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Feyenoord Rotterdam
[Feyenoord Academy]
About Feyenoord
In the document in front of you we present to you Feyenoord, the Feyenoord Academy and its
philosophy and methodology as they relate to our soccer operations. You will briefly learn about our
humble beginnings, past and present as well as the #1 Dutch soccer academy!
Feyenoord Rotterdam is one of the two biggest football clubs in the Netherlands, a football crazy
country that has been producing top players and teams for a long time. ‘The Dutch school’ of football
is known for its attractive style of play and its excellent youth and talent development systems. In
spite of the Netherlands’ relatively small population it is a world power in footballing terms having
reached no less than three World Cup finals in the last 40 years.
Feyenoord itself was founded in 1908 by a group of friends
from humble Rotterdam backgrounds. In De Vereeniging
café, eleven working class young men then laid what would
prove to be very solid foundations. In just over a hundred
years the band of brothers transformed into an
internationally known and respected institute, playing in one
of the most authentic and loved stadiums of Europe.
Feyenoord is a football club open to anyone and its fan base
transcends the city and even the country’s limits. One can find
registered Feyenoord fans in ALL Dutch cities and abroad. All
of them are renowned for their loyalty to their club.
In 1970 Feyenoord became the first Dutch to lift a major European
trophy, when it conquered the European Cup (which is known as the
Champions League today). Feyenoord was also the first Dutch club to
win the Intercontinental Cup (1970) as well as the UEFA Cup (1974,
nowadays known as the Europa League). In the Netherlands Feyenoord
was the first club to win a ‘double’: in 1965 the Rotterdam outfit
conquered both the league and the Dutch FA Cup. Feyenoord was the
last Dutch club to win a European trophy after defeating Borrussia
Dortmund in 2002, when it bagged its second UEFA Cup. Nationally,
Feyenoord has amassed a total of 14 league titles as well as 11 FA Cups.
Feyenoord continues to attract sell-out crowds to every home game. Proof of the loyalty of tens of
thousands of supporters to that indescribable feeling, the triumph of passion and appetite for hard
work surely best exemplified by the club anthem, powerfully sung time and again by the faithful:
No Words, Just Actions.
STARS OF THE PAST
Over the years many famous
players have graced the red and
white shirt. Feyenoord’s faithful
fans have enjoyed the talents of
such international stars as Coen
Moulijn, Wim Jansen, Willem
van Hanegem, Johan Cruyff,
Ruud Gullit, Ronald Koeman,
Pierre van Hooijdonk, Henrik
Larsson, Robin van Persie, Dirk
Kuyt, Salomon Kalou, Jon Dahl
Tomasson,
Giovanni
van
Bronckhorst, Jonathan de
Guzman, Roy Makaay and, of
course, coach Ernst Happel, a
legend in his own lifetime.
FEYENOORD IN THE COMMUNITY
Feyenoord’s deep social commitment is there for all to
see. The club has an extensive corporate social
responsibility (CSR) programme, run under the flag of
the Feyenoord Foundation. The magic of football is
used to change lives! Feyenoord has developed and
currently run programmes here in Rotterdam to fight
obesity, help social inclusion, engage youngsters and
keep them in school. The club also fights
unemployment together with the city and in general
uses people’s passion for Feyenoord and football to
promote a healthy lifestyle and good citizenship.
In 2012 Dutch Prime Minister, his Excellency Mr. Mark Rutte,
visited the Feyenoord Stadium in support of the club’s
educational program. ‘This is a method that works and I
would strongly recommend it’, he stated while visiting the
‘Giovanni van Bronckhorst academy’. Here, children with a
learning disability get extra support in order to keep them
motivated and work on their learning difficulties.
In another program, the players of Feyenoord work
together with the staff of the Erasmus MC Sophia
Childrens’ hospital with the aim of bringing smiles to
children and their relatives going through difficult
times, while promoting the work of the hospital and
raising funds for improvements.
In 2012 Feyenoord also started one of many
new projects: the ‘Feyenoord Street
League’. A grassroots competition among
children
from
disadvantaged
neighbourhoods in which good citizenship is
equally important as performing on the
pitch. ‘We is better than me’ is the motto of
this highly inspirational football event for
children between 9 and 12 years of age.
Feyenoord educates, motivates and inspires!
FEYENOORD ACADEMY
Robin van Persie, one of world football’s
greatest stars, is by far the best known player
to have come from the Feyenoord Academy.
Former Dutch captain and FC Barcelona-star
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is another well
known exponent of Rotterdam born and
raised talent, as there are many more players
in international top football who are well
rooted in the Feyenoord Academy.
