The Blues did all they could to defend their lead and they all but managed it, too. Goals: Torres 8 (0-1), Ribéry 47 (1-1), Hazard 93 (1-2), Javier Martinez 120+1 (2-2) Déja-vu? Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) When Javier Martinez equalised seconds before the final whistle, memories of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final came FC Bayern München flooding back – albeit with have now won all of UEFA‘s club competitions PA Images PA

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UEFA •direct | 09.13 | 7 UEFA Europa League

A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW Unless they enter through the UEFA Champions League, neither of last season's UEFA Europa League finalists, Chelsea FC or SL Benfica, will be lighting up this season’s competition.

However, their absence does not mean that there are no big names among the participants. Indeed, this season’s lineup includes no fewer than seven former UEFA competi- tion winners – FC Dynamo Kyiv, ACF Fiorentina, SS Lazio, PSV Eindhoven, Sevilla FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC and Valencia CF – and six previous finalists – AZ Alkmaar, Eintracht , FC Girondins de Bordeaux, SK Rapid Wien, FC Salzburg and R. Standard de Liège – as well as a number of other clubs who are no strangers to UEFA competitions, such as and GNK Dinamo . They will be joined by several newcomers appearing in the group stage of a UEFA competition for the first time, including the Bulgarians of PFC Ludogorets , the Russians of FC Kuban Krasnodar and the Portu- guese side FC Paços de Ferreira.

A first for A total of 28 national associations are repre- sented in this season’s competition, three more Getty Images than last year and four more than in the first The Europa League group stage draw

Prize money for the 2013/14 season

The fixed bonus payments for the 48 participants in the UEFA Europa League group stage are identical to those that were distributed last season.

These amounts, which clubs will receive in • €5 million for the competition winners, who addition to their home gate receipts and a variable will also participate in the UEFA Super Cup in sum that depends on the value of their domestic Cardiff, for which they should receive €3 mil- markets, are as follows: lion if they win and €2.2 million if they lose.

As in the UEFA Champions League, the above- • €1.3 million for participating in the group mentioned sums are subject to confirmation of stage; payments linked to contracts concluded for the • €200,000 for each win and €100,000 for competition. each draw in the group stage, i.e. a maximum of €1.2 million; • €400,000 for each group winner and €200,000 for each group runner-up; ■ The UEFA Club Competitions Committee also noted the financial breakdown for the UEFA • €200,000 for qualifying for the round of 32; Europa League final played in Amsterdam in • €350,000 for making it into the round of 16; May. Each of the two finalists, Chelsea FC and SL Benfica, received a share of the income from • €450,000 for each quarter-finalist; ticket sales amounting to a little over €1.06 mil- lion. They also received fixed bonuses from the • €1 million for each of the semi-finalists; final:€ 5 million for Chelsea FC and €2.5 million • €2.5 million for the runners-up; for SL Benfica. l

8 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 fortunate beneficiaries. matches. The Cypriot club APOEL FC were the losing clubsintheEuropa Leagueplay-off to organiseapreliminary drawinvolvingall the Champions Leagueplay-offs, the paneldecided following theireliminationbyArsenalFCinthe have playedintheEuropa Leaguegroup stage a replacement forFenerbahçeSK,whowould opponents in the play-off round. In order to find JK withtheNorwegianclubTromsø IL,theTurks’ the Emergency Panel decided to replace Beşikta to theCAS.Whentheirappealswere rejected, on accountofthestayingeffect oftheirappeals been allowedtoparticipateintheplay-off round Beşikta JKandFenerbahçeSK.Bothclubshad confirming theexclusionof Turkish clubs for Sport, issuedshortly before the draw and followed two rulings by theCourt of Arbitration request oftheUEFA EmergencyPanel.This was preceded byanadditionaldrawheldatthe UEFA competitionsdirector, GiorgioMarchetti, Ferrara, alongwithRicardo Carvalhoandthe ambassador forthe2014finalin Turin, Ciro Gianni Infantino, with the assistance of the on 30AugustbytheUEFA General Secretary, with three clubsparticipating. gium, Spain,Portugal,RussiaandUkraine,each resentatives this year are those of England, Bel- therefore representing England. fied through theEnglishLeagueCupandare deserves amention,butSwanseaCityFCquali- One otherassociation–thatofWales –also first time, in the shape of FC Shakhter Karagandy. three editions.Kazakhstan is represented forthe Preliminary draw R. Standard deLiège IF Elfsborg FC Salzburg Esbjerg fB Group C PSV Eindhoven FC Chornomorets Odesa GNK DinamoZagreb PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Group B FC StGallen Swansea CityAFC Valencia CF FC KubanKrasnodar Group A The Europ The group stagedraw, whichwasconducted The memberassociationswiththemostrep- a Lea l gue roups Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux APOEL FC Group F CS PanduriiTârguJiu FC PaçosdeFerreira ACF Fiorentina FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Group E NK Maribor AthleticFC Wigan SV ZulteWaregem FC RubinKazan Group D Final: 14May, inTurin Semi-finals: 24Apriland1May Semi-final draw:11April Quarter-finals: 3and10April Quarter-final draw:21March Round of16:13and20March Round of32:20and27February Draw fortherounds of32and16:13December 7 and28November, 12December Group matches:19September, 3and24October, 2013/14 fixturelis Vitória SC Vitória Olympique Lyonnais Real BetisBalompié HNK Rijeka Group I Estoril Praia FC SlovanLiberec SC Freiburg Sevilla FC Group H FC Thun KRC Genk FC DynamoKyiv SK RapidWien Group G t Maccabi HaifaFC FC ShakhterKaragandy PAOK FC AZ Alkmaar Group L Tottenham HotspurFC FC AnjiMakhachkala FC Sheriff Tromsø IL Group K SS Lazio AŞ Apollon LimassolFC Legia Warszawa Group J UEFA • direct |09.13 | the draw conducting Ricardo Carvalho Infantino, and Secretary, Gianni The UEFA General 9

Getty Images European Women’s Under-19 Championship france TAKE THE TITLE

France laid promising foundations for the future of the senior teams by reaching both of UEFA’s Under-19 finals in 2013. But whereas the boys went home from Lithuania with silver medals, the girls went one better by striking gold in Wales.

honourably on the pitch in a group which con- tained both finalists.

Surprising Finland After the opening day, pundits were pencilling Germany onto the roll of honour. ’s side ripped apart in a rematch of the sen- ior European final, scoring five – despite missing a penalty – in the first half, with their 17-year-old striker, , hitting a 22-minute hat- trick that set her up to become the tournament’s top scorer with six in four games. They then des- patched the defending champions, Sweden, to earn a semi-final place with a game to spare. The surprise, however, was Finland. Playing a flowing, athletic combination game, they held the Ger- Sportsfile mans to a draw after sharing the spoils with Swe- A European den and defeating Norway and, by reaching the women‘s Un- semi-finals, earned themselves a berth at next der-19 title for The Welsh FA was hosting a final tour- year’s FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup. Sweden had France to go with last year‘s nament for the first time – and made started their final match with a chance to claim U-17 Women‘s a great success of it. In other countries, second place but, in one of the tournament’s big World Cup a cumulative attendance of 7,798 surprises, were beaten 5-0 by a Norwegian team might seem small. But the 15 matches that had failed to score in its two previous games. staged in Camarthen, Haverfordwest and Llanelli set records for women’s football in Wales. Decision by What is more, the host nation acquitted itself In the other group, France and England opened with a goalless draw against each other and then each put three goals past Denmark and Wales to ensure progress. Gilles Eyquem’s girls declared Results their desire to win the group in order to avoid Ger- Group A many – but were dismayed when two late, late goals against the Danes gave England first place 19 August Wales – Denmark 0-1 19 August England – France 0-0 on goal difference and sent the French into battle 22 August Wales – England 0-3 against the rampant Germans. 22 August Denmark – France 1-3 The French team was up to the challenge. After 25 August France – Wales 3-0 surviving a first half dominated by Germany, 25 August Denmark – England 0-3 Eyquem’s two substitutions changed the complex- ion of the match and two strikes by Kadidiatou Group B Diani eliminated Maren Meinert’s team, whose 19 August Sweden – Finland 1-1 only reply was an added-time penalty. In the other 19 August Germany – Norway 5-0 semi-final, England overpowered Finland and ran 22 August Sweden – Germany 0-2 out 4-0 winners to ensure that the closing game 22 August Finland – Norway 1-0 would be a repeat of the opening-day encounter. 25 August Norway – Sweden 5-0 And the final at the Parc y Scarlets stadium in 25 August Finland – Germany 1-1 Llanelli really was a repeat, with the 90 minutes ending goalless. But during the half-hour of extra Semi-finals time, the English players, as coach Mo Marley 28 August Germany – France 1-2 admitted, were “running on empty”. 28 August England – Finland 4-0 Sandie Toletti and Aminata Diallo – two of seven members of the French squad who had also won Final gold medals at the 2012 FIFA Women’s U-17 31 August England – France 0-2* World Cup – headed the goals that clinched a * France win in extra time hard-fought 2-0 victory and a third UEFA Under- 19 title. l

10 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 Elite club coaches forum

PLENTY OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT

For the coaches of European football’s leading clubs, it seems the opportunity to sit down with their peers, to simply stop and reflect away from the pressures of their jobs, really is something to be savoured.

