„Împreună suntem fotbal” presentation

T HE BROA D ES T PROJ ECT D ED I CAT ED TO FOOT BA LL PLAYI NG I N ROMA NI A

Contents Editorial by Răzvan Burleanu

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Evolution of the number of registered players (male and female)

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Editorial by Noel Mooney

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RFF - a European example of best practice in grassroots football

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Editorial by Ciprian Paraschiv

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National School Sports Olympiad • Primary education

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Strategic goals of the Romanian Football Federation

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Olympiad of Middle Schools

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Situation in Romania compared to Europe

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National School Sports Olympiad • High schools

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The cycle of high performance

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Universities

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Launching Project “Together We Are Football” (TWAF)

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Unified 7

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Project “GROW”

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Football and Femininity

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Romania - pilot country for GROW

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National Futsal Championship of Universities

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TWAF for football and sports

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Tymbark Junior Cup

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TWAF for communities and society

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National Football Interleague

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Structure of TWAF • Program overview

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“Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium” special project

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Structure of TWAF • Online platform

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Gillette’s "High Performance Has a Future"

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Structure of TWAF • Strategic partnerships and sponsoring

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IPA Cup (amateurs)

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Structure of TWAF • Grassroots FRF licence

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Inter-Districts Cup

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“Mathematics of Football” special project

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Beach football

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Romania rediscovers football

Răzvan Burleanu President of the Romanian Football Federation

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I must confess right from the start that “Together We Are Football” is probably my favorite of all the projects that I have developed and implemented together with the Romanian FA team. This is because it most obviously contains the essential component of football, which transcends generations and periods – the identity element, which defines football as a community and social phenomenon that binds together fans, teams and communities. Moreover, through this project we return to the most essential feature of football: the joy of playing. And we also return to the contribution of football to the growth and development of children, both physically and through the perennial values of football.

Praised across Europe by national federations and UEFA, the project rapidly grew because the Romanians started rediscovering football. The Romanian Football Federation became an example of best practices in grassroots football.

Major partners joined the events and competitions of the project. Now, the future brings a greater challenge – we need to considerably expand the number of football players in Romania by 2020, following the same solid growth path that we have already established.

All these things would not have been possible and could not continue without the crucial contribution of the Romanian Football Federation members, the women’s football and futsal clubs, the County Football Associations, the clubs in the top three leagues and the youth football clubs. The Romanian FA team has become the driving force of football playing in Romania and local and central authorities, as well as major businesses joined us in strengthening and broadening this trend.

In 2020, when Romania is one of the hosts of Euro 2020, the greatest European football competition, the football-loving Romania will be ready, due to its football players of all ages, men and women, from urban and rural communities. Ready to truly enjoy the magic of football.

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Towards a stable and prosperous future of Romanian football In September 2015, UEFA presented to the Romanian Football Federation our UEFA GROW support program meant to improve the level of football in the following areas: image, interaction with the public, increasing the number of players and expanding the football income invested in the development of the football of tomorrow.

The Strategic Plan for the Development of Football in Romania 2015-2020, developed under the supervision of President Răzvan Burleanu, provided the ideal context for the implementation of the GROW project in Romania. The representatives of Romanian FA and UEFA started working together towards this goal and, since then, Romanian FA has met each UEFA GROW criterion with a huge number of projects implemented for an impressive development of the Romanian football.

In my opinion, the Romanian Football Federation grows at an amazing pace, with a young, dynamic and performance-oriented team. The creation of the GROW Department within Romanian FA will result in hundreds of thousands of new football players in Romania, which means a positive evolution of football in point of attractiveness, attendances and audiences, while using this wonderful game as an instrument for building a better Romania.

As for the business revenue, Romanian FA has proven to be a truly fantastic sporting association, with solid results that led to mutually beneficial partnerships meant to secure a stable and prosperous future of football in Romania.

