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EL Festival Programme Def.Indd 18 - 20 SEPTEMBER 2017 ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS EUROPEAN PARTICIPANTS Fulham FC Club Brugge KAA Gent Anorthosis Famagusta FC Vålerenga Fotball SL Benfica VfL Wolfsburg Werder Bremen PSV Vitesse Arnhem NEC Nijmegen Feyenoord Rotterdam Tottenham Hotspur FC NAC Breda FC Schalke 04 Heracles Almelo Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leyton Orient Feyenoord Rotterdam II Vålerenga Fotball II NEC Nijmegen II 18-20 September 2017 Arnhem, The Netherlands 2 European Legends Walking Football Tournament PROLOGUE TON STROOBAND CHAIR EFDN Foundation Dear European Legends Festival European Legends programme by showing attendees, continuous dedication, commitment and by welcoming us at their club facilities to stage project seminars and meetings. I have the great pleasure of welcoming you all to the EFDN European Legends Walking This European Legends Festival provides us Football Festival. I do so on behalf of the with the fantastic opportunity to celebrate entire EFDN board and staff. the beautiful sport of Walking Football together with our 13 project partners and We are grateful that you and your team are 5 additional teams from all across Europe. here to join us at the iconic Dutch sporting We have teams in attendance ranging Centre Papendal, home of the Dutch from Norway to Portugal and from the Olympic athletes and Vitesse Arnhem. Netherlands to Cyprus, giving the Festival I would fi rst like to thank the host, Vitesse a very vibrant, colourful and inspirational Betrokken, for their commitment and atmosphere. hospitality during the Festival. We sincerely hope that throughout the Now that the European Legends Festival you will have the opportunity Programme is approaching its fi nal to get to know as many follow Walking stage, we are proud to host the European Football players as possible from different Legends Walking Football Festival as teams and countries. the fi nal crowning event. We wish all participating teams the best Since 2016, EFDN has been working in of luck and enjoyment and hope that collaboration with clubs from Portugal, everyone will make new friends and Belgium, England the Netherlands, return home with good memories. Germany, Cyprus and Norway to broaden the reach of the Walking Football & Sports methodology. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all partners who TonChair StroobandEFDN Foundation have contributed to the success of our European Legends Walking Football Tournament 3 The Festival Venue Hotel VAN DER VALK TRAINING GROUND VITESSE Hotel / restaurant Papendal Hotel Van der Valk Hotel Papendal Vitesse venue Training Ground address Amsterdamseweg 505 Papendallaan 3 Papendallaan 40 6816 VK 6816 VD 6816 VD Arnhem Arnhem Arnhem The Netherlands The Netherlands The Netherlands telephone +31 (0) 26 482 1100 +31 (0) 26 483 79 11 4 European Legends Walking Football Tournament PROGRAMME 18 th 20 th SEPTEMBER Monday 18th September, 2017 02.00 PM - 02.30 PM : Travelling to Open Air Museum | From Papendal to Museum 05.00 PM - 05.30 PM : Travelling to Hotel Papendal | From Museum to Hotel Papendal 06.00 PM - 08.00 PM : Opening Ceremony | Athens Room, Hotel Papendal 08.00 PM - 09.00 PM : Dinner | Athens Room, Hotel Papendal Tuesday 19th September, 2017 07.00 AM - 09.00 AM : Breakfast | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal 09.00 AM - 09.15 AM : Transfer to | From Restaurant Vitesse Training Centre to Training Centre 09.15 AM - 09.45 AM : Team Check in and Registration | EFDN Tent 09.15 AM - 09.45 AM : Festival briefing | Vitesse Training Centre (For Staff & Captains) 09.45 AM - 09.55 AM : Group Photo | Vitesse Training Centre 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM : Football Tournament | Vitesse Training Centre 12.00 PM - 13.30 PM : Lunch and Transfer to | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal Vitesse Training Centre 01.30 PM - 05.00 PM : Football Tournament | Vitesse Training Centre 05.30 PM - 07.00 PM : Free Time 07.00 PM - 08.00 PM : Dinner | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal 08.00 PM - 10.00 PM : Pub Quiz | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal Wednesday 20th September, 2017 07.00 AM - 08.30 AM : Breakfast | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal 08.30 AM - 09.00 AM : Transfer to | From Restaurant Vitesse Training Centre to Training Centre 09.00 AM - 10.45 AM : Football Tournament | Vitesse Training Centre 10.45 AM - 12.15 PM : Lunch and Transfer to | Sydney Room, Hotel Papendal Vitesse Training Centre 12.30 PM - 12.50 PM : Exhibition Game: Vitesse All Stars | Vitesse Training Centre vs European Legends 13.00 PM - 14.00 PM : Semi-Final and Final | Vitesse Training Centre 14.00 PM - 14.45 PM : Closing Ceremony | Vitesse Training Centre 15.00 PM - : Bus departure SL Benfica | From Hotel Papendal to Schiphol 16.30 PM - : Bus departure rest of teams | From Hotel