It is an opportunity given to them annually at dow. The view of the coaches was that the sum- UEFA’s elite club coaches forum, which was first mer window should be shut before the start of held in 1999, and the 2013 event at UEFA’s their domestic seasons although it was also rec- headquarters in Nyon on 4 and 5 September ognised that finding a solution might not be sim- once again provided a platform for a fascinating ple, given that different countries’ campaigns and worthwhile debate. begin on different dates and given the fact, too, In the words of SSC Napoli coach Rafael that some clubs wait until UEFA Champions Benítez: “We discussed a lot of things about League qualifying is over before committing to technical trends in football. We were talking spending plans. about the Champions League and Europa The coaches also had an explanation of the League, financial fair play, transfers and the changes to the offside law by , international calendar – a lot of the issues that, UEFA‘s chief refereeing officer, whose presenta- for us coaches, are really important as they affect tion included video examples to illustrate how ref- our daily jobs.” erees will be interpreting situations in 2013/14. Benítez was among the 16 coaches present at Collina also spelled out the importance of the the forum, which was also attended by the UEFA additional assistant referees deployed in UEFA‘s President, Michel Platini, and was chaired this club competitions to watch, in particular, for year by Sir , speaking via a live penalty-area incidents. video link from Manchester. “We feel the issues All in all, there was plenty of food for thought. raised today are important for the structure and For Manuel Pellegrini, the manager of Manches- the progress of the Champions League and the ter City FC, the journey to had Europa League,” Sir Alex said. proved well worth it. “I think it is important to meet at least once a year,” he said, “not only More goals to learn new things but also to share ideas. It is On-field trends came under the spotlight on important to get to know different ways of the first day when the coaches discussed data thinking.” As they say, it is good to talk. l showing the increase in goals scored in the UEFA Champions League – the 2012/13 competition saw an average of 2.94 per game – and in some of the major domestic leagues in Europe. One increasingly popular source of goals is the cutback from the goal line and there were reflections on the cur- rent trend for wingers to move inside, with full-backs responsible for deliver- ing these crosses. There was discussion, too, about the away-goals rule and its place in the modern game, with some sug- gesting the open, attacking nature of the sport today meant there was less need for this rule than in the past. The coaches responded enthu- siastically, meanwhile, to plans for the newly launched UEFA Youth

League. Getty Images Front row, from left to right: Kurban Berdyev (FC Rubin Kazan), (FC Porto), Football business Vladimir Petković (SS Lazio), Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC), Michel Platini (UEFA President), The second day’s programme focused on the (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), (Real Madrid CF), Neil Lennon (Celtic FC). business of football. On the agenda were such Standing, from left to right: Gianni Infantino (UEFA General Secretary), Pierluigi Collina (UEFA matters as financial fair play, the third-party chief refereeing officer), Rafael Benítez (SSC Napoli), (SL Benfica), (Juventus), André Villas-Boas (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City ownership of players and the international cal- FC), Miroslav Djukić (Valencia CF), Jens Keller (FC Schalke 04), Murat Yakin (FC Basel 1893), endar. Another particularly topical subject, given (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Giorgio Marchetti (UEFA competitions director), the timing of the forum, was the transfer win- Ioan Lupescu (UEFA chief technical officer).

UEFA •direct | 09.13 | 11 Education

The UEFA Certificate in Football Management gets a makeover

In September 2010, UEFA welcomed the first 35 participants to the opening edition of the Certificate in Football Management (UEFA CFM) – a certificate of advanced studies specifically designed to help UEFA’s member associations enhance their knowledge of sports management and organisation and, in turn, benefit the European football family as a whole.

The UEFA CFM covers the main areas of man- tuned content for a dynamic and expectant agement relevant to a national football associa- audience. tion, notably the organisation of world football, strategic and performance management, opera­ Refining the concept tions, event management, marketing and com- The UEFA CFM now exists in a greatly embel- munications. lished format. The content has been carefully Today, there are over 100 UEFA CFM gradu- reviewed and assembled by a renowned list of ates. These successful candidates come from academic experts working in close collaboration UEFA’s member associations spread far and with UEFA. The result is a refreshing combina- wide across Europe – creating a regional impact tion of the UEFA CFM and DFM (Diploma in and tangible results that have raised football at Football Management) e-learning material used administrative and governance levels. There is to date. no doubt the current UEFA CFM is recognised Next year, this means the individual UEFA DFM as hugely effective by the member associations course, which has always been considered a and this is clearly demonstrated by the high natu ral­ stepping stone between the UEFA CFM demand and excellent success rate. But to and the MESGO (Executive Master in European achieve its full potential the UEFA CFM must Sport Governance), will take a back seat as we evolve. This means national editions with fine- apply the new format. To understand the change in simple terms, the new format of the UEFA CFM is designed for middle management seek- ing upward progression in the workplace. The UEFA elite MESGO programme is for a very limited number of individuals already performing at the top level. In some ways, these changes could be consid- ered the end of a journey but in fact it is the beginning of something much bigger. A com- munity made up of the 54 UEFA member asso- ciations comprising qualified professionals who share a common understanding of the key func- tions and management principles applicable to

At Wembley, The FA’s general secretary, Alex Horne, welcomes participants to the UEFA Certificate in Football Management pilot course UEFA

12 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 football. These individuals are willing to share a varied pool of applicants from non-host mem- their knowledge and experience and have the ber associations. Obviously, this particular group capacity to imagine how things could be in the is selected with extreme care to ensure suitability future. with regard to the host association, any special- ised course content and individually chosen pro- Going national fessors. Rather than a Europe-wide selection process managed by UEFA, the new CFM national edi- Year on year tions will be conducted by UEFA member asso- On an annual basis, UEFA can now provide ciations at local level. Two pilot programmes five CFM national edition courses for up to 175 were tested earlier this year by The Football potential graduates. The Association in England and the Croatian Football host associations for next Federation, and both are operating extremely year are nearly finalised well under the new format. The benefits of the and UEFA will work closely UEFA

Davor Šuker, president of the Croatian Football Federation, welcomes participants to the pilot course in Zagreb UEFA national approach are extensive: it is a new with them throughout the entire process, assist- e-learning programme designed from an inter- ing with the specification of the course material, national perspective but also incorporating the selection of the candidates and the general regional, national and local angles. Also, host implementation of the course itself. Each course associations may involve their own instructors in has a duration of eight to nine months and com- the course, which can be of great assistance – prises six mandatory e-learning modules and a not only in terms of communications but as an further two optional modules. In addition, there eye-opener when dealing with football issues are three face-to-face seminars, where students that are only applicable in certain countries. can engage in open debate with the professors Each UEFA CFM course can now accommo- and professional experts provided through the date up to 35 students, with 25 positions filled UEFA network of academics or selected specifi- by the host association either from within their cally by the host association. own internal structure or from clubs, leagues or “Going national is an excellent step forward regional football authorities, for example. For for the UEFA Certificate in Football Manage- the host association, this selection process has ment,” said Theodore Theodoridis, UEFA’s direc- the capacity to produce a like-minded learning tor of national associations. “The UEFA member curve across the entire football platform in their associations can now select the best possible country, which is of paramount importance to candidates to strengthen their domestic net- long-term growth and development. The remain- works and streamline the future management of ing 10 positions would be chosen by UEFA from European football.” l