Noel Mooney Senior Business Development Manager, UEFA

This wonderful “Impossible” If back in the years of my career as a football player someone had told me that the Romanian football would go to such a great turmoil to later revive through a competition project that integrates all Romanian students, boys and girls, from rural and urban communities, people with disabilities, futsal and beach football players, adults and 6-year-old kids, it would have seemed impossible to me.

However, being involved in the coordination of this apparent “impossible”, discovering an extraordinary team of professionals at central and local level, directly experiencing the Romanians’ love for football and seeing the first major results of “Together We Are Football” so soon, the impossible changed. It became a positive reality, almost unique in the Romanian sports scene, and the primary challenge of my career.

We embarked upon a project so complex and rewarding that it makes me think there is no other stronger proof that the Romanian football is undergoing a major process of reform, strengthening and revival. The initiatives of the Romanian FA team combined with UEFA’s expertise and the exceptional commitment of Romanian FA’s members and partners from the institutional and business environment started writing an unparalleled story in our football. Beyond figures, the joy shared by people from all corners of Romania when they hear the sound of a kicked football means success.

Ciprian Paraschiv Football Development Manager of the Romanian Football Federation

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Qualification of the national team for final tournaments

Together We Are Football

Substantially increasing the number of players and persons involved in football

The strategic goals of Romanian FA

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The strategic plan of Romanian FA for the period up to 2020 includes five clearly defined strategic goals meant to promote and develop football nationally. The road to high performance starts from the most basic level of football and these goals, once achieved, can bring this sport back to where it used to be, that is, at the top of people’s preferences.

Developing women’s football and futsal, improving the performance of the national teams

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Building an organizational culture able to support sporting performance

Improving the attractiveness and visibility of football

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Share of football players in total population

2.7%

Europe / 2015

Situation

Romania vs. Europe

1.5%

Romania / 2020

1.2% Romania / 2017

0.5%

Romania / 2015

While in 2015 the number of football players in Europe amounted to 2.7% of the total population, in Romania, it was below 0.5%.

Following the setting of the GROW objectives for Romania (1.5% until 2020), now (in 2017) we have reached 1.2% players in total population. There is a grassroots football strategy in place for the next 4 years, developed in cooperation with UEFA, which focuses on the 5 pillars of UEFA’s Grassroots Charter.

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NATIONAL TEAM U19 League of Elites & U19 National Championship

U17 League of Elites & U17 National Championship

The cycle of

Tricolor11 National Training Centers

ROMANIA U19

U15 National Championship ROMANIA U18 U14 Rising Stars Tournament

high performance The Romanian FA team has an integrated vision on the development in the technical area, in which the three key elements - Selection, Training and Competition - are incorporated in the Cycle of High Performance. Thus, the foundation is provided by the grassroots area, which supports the selection pool that includes all football players.

Further on, the local and international scouting provide prospective young talents to the national teams, as well as to the training system of National Training Centers. At the same time, the competitions dedicated to each age group provide the best competition environment for the development of players.

ROMANIA U21

ROMANIA U17 U13 National Championship

U11 National Championship

National Interleague (U10-U9-U8-U7)

ROMANIA U16

ROMANIA U15

LOCAL SCOUTING

LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING

GRASSROOTS

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Launching Project

“Together We Are Football�

On September 29, 2015, the project was launched at the National Theater in Bucharest through a gala event that presented the background, as well as the goals and action plan of the Romanian FA team for the grassroots area. Right from the start, the project reopened the channels for boosting performance through stimulating the love for sports, which are freely accessible, irrespective of age, gender, occupation or professional training. At the same time, the objectives of the project include: individual development based on sporting values, improving the general level of physical activity in Romania, social inclusion and mobility, involving institutional structures in the development of football and promoting football as a social phenomenon.

The President of the Danish Football Federation, Mr. Jesper Moller (right photo) was invited as a special guest to the gala. On that occasion, a strategic partnership agreement between the two federations was signed for a period of 5 years for the purpose of promoting and developing grassroots football through education, joint activities and sharing information and good practices.

