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Thu, 1st Sep 16

Olympic futsal: romantic dream or rational hope?

Rio 2016 is history, the FIFA Futsal World Cup is about to start in Colombia and the futsal world laments, as every four years, that we do not witness a double feature. Yet the push for futsal to join the Olympic programme continues. The sport’s hopes were raised significantly, perhaps for the first time, just over a… View Article
Tue, 30th Aug 16

Juanan García, new IFA Head Coach and Loughborough Super League Manager

The International Futsal Academy are happy to announce that Spanish coach Juanan García will be joining the programme as Head Coach following the departure of Daniel Berdejo del Fresno, who will start a new coaching adventure in the USA after the Summer. Juanan García is a Futsal UEFA Pro Licensed coach, having obtained Spain’s top futsal qualification,… View Article
Wed, 13th Jul 16

U7 to U11 Summer futsal camps announced

The Leicestershire Academy of the IFA have announced three camps for August, to be held in two different locations across Leicestershire.  Crown Hills Community College will host two futsal camps. The first one will run on the 1st and 2nd of August, with the second one on 15th and 16th, both 10am-3:30pm There will also be a… View Article
Tue, 12th Apr 16

Loughborough unveil groundbreaking Futsal degree

The IFA are proud to announce that they have now produced in partnership with Loughborough college and new and exciting degree in Sports Coaching tailored to futsal. The first of its kind in the world and ground breaking in the development and growth in Futsal as the game continues to grow around the world and… View Article
Tue, 15th Mar 16

Grimsby Town host Berdejo-del-Fresno and Forrest

On Monday, Grismby Town Futsal Club hosted Head of Coaching & Sport Science, Daniel Berdejo-del-Fresno and Head of Development, Marc Forrest as part of ongoing coaching workshops for FLT Clubs, players and staff. The session was a FREE International Futsal Academy coaching session based on pressing and attacking combinations open to Football League Trust Clubs… View Article
Tue, 15th Mar 16

Berdejo-del-Fresno and Forrest visit Sheffield United

Head of Coaching and Sport Science, Daniel Berdejo-del-Fresno and Head of Development, Marc Forrest continued their delivery of coaching workshops to Football League Trust Clubs supporting clubs, players and coaches. Berdejo-deal-Fresno and Forrest visited Sheffield United during a 2 hour session. The session was a FREE International Futsal Academy coaching session based on pressing and… View Article
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Tue, 13th Jun 17

How the youngest team in the National Leagues qualified to the FA Futsal Cup Finals

Loughborough Academy, the team that serves as competition programme for International Futsal Academy players, are making history after becoming the first ever Development squad to reach the FA Futsal Cup finals.  And they did it in style, after beating one of the powerhouses in the FA Futsal Super League, Genesis Futsal Club. If you haven’t watched the game… View Article
Wed, 24th May 17

Loughborough Students miss on a second consecutive BUCS gold

Loughborough Students Futsal Club BUCS 1s, including many IFA players and coaches, travelled down to the Copper Box Arena in the London 2012 Olympic Park on the 10th May to play Cardiff University in the BUCS Final, with hopes of making history in a fantastic sporting arena which hosted events such as Handball in the Olympics… View Article