We provide talents with unique international opportunities

We provide talents with unique international opportunities

Published on: 25/10/2024
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We provide talents with unique international opportunities

NF Academy will field several teams during the internationally recognized youth tournament Riga Cup this winter. You can become part of the crew against the very best of European opposition.

In the Latvian capital, one of the most prestigious winter tournaments in Europe is played every year. Academy teams from Manchester City, PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham Hotspur, Atalanta, Zenit and several other of Europe’s best clubs have been represented in the tournament in recent years.

In the winter of 2025, NF Academy travels east with several teams to the tournament, which has become a regular feature in the schedule for Norway’s largest academy.

Riga Cup has a very great value for our players, because they get international references and experience in tournaments at a very good level in a period where they otherwise do not have league games in a club. This is the perfect time to start his pre-season, starts head coach Rodrigo Silva.

Read more about all the 2025 International Programs or Riga Cup

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We provide talents with unique international opportunities

NF Academy will field several teams during the internationally recognized youth tournament Riga Cup this winter. You can become part of the crew against the very best of European opposition.

In the Latvian capital, one of the most prestigious winter tournaments in Europe is played every year. Academy teams from Manchester City, PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham Hotspur, Atalanta, Zenit and several other of Europe’s best clubs have been represented in the tournament in recent years.

In the winter of 2025, NF Academy travels east with several teams to the tournament, which has become a regular feature in the schedule for Norway’s largest academy.

Riga Cup has a very great value for our players, because they get international references and experience in tournaments at a very good level in a period where they otherwise do not have league games in a club. This is the perfect time to start his pre-season, starts head coach Rodrigo Silva.

Read more about all the 2025 International Programs or Riga Cup

Valuable news

The Riga Cup is a selection program for players born between 2013 and 2008.

One of the ways into the squad that travels to Riga goes through the Team Training program, which starts up this autumn in several places in Norway. Here you will train regularly with high quality, and together with players who are all relevant for selection to the squad for the Riga Cup.

Players from the NF Academy community who have developed their skills and matured with our coaches over the past few months also have a spot on their age group team. Only players with a top mentality and evaluation level are eligible to join.

In addition, you can apply for a place, if you can document skills at a minimum of a high regional level.

This year, NF Academy extends the stay with an extra day, so that the teams can put in more time to get to know each other and extra training sessions beyond previous years.

An extra day will be for the best for everyone. The coaches will have more time to get to know the players and compose the best relationships together on the field. Having more time to organize the team tactically is a very big improvement. The players will also have more time to get to know each other on and off the pitch,” Silva continues

NF Academy’s sports director elaborates on the idea behind expanding this coveted program.

The goal is to give our teams the chance to have two more training sessions before the start of the tournament. Thus, there will be three sessions per team in total, instead of only one session in recent years. This is one of our top programs. Therefore, we put everything we can into the pot to develop and prepare our players, to get even better results in the tournament, says Gonçalo Moura.

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The road to Sporting

NF Academy is the Portuguese top club Sporting’s extended arm in Scandinavia.

Their experienced scout network keeps a close eye on what is happening at tournaments and programs.

The coaching corps of NF Academy also has its coaching education and experience from many of the largest academies in Portugal, so that the methodology is the same in NF Academy as in, for example, Sporting.

Learning the game by playing it is the common thread.

Riga Cup can also be the gateway to more opportunities out in Europe through NF Academy’s program and international network.

We have good faith in the tournament this winter. Our teams improve year after year and learn from the past. We expect a better performance this year than last year,” says head coach Rodrigo Silva.

The tournament is played as usual indoors in Skontohallen with courts that meet international standards.

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UPCOMING NF ACADEMY EVENTS

NF International Tranining Camps

Date Program Country Place Age Group
09 - 15 Feb 2025 NF Elite Training Camp
Week 7
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2009-2014
16 - 22 Feb 2025 NF Elite Training Camp
Week 8
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016
23 Feb - 01 Mar 2025 NF Elite Training Camp
Week 9
Portugal Lisbon / Estoril 2010-2016

NF International Tournaments

Date Program Country Place Age Group
08 - 12 Jan 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2010
16 - 19 Jan 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2011
22 - 26 Jan 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2008-2009
30 Jan - 02 Feb 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2012
05 - 09 Feb 2025 NF Selection Riga Cup Latvia Riga 2013
12 - 17 Apr 2025 NF Selection Costa Daurada (BOYS) Spain Salou 2009-2014
12 - 17 Apr 2025 NF Selection Costa Daurada (GIRLS) Spain Salou 2007-2010
17 - 21 Apr 2025 NF Selection Future Cup Sweden Gothenburg 2008-2015

Check the complete Event Calendar here.

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