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Project GROW

The main objective of the GROW project is to help the staff of national federations look at football from various angles: digital, business, actual participation and income. Thus, they can develop a strategy to achieve their goal, i.e. to substantially increase by 2020 the number of active players and persons involved in football.

In other words, let’s make football for all.

UEFA aims to expand through this project the number of active football players in Europe starting from the most basic level the grassroots football.

Project GROW is a marketing initiative meant to show how business, digital tools, and the commitments and objectives of national federations can converge towards the achievement of the set goal.

GOALS

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Romania,

pilot country for GROW

Following the success of the initial phases of implementation of project “Together We Are Football”, the Romanian Football Federation was invited to join UEFA as one of the first partners in the GROW program and, as a result, Romania became a pilot country in UEFA’s strategy in this area.

Ciprian Paraschiv Football Development Manager

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Daniel Petcu

GROW Manager

GROW Manager

Mihnea Totan School Football Coordinator

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regional GROW officers

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coordinators

Expanding the number of active football players to 1.5% of total population by 2020

Irina Giurgiu Women’s Football Coordinator

Irina Mihuțescu Small Sided Football Coordinator

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county GROW advisers

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GROW objectives in Romania

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Implementing a strategy for grassroots football based on the 5 pillars of the UEFA Grassroots Charter: Growth, Retention, Education, Always Fair Play and Terms

Self-funding of football by attracting sponsors

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football and sports The project provides the best opportunity for business and institutional partners to get directly involved in the largest grassroots competition of the most popular sport in Romania. Together We Are Football is a set of competition, as well as an actual platform for promoting the values of football and sports in the broadest context.

WE URE RECONFIG AS A L L A FOOTB RT OTS SPO GRASSRO NON THAT E M PHENO S VALUES PROVIDE E UE TO TH AND VAL N IA N A M RO SPORTS

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TWAF for

communities and society The project seeks to involve all communities in Romania, both rural and urban, covering all age groups, irrespective of gender, and provides competition frameworks at urban district, locality, county and region level for small-sided and regular football, futsal and beach football.

At the same time, Together We Are Football is a vehicle for promoting social inclusion and the identity values that can help us change our society.

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Action plan

Structure of TWAF

Romanian FA has developed under the same umbrella 11 integrated national projects that include competitions and scouting actions, as well as the Districts Cup and the special project “Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium – High Performance Has a Future”.

Program overview

01 Tymbark Cup

“Together We Are Football” is the platform concept for a strategic program of activities brought together in the largest project dedicated to the development of grassroots football in Romania for the purpose of reconfiguring football as a social phenomenon among Romanians. It covers both urban and rural communities, in partnership with central and local authorities and the business environment. The long-term goals focus on various areas of interest, from expanding the number of players and discovering new talents to positioning football as a social inclusion and mobility instrument, improving the overall level of physical activities and promoting individual development through sporting values.

04 NSSO – high schools

02 NSSO – primary education 03 Olympiad of Middle Schools 05 Unified 7 Futsal Championship 06 National of the Universities

07 Football and Femininity Football Championship 08 National of the Universities 11 vs 11 Football Interleague 09 National U7, U8, U9 and U10

10 IPA Cup (amateurs) 11 Beach football (amateur tourists) 12 Inter-District Cup (amateurs) project “Turn the Village 13 Special Streets into a Stadium” – GILLETTE’s “High Performance Has a Future”

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Structure of TWAF

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Online platform

The first online platform dedicated to the grassroots sector was launched in 2015. The main purpose was the registration by Romanian FA of all grassroots football players.

As a result, we now have a significant database (including age, geographical location, gender, e-mail address, surname and name, etc.) of all students who participate in school competitions (12 competitions), the students playing in the 3 university competitions, students with intellectual disabilities (Special Olympics, two competitions), children in the grassroots caravans for rural communities (“Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium” / “High Performance Has a Future” programs, participants in the competitions for amateurs and public institutions, teachers, coaches holding an Romanian FA Grassroots license, etc.

