Olympiacos football schools represent the first introductory step to sports and developmental exercise, where children from 5 to 15 years have their first contact with football and Olympiacos.
Our main aspiration is to encourage and support all our young friends to get involved with sports, join the Olympiacos family and imbue them with proper athletic, pedagogical and Olympiacos-related values.
Our network of schools deployed activities of both training and educational nature, have a social and cultural aspect and develop active charitable activities.
Philosophy
Sound athletic – social education and entertainment of young athletes according to athletic ideals, “fair play” and Olympiacos values.
Training all School officers according to the Academy’s operating standards.
Proper update and support to parents who have a significant role to play in the formation of young athletes’ personality.
Moreover, as members of Olympiacos large family, they attend various social and charitable events and, as active citizens, offer their help to the general public.
Mission – Vision
Setting up proper football schools, both in terms of premises and operations that will drive substantial and qualitative upgrade of the way young football players (5-15 years) are trained and evaluated.
Our Football Academy, apart from promoting football and sports in general, greatly emphasizes on teaching values such as respect and abiding by sports regulations, social and personal development of each and every young sportsperson. Integration of Olympiacos Academy and Football
Schools
Since 2011, Olympiacos FC’s Administration took on the organizational and operating integration of its Academy and Network of Football Schools, aiming at upgrading and further utilizing our Club’s youth teams.
By integrating the Academy and Football Schools, we achieve the following:
• Adopting a single vision and operating philosophy
• Applying a single education, training , monitoring and evaluation system, both for youth teams and the Schools
• Athletic, commercial and social upgrade of the Schools Network
• Scouting, training, evaluating and promoting young talented players in Greece and abroad.
Activities
Our Schools activities vary and go beyond daily training sessions and matches.
In direct cooperation with our Football Academy, we organize:
• Trial camps
• Football tournaments
• Sports camps
• Social, charitable and cultural happening and events
• Specialized coaching seminars for Schools trainers
• Scientific one-day events for trainers and parents on children psychology and sports nutrition
• Sessions of ergometrics for athletes’ skills evaluation
• Grand meetings – An annual meeting of all Network Schools, with participation of athletes, trainers and parents from all over Greece and abroad
Schools athletes joining the OLYMPIACOS Academy!
The OLYMPIACOS FC Academy applies a method-based scouting and evaluation system for young football players in direct cooperation with our Schools managers.
Throughout the year, young players from Greece and abroad attend trials at the Schools premises. During these, competent OLYMPIACOS Academy officials evaluate young athletes based on a specific methodology.
The best out of these athletes will attend main trials at the OLYMPIACOS Training Center and receive evaluation then by all competent officials of OLYMPIACOS Academy.
Thus, OLYMPIACOS enables all our Schools athletes who stand out for their talent, character and ethics to join our Academy’s youth teams!
Offerings
Our Schools athletes will be offered the following:
• Their own OLYMPIACOS Schools Network Member Card for purchasing REDSTORE merchandise at a special discount.
• Merchandise and services by our sponsors offered to them to buy in better prices.
• Visits to “G. Karaiskakis Stadium” and attending of both OLYMPIACOS First Team and U-21s home matches.
• Tours in OLYMPIACOS Training Center and Museum.
• Fixtures against our Academy’s youth teams.
• Meetings of our Schools athletes with First Team players.
• Scientific one-day events for trainers and parents on children psychology and sports nutrition
• Tours in OLYMPIACOS Museum.
• Possibility to buy full sports kits in great price as provided exclusively to our athletes by our side’s official supplier.
Football Academy Information Point
Tel 210 3418000
Fax 210 3418002
E-mail: schools@olympiacos.org