UEFA •direct | 09.13 | 13 14 Social responsability |UEFA The UEFA President, and PrinceAliBin Al Husseinatthe Michel Platini, refugee camp • direct |09.13 FOOTBALL ANDTHEWAR INSYRIA country: ness oftheimpactSyrian conflictonhis the UN’s refugee agency, describesthe serious- panied MrPlatinitoabriefing bytheUNHCR, Highness PrinceAliBinAlHussein, whoaccom- has yetreallyunderstood.” catastrophe thatIdon’tthinktheworldatlarge 1,500 ormoreondayswithheavyfighting.It’s a biggest refugeecamp.Registrationscanreach dan’s fourthlargest cityandtheworld’s second with over116,000people,Za’atariisnowJor- ity ofthesituation:“Accordingtoourbriefing, Za’atari inJuneandwasastoundedbythesever- der. TheUEFA President, MichelPlatini,visited Jordan, closetotheSyrianbor-ated innorthern family hasbeeninZa’atari,arefugee campsitu- UEFA isnoexception. with thetraumaanddevastationofwar– munity isalsohelpingSyrianrefugees tocope tance. However, footballcom- theinternational including foodandshelter, isofprimaryimpor- and deteriorating socio-economic conditions. day, thousandsarefleeingto neighbouringcountries to escapetheviolence Syrians arealreadydead,6,500ofwhomestimatedto bechildren.Every Since March2011,abrutalcivilwarhasbeenraging inSyria.Over93,000 The FIFA vice-president forAsia, HisRoyal The focusofsupportprovided bythefootball Providing urgenthumanitarianassistance, “Jordan iscurrentlyhosting half amil- – hasbeenrunningfootball programmes in ance ofPrinceAliandwiththe supportofUEFA Development Project (AFDP)–underthe guid- motivational activities that also keep them busy.” therefore criticalthatweprovidethemwith gangs thenformandcausehavochere.Itis for thefuture.Ourmainproblemisthatstreet arrive hereextremelytraumatisedandlackhope 17. Thisisaparticularlybrutalwar. Children have inthecamp,60,000areunderageof Platini andPrinceAli,says:“Ofthe116,000we schmidt, whoconductedthebriefingforMr UNHCR seniorfieldcoordinator KilianKlein- by theconflictinSyria,especiallychildren. ating thepainofthosewhohavebeendisplaced that footballcanplayanimportantrole inallevi- been forcedoutoftheirhomes.” host ourSyrianbrothersandsisterswhohave without question,wefeelthatitisourdutyto small country, thishasasignificantimpact.But this numbercouldbeuptotwomillion.Fora lion Syrianrefugees,andbytheendofyear It isforthisreason thatthe AsianFootball Both MrPlatiniandPrinceAli strongly believe

AFDP Za’atari since February 2012. AFDP chief execu- football family have also been subjected to its tive Urs Zanitti says: “In 2012, we heard about harsh impact. Waleed En-Nayef, executive officer the sad plight of the Syrian refugees, particularly at the Kuwait Football Association, explains his the children, who in the end will be those most situation: “I have had so many innocent friends affected by this terrible situation. We wanted to pass away. One was walking in the street and organise simple but useful activities designed to was hit by a sniper, others by bombs or missiles bring them back a bit to their normal lives, to that never separate innocent people from those help them make friends in their new environ- who are armed. I suffered for nearly a year ment, and most importantly to build their resil- before I could finally get my family out to come ience through football.” and live with me here in Kuwait. I still have a With UEFA’s assistance, the AFDP’s program­ sister who wasn’t able to come because she has mes in Za’atari and northern Jordan have so far two kids and they don’t have passports. They are touched over 10,000 Syrian children, also help- now homeless, moving from city to city trying to ing to promote mine risk education through foot- find a secure place to stay.” ball coaching activities. Such awareness-raising is Waleed summarises the role of football in the aimed at reducing the number of child fatalities Syrian conflict:“Football is a beautiful language and injuries that may be caused by landmines through which everyone – all nationalities – can and other explosive remnants of war when the communicate, regardless of the circumstances. children return to Syria. A peace-building com- When I was a boy, I used to feel like I was flying ponent has also been added to the project to through the air when I played football. It gave foster better relationships and understanding me wings to forget the world and its bitterness. between local Jordanian and Syrian refugee popu­ I hope the kids in the camps can feel the same lations. This is facilitated through mixed coach- and forget their misery when they play. The foot- ing clinics and tournaments with a combination ball family is a very big family and we can do a of Jordanian and Syrian coaches. lot to help the misery of the Syrian people. We The current AFDP coaching team working in need to show that we care.” l Za’atari includes current Jordan women’s team players Reema Ramouniah and Abeer Rantisi. Michele Cox Football can be a way to Reema explains how the experience has affected escape from everyday life them personally: “The experience of coaching these kids has changed my life. I always think now about how I can help. We have everything. They have nothing. If I feel sad, I go there and it makes me get better instantly.” Abeer agrees, and adds: “The best thing about what we are doing is that we have a chance to help. We all need to think more about people and far less about money.” Both Abeer and Reema lent their valuable coaching skills to support the AFDP and its offi- cial partner PepsiCo in implementing their Kick for Hope event in Irbid on World Refugee Day – 20 June 2013. Over 400 Syrian and Jordanian children affected by the crisis in Syria took part in a festival comprising fun football and educa- tional activities supported by Spirit of Soccer, the AFC, UEFA, the Norwegian and Jordan football associations, Save the Children, Cyberdodo and the UNHCR. For the children, the day was a huge success and one that was more than well-earned. But the stories they told were tragic. One 12-year- old boy, whose message was sadly similar to all the kids I talked to, said: “We came from Da’ara to Za’atari nearly a year ago. My older brother was tortured and assassinated. My family didn’t feel safe so we came here, and we do feel a lot safer now. We would love to go back home, but we won’t go until Bashar [Syrian president Bashar Al Assad] is gone and it is safe. Luckily, there is football in the camp and it makes me really feel like I am in my second home when I play.” While football is helping those suffering as a result of the war in Syria, members of our own AFDP

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The beginnings of a “European football field"

Each issue of UEFA•direct features a summary of a research project funded by the UEFA research grant programme. In this issue, Grégory Quin presents his research on European football’s first elite (1904–56).

During the first half of the 20th century, for national teams were structuring international throughout the whole of Europe, football was seasons and facilitating footballing relations. influenced by several processes (political, eco- Actually, the first half of the 20th century saw nomic, social, etc.). More than any other sport, the beginnings of the field of European football, football was becoming truly international, politi- the direct consequence of which in the 1950s cised and influenced by economics, and was was the creation of modern European cup com- reaching all social classes, according to variable petitions (concerning the whole continent) and processes across the different countries. More- the establishment of a continental institution: over, beyond democratisation dynamics, national UEFA. football spheres were being consolidated in European countries, notably illustrated by the Competition projects professionalisation process of elite football and Two of the main personalities of European by the establishment of solid institutions (asso- football at this time were Frenchman Jules Rimet ciations, leagues, etc.) involved both in national (FIFA’s president) and Austrian Hugo Meisl. Even league and cup competitions and international though there was no real rivalry between them matches. – they certainly shared more passion than rivalry – their competition projects went head to head Growing number of games in 1926/27, and it was ultimately Rimet’s project This period was marked by a growing number – still in existence today as the FIFA World Cup of international games – deeply linked with – that received the greatest institutional impulse the affirmation of sporting nationalism, which (and not the or the International allowed increased opportunities to identify with Cup). But during the inter-war period, Hugo the players, but more broadly with “values” and Meisl’s influence on football was larger, espe- “representations” composing “imagined com- cially in central Europe, and extended to tactics, munities” and with sporting values (amateurism, professionalism and training methods for both fair play, etc.). At that time, regional areas where clubs and national teams. football started to become homogeneous (the Neither Rimet nor Meisl (who died in 1937) British Isles, central Europe, Scandinavia, etc.) were integrally involved in the creation of UEFA were built around international competitions, as in the mid-1950s, but we can say with no doubt a kind of consequence of the consolidation of that they contributed to the emergence of a the football spheres of each of the countries in common European identity surrounding football those areas. For instance, in central Europe, the matches and competitions. l Mitropa Cup for clubs and the International Cup Grégory Quin

Dr Grégory Quin is a junior research fellow at the Internatio- nal Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. A specia- list in the history of physical and sporting activity in 19th and 20th century Europe, he is currently working on the history of physio- therapy in England. He has recently published “L’exercice corporel du XVIIIe à nos jours” (Physical exercise from the 18th century to today; Glyphe 2013), as well as an article in the journal Stadion on the his- tory of European football competi- tions in the inter-war period. DR

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UEFA’s careful nurturing of its refer- button. He repeated the need to be vigilant in ees and assistant referees includes the face of mobbing of referees following a con- tested decision. “We don‘t want to have refer- the traditional summer gathering in ees put under pressure by players or coaches,” Nyon, which is designed to kick off he said. “You are responsible, because no one the new season and send the match can prevent this behaviour better than you if officials into their important assign- you‘re strong enough.” ments with confidence and invaluable advice lodged in their memories.