The online platform also contains details on competitions, pictures, videos, as well as WePlayStrong, UEFA’s strategic program for women’s football, to which our federation is a partner.

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UEFA’S “WE PLAY STRONG” HE FOR T G O PR RAM MENT P O L E DEV N’S OF WOME L L A B T O FO

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Structure of TWAF

Strategic partners and sponsoring

As it is only the second year since the creation of the Grassroots Department within the federation, the benefits have not been assessed yet in terms of income vs. costs.

However, we must consider the primary advantage: the sustainable development of football based on a long-term strategy, with an impact not only on grassroots football, but on professional football, e.g. on the audiences generated by the matches of the national team.

The Grassroots Department will decisively contribute to the long-term development of football, while also generating a financial surplus that can be used by the Federation for investments in this area.

If we are to consider only the sponsoring income, 68% of the Grassroots Department’s budget is covered by the sponsoring for the top two competitions.

Romanian FA

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Sponsoring

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Structure of TWAF

Grassroots RFF licence

It is an online training course implemented for the first time by the Romanian Football Federation for people who want to become grassroots football trainers (coaches, physical education teachers, parents, high school students, etc.), as well as for those who wish to acquire specific knowledge regarding the harmonious development of children through sports for the purpose of organizing activities of this kind. By completing this training course, the participants will acquire general knowledge on the role of a trainer, the recommended conduct of a parent at the football pitch, the children involved in football activities, and the organization of safe and enjoyable football-related activities for children.

The 6 modules of the training course

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Football for all

Children and youth trainer profile

9 STEPS FOR BEING

Keep calm

Do not give instructions during games

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Stay in the spectator area

Do not interfere with the actions of the coach

Control your emotions

Let the referees do their job

Do not argue with opponent players or their parents

Be a model for the kids

The parents as partners in the training process

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Safety and accident prevention Age-appropriate games and practice

9 TRAITS OF A GOOD CHILDREN AND YOUTH COACH

A GOOD PARENT TO AN ATHLETE Do not criticize players during games

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“RESPECT� program

Helps the athletes learn lessons from life and sports

Is the first to arrive and last to leave from training sessions and matches

Talks with players in order to define together the individual and team objectives

Listens to the ideas and opinions of players

Builds positive relations with players

Does not argue with referees

Knows that there is more to sports than just winning

Supports, encourages, motivates and inspire players

Knows how to win and lose with dignity

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Special project Mathematics of Football

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The “Mathematics of Football” project, which is part of the campaign “Romanian FA Supports Education”, was launched in the spring of 2016 with the jerseys with mathematical formulas worn by National Team players at training sessions and before the match against Spain, which caused a sensation worldwide. The national campaign developed by Romanian FA in partnership with Global Geometry Agency and Niculescu Publishing Hose brings mathematics and football together and is aimed at fighting dropout.

In October 2016, the first auxiliary handbook of mathematics for the 4th grade containing football-inspired math exercises and problems was launched.

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Evolution of the number of registered players

Evolution of the number

of registered players

MEN’S FOOTBALL TOTAL

U10

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL - number of players -

- number of players -

63,530

2017 2016 2015

TOTAL

U14

U18

- number of players -

- number of players -

52,491

782

- number of players -

- number of players -

1,448 511

70,791

74,331

2015

2016

2017

2015

TOTAL

U18 2016

13,606

55,083

U14

2017

1,371

- number of players -

TOTAL

2016

290

18,938

2015

2017

18,214

2016

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19,157

23,546

19,127

ADULTS

2016

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8,411

2017

2015

2017

200

2016

TOTAL

31,580

13,743

2017

2015

TOTAL

U10

370

373

2015

2016

388

2015

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Romanian FA, a European example of best practice in grassroots football In April 2016, the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, hosted the UEFA workshop on the development of grassroots football in Europe and the implementation of GROW program. The meeting of UEFA officials with representatives of federations in Europe and other confederations is intended to offer the participants examples of best practice from different regions and to provide an opportunity to discuss ideas and actions that can be implemented at national level in particular.

