Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)

Feyenoord Academy
 
Full name Feyenoord Academy
Ground Sportcomplex Varkenoord
Rotterdam
Capacity 3.531
Academy Director Netherlands Richard Grootscholten
Website Club website

Feyenoord Academy, often referred to as Varkenoord, is the youth academy of the professional football club Feyenoord located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Feyenoord Academy received the official regional youth academy status from the KNVB and is located at Sportcomplex Varkenoord.

Feyenoord Academy has been voted as the best developmental system in the Netherlands, winning the Rinus Michels Award for best youth academy five years in a row since 2009. No other academy produced more players for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where eleven former Feyenoord Academy players were active.[1] In May 2010, Feyenoord Academy won the Rinus Michels Award for the first time. Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam were the other nominees. Feyenoord Academy won the award for its innovation within the academy, the overall success of its teams in the national youth leagues and the high number of players in the national youth teams.[2]

Structure

Feyenoord Academy was officially founded in the summer of 2010, when the youth academies of Feyenoord and Excelsior merged. The newly formed academy received the official regional youth academy status from the KNVB and was based on the structure of the former Feyenoord youth academy, with the addition of various Excelsior youth players and staff members. Feyenoord's poor financial situation, the rise in transfer fees and the increase in value of young players signaled a further need for Feyenoord and Excelsior to further support the academy. The cooperation between Feyenoord and Exelsior was terminated as of July 2015, where the academy continued solely as Feyenoord's youth academy.[3] The goal of the Feyenoord Academy is to develop young players into professional football players for Feyenoord's first team squad.[4]

The Feyenoord Academy comprises age-group teams ranging from U8's up to the flagship U19's. The youngest players are scouted at amateur clubs in the direct surroundings of Rotterdam. For the age of twelve and older the academy extends its scouting area, mainly to the remaining part of the Netherlands, Belgium and Scandinavia. Until the U12 team, the players only have training sessions during the evening and are largely guided by part-time coaches. When players are ready to join secondary education they start training during daytime. A close partnership with LOOT-school Thorbecke allows Feyenoord Academy to offer players a full-time training program, while the school adapts its time table to the players training program.[4]

Teams and players

Reserves

The Feyenoord Reserves play under the name Jong Feyenoord in the Beloften Eredivisie and the Premier League International Cup. The team plays its home matches at Varkenoord. Between 2010 and 2018 the reserve team was officially disbanded, but kept participating in the Beloften Eredivisie without a permanent squad. The formation varied and consisted of reserve players from Feyenoord's first team squad, with the possible addition of emerging academy players. [5]

Current squad

As of 1 August 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Netherlands GK Elber Evora
Netherlands GK Jordie van Leeuwen
38 Netherlands DF Lutsharel Geertruida
Netherlands DF Mats Knoester
Netherlands DF Noah Lewis
Netherlands DF Jeremy van Mullem
Netherlands DF Boyd Reith
Netherlands DF Ian Smeulers
Netherlands MF Achraf El Bouchataoui
No. Position Player
35 Netherlands MF Wouter Burger
Netherlands MF Orkun Kökçü
Netherlands MF Jari Schuurman
26 Netherlands MF Jordy Wehrmann
Netherlands FW Daudè van der Kust
Netherlands FW Cheick Touré
Netherlands FW Jaron Vicario
Netherlands FW Joël Zwarts

Staff

PositionStaff
Head coachNetherlands Peter van den Berg
Assistant coachNetherlands Ulrich van Gobbel
Goalkeeping coachNetherlands Oscar Moens
PhysiotherapistNetherlands Jasper van Kempen
Fitness coachNetherlands Mark Onderwater
Team managerNetherlands Lex Stofkooper

Feyenoord U19

The final team of the Feyenoord Academy is Feyenoord/Excelsior U19, previously known as Feyenoord/Excelsior A1.[6]

As of 1 August 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Netherlands GK Joey Koorevaar
Netherlands GK Rik Schippers
Netherlands DF Denzel Hall
Netherlands DF Ramon Hendriks
Netherlands DF Ezra Hoogenboom
Netherlands DF Simon Loshi
Netherlands DF Leon-Cardi Wong-Si-Kwie
Netherlands MF Ömer Gündüz
Netherlands MF Quilindschy Hartman
Netherlands MF Rodney Huijgen
No. Position Player
Netherlands MF Splinter de Mooij
Netherlands MF Ravi Yates
Netherlands FW Nelson Amadin
Netherlands FW Marouan Azarkan
Netherlands FW Naoufal Bannis
Russia FW Lion Kalentjev
Netherlands FW Toshio Lake
Netherlands FW Crysencio Summerville
Suriname FW Roscello Vlijter

Academy graduates in first team squad

NameAgePosDebut
Netherlands Wouter Burger17 years, 239 daysMF16 August 2018
Netherlands Tyrell Malacia19 years, 57 daysDF6 December 2017
Netherlands Lutsharel Geertruida18 years, 97 daysDF25 October 2017
Netherlands Dylan Vente19 years, 157 daysFW13 September 2017
Netherlands Cheick Touré17 years, 248 daysFW27 August 2017
Netherlands Justin Bijlow20 years, 264 daysGK13 August 2017
Morocco Mohamed El Hankouri21 years, 104 daysMF27 August 2016
Netherlands Jari Schuurman21 years, 233 daysMF8 May 2016
Netherlands Bart Nieuwkoop22 years, 220 daysMF4 October 2015
Netherlands Calvin Verdonk21 years, 170 daysDF8 March 2015
Netherlands Sven van Beek24 years, 77 daysDF30 January 2013
Netherlands Tonny Vilhena23 years, 283 daysMF22 January 2012
Netherlands Jordy Clasie27 years, 108 daysMF15 August 2010
Netherlands Robin van Persie35 years, 68 daysFW3 February 2002

Academy graduates out on loan

NameAgePosDebutClub
Norway Emil Hansson20 years, 120 daysMF12 March 2017RKC Waalwijk (until July 2019)

Notable former players

The following is a list of players who have played in the Feyenoord Academy and represented a country at full international level. Players who are currently playing at Feyenoord are highlighted in bold.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Feyenoord find family values pay - as the players it produces prove". The Independent. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Jeugdopleiding Feyenoord beste van Nederland" [Youth academy Feyenoord the best of the Netherlands]. VoetbalPrimeur (in Dutch). 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Feyenoord en Excelsior beëindigen samenwerkingsverband". Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "General Mission Statement Feyenoord" (PDF). Feyenoord Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Feyenoord Academy door KNVB erkend als Regionale Jeugdopleiding" [Feyenoord Academy acknowledged as regional youth academy]. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Feyenoord Academy U19". Feyenoord Academy (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Winnaars Rinus Michels Award". Nederlands Trainerscongres (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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