Azerbaijan Football Academy is the youth academy

Youth system

Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...

 of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. It organizes the Azerbaijan Premier League, the Azerbaijan Cup and the Azerbaijani national football team...

. It provides a stepping stone for youngsters to progress to the highest levels of football at Azerbaijan. The academy was officially opened in 23 February 2009 by UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 vice president Şenes Erzik

Senes Erzik

Şenes Erzik was born in the Black Sea town of Giresun on 18 September 1942. He is best known for his work in Turkish and European football, and is a UEFA vice president...

. The Academy is also visited by former Spain's

Spain national football team

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 captain Fernando Hierro

Fernando Hierro

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Structure

The facility includes some of the finest training facilities, and features grass pitches on three plateaus, along with an additional floodlit synthetic pitch and specialist training areas for fitness work and goalkeepers. It also includes following:

• Gym
• Synthetic indoor training pitch
• Hydrotherapy pools
• Spa
• Sauna
• Physiotherapy rooms
• Media centre

External links

• Azerbaijan Football Federations Association Official Website