This year, the House of European Football welcomed not only men referees, but also women match officials for this crucial meeting on 2–4 September. In addition, men assistant referees were present for specialist training of their own. A review of the latter stage of last season and preparation for forthcoming duties in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women’s Champions League and FIFA World Cup qualifying competition were the key items in a packed programme.

The importance of fitness Group discussions, video sessions and presen- tations were all on the agenda, together with a fitness check and fitness test at Colovray Stadium opposite UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon. As usual, UEFA’s Referees Committee, which comprises experienced former international ref- erees who themselves have taken charge of matches at the highest world and European lev- els, was on hand to pass on essential advice and instructions. Pierluigi Collina, now UEFA’s chief refereeing officer after a distinguished refereeing career, reminded the referees that it was imperative that they looked after their fitness to be able to cope Getty Images with the demands of the modern elite game. “A An offside exercise referee or assistant referee is definitely an ath- The women referees – invited to Nyon as at Colovray Stadium lete,“ he said. “If you are not an athlete, you proof of UEFA’s commitment to their progress as cannot deal with a match, given the speed and the women’s game flourishes – looked back at intensity of matches that are played today.” performances and decisions at this summer’s “You also have to look like an athlete. The UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 in Sweden, while the results you are achieving in terms of shape and men referees and assistant referees focused con- image are brilliant,” Collina added in praise of siderable attention on new offside laws which the referees’ devotion to fitness. “It is more and come into force this season – the assistants more difficult to see the difference between a being put through their paces in a testing train- player and a referee on the field. This is what we ing session. want to achieve.” Collina told the officials that UEFA would con- tinue to appoint referees from categories below The need for vigilance the highest elite level in its club competitions if Collina reminded the referees of the impor- performances so merited. “This shows that we tance of image and personal presentation when are giving [you] a chance alongside the elite ref- representing UEFA. “You are on duty, not visiting erees – we think [you] have the quality,” he said, a city as a tourist,” he stressed, going on to wishing the referees good luck and sound health emphasise the necessity for match officials to be for the 2013/14 campaign. “There are matches aware of the risks of people sending photos and at the top level for each of you – it is important comments around the world at the push of a that you perform well.” l

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WOMEN’S UNDER-17 Award for best women’s ELITE ROUND player in Europe The final round of the 2013/14 European Women’s Under-17 Championship is being held A week after Franck Ribéry had been voted European in England at the end of this year already, in order football’s player of the year, German national team to determine which three countries represent goalkeeper became the first ever UEFA Europe in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Best Women’s Player in Europe. Costa Rica in March/April 2014. The UEFA President, Michel Platini, presented Angerer with her award in Nyon on 5 September, following the draws for the The winners and best runners-up of the 2013/14 UEFA Women’s Champions League rounds of 16 and 32. following elite round groups will compete Angerer, who recently left 1. FFC Frankfurt for Australia’s Bris- for the European title and World Cup bane Roar, topped the poll after having helped Germany to victory places alongside England, who qualify for in the UEFA Women‘s EURO 2013 the final round automatically as hosts: this summer. The two other players shortlisted for the inau- Group 1 (30 September–5 October): Images gural award on the basis of their Spain, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, *

Getty domestic and international per- Group 2 (8–13 October): Austria*, Russia, formances last season were VfL Greece, Wolfsburg and Germany mid- Group 3 (15–20 October): Italy, Denmark, fielder Lena Goessling and Swe- Czech Republic, Portugal* den’s Olympique Lyonnais striker Lotta Schelin. Group 4 (12–17 October): France, Sweden, An initial top-ten selection (title holders), Northern Ireland* was provided by the coaches of Group 5 (2–7 October): Norway, *, the national teams that took Finland, part in the UEFA Women‘s Group 6 (11–16 October): Germany*, Belgium, EURO 2013 and the coaches of Switzerland, Netherlands the clubs in the quarter-finals of *Mini-tournament hosts l Nadine Angerer, UEFA Best last season‘s UEFA Women‘s Women’s Player in Europe 2012/13 Champions League. A panel of 18 expert journalists chosen by the European Sports Media Group (ESM) then shortlisted three in U-17 WORLD CUP IN UNITED a first round of voting and, from those three, elected Angerer as ARAB EMIRATES overall winner. l Starting on 17 October, 24 teams will be competing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The six European representatives were determined by Women’s Champions the final round of the European Under-17 Champion- League draws ship held in in Slovakia last May. They will compete in the following groups, as decided by the draw held in Two draws were held in the Lennart Johansson auditorium Abu Dhabi on 26 August: at UEFA headquarters on 5 September, shaping the next two Group A: United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Brazil, rounds of the 2013/14 UEFA Women’s Champions League. Slovakia The round of 32 will be played on 9/10 October (first legs) and on Group B: Uruguay, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Italy 16/17 October (return legs) as follows: Group C: , Morocco, Panama, Uzbekistan Group D: Tunisia, Venezuela, Russia, Konak Belediyesi v RTP Unia Racibórz PK-35 Vantaa v Birmingham City LFC Group E: Canada, Austria, Iran, Argentina MTK Hungária FC v 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam FC Zürich Frauen v AC Sparta Praha Group F: Mexico, Nigeria, Iraq, Sweden R. Standard de Liège v Glasgow City LFC LSK Kvinner FK v FCR Malmö Tyresö FF v Paris Saint-Germain FC FC Twente v Olympique Lyonnais The group matches, scheduled for 17 to 25 Octo- Pärnu JK v VfL Wolfsburg WFC SSHVSM Kairat v Arsenal LFC ber, will be followed by the round of 16 on 28/29 FSK St.Pölten-Spratzern v ASD Torres Calcio FC Barcelona v Brøndby IF October, quarter-finals on 1/2 November, semi-finals Apollon Limassol LFC v SV Neulengbach Thór/KA v FK Zorkiy Krasnogorsk on 5 November and the final on 8 November. l ŽFK Spartak v FC Rossiyanka UPC Tavagnacco v Fortuna Hjørring

The winners of the above ties will proceed to the round of 16, to be ■ Spain, the Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine are contested on 9/10 November (first legs) and 13/14 November (return representing Europe in the FIFA Beach Soccer World legs). The pairings for this round were also decided in a draw on Cup, taking place in Tahiti from 18 to 28 September. 5 September, the results of which can be found on UEFA.com. l

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Albania www.fshf.org

Women referees perform referees officiating in the Women’s Football outstandingly well Championship and the Women’s Albanian Cup, which are organised by the FShF. Until recently, very few people in Albania A historic event took place last season, when would have believed that there would come KS Skënderbeu and KS Luftëtari Gjirokastër met a day when women could referee football in the Albanian Super League. The two assistant matches in Albania. Now, this is a tangible referees were women: Krista Gjyli and Fatjona reality. A group of young female referees with FSHF Borova. Their first appearance was very a love of football and a passion for the game Krista Gjyli and Fatjona Borova, the first women to impressive and was warmly welcomed by the are – with the encouragement of the Football work as assistant referees in the Albanian Super League crowd. Prior to that, their experience had been Federation of Albania (FShF) – establishing limited to domestic matches at Under-17 and themselves in Albanian football. improve a little every day in order to reach Under-19 level, as well as other domestic They are all young women. Albania has no a high professional standard. The FShF’s women’s football. According to the FShF’s previous experience of women refereeing refereeing department has given these women refereeing department, the country’s female football matches. Some of them have played for constant encouragement in the form of training referees show considerable potential, and they professional women’s teams, but the rest have sessions, seminars and regular advice regarding expect significant growth in this area in the no such experience. Most of them are students, problems they encounter while refereeing coming years. with a lot of passion and a desire to learn and matches. Three of them are already elite l Tritan Kokona