Ciprian Paraschiv, Football Development Manager, Diana Pirciu, Marketing Specialist, and Florin Șari, Social Responsibility and Good Governance Manager, were invited to the workshop and they presented the strategy of the Romanian Football Federation for the development of grassroots football to the representatives of UEFA and other associations and federations. The example of best practice offered by Romanian FA included the presentation of the campaign “Together We Are Football”.

Then, from February 28 to March 2, 2017, Tbilisi hosted the UEFA Grow Summit, a meeting aimed at extending participation in football in Eastern Europe. The summit was organized by UEFA with support from the Council of Europe and was attended by 14 delegations that included the senior management of federations, GROW managers and representatives of the Ministry of Education and of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Romanian Football Federation was represented by President Răzvan Burleanu, General Secretary Radu Vișan and Football Development Manager Ciprian Paraschiv. The Ministry of Youth and Sports was represented by Secretary General Mircea Popa and the Ministry of National Education by State Secretary Gabriel Ispas.

The Romanian delegation presented the situation of grassroots football in Romania. Thus, in 2015, only 0.5% of population played professional or amateur football. The European average was 2.7%.

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INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

National School Sports Olympiad

BEST TECHNICAL PLAYER

COMPETITION FIGURES

TOP SCORER

Primary education

COMPETITION PERIOD

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FOOTBALL PITCHES

BEST PLAYER IN THE FINAL

NUMBER OF TEAMS

CHAMPION TEAMS

5,250 layers The best p l in the fina eir ) and th (2 children achers) te teachers (2 ith w t n e w al Team the Nation 16 20 ro u E to

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TROPHIES (places 1 – 4)

MEDALS (places 1 – 3)

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BY ROMA E TO TH S ING TEAM N IN W

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OCTOBER - MAY PRIZES

A national competition that brings together the youngest students, from grades 1 to 4, providing an opportunity for them to discover football and its values from a young age, as well as for the youngest talented children with a potential to become professional players to be identified.

Together with their teachers, Romanian students learn playing football and have fun in a high-level competition context.

N CHILDRE S T N A IP IC PART

BEST GOALKEEPER

500

2 OVER

ATTENDANCE

5,000

INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

DIPLOMAS (places 1 – 8)

FOOTBALLS (for finalists)

FOOTBALL PITCHES (for the winners – boys and girls)

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NSSO

Primary education LERY L A G O T PHO

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INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES BEST TECHNICAL PLAYER

Olympiad

COMPETITION FIGURES

of Middle Schools

TOP SCORER

The passion for football arises and should be cultivated in childhood. This is why we aim to promote this sport among children and young people through school competitions organized in partnership with the Ministry of National Education and the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (the Olympiad of Middle Schools).

Each team that participated in the county phase of the Olympiad of Middle Schools received prizes consisting in footballs, sports gear, diplomas and cups.

In 2016, Romanian FA offered to each of the 6 winning teams (3 girls’ and 3 boys’ teams) in the 3 competitions an artificial football pitch surface of 40x20 m (to be installed in the yards of the winning schools).

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COMPETITION PERIOD

6,300

OVER

FOOTBALL PITCHES

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BEST PLAYER IN THE FINAL

350

TROPHIES (places 1 – 4)

MEDALS (places 1 – 3)

OVER

NUMBER OF TEAMS

CHAMPION TEAMS layers The best p l fi e in th na eir ) and th (2 children achers) te (2 teachers went with al Team the Nation 16 to Euro 20

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BEST GOALKEEPER

600

2 OVER

ATTENDANCE

6,000

INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

DIPLOMAS (places 1 – 8)

FOOTBALLS (for finalists)

FOOTBALL PITCHES (for the winners – boys and girls)

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Olympiad of Middle Schools

LLERY A G O T O PH

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INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

National School Sports Olympiad High Schools

BEST TECHNICAL PLAYER

COMPETITION FIGURES

BEST PLAYER IN THE FINAL

COMPETITION PERIOD

OVER

FOOTBALL PITCHES

The competitions are intended for both girls’ and boys’ teams and are organized following the model of school olympiads, with school, municipality, county, regional and national phases.

