MARGAO
Dempo Sports Club’s state-of-the-art football academy is all set to begin operations this July with the scouting process to commence from the first week of April.
The fully residential academy would be located in the pristine hinterlands of Ella, about nine kilometres from Panaji and three kilometres from the Se Cathedral in Old Goa.
The academy project will have an international sized grass pitch, work on which has already commenced.
The grass pitch is expected to be ready to use by November 2017 along with the academy administration block. Phase two of the project would see the player residences being completed along with the artificial turf.
The academy block would house the offices of the coaches and the Technical Director, along with the gymnasium, cafeteria, recreation room etc, while the accommodation would have rooms of high standards where the boys would stay and study in.
There are also long term plans of building a school of high international standards in the vacant land adjacent to the football academy.
As part of its commitment to football and youth development, Dempo’s ambitious plans would enable the youth of Goa to have a holistic development with football and academics being taken care of. In the interim, talks are
in progress with schools within the radius of five kilometres, where the boys would be given admission and side by side be trained in footballing skills. The duration of the stay would be for four years with hopes of positive outcomes.