Austria www.oefb.at

Partnership with the ÖFB’s grassroots programme. Austria’s the Homeless World Cup homeless team were given a pre-tournament send-off by the 48,000 crowd at the Ernst- The 11th annual Homeless World Cup took Happel-Stadion in for the FIFA World place recently in Poznan, Poland. This project Cup qualifying match between Austria and allows people who live on the fringes of society Sweden in June. The team are managed by to feel involved again. The players stock up on former Austrian international Gilbert Prilasnig, confidence to see them through the tough who is convinced of the value of the initiative: times ahead and those seeking to improve their “Football gives these people, some of whom are lives can rely on assistance from the social homeless, a great deal of strength and courage organisations that support the project – of for the tough times ahead. It allows them to Caritas which there are 31 in Austria alone. regain their pride.” This project, which was given the UEFA In early June, the president of the ÖFB, Austria play Belgium in Poznan Monaco Charity Award in 2005, has its roots in Leo Windtner, the president of Caritas Austria, Austria. The first Homeless World Cup was held Franz Küberl, and skiing Matthias Lanzinger At this year’s tournament in Poland, Austria in 2003 in Graz, where 20,000 spectators joined team manager Gilbert Prilasnig, the finished tenth, while Brazil’s men and Mexico’s flocked to Graz’s main square to cheer on men’s players and sponsors to present the project to women were crowned world champions. In and women’s teams from around the world. the media. Mr Windtner explained: “The 2014, the tournament will be held in Santiago Austria were crowned world champions, and Homeless World Cup is particularly close to the in Chile. 28 TV stations turned up to report on the event. ÖFB’s heart, as it has become a real flagship Even though the team would like to be world The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) is a project. It shows the areas of life where football champions every year, social integration through proud supporter of this initiative, as the can open doors and bring about positive football is the main focus. tournament – which is now contested by a total changes. This underlines the collective social For more details, visit www.homelessworldcup.at of 48 different countries – is a perfect match for responsibility that we all have to bear.” l Wolfgang Gramann

Azerbaijan www.affa.az

Soccer school experience Ganja, Mingachevir, Lenkaran, Sumgait and proves a great success Baku. They were chosen from among more than 1,000 boys and girls who participated in The first visit to a Manchester United FC scouting sessions led by professional coaches soccer school by Azerbaijani children was a from the Association of Football Federations of great success. The result of an official partner- Azerbaijan (AFFA). The 32 talented 8 to 12-year- AFFA ship with Manchester United FC, the Football olds went on to attend training sessions run by with Bakcell programme broke new ground Manchester United soccer school coaches Carl in Azerbaijani grassroots football. Six talented Wild and Paul Gray at the Eighth Kilometer young footballers, having made it through a District Stadium from 24 to 28 June. demanding selection process in July of this The five Azerbaijani young boys at This joint project between the AFFA and local year, travelled to Manchester in August, where mobile communications company Bakcell has they participated in intensive training sessions, five talented boys attended similar training now reached its successful conclusion, giving six went on excursions and attended a match at sessions in the last three weeks of August. of the country’s most talented young footballers the legendary Old Trafford stadium. Nigar These football camps, and the experience as the chance to travel to Manchester for training Mirzaliyeva, the only girl to pass the tough a whole, will of course have an undeniable camps. The project’s partners have expressed selection process administered by Manchester impact on the future careers of these passion- their willingness to repeat this initiative in the United coaches over five long days of training ate young footballers. future, as it represents a unique opportunity to at Baku’s Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, The initial five-day training camp in Baku was unearth talented young Azerbaijani players and participated in a one-week Manchester United attended by 32 talented young players from five turn children into stars of the future. summer camp at Denstone College, while the regions of Azerbaijan, including the cities of l Ayan Aghayeva

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Bosnia and Herzegovina www.nfsbih.ba

Joint women’s league launched requirements imposed by UEFA and FIFA and Sweden and Denmark. Coordinator Murat Jaha carried out the instructions of its general attended the first camp alongside youth team In mid-August, the first ever nationwide assembly. selectors Toni Karačić, Sakib Malkočević and women’s league was launched in Bosnia and The new competitive structure for women’s Zoran Erbez, selecting about 75 promising Herzegovina. Eight teams are participating: football in will help to boys of different ages. The second part of the five from of the make it even more popular and improve quality, project will involve a selection camp in Munich Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FF F BiH) as well as increasing competition at all levels. including players from countries in central – SFK 2000 , ŽNK Zenica Čelik, Thus far, SFK 2000 Sarajevo have had the most Europe. ŽNK Gradina Srebrenik, ŽNK Salt City Tuzla success, being crowned champions 14 times in For the first time in two years, the Olimpijski and ŽNK Mladost Nević Polje – and three from a row. They will again be one of the main Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase was the venue the Football Association of Republika Srpska favourites to win the title this year, but it will for a recent friendly match between the Bosnia and Herzegovina (FF RS BiH) – Banja certainly be more difficult than in previous national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Luka, Radnik Bumurang (from Bijeljina) and seasons. the United States, with the guests winning 4-3. Mladost Novi Grad (from Bosanski Novi). Last month, reigning champions SFK 2000 Meanwhile, the national Under-21 side drew Sarajevo hosted a qualifying round mini-tourna- 1-1 with Montenegro in a friendly at Stadion ment for the UEFA Women’s Champions Vrapčići in Mostar. League. They finished in second place in their l Fuad Krvavac group, behind Turkish side Konak Belediyespor. They beat Welsh team Cardiff City FC 3-0 and Bulgarian side FC NSA 3-2, before losing 2-1 to the team from Turkey. Czech Republic Elsewhere, the NFSBiH has launched its www.fotbal.cz Open Door project, which monitors talented footballers of Bosnian and Herzegovinian origin who live abroad but would be eligible to play New youth development for the country’s national teams. The project’s F. Krvavac F. programme first camp was held on 16 August in Solvesborg, SFK 2000 Sarajevo (in pink) are favourites in Sweden. “This project was conceived in order The Football Association of the Czech to win the national championship to allow a large number of people based Republic has launched a revolutionary abroad throughout Europe – guys who feel programme – the Flying Coaches project – All teams will play each other twice in a total they are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and which seeks to develop youth football and of 14 rounds, with the season running from love their country – to have the opportunity to coach education at grassroots level. autumn to spring. Until now, the two regional demonstrate their football skills. It also allows entities have had their own championships, our selectors to choose the best players at this with the national champion being determined moment in time from across the diaspora,” said by a final tournament contested by two clubs Denijal Pirić, technical director at the NFSBiH. from the FF F BiH and one from the FF RS BiH. The Open Door project is derived from the By launching this nationwide women’s league, NFSBiH’s development strategy. The project is the national Bosnia and Herzegovina Football divided into two parts. The first part covers Federation (NFSBiH) has complied with the Scandinavian countries: Finland, Norway,

Croatia www.hns-cff.hr FACR

Great success for Dinamo happy for this incredible team. They are really A programme to better adapt training Zagreb youth team skilful, and a few are exceptionally talented, to youngsters‘ needs but most of all they have the right attitude. In addition to being the only European They have such strong characters. They work The “flying coaches” are professional country with national teams competing at both hard and enjoy their football.” coaches who show local coaches how to work the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the FIFA U-20 Meanwhile, Croatia recently hosted the with children and young people using the latest World Cup this year, Croatian football recently second DiaEuro, a futsal championship for methods, typically visiting small clubs. Coaches celebrated another impressive result at youth European diabetic associations. Croatia won at these small clubs often do not have licences level: in August, GNK Dinamo Zagreb’s Under-15 DiaEuro 2012 in Ukraine and was privileged to but they are responsible for training many team became the 2013 Manchester United welcome 11 European teams to Zadar for a young children, so it is necessary to show them Premier Cup winners after beating AC Milan in competition that aimed to show that diabetes how to work with young footballers, how to the final at Old Trafford in Manchester. should not be an obstacle to a full professional, prepare training sessions, and so on. This competition is regarded as the unofficial private, family and social life. The project builds on recent developments in youth club world championship, with more l Tomislav Pacak youth football (new coaching trends, small-sided­ than a million players participating since 1993, games, cooperation with parents, etc.). and more than 8,000 teams from more than Flying coaches are on the pitch with children 40 countries competing this year. during training sessions, showing them new After winning their group, Dinamo Zagreb’s techniques, exercises and approaches to youngsters beat Ulsan Hyundai and Arsenal FC modern football. Local coaches, parents and in the knockout stage, and then came that children have the opportunity to talk to these tense final against AC Milan. Borovec opened professional coaches about anything they want the scoring in the first half, but Agnero to know. Training sessions may also be attended managed to equalise just three minutes later. by coaches from other local clubs. The hard-fought match was decided in Practical sessions run by flying coaches extratime, when Davor Lovren scored the focus on individual exercises with a ball (where winner for the Croatian team. everyone has a ball), small-sided games (from Coach Krešimir Gojun was delighted with one-a-side up to five-a-side), and exercises to his team’s achievements: “I have been through Getty Images develop muscle strength, speed and skills. every emotion in the last few hours. I am so The young Croatians were victorious at Old Trafford Michal Blažej

