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Top Class Infrastructural Facilities At A Second Division Club In Goa
Now second division I-League clubs have a better infrastructure than those in the top division...
16-Feb-2010 2:31:00 PM
By Goal.com
Goa’s Sesa Football Academy opened yet another new chapter in Indian football on Sunday when its state of the art infrastructural facility was inaugurated in Sirsaim, Goa by the honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Digambar Kamat.
Considered one of the top soccer academies in the country, the new infrastructure, which has cost more than Rs. four-crore, has a football turf maintained round the year by a professional agency, hostel facility that can accommodate 30 boys, an in-house gymnasium, indoor sports hall, audio visual room and Sauna Bath facilities.
The academy has already started planning for the future and has plans to add a spectator stand, a swimming pool and a half pitch artificial turf along with a tie-up with a professional club in Europe
For the last two years, Sesa’s Senior Aacademy has been an active participant in the Goa Professional League, besides participating in the I-League second division, Governor’s Cup and various other tournaments.
Sesa started its junior residential academy in 1999 in its reclaimed mine site at Sanquelim with a ground, gymnasium and a recreation centre with 24 boys from Goa. Presently housing 36 boys, the only residential academy of Goa, it trains them for four years besides allowing them to pursue their academics. And, all of these at no cost to the students.
No wonder then, that, Sesa lads, today, form the supply chain for Goan Football and the likes of Micky Fernandes, Rowilson Rodrigues, Godwin Franco, Bernard Pires, Milagrio Medeira, Lavino Fernandes, and many such others, who are SFA products, are proud possessions of so many clubs!
Having observed their alumni mostly warming the benches of different clubs after they pass out from SFA at the age of 18 or 19, Sesa decided to start the Senior Academy in 2008. True to its style, Sesa decided to create football infrastructure for the senior team immediately.
The primary thought was that these boys in the senior team, who are mostly from the junior academy, still need to be housed, along with their coaches, under one roof with full scale facilities, such as, nutritious food in the canteen, gymnasium, recreational facilities, indoor game facilities, etc. This ensures further continued nurturing of the young talent along with rigorous football training within a disciplined regime.
Sesa also decided not to import or hire foreigners since it remains focussed on its sole objective to increase the standards of Goan and Indian football. Hardly surprising that, within two years of the senior academy coming into being, at least half a dozen boys from the senior academy are being chased by big clubs with lucrative offers.
It is interesting to note that, while none of the top notch clubs in Goa have a single football ground of their own, Sesa has two beautiful turfs in Goa created in their own land without inviting any controversy associated with new land acquisition or allotment.
Considered one of the top soccer academies in the country, the new infrastructure, which has cost more than Rs. four-crore, has a football turf maintained round the year by a professional agency, hostel facility that can accommodate 30 boys, an in-house gymnasium, indoor sports hall, audio visual room and Sauna Bath facilities.
The academy has already started planning for the future and has plans to add a spectator stand, a swimming pool and a half pitch artificial turf along with a tie-up with a professional club in Europe
For the last two years, Sesa’s Senior Aacademy has been an active participant in the Goa Professional League, besides participating in the I-League second division, Governor’s Cup and various other tournaments.
Sesa started its junior residential academy in 1999 in its reclaimed mine site at Sanquelim with a ground, gymnasium and a recreation centre with 24 boys from Goa. Presently housing 36 boys, the only residential academy of Goa, it trains them for four years besides allowing them to pursue their academics. And, all of these at no cost to the students.
No wonder then, that, Sesa lads, today, form the supply chain for Goan Football and the likes of Micky Fernandes, Rowilson Rodrigues, Godwin Franco, Bernard Pires, Milagrio Medeira, Lavino Fernandes, and many such others, who are SFA products, are proud possessions of so many clubs!
Having observed their alumni mostly warming the benches of different clubs after they pass out from SFA at the age of 18 or 19, Sesa decided to start the Senior Academy in 2008. True to its style, Sesa decided to create football infrastructure for the senior team immediately.
The primary thought was that these boys in the senior team, who are mostly from the junior academy, still need to be housed, along with their coaches, under one roof with full scale facilities, such as, nutritious food in the canteen, gymnasium, recreational facilities, indoor game facilities, etc. This ensures further continued nurturing of the young talent along with rigorous football training within a disciplined regime.
Sesa also decided not to import or hire foreigners since it remains focussed on its sole objective to increase the standards of Goan and Indian football. