Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)
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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 international youth academy status from the KNVB[1] and is located at Sportcomplex Varkenoord.
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Full name | Feyenoord Academy | ||
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Ground | Sportcomplex Varkenoord Rotterdam | ||
Capacity | 3.531 | ||
Academy Director | Rini Coolen | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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.[2] 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.[3]