20 | UEFA•direct | 09.13 England www.thefa.com

First Sir FA chairman Greg Dyke, England National Football Day manager and former England women’s captain The first Sir Bobby Robson National Football visited a new sports ground in Day took place last month, with 150 events Lewisham, where over 300 local nationwide helping the public to celebrate youngsters were taking part in skills England’s favourite game. Showcasing the sessions and mini-tournaments. work of The Football Association (FA) at the Meanwhile, in Manchester, England grassroots level of the game, the initiative gave coach joined in with the whole of the country the chance to get youngsters and disabled players, along involved on Saturday 10 August. with Olympic boxing hero Amir Khan. The events were held by county FAs and FA Club England managing director FA charter standard clubs up and down the Adrian Bevington and English Premier country and were open to people of all ages League referee were at The and abilities. With the public able to join in with Ushaw Moor in Sir Bobby’s native Faye White and Roy Hodgson in Lewisham to mark everything from tournaments to skills sessions Durham to present a cheque for the first Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day and coaching workshops, it was a real feast £25,000 from The FA to the Sir Bobby of football, with some famous faces getting Robson Foundation. The charity was involved too. set up during the last 18 months of Sir Bobby’s The FA’s work developing football for everyone, From Sunderland to Somerset, Cheshire to life, when he was fighting cancer, and has since visit www.TheFA.com/nationalfootballday. Chelmsford, there were memorable events, all proved a remarkable success, reaching £5m of To find out more about the foundation and held in memory of the former England, fundraising this year. its work, visit www.sirbobbyrobsonfoundation. Town FC, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona and To find out more about the Sir Bobby Robson org.uk. Newcastle United FC manager. In London, National Football Day and the local events, and l James Callow

France www.fff.fr

Beach soccer tour is a big the Mediterranean, via the Atlantic coast, emergency first aid. With beach soccer, sport summer hit stopping at the following 12 places along the and fun go hand in hand, just a few metres way: Bray-Dunes, Saint-Jean-de-Monts, from the shore. Between 6 July and 22 August, the Beach Quiberon, La Baule, Châtelaillon, Arcachon, Beach soccer is also played inland. We can Soccer Tour went on its annual journey around Capbreton, Canet-en-Roussillon, Gruissan, see that from the fact that the National, a the country. It travelled from the North Sea to d’Agde, Le Grau-du-Roi and Bormes-les- tournament contested by the top eight teams Mimosas. in the country, does not just feature seaside The tour, which is resorts. This year, UJS 31 from Toulouse, teams organised by the Amateur from Amnéville in Lorraine and Fontenay-le- Football League and first took Comte in the Vendée, and the Girondins de place in 2001, is attracting Saint-Médard-en-Jalles near Bordeaux put up a more visitors every year. real fight against representatives of Plomelin, Adults and children – boys Montpellier, Toulon and Marseille over three and girls alike – abandon days of competition from 12 to 14 July in their beach towels and come Saint-Jean-de-Monts. Ultimately, the to enjoy a match team from Marseille proved between friends, to see unstoppable, and were crowned how hard and how champions for the third time accurately they can in four tournaments. We’ll see shoot, to pick up a whether they can do it again next few gifts and to year! FFF learn some l Stéphane Lanoue Beach soccer is proving a great success in France

Germany www.dfb.de

Fair play award for Heynckes stands for respect and fair play. Last season in particular, he A few hours before the FIFA World Cup quali- impressively demonstrated his has had an exemplary fier against Austria in Munich, the German belief that success and fair play are career from every Football Association (DFB) awarded its 2013 fair closely entwined. Bayern not only perspective play award to former FC Bayern München won the treble, they were also the

coach Jupp Heynckes, who won the treble last fairest team of the season. Football Images season. Heynckes was honoured for the fair and needs role models like Jupp Heynckes,” exemplary way in which he has conducted Niersbach said. Getty himself both on and off the pitch throughout Heynckes, who became the first different characters in a his career as a player and coach. The medal was German coach to win the domestic team must gel, and you presented by DFB president and UEFA Executive championship, DFB Cup and UEFA need a framework for Committee member Wolfgang Niersbach, at a Champions League in the same season, that. That framework ceremony held in the Bavarian capital. was delighted with the award. “Fair play consists of discipline “Jupp Heynckes is not only an outstanding is as much a part of football as the Laws and fair play.” coach, but also an extraordinary person who of the Game”, the 68-year-old said. “The l Stephan Brause

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Israel www.football.org.il

Football For All in Israeli stadiums As the 2013/14 season begins, the Israel Football Association (IFA) is continuing to reach out for tolerance in its stadiums, seeking to make them an environment free

of . fund For many years, the IFA has been working with the New Israel Fund, promoting its Kick Israël It Out programme under the slogan Football For All. new To promote this worthy cause, both teams The at the opening day match between Hapoel A call for respect and tolerance Tel-Aviv FC and Bnei Sakhnin FC wore T-shirts bearing the slogan Football For All in Hebrew, Before the match, fans from both teams met This is a very important project for the IFA, Arabic and English during the warm-up and to sign an agreement calling for tolerance and which will continue to campaign for tolerance before kick-off. Players also kicked respect. Such unique events will be a feature of and respect in all stadiums and at all matches. balls bearing the Respect logo to fans in the this season, taking place at many more stadiums stands. and involving many more teams and fans. l Michal Grundland

Liechtenstein www.lfv.li

100 caps for national team The president of the goalkeeper Peter Jehle Croatian Football Federation, Davor Šuker, the president Goalkeeper Peter Jehle has become the third of the Football Liechtenstein international to play 100 games Association, Matthias Voigt, for his country. He reached that milestone on and the prime minister of 14 August, when he played in Liechtenstein’s Liechtenstein, Adrian Hasler, friendly against Croatia in Vaduz. with Peter Jehle Jehle – who is now 31 – made his interna- tional debut in 1998 at the age of 16, before turning professional and becoming his country’s the thick of the action. He was first-choice goalkeeper. In his very first typically assured and in control, international – a European Football Champion- helping his team to go in ship qualifying match against Azerbaijan – he at half-time drawing 1-1 – LFV and his team-mates made footballing history, as a remarkable achievement Liechtenstein won their first ever competitive against such world-class match. 2006 to 2008, and French club FC Tours from opponents from eastern Europe. The game, Jehle turned professional in 2000, moving 2008 to 2009. In 2009, he returned to which was a fitting occasion for Jehle’s 100th from his local club FC Schaan in Liechtenstein Liechtenstein to play for FC Vaduz and has been international, ended with Liechtenstein losing to Grasshopper Club in Zurich, where he would there ever since. 3-2, but they could consider themselves unlucky win the Swiss championship twice in six years. In his centenary game against Croatia, Jehle and the game should certainly live long in the He has also played for two other foreign clubs: played only a little more than half the match, memory in Liechtenstein. renowned Portuguese side Boavista FC from but – as is so often the case – was constantly in l Anton Banzer

Malta www.mfa.com.mt

Maltese coaches in UEFA Study All the delegations gave interesting Power- Group Scheme Point presentations on coach education in their respective countries and this helped contribute A group of 11 coach educators from the to an exchange of experiences and increased Malta Football Association’s technical centre cooperation in this specific area of coaching. and others from several Maltese clubs travelled The practical sessions also turned out to to Sweden recently to participate in another be useful reference points from which the UEFA Study Group Scheme session, on the topic participants benefited from introductions to of coach education. several new concepts. The Swedish FA devised an intensive This was another opportunity in a series programme, which included a cross-section of UEFA study groups for participants to share of theoretical and practical coaching education their expertise with other associations while sessions for the participants, who also came gaining knowledge of what is being done in from , Armenia and the Former different countries. Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. At the beginning of the current year, staff The items covered helped the attendees to coaches from the Malta FA technical centre and Aquilina D. enhance their work as coach educators. This in club coaches also attended two useful study turn would enable their associations to upgrade groups, the first in Portugal on elite football and The 11 coach educators from the Malta FA their courses, in line with the latest approval by the second in Cyprus on grassroots football. who travelled to Sweden to participate in a UEFA the UEFA Jira Panel of the UEFA A course. l Alex Vella study group

