The Sailors are only the fourth club academy in South-east Asia to be awarded the rating.
SINGAPORE - The Lion City Sailors Football Academy received a boost in its aim to become an elite development hub in the region, after it was awarded a two-star rating by the Asian Football Confederation on June 4.
The two-star rating recognises the academy’s robust development system for elite youth players aged three to 18. ItSailors chairman Forrest Li said that this is “testament to the hard work that our academy has put in over the past few years to ensure professionalism in all areas, from having specialist staff for every age-group team, to establishing a clear pipeline from the academy to the first team”.
In July 2022, it opened a first-of-its-kind football training facility in Singapore equipped with physiotherapy rooms, a gym, analysis room and study facilities for academy trainees. It also has a scheme for selected trainees to enlist for national service after completing their secondary school education. When the players return to football, they are guaranteed a professional four-year contract with the club.
The Lion City Sailors Football Academy joins a list of three other club academies in South-east Asia to receive the two-star grading. PHOTO: LCS FOOTBALL ACADEMY
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