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Academy

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounCommon term

In football (soccer), academy means: A club's organised programme for developing young players through training and competition.

In Turkish: futbol altyapısı, akademi

How it is used

In football, academy can mean the development organisation as well as its training facilities.

Example sentences

  1. She joined the academy at twelve and later reached the first team.

    The programme forms a development route towards senior football.

  2. The academy changed its coaching schedule during the school holidays.

    The development organisation coordinates training for young players.

Common collocations

  • join an academy
  • academy graduate
  • academy coaching
  • squadAll the players available to a team for a season or a competition, from whom the starting eleven and the substitutes are chosen.
  • training sessionA planned period of practice in which a team works on fitness, technique and tactics under the coaches' guidance.

More terms: Club, Coaching & Training

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