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250

TROPHIES (places 1 – 4)

MEDALS (places 1 – 3)

Cristina Carp, the winner of the “Best Technical Player” trophy, was drafted for the National Women’s Team of Romania.

OVER

NUMBER OF TEAMS

4,400 D AWARDE PITCHES NIAN FA

BY ROMA E TO TH TEAMS WINNING

OCTOBER - MAY PRIZES

In order to provide a chance for individual values to receive nationwide recognition, we seek to integrate all football competitions organized in schools and high schools in a unified sports development project coordinated by Romanian FA throughout the country. At high-school level, we can already speak of an evolution of talents able to take the next step towards higher-level football.

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BEST GOALKEEPER

ANTS PARTICIP

CHAMPION TEAMS

layers The best p l na fi e th in ) and their n re ild h c (2 teachers) teachers (2 ith w went al Team the Nation 16 to Euro 20

400

2 OVER

ATTENDANCE

4,000

INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

DIPLOMAS (places 1 – 8)

Mihaela Ciolacu, the winner of the “Best Player in the Final” trophy, was drafted for the National Women’s Team of Romania.

FOOTBALLS (for finalists)

FOOTBALL PITCHES (for the winners – boys and girls)

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NSSO

High Schools LLERY A G O T O PH

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INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES BEST TECHNICAL PLAYER

Universities Football means competitiveness, self improvement and fair play. These are traits that we seek to cultivate among the around 500,000 students enrolled in the accredited universities in Romania. Together with the School and University Sports Federation, we created the first national competition based on the rules of regular, 11-a-side football, open to all university teams in Romania.

The final objective of the competition is to select a team to represent Romania in the European Universities Football Championship, the World Universities Football Championship and the Universiade.

COMPETITION FIGURES

BEST GOALKEEPER

BEST PLAYER IN THE FINAL

COMPETITION PERIOD

MARCH - MAY PRIZES

FOOTBALL PITCHES

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TROPHIES (places 1 – 4)

Andreas Calcan, the winner of the “Best Player in the Final” trophy, signed a contract with Dutch 1st League team Willem Tilburg

MEDALS (places 1 – 3)

460

ANTS PARTICIP

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NUMBER OF TEAMS

CHAMPION TEAMS

20

1 OVER

ATTENDANCE

50

5,000

INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

FOOTBALLS (for finalists)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS Participation at the European Universities Football Championship in Zagreb and Rijeka

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Universities LLERY A G O T O PH

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Unified 7 Playing football means continuous self improvement. This is the philosophy that inspired us to use football as a generous and effective tool for fighting certain forms of discrimination and social marginalization. Thus, we created a competition intended for the social integration of adolescents with intellectual disabilities.

The Unified 7 football team includes 4 players eligible for the Special Olympics (with intellectual disabilities) and 3 players called “partners” (persons without disabilities). The competition is open to both boys’ and girls’ football teams.

The implementation of this project consists in the development by the Romanian Football Federation of a countrywide competition with matches in the final phases played at the training centers of the National Football Team in Mogoșoaia and Buftea. The project benefits from the partnership with Special Olympics Romania Foundation and the Ministry of National Education and is supported by the Ministry of Health.

1,200 ANTS PARTICIP

COMPETITION FIGURES

COMPETITION PERIOD

MARCH - MAY

OVER

FOOTBALL PITCHES

50 OVER

NUMBER OF TEAMS

CHAMPION TEAMS

100

2 OVER

ATTENDANCE

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4,000

DAN AWAR WINNING ION COMPETIT 16 AT THE 20 SPECIAL S OLYMPIC N A E P O EUR L FOOTBAL GALA

PRIZES TROPHIES (places 1 – 4)

MEDALS (places 1 – 3)

DIPLOMAS (places 1 – 8)

FOOTBALLS (for finalists)

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Unified 7 LERY L A G O T PHO

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Football and Femininity

The primary goal of the “Football and Femininity” project of the Romanian Football Federation is to develop women’s football in Romania. Funded by UEFA and developed in line with UEFA’s policy, the project is mainly intended for the County Football Associations and women’s football teams with youth groups. The positive results achieved from the very beginning of its implementation demonstrated that a project of this kind was really necessary in Romania. From 2012 to 2015, over 10,000 registered with the dedicated website www.fotbalfeminin.ro.