In the last decade or so the number of players produced by
the Feyenoord Academy ready for first team football has
significantly risen to the point where home grown players are
now the foundation of not only the first team of Feyenoord
but also of the Dutch national team. Secret to the success is
the unique Feyenoord Academy vision, philosophy and
methodology with its focus on individual development. Even
with limited resources the Feyenoord Academy manages to
bridge the gap between youth football and the highest level.
It is exactly for this reason that the Royal Netherlands
Football Federation (KNVB) has awarded Feyenoord for
having THE BEST YOUTH SYSTEM IN THE NETHERLANDS for
an unprecedented FIVE YEARS IN A ROW now! Furthermore,
in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Feyenoord Academy was the principal purveyor of players to all
Dutch
national
youth
selections and even for the
Dutch national team.
In Brazil for the World Cup
2014, Feyenoord produced 11
out of 23 Dutch National Team
players.
Pre World Cup
selection featured 14 out of 30
Feyenoord current and former
players.
Below: Picture of the Feyenoord 5 current (season ’13/’14) and 6 former players.
As such, it is exemplary for clubs and federations across the world. Below are some inserts
from a study done during the World Cup in Brazil 2014.
Player Development Ranking – World Cup 2014
Inserts continue…..
Notes in accordance with the research group study :
Four players Stefan de Vrij (defender), Bruno Martins Indi (defender), Terence Kongolo
(defender) and Jordy Clasie (control midfielder) came directly out of the first team selection
from the Rotterdam club. Dutch superstar Robin van Persie (striker), Jonathan de Guzman
(midfielder, born in Canada and moved to Feyenoord at the age of 11), Leroy Fer (attacker)
and Georginio Wijnaldum (attacker) also played in famous De Kuijp. They also played for
various youth teams at Varkenoord. The ninth player is Salomon Kalou (midfielder), an oldFeyenoorder who represented Ivory Coast in the World Cup 2014.
See on the next page complete rankings by world clubs!
*It is important to note that Daryl Janmaat (defender) also came out of Feyenoord Academy
and so did Ghana’s Christian Atsu and Harrison Afful!
Extracted from a website: www.football-observatory.com
Link: http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/wcs2014_development_en.pdf
Credits for the success go to the highly qualified staff of the
Feyenoord Academy, which consists of an ideal mixture of
former top players and specialists. Their unique vision on
developing, training and motivating young talents guarantees
a continuous production of players fit for the highest level and
capable of getting the maximum out of their potential. The
objective is to produce two players each
season who are ready for first team
action, but this number has been
surpassed in the past five seasons.
Feyenoord Academy is producing the
stars of the future and is ready to
leverage vision and tools to contribute to
the further development of football
elsewhere.
Picture above: Themed pre game.
STARS OF THE PRESENT
The core of the current Feyenoord squad is formed
by home grown players, many of them still young at
age but already fully capped internationals. Players
like Bruno Martins Indi, Stefan de Vrij, Jordy Clasie,
Daryl Janmaat, Tonny Vilhena, Jean Paul Boetius ,
Erwin Mulder, Kostas Lamprou, Sven van Beek,
Miquel Nelom, Terence Kongolo, and Anass Achahbar
are the stars of the present Feyenoord, together
with experienced players like the prolific Italian
goalscorer Graziano Pellè, winger Ruben Schaken and
up and coming international talents such as Harmeet
Singh.
Feyenoord raised players like Leroy Fer,
Jeffrey Bruma, Georginio Wijnaldum,
Luc Castaignos, Nathan Ake, Karim
Rekik, Jerson Cabral, Kyle Ebecilio and
Jonathan de Guzman are still young but
already ply their trades elsewhere than
in the famous De Kuip stadium.
As almost all of these players play
for the senior or youth national
selections, they might very well be
the stars of the future in
international top football. Continue
to follow Dutch internationals at the
World Cup level.
FINAL REMARKS
In order to be able to turn our vision into reality Feyenoord Academy - which works with children in
the age groups from Under 8’s till Under 19’s - has an extensive number of tools at its disposition,
such as training schedules, training sessions, periodization, cooperation with schools and a large
number of specialists (coach running, coordination and stability, goalkeeper coach, striker coach,
performance video analysis, dietician, sport psychologist). Vigorously implementing the Feyenoord
Academy vision methodology
has had the following results: a
top class program, raised player
awareness, fitter & fresher
players (enormous decrease in
number of injuries), delivering
highest number of players to
Youth National Teams and
delivering many players to first
team squad (17 out the 28
players in the first team squad
this season).
Feyenoord Rotterdam and Feyenoord Academy see a bright perspective for our potential partners in
football and the role that football plays in a society. We strive for quality and long term cooperation,
built on mutual trust, partnership and benefit to all parties involved. For the good of the game and
the good of the people!
On behalf of Feyenoord Rotterdam,
Sevy Sucurovic
Director of Business Affairs - USA