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How to Register Football Academy in Nigeria – Know the Requirement (What, How and Why)? Are you a football enthusiast and wants to join any football academy of your choice to fulfill your dreams of becoming a professional footballer? This guide is for you

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Most young people enroll into a Football Academy for one basic reason: to learn how to become world-class professional footballers. And as such, it is highly imperative that when setting up your academy the fundamental cardinal purpose should be achieved in all entirety.

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An academy is not a football club, where the emphasis is more on winning trophies and building such a brand that is attractive to fans and sponsors. An academy is a school…a place of learning, glooming and developing future footballers.

Like in every institution of learning there should be a minimum standard every academy should meet for accreditation and approval.

1.What Are the Requirement for Football Academy Registration in Nigeria?
Currently, not much is being checked, but if you want your football academy to be world class, you must put in place qualified personnel, World Class training equipment and facilities.

Additionally, you must know that it is not about integrating just any qualified coach from Nigeria Institute of Sports or ex-players, but there are developmental coaches specially trained to groom young players. You look out for them and employ them in your academy.

Developmental football have methods such as “Total Soccer Method;” “Soccer Growth Method…” There are also training devices and books such as Soccer Bible, Association Football Training Manual…. You should go for these methods and materials.

You should have a well leveled grass pitch for training; balls, branded Bibs, Cones, Swipes and dummies for practice. Magnetic Board colored cock for indoor classes…

On the other hand, setting up an Academy gives you an opportunity to do more than just teach football skills. You can also create an organised and safe environment to nurture leaders and role models…building the social and moral values of the young people in your care.

Also take note, you will need a business plan and CAC documentation as a Football academy owner/operator

a.Writing a Business Plan

If you seem not to know well enough about the football academy business or industry, it could be risky that you handle the business plan writing by yourself. Therefore, you should consult a football business advisor/expert and seek their professional hands regarding the business plan.

Specifically, the business plan should incorporate your projected startup capital, the costs of running a football academy, the business inputs, marketing strategies and the projected turnover over a given business period.

b.Registering Your Business

You must consider business registration as well as business branding if you really intend to make dramatic waves with your football academy. By business registration, you’re expected to register yourfootball academy with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and by business branding, you’re expected to fortify the business with a slogan, a logo and a name that will distinguish it from those of competitors.

2. How to Register A Football Academy in Nigeria
You do not have to go to Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) glasshouse office Abuja to register your football academy. Your State Football Association can register it for you. All you need do is to obtain the Registration form and pay the fees.

In some State FA, they may send an official to inspect your facilities and part of the document you will have to submit is the qualification certificates of the Managing director as well as coaching staff of the proposed academy.

Although, in most State FAs in Nigeria they pay lip service to these things… once you pay the fee you are up and running. You may make a one time payment as well as a yearly dues, since academies do not as yet pay institutional tax in Nigeria.

3. Why you Should Register Your Football Academy
It is illegal really to operate a football academy in Nigeria. I know nobody really clamp down on the numerous sub-standard and unregistered amateur clubs that go by the name of a football academy; but if you operate an unregistered Academy may not have the legal right to claim your players or offer a Mandate to allow a Player’s Agent seek transfer of your player to a professional club.

In case where your player is transferred, especially to clubs abroad, you may not be able to claim his or her Training Compensation legally, even when the player completed your academy membership form or had some sort agreement with the academy.

It is usually a huge loose when your academy is denied training compensation of your player transferred abroad, which is usually between 25 and 15% of the Player’s Sign-on fee.