22 | UEFA•direct | 09.13 Moldova Romania www.fmf.md www.frf.ro

Moldovan football Social responsibility yearbook 2012/13 at the Romanian FA The Moldovan football yearbook 2012/13 Grassroots and social responsibility has recently been published in Chisinau with activities organised by the Romanian Football the help of the Football Association of Moldova Federation (FRF) are on the increase. One (FMF). The FMF’s involvement lends this of the latest examples of these activities is a invaluable publication added authenticity and training camp hosted by the FRF’s national credibility as a reference. As has been the case training centre in Mogoșoaia, which took for the last three years (the first issue was place from 15 to 18 August. published in 2010), the editor, Victor Daghi, The camp was organised as a result of the has recorded for posterity the most important partnership between the Romanian FA and events of the domestic football season under Coca-Cola Romania. The winners of the 2013 review. The 152-page yearbook kicks off with edition of the Coca-Cola cup for high schools a long message from Pavel Cebanu, president (the boys’ team of the Auto Technical High of the FMF, regarding the association’s School in Craiova and the girls’ team of the organisational achievements. Grigore Moisil High School in Urziceni), both The book contains copious statistical infor- aged 16 to 18, were awarded a four-day mation on the 2012/13 season in Moldovan FMF training camp at the centre, which hosts all football, including all appearances and A fount of useful information Romania’s national teams including the goalscorers for the Moldovan National Division, seniors. Those teams were accompanied by Division A and Division B, as well as lots of 12 children aged 10 to 14 from an orphan- photos and selected historical records for each list of all Moldovan champions since 1992, an age in ’s District 5, which has a club. The yearbook is a must for statisticians, all-time table, details of the best goalscorers of special partnership with the Romanian FA providing full individual analysis for each all time for the top two divisions, information and is included in its social responsibility National Division club. Facts, photos and figures about each Moldovan Cup final and Super Cup, programme. are complemented by a narrative review of the and player listings for clubs in the top division. season for each club in the top division. The l Press office yearbook also contains, among other things, a

Republic of Ireland www.fai.ie

Growing positive partnerships with its sponsorship partners to the value of €200,000, with a greater than 1 in 50 chance Besides its core football development of winning a prize! activities, the Football Association of Ireland Draws will take place for four different (FAI) has developed a wide array of partnerships regions – Dublin, the rest of Leinster, Munster, with local and national government bodies in and Connacht and Ulster – with regional prizes recent years, using football as a means to tackle up for grabs. There will also be an overall draw important social issues. for national prizes. As one of the pioneers of this development Clubs will be the sole recipients of all

model, the FAI is now responsible for a very large proceeds from their ticket sales for the draw, FRF number of important relationships with national and proceeds will go towards the growth and and regional stakeholders. By aligning our development of local clubs. The national training centre in Mogoșoaia was the objectives, the association has been able to Entries must be returned by 25 October, venue for the four-day youth training camp increase its presence throughout the country and the draw for all prizes will take place at the and encourage higher participation levels, FAI Ford Cup final on 3 November. Clubs make The four days included practical and while also helping our stakeholders to address a small down payment, which covers all theoretical training sessions for all participants, important social issues through the medium administration costs and also contributes to held by coaches of the Romanian youth of football. the overall prize fund, and they can then sell national teams and by specialists appointed To stay to the fore of this growth model, the tickets for €10 and keep the proceeds. by the FRF’s coaching school. the FAI is holding a stakeholder conference and l Stephen Finn But the training camp also offered the workshop called Positive Partnerships, which young people involved the chance to watch will take place on the day of the FIFA World the Romanian First League match between Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan on FC Steaua Bucharest and FC CFR 1907 Cluj, 15 October. thanks to the support offered by Steaua, and Along with UEFA, the workshop will involve to visit the palace in Mogoșoaia, one of the county managers, regional directors of services, most important buildings in Romania’s cultural the Irish Sports Council, the Young Persons heritage. Fund, and government departments including The second day of the course was particu- sport, health, justice and social protection. larly special, as all the young people involved The conference will be used as a forum to were given the opportunity to speak to the demonstrate value for money, sustain existing president of the FRF, Mircea Sandu, and to relationships and develop new areas of Romanian grassroots ambassador Miodrag cooperation. Belodedici, one of the greats of Romanian Another area where the FAI is striving to football. Both signed autographs and had their develop its relationship with its grassroots pictures taken with the participants, while sector is the introduction of the first annual FAI Miodrag Belodedici also played football with FAI Irish Football National Draw. John Delaney, CEO of the FAI, flanked by the children. This initiative will prove a great way for clubs James O’Shaugnessy, Cathaoirleach Councillor At the end of the training camp, the and grassroots football to raise money. The FAI of Wicklow (left) and Alan Reynolds, the FAI‘s participants received balls and kit. has put together an extensive prize package development officer for Wicklow l Paul Zaharia

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Russia www.rfs.ru

Women’s football just one goal against Turkey in on the up in Russia the first game, and in the second match the final score was the From 6 to 11 August, the Russian team same: Russia 1-0 Bosnia and played host to guests from Bosnia and Herzegovina. First place in the Herzegovina, Ireland and Turkey in a European group was decided on the last Women’s Under-17 Championship first matchday, when Russia tried to qualifying round mini-tournament in Ulyanovsk. save their strength and do their It was the first time that this city had organised best against Ireland. Russia an international football tournament. eventually won, again with the The four teams were competing for the minimum score, taking first chance to participate in the second – elite – position in Group 4. round. The Russian team were aiming to qualify In October, our team will take for the next step by finishing in first position in part in the elite round group in the first qualifying round group. And Natalia Austria, which also includes the RFS Kornyushina’s squad had no difficulty achieving hosts, Belarus and Greece. this, as they won all three matches. They scored A closely fought match between Bosnia and Herzegovina (left) and Russia l Irina Baranova

Switzerland www.football.ch

Two awards for Diego Benaglio , who won the women’s “I can’t believe what has happened to me in the award for the fourth time, has been a key last year. I could not have dreamed it any better,” The Swiss national team goalkeeper, Diego member of the Swiss national team for years. said the 21-year-old. Benaglio, was the star of the show at the Credit She has played for Olympique Lyonnais since Awards were presented in ten categories Suisse Awards, held for the first time in the 2009 and has won three French championships in all. The ceremony, held in front of a large Mühleplatz in Lucerne, where he won two of with the club. “It is always fantastic to win this audience of fans, was broadcast live by SRF the ten honours that were presented. award. It is particularly special this time because for the first time. After an expert jury had The VfL Wolfsburg captain was named Player my family is here,” said an overjoyed Dicken- chosen a shortlist, the fans also had a say of the Year, as well as winning Save of the Year mann. in who received the awards. for a double stop in the World Cup qualifier Uli Forte was crowned Coach of the Year against Norway. after leading Grasshopper Club to victory in The winners: “I am proud and delighted to receive these last season’s Swiss Cup. Forte has made a Men’s Player of the Year and Save awards,” Benaglio said after the official successful start to the new season in Berne of the Year: Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg) presentation. The shortlist for the best national with BSC Young Boys. team player also included and The prize for Rookie of the Year was presented Women’s Player of the Year: Lara . to FC Basel 1893 central defender Fabian Schär. Dickenmann (Olympique Lyonnais). Rookie of the Year: Fabian Schär (FC Basel 1893) Coach of the Year: Uli Forte Images (Grasshopper Club)

Getty Swiss Cup Team of the Year: Grasshopper Club Most Important Goal of the Year: Haris Seferovic (US Lecce, 1-0 for Switzerland against Cyprus) Fair Play Team of the Year: Diego Benaglio FC Luzern Frauen in action with his club, Referee Performance of the Year: VfL Wolfsburg Esther Staubli Coolest Goal of the Year: Dario Koller (SC Brühl) l Pierre Benoit

Ukraine www.ffu.org.ua

Ukraine’s Under-17s compete Netherlands finished second with six points in European qualifying round after two wins. And Slovakia and Ukraine finished the mini-tournament with two and From 2 to 7 August, Lviv played host to one points respectively. Group 3 in the 2013/14 European Women’s “I was delighted with the organisation Under-17 Championship qualifying round. of the tournament in Lviv. We had strong Ukraine’s Under-17s were in a group with the opponents, but our team was a little bit Netherlands, Finland and Slovakia. Roman unlucky with the results,” said Roman Zayev, Zayev’s team lost to both the Netherlands (4-1) head coach of the Ukrainian women’s and Finland (3-0) and drew with Slovakia (3-3). Under-17s, at the end of the mini-tourna- FFU Finland ended up top of the group with ment. seven points after two wins and a draw. The l Yuri Maznychenko The Ukrainian women‘s Under-17 team

