FC Midtjylland 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 FC Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland is a professional Danish football team from Herning and Ikast. The team is a result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad...

. The academy consists of youth teams on under-19, under-17 and under-15 basis.
FC Midtjylland Academy is the first Danish football academy based on the academy of FC Nantes Atlantique

FC Nantes Atlantique

Football Club de Nantes is a French association football club based in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one big club. From 1992–2007, the club was referred to as FC Nantes...

. All the players lives at Sportcenter Ikast, where they also train up to 9 times a week. 8 players in every year are getting a contract with the club.

The academy places the social life high, and every student follows a regular schooling at either Idrætsefterskolen i Ikast, Ikast Handelsskole or Ikast Gymnasium and competes in the daily life of the school.

• 1 – Simon S.