The National Football Academy Foundation is an organization created in 2004 by Roman Abramovich with the aim of implementing projects aimed at the comprehensive support of domestic football.
General data
- Budget - $ 50 million per year (before the crisis ).
- The number of employees is 18.
- Location - Moscow.
- Leader: Kapkov, Sergey Aleksandrovich (Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the United Russia party)
Fund Projects
- Support of the Russian Football Union.
The National Football Academy Foundation provided the RFU with free assistance in maintaining the coaching staff of the Russian national football team (the former head coach of the Russian national team Gus Hiddink received salaries from the fund), and also provided financial support to the College of Football Referees for the purchase of communication systems for leading referees Russia (devices for negotiating referees during matches).
- Training center for young soccer players.
Under the patronage of the National Football Academy Foundation, a leading training center for Russian football players, the Yuri Konoplev Football Academy, is developing, preparing a reserve for Russian football clubs and the national team. More than 30 of its pupils are members of the youth and youth teams.
- Construction of football fields.
The fund financed the construction of football fields with artificial turf of the latest generation for children and youth schools in the regions of Russia, spending about 1 billion 100 million rubles for these purposes. In addition, a program was built to build football fields for educational institutions and military camps of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
- Conducting and supporting sports competitions.
For three years, the “Channel One Cup” football championship was held, organized by the Fund in conjunction with the largest television channel in Russia - Channel One OJSC. In 2009, the “Channel One Cup” was not held due to the economic crisis. In addition, the National Football Academy Foundation provides support to the RFU - the organizer of the Memorial V. A. Granatkin and the Commonwealth Champions Cup .
- Sale of soccer players.
Such footballers as Alan Dzagoev , Dmitry Ryzhov , Alexander Stolyarenko , Anton Vlasov (all CSKA), Denis Scherbak , Evgeny Pesegov (both “Wings of the Soviets” Samara), Arthur Yusupov (“Dynamo” Moscow), Igor Gorbatenko (“Spartak” were sold Moscow).