4,600 ANTS PARTICIP IN 2016

PROJECT RESULTS OVER

10,000

PLAYERS REGISTERED THROUGH THE PLATFORM WWW.FOTBALFEMININ.RO

OVER

500

PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT ACTIONS

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PLAYERS REPRESENTED ROMANIA INTERNATIONALLY

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ACTIVE PLAYERS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN TRAINING FOR OBTAINING THE UEFA B LICENSE ACTED AS COACHES IN THE PROJECT

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In September 2016, during a special ceremony held in Cluj-Napoca, the Romanian Football Federation received the UEFA HatTrick award for outstanding results achieved in the development of women’s football through the Football and Femininity project.

Allan Hansen, the President of UEFA’s HatTrick Committee and member in the Executive Committee of UEFA, handed over this important award.

In 2017, the first U15 national women’s football team was established as a strong basis for the U17 national women’s football team.

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The championship brings together men’s and women's futsal teams of major universities in Romania. The final goal of the competition is to select the teams that will represent Romania at the European Universities Futsal Championship. So far, 320 young players (men and women) have participated.

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Initiated in October 2016, Tymbark Junior Cup is a competition for children organized at national level by the Romanian Football Federation in partnership with the Ministry of National Education. The official partner of the competition was Tymbark Maspex Romania through the Tymbark brand. It is the only football competition for children in Romania and had a record number of registered participants: 122,000 students.

The final and several matches of the regional phase were attended by one of the ambassadors of the competition, Romanian international player Miodrag Belodedici, twice winner of the European Champion Clubs' Cup and one of the mainstay players of Romania’s National Football Team in the ‘90s.

Maria Ficzay, a player of the National Women’s Team of Romania, is also an ambassador of this competition.

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This is a mixed, boys’ and girls’ football competition organized for children in urban and rural areas in 4 age groups: U7, U8, U9 and U10. It is held at county, inter-county or regional level and has no national final phase or rankings.

Girls are stimulated to participate in a mixed football formula (each team receives two footballs from Romanian FA for each girl).

It is the second year when the competition takes place. While 4,000 children participated in the first edition, this year, their number rose to 5,000, including 450 girls.

Each child who participates in the competition receives a medal and a diploma.

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Special project

“Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium” Romania has a population of over 18 million, half of which live in rural communities. Unfortunately, scouting has been neglected in this area, although 4 of the top 10 players and captains of the National Football Team came from rural communities: Dorinel Munteanu, Gheorghe Hagi, Mișa Klein and Adrian Mutu.

Discovering new talents is a prerequisite for securing high performance in the long run. And this is particularly important for children in rural communities, as they statistically have less chances to develop their sporting skills. This is caused by the lack of either football infrastructure or resources needed for specialized training.

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As part of the “Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium” project, the best 3 children were rewarded by Romanian FA with the opportunity to accompany the National Team at Euro 2016.

One of the 3 children benefits from a Romanian FA scholarship at the Sports High School in Buzău.

The regional scouts of the Romanian Football Federation recruited, registered and monitored talented children aged 7 to 10 from rural communities. The best of them were offered the opportunity to get registered with sports clubs in urban areas and pursue a professional football career.

To this end, we developed a national campaign in partnership with local authorities aimed at discovering talented children from rural communities who do not have access to the support they need to develop their football skills. The pilot phase of the campaign was implemented in 21 counties of Romania.

