ECA Report on Youth Academies.Pdf
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL FOR THE FUTURE OF CLUB FOOTBALL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL FOR THE FUTURE OF CLUB FOOTBALL 4 ECA REPORT ON YOUTH ACADEMIES IN EUROPE TABLE OF CON TABLE T EN TABLE OF CONTENTS T S 50 7 Foreword from the ECA Chairman 8 Why an ECA Report on Youth Academies? 11 Introduction 12 Background, Scope and Methodology 14 Executive Summary 18 Case Studies 38 20 AFC Ajax, Netherlands 26 Arsenal FC, England 32 FC Barcelona, Spain 38 FC Bayern München, Germany 44 FC Internazionale Milano, Italy 50 FC Levadia Tallinn, Estonia 20 56 NK Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia 62 RC Lens, France 68 R. Standard de Liège, Belgium 74 Sporting Clube de Portugal, Portugal 32 68 44 ECA REPORT ON YOUTH ACADEMIES IN EUROPE 5 TABLE OF CON TABLE T TABLE OF CONTENTS EN T S More club cases 80 Besiktas, , SK, Turkey 82 FC Basel 1983, Switzerland 83 85 FC Honka, Finland 84 FC Schalke 04, Germany 85 FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine 86 FK Teplice, Czech Republic 87 Share (%) of Youth Academy budget in overall club budget Glentoran FC, Northern Ireland 88 more than 10% missing 15% 11% less than 2% Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland 89 7% 8 - 10% Helsingborgs IF, Sweden 90 18% 2 - 3.9% Panathinaikos FC, Greece 91 16% 6 - 7.9% 7% ECA Youth Survey 92 4 - 5.9% Academy players 96 26% 98 Finance and budgetary items 98 Managerial aspects 106 Football development 112 Support services 122 Relations with third parties 128 Infrastructure 131 Productivity 134 Organisation of youth competitions and selections 138 Support from the National Association 144 106 Critical Success Factors
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