Papendal to Schiphol European Legends Walking Football Tournament 5 European Legends Walking Football Tournament Rules 1 A match is played between two 8 The ball may not be played teams, each consisting of not above the height of the bar of more than six players and four the goal, which is one metre high substitutes (total of ten players) 9 If the ball is played outside the 2 The pitch has the following pitch, the ball will be placed at dimensions: 21 by 42 metres the spot where it went out and the player shoots the ball back 3 The maximum number of into play. All players of the other substitutes permitted is four. team must keep a distance of 3 The number of substitutions metres made during a game is unlimited. A player who has been replaced 10 After each goal, the match starts may return to the pitch as a with a kick-off in the centre of substitute for another player. the fi eld Players have to leave the pitch alongside their own goal and 11 The penalty for running is a free the substitutes have to enter the kick for the other team pitch alongside their own goal 12 Players are not allowed to score 4 European Legends is played from their own side of the pitch without goalkeepers 13 If a goal is prevented in an illegal 5 Offside - there is no offside manner (hands or by running to the ball) the goal will be counted 6 Tackling and any other form of as valid physical contact is forbidden 14 A player can be removed from 7 There are no penalties. Only the game by the referee for indirect free kicks. All players verbal abuse or continuous need to keep a distance of 3 foul play. The player will be metres substituted by another player. 6 European Legends Walking Football Tournament Walking Football WALK YOUR WAY BACK TO FITNESS! European Legends Walking Football Tournament 7 EUROPEAN EFDN EUROPEAN LEGENDS PROGRAMME The European Legends Programme, to raise awareness about the powerful funded by Erasmus+ Sport is a football- role that sport can play in promoting based health programme that kicked off health, enhancing physical activity, social in November 2015 and runs for a period inclusion and equal opportunities. of two years. European Legends- 13 EFDN Network member clubs from 7 A Pan European Project powered by EFDN different countries work in collaboration The 13 EFDN network member clubs, on developing and delivering a “Walking Feyenoord Rotterdam, Fulham FC, Football” community programme for a Tottenham Hotspur, NEC Nijmegen, Vitesse specifically challenging target group to reach. Arnhem, KAA Gent, Club Brugge, Vålerenga Fotball, VFL Wolfsburg, PSV Eindhoven, The European Legends programme follows SV Werder Bremen, Anorthosis Famagusta the mission of increasing the participation and SL Benfica along with EFDN are in sport, physical activity and voluntary promoting the Walking Football & Walking activity for people aged 50 years and Sports methodology in seven different older. The purpose of the programme is countries across Europe. 8 European Legends Walking Football Tournament To achieve this goal, representatives of the European Legends Programme have been attending international seminars throughout the programme at PSV Eindhoven Netherlands, Fulham FC London, Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus and SL Benfi ca Lisbon. A collaborative Walking Football Practitioners Guide has been developed which can additionally be applied to other sporting formats in local communities across Europe. Additionally, the European Legends Festival and with it the Walking Football From 18th to 20th of September the values Conference provides an opportunity for all of the programme will truly come to life participating clubs to come together along at the European Legends Walking Football with local authorities, stakeholders and Festival. It presents a unique opportunity sponsors to aknowledge the sustainable for all clubs to gather along with other avenues which continue to inspire the walking football clubs and groups. work which is being done across Europe. European Legends Walking Football Tournament 9 Tournament Schedule | FIRST ROUND ROUND 1 10.00 AM – 10.10 AM pitch 1 Bayer 04 – Anorthosis Fam. pitch 2 Werder Bremen – Vålerenga 2 pitch 3 PSV – KAA Gent pitch 4 N.E.C. 1 – Leyton Orient ROUND 2 10.13 AM – 10.23 AM pitch 1 Feyenood 2 – Benfica pitch 2 NAC – Club Brugge pitch 3 Tottenham – FC Shalke 04 pitch 4 Vålerenga 1 – Wolfsburg ROUND 3 10.26 AM – 10. 36 AM pitch 1 Vitesse – Fulham pitch 2 Vålerenga 2 – Feyenoord 1 pitch 3 KAA Gent – N.E.C. 2 pitch 4 Leyton Orient – Heracles Almelo ROUND ROUND 4 10. 39 AM – 10.49 AM 6 11.05 AM – 11.15 AM pitch 1 Benfica – Bayer 04 pitch 1 Vitesse – Feyenoord 2 pitch 2 NAC – Werder Bremen pitch 2 Vålerenga 2 – NAC pitch 3 Tottenham – PSV pitch 3 KAA Gent – Tottenham pitch 4 Vålerenga 1 – N.E.C. 1 pitch 4 Leyton Orient – Vålerenga 1 ROUND ROUND 5 10.52 AM – 11.02 AM 7 11.18 AM – 11.28 AM pitch 1 Fulham – Anorthosis Fam.
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