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High Performance Has a Future In 2016, following the success of the “Turn the Village Streets into a Stadium” project, Gillette joined Romanian FA in this scouting campaign and the project became “High Performance Has a Future”. Romanian FA and Gillette aim to improve the chances of children aged 10 to 14 from rural communities to be discovered and have access to training at the highest standards through the “High Performance Has a Future” initiative. The project seeks to identify talented children - the young players of today who can become the great players of tomorrow.

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The caravan traveled under the umbrella of Romanian FA’s “Together We Are Football” program and the best 11 children selected by scouts benefited from a training period at the training facility of the National Team in Mogoșoaia. From May 19 to May 22, 2017, they took a trip to Barcelona for a training session at the training center of FC Barcelona with a specialist of the Catalan club. The children also visited the club’s museum and attended the last match of the Spanish championship (FC Barcelona-Eibar).

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IPA Cup

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The first half of October 2016 offered the perfect opportunity for small sided football players to show that, in football, every team can be the champion.

The regional phase of the competition took place on October 1 and 2. It brought together 60 teams from the 8 regions of the country.

The participants played football and made new friends and all of them gained something in the end. FRF supports this competition by offering 11 cups (3 for the final tournament and 8 for the area tournament), 12 medals for the winners of the tournament, 20 champion T-shirts, 96 tickets for the Romania-Poland match for the players of the 8 winning teams in the regional phase, 20 footballs and 600 participation diplomas.

FRF supports the organization of the IPA (International Police Association) Cup, as well as the local competitions organized under the patronage of IPA, including:

Lotus Cup

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Gendarmerie’s Cup

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Cup of Arad

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BEACH FOOTBALL Jupiter

SMALL SIDED FOOTBALL Galați

Autumn Cup

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SMALL SIDED FOOTBALL Sărata Monteoru

Every year, the competition becomes sharper, as the teams grow better and better. The goals of these competitions are successfully achieved and every year the participants are eager to demonstrate that they can be the best and win the craved trophy: The IPA Cup. In 2017, the winners of the IPA Cup will represent Romania at the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament (October 8-14, the Netherlands).

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From May 20 to June 10, 2017, 145 teams and 1,300 players took part in the six qualifying rounds of the Inter-Districts Cup and the best 24 teams qualified for the final tournament and played for the top-ranking places. Regarding the rules of the competition, it is important to note that a match lasts 10 minutes or until two goals are scored, and there is no referee.

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There was a month of beautiful stories, rivalry, excitement, promises to train better and common desire to play football with friends, neighbors and colleagues.

Established teams, as well as groups of friends motivated by the opportunity to have a good time and win the prizes offered by the promoters participated in the competition. The oldest participant, aged 60, declared himself happy to play the football of his childhood in the competition and the collective voice of the other players supported his statement. Young and old, construction workers, drivers, firemen, airplane pilots, policemen or top managers had one goal: to play football together. The common denominator of Saturday was the revival of childhood’s football played at the back of apartment buildings, in schoolyards and in parks.

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The competition took place under the “patronage” of Steaua’s ex player Falemi Nana (photo).

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The Federation prepared for the summer of 2016 three sand football pitches on Belona Beach in Eforie Nord, Delta Beach in Jupiter and 3 Papuci Beach in Constanta. The pitches were entrusted to the beach owners who have the obligation to prepare and maintain them permanently.

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The first event hosted by these new facilities was organized in partnership with FRF in Jupiter: the Beach Football Cup of the Gendarmerie. The same facility also hosted a beach football final tournament attended by the best 6 teams in Romania to select the national champion. In addition to that, over 40,000 tourists used the facilities throughout the summer season.

Two more pitches opened in the summer of 2017 in Mangalia and Jupiter, the latter being the first beach football pitch with stands in Romania. All of them are available to seaside tourists outside the official competitions.

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ROMANIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION House of Football, Str. Vasile Șerbănică No. 12 Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania Tel: 021 325 06 70 • Fax: 021 302 91 58

Federatia Romana de Fotbal Impreuna suntemfotbal www.frf.ro www.impreunasuntemfotbal.ro