Author: Francisco López Pérez

A group of players from the Hispania FA Academy of Puerto Rico participated in an immersive experience through the Players Academy Program, driven by the Sevilla FC Innovation Center.

During their stay, the 19 players, accompanied by a coordinator, two coaches, and a group of parents, had the opportunity to train with the club’s coaches under the Sevilla FC youth academy methodology, enjoying a unique experience that allowed them to delve into the world of elite football.

Additionally, the visitors toured the facilities at the José Ramón Cisneros Palacios Sports City, gaining insight into the daily operations and inner workings of Sevilla FC. They also had the chance to meet Sevilla Atlético player and Puerto Rican international Leandro Antonetti, who shared his experience in the city. Likewise, Sevilla FC D player Fabián Rodríguez encouraged his fellow countrymen to keep striving for their dream of becoming professionals.

During the training sessions, the players worked on refining their skills and participated in various theoretical sessions designed to enrich their experience with knowledge and a deeper understanding of the professional football world.

The program also included attending a LaLiga match at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, where the Puerto Rican visitors had the chance to experience the stadium’s vibrant atmosphere and the high level of competition in Spanish football. 

This October is a significant month in the training calendar of the Sevilla FC Innovation Center, with several of its key master’s programs beginning new editions. The VII edition of the Master in Big Data Applied to Scouting in Football, in collaboration with Sports Data Campus and UCAM, is one of the most prominent courses. It trains sports directors, analysts, scouts, coaches, and trainers to perform various roles within the football industry, particularly in the field of Advanced Analytics in Sports Management. The VII edition will begin on the 29th, and the last available enrollment spots can be accessed through this link.

The big news this year is the launch of the I edition of the Master in Innovation and Digital Transformation in Sports Organizations, also in collaboration with Sports Data Campus and UCAM. This course is aimed at professionals from both the sports and non-sports sectors who wish to lead the digital transformation of sports organizations through the application of new technologies. The master’s program will start this coming Tuesday, with enrollment open until then via this link.

Additionally, this season the Sevilla FC Innovation Center has introduced two major sports training programs. In coordination with CESUR, official Vocational Training studies at the Intermediate and Advanced levels are being offered, leading to the qualification of football coach, enabling graduates to coach in Spain. Moreover, the Sevilla FC Goalkeeping Academy has also just started. This project provides technical, tactical, physical, and psychological training for football goalkeepers, delivered by club coaches at the Ciudad Deportiva, in collaboration with the R&D Department. For more information, you can check this link.

Lastly, the Antonio Puerta Football School has also started its activities this month at the Ciudad Deportiva. This well-established project, now in its XVI edition, trains children in Sevilla FC values through football practice on the club’s training fields, with the guidance of Sevilla FC professionals. The last available spots can be secured through this link.

The Sevilla FC Innovation Center continues to expand its training offer and has created a new project called ‘Sevilla FC Goalkeeping Academy’, an activity that will meet the need to provide technical, tactical, physical and psychological training to soccer goalkeepers. The training will be given by club technicians at the Ciudad Deportiva with the collaboration of the R+D+i Department, as well as other specific activities for coaches, players, business managers, medical staff and other soccer professionals.

This project was created as a technical-actification school for goalkeepers that will be based on the methodology that Sevilla FC uses in all its lower levels. It will be focused on categories from pre-benjamin to senior and will be open to individuals as well as clubs, schools and semi-professionals.

Through the ‘Sevilla FC Goalkeeping Academy’ the goalkeeper will be developed in all facets, both sporting (improving his performance and quality) and personal (improving his ability to concentrate and commitment to the club). In addition, the technical-tactical aspects of the goalkeeper will be worked on both individually and as part of a team, so that he can also develop in his collective facet, which is necessary to carry out his work within the group itself.

El Sevilla FC sigue adelante con su proceso de internacionalización y ha sumado una nueva alianza en su programa de ‘World Club Alliance Program’ con la Nigerian Professional Football League. Gracias a este acuerdo, el club proporcionará asesoramiento deportivo y en otras áreas de desarrollo, con especial atención la formación de entrenadores y al desarrollo del talento de los jóvenes jugadores nigerianos.

En el marco de este acuerdo, el presidente de la NPFL, Gbenga Elegbeleye, ha realizado una primera visita al Sevilla FC en la que pudo mantener un encuentro con el máximo dirigente del club, José María del Nido Carrasco, y visitar el Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.

“Estamos muy satisfechos de poder trabajar con la Liga Profesional de Nigeria. El Sevilla FC está convencido de que con esta alianza puede ayudar a los clubes de la NPFL a seguir mejorando a nivel deportivo y favorecer el desarrollo de sus jóvenes talento. Es un nuevo paso decisivo en nuestro proceso de internacionalización y ayudará a que nuestra marca siga creciendo en Africa, además en un país como Nigeria del que estamos recibiendo mucho cariño tras el fichaje de Chidera Ejuke», explicó el presidente del Sevilla FC, José María del Nido Carrasco.