24 | UEFA •direct | 09.13 •  • • • f the waythroughtointermediate andsenior at alllevels;fromjuniorlevelsofourgameright gramme targetsschools,coachesandourclubs said:“Thehealthpro- nications, Geoff Wilson, • • • •  out, including: the programme havebeenrolled adopted everyweek. knowledge thatcanbeshared and and mentalhealthinourclubs. Thethree-year increase knowledgeofhealthy eating,nutrition kind’ educationalresources thatwillhelp • • Realisations nutritionandmentalhealth. on healthyeating,sports coaches andplayers) andschoolsthroughout Irelandto Northern educatethem The IrishFA hasdevelopedahealthprogramme aimedatclubs(managers, Health intefront lie Ireland Northern Future developments ootball. Theprogrammeincludes ‘oneofa tributed attheclubseminars; a healthbookletthatwillbedis- OfficialIrishfa; now liveatwww.facebook.com/ a facebookhealthapp,whichis live atwww.irishfa.com/health; a healthmicrosite, whichisnow across thecountry; the sport,whichwasattendedby The IrishFA‘s headofmarketingandcommu- health educationforcoaches. platformfornutritionandmental e-learning the developmentandimplementationofan ber thisyear; primary schools,alsotobelaunchedinOcto- a healthprogramme forprimaryandpost- harm; such asstress, depression, suicideandself- place on9October2013,focusingareas health through football”,whichwilltake a mentalhealthconference, “Tackling mental Future programme componentswillinclude: courses; B, AandPro licencecoaching now integratedintoourUEFA C, nutrition seminars,whichare over 80representatives from clubs nutrition anddietaryaspectswithin 2013 focusingonhealthyeating, a majorconference in March To date,anumberofelements The overallaimistoincrease the gramme forclubs. a free first aidtraining andfirstaid kit pro- Ireland;Northern in over40visitstoclubskeyareas across and mentalhealth,whichare beingincluded seminars on sports nutrition, healthy eating

be foundatwww.irishfa.com/health. Sport programme. Tackling PovertyandSocialExclusionthrough and Leisure through the Promoting Equality, Executive andtheDepartmentofCulture, Arts Irelandthe generous supportoftheNorthern public healthmessages.” superb wayofgettingacrosstheseimportant to helpothers.Combininghealthwithsportisa larly andhealthyeatingwearebetterequipped take careofourselvesthroughexercisingregu- Chuilín, said:“Ourhealthisourwealthandifwe players andparents.” knowledge withourclubs,managers,coaches, facebook app,withtheaimtoexchangeour our seminarprogramme,microsite,bookletand Ulster in creating important factual content for the PublicHealthAgencyandUniversityof health. association istakingontheimportanceof programme showstheinnovativeapproach of thePublicHealthAgencyunveilhealthprogramme theIFA‘sGeoff Wilson, headofmarke­ Further information on the programme can The project hasbeenmadepossiblethanksto IrelandThe Northern sports minister, Carál Ní “The IrishFA havebeen workinghardwith ting andcommunications,AmyPepper Geoff Wilson l UEFA • direct |09.13 25

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Birthdays Gerard Perry (Republic of Ireland, 27 October) NOTICES Sir (England, 2 October) Levan Paniashvili (Georgia, 28 October) Levent Biçakci (Turkey, 2 October) Rui Cacador (Portugal, 29 October) l Desmond Reoch was elected ✰✰✰ 60th ✰✰✰ 60th Andrzej Wach (Poland, 2 October) George Fantaros (Cyprus, 29 October) president of the Gibraltar Football Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany, 2 October) Maria Persson (Sweden, 29 October) Association on 1 September. Julius Kvedaras (Lithuania, 3 October) Bert van Oostveen (Netherlands, 30 October) Léon Schelings (Belgium, 3 October) José Cunha Rodrigues (Portugal, 30 October) Victor van Helvoirt (Netherlands, 3 October) Alan McRae (Scotland, 31 October) Wilfried Heitmann (Germany, 4 October) Kurt Zuppinger (Switzerland, 31 October) MATCH AGENTS ✰✰✰ 70th José Luis Astiazaran Iriondo Khennet Tallinger (Sweden, 4 October) (Spain, 31 October) ✰✰✰ 50th New UEFA match agent licences have Silvo Borosak (Slovenia, 4 October) been awarded to: Márton Vági (Hungary, 4 October) Robert Piotr Stachura Frank Coulston (Scotland, 5 October) R.S. International Football Management Ltd. (Norway, 5 October) Forthcoming Sea View Valley Court Jerzy Engel (Poland, 6 October) events 7040 Oroklini, Cyprus Jérôme Valcke (France, 6 October) +35 799 37 82 69 Faruk Hadzibegic (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Meetings +35 724 46 78 60 (fax) 7 October) [email protected] 7 October, Budapest Armand Duka (Albania, 7 October) Development and Technical Assistance Fabio Vannoni Jari Maisonlahti (Finland, 7 October) Committee SM International Events SRL Markus Kopecky (Austria, 7 October) XXV Marzo, 67 Pierre Delaunay (France, 9 October) 7–11 October, Budapest 47895 Bomagnano, San Marino Sergey Zuev (Russia, 9 October) Football education workshop +39 334 386 13 15 Ellert B. Schram (Iceland, 10 October) 8 October, Nyon [email protected] Milovan Nikolic (Slovenia, 10 October) Women’s Football Committee www.smie.eu ✰✰✰ 70th 18 October, Nyon Selim Zakout Joan Gaspart Solves (Spain, 11 October) UEFA Futsal Cup: draw for the elite round Vogtgt. 18 Dimitar Ziwovski (FYR Macedonia, 9 October) 28 October, Nyon 1532 Moss, Norway Bo Karlsson (Sweden, 12 October) National Associations Committee +47 967 595 39 Adrian D. Casha (Malta, 12 October) [email protected] Siegfried Kirschen (Germany, 13 October) 29 October, Nyon Maximilian Hagmayr ✰✰✰ 70th HatTrick Committee Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee Hagmayr Sportmanagement GmbH Pedro Tomás (Spain, 13 October) Honauerstr. 2 Aleksander Ceferin (Slovenia, 13 October) 30 October, Nyon 4020 Linz, Austria George Brian Smith (Scotland, 14 October) Club Licensing Committee +43 732 775 375-0 ✰✰✰ 70th Players’ Status, Transfer and Agents +43 732 775 375-20 (fax) Dušan Krchnak (Slovakia, 14 October) and Match Agents Committee [email protected] Tony Paeffgen (Lithuania, 14 October) 31 October, Nyon www.hagmayr-sport.com Legal Committee Tom van der Hulst (Netherlands, 15 October) Logan Jopanguy Michel Piraux (Belgium, 15 October) Medical Committee Logan Services International Wendy Toms (England, 16 October) 66B Avenue Borriglions Konrad Plautz (Austria, 16 October) Competitions 06100 Nice, France John Delaney (Republic of Ireland, +33 6 99 19 43 40 16 October) 1/2 October [email protected] Jean-Marie (Belgium, 17 October) UEFA Champions League: Miroslav Lovric Frans Hoek (Netherlands, 17 October) group matches (matchday 2) 1–6 October Glavarjeva 56 Mark Arthur (England, 17 October) 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Adonis Procopiou (Cyprus, 17 October) UEFA Futsal Cup: main round +386 1 53 40 811 Petros Mavroidis (Greece, 19 October) 3 October +386 1 53 40 811 / 620 99 66 (fax) Aivar Pohlak (Estonia, 19 October) UEFA Europa League: [email protected] Miljenko Sakoman (Croatia, 19 October) group matches (matchday 2) Paul Philipp (Luxembourg, 21 October) Juan Ernesto Melo Garzon 9/10 October Uinuelas 177 A Philip Pritchard (Wales, 22 October) UEFA Women‘s Champions League: 19187 Uceda Guadazajara, Spain Mircea Sandu (Romania, 22 October) round of 32 (first legs) +34 699 67 39 88 John Taylor (Scotland, 22 October) 16/17 October +34 91 130 33 95 (fax) Arie Kenneth Scheiman (Israel, 22 October) UEFA Women‘s Champions League: +34 692 26 76 28 (mob.) 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