«Tenemos 20 clubes en la Premier League de Nigeria y todos ellos tienen sus propios equipos juveniles. Conozco la historia y la trayectoria del Sevilla FC. Este es un muy buen club con importantes trofeos y campeones de España y Europa muchos años. Siento que, con su estrategia de desarrollo y su programa de desarrollo juvenil, Nigeria puede sacar beneficio. Creemos que los mejores jugadores de la Youth League de Nigería podrán venir aquí cada temporada para entrenar. Con su ayuda y sus entrenamientos, cuando regresen, algunos de ellos se habrán convertido en mejores jugadores. También tenemos un acuerdo de formación para nuestros entrenadores que será positivo para nosotros. Es un acuerdo con el que todos saldrán ganando en la NPFL«, aseguró el presidente de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol de Nigeria, Gbenga Elegbeleye.

Además, el dirigente nigeriano quiso poner de relieve el grado de atención que está recibiendo el Sevilla FC en Nigeria tras el fichaje de Ejuke. «Cuando ficharon a Chidera Ejuke procedente del Royal Antwerp, los nigerianos pusieron mucho interés en el Sevilla FC. Todos los amantes del fútbol en Nigeria están contentos. Quieren saber más sobre el Sevilla ahora, su base de fans en Nigeria crece cada día«.

Asimismo, la expedición de la NPFL, encabezada por su presidente, también pudo conocer las instalaciones de la Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios y realizar las primeras reuniones de trabajo con el área deportiva del club para dar los primeros pasos en la alianza entre ambas entidades. 

Sevilla FC will have from this season a new team integrating its competitive structure. It will be a squad with a marked international character that will start competing in the Tercera Andaluza and will be formed mostly by foreign players over 18 years of age, in accordance with FIFA regulations. This is a project not only of a sporting nature, but also of international strategic development, through which foreign players will be given a place, regardless of their potential on the field of play, to help the club grow in different markets of interest.

This is a new pillar of the internationalization of sports at Sevilla FC and will be coordinated by the club’s Innovation Center, a platform that brings together the entire innovation proposal that Sevilla FC offers to the world of sport, as a result of the promotion and development of R+D+i projects that make it possible to respond to new trends and consumer demands in the sector. The new international team will have the normal and customary treatment of the rest of the youth teams, with its own coaching staff, analysis, physical preparation, media coverage and medical service, and the facilities of the sports city at its disposal. In this first season of life it will not be a 100% foreign team for operational reasons, an objective that will be achieved progressively in the coming seasons. In order to finalize the formation of the team, a trial period will be held during the first week of August, which is open to all U-19 players of foreign nationality who are interested in forming part of this innovative project under the Sevilla FC brand.

The team will be coached this season by Óscar Olomo, a coach with extensive experience in the club’s Femenino B, along with his assistant coach Antonio González, a former canterano of the club who also comes from the Femenino B team.

The Antonio Puerta Soccer School is already preparing for the 2024-25 academic year. To this end, the registration period for a new season that is full of activities and challenges for the little ones has been open since Tuesday. The school is the ideal environment for children born between 2011 and 2020 to play sports, develop, learn and, above all, have fun while they soak up the best Sevillista values.

The course is designed for the following categories: baby, pre-benjamin, benjamin, alevin and infantile. Each student will belong to a team that will be named after a Sevilla FC player and will receive the necessary sports equipment for training: two complete playing kits (shirt, shorts and socks), tracksuit, training sweatshirt, raincoat and backpack.

Most of the activities will take place at Sevilla FC’s top-level facilities at the Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios. The schedule will be the same as usual: Monday to Thursday from 17.00 to 20.00 hours. Specifically, two training days a week of one hour, with games and/or games on Fridays from November onwards.

All the necessary information is available at this web address. Prices are the same as last year, as well as discounts for Sevilla FC members and season ticket holders. To proceed with the registration process, please click on this link.

This Monday is the deadline for the renewal of the Antonio Puerta School for the 2024-2025 season. These inscriptions are still intensifying, but anyone who does not want to miss the opportunity is still in time to sign up.

The Antonio Puerta Soccer School continues with its renewal period open. After this process began last June, Sevilla FC and its Foundation continue to prepare a new season for those Sevilla players born between 2011 and 2018, both included, who want to take their first steps with the ball in the facilities of the Utrera road.

The Training Facilites José Ramón Cisneros Palacios hosted the training sessions of the Sevilla FC Players Academy program, offered by the club’s Innovation Center. On this occasion, three teams from the youth, infantile and cadet categories came to the facilities, representing LaLiga Dubai and IFA New England, from the United States of America.

The Players Academy program brings together training sessions given by Sevilla FC professionals and based on the methodology developed by the club over the years. On this occasion, Sevilla coaches Álex Martín, Javi Álex and Luis Álvarez led the sessions for the aforementioned groups of players, who after finishing the work moved to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium to take the Stadium Tour.

“The training program for Sevilla FC players is very professional due to the club’s staff and its facilities. We are very happy, especially the kids, to be here,” said Dominique Panmo Nana, from IFA New England. In the same vein, Daniel Voros, from the U.S. team, commented on the experience: “We come from Boston. We are going to play a tournament in Andalusia and we are at the Sevilla FC Academy. A great experience due to the magnificent facilities of the club and its staff. We also visited their stadium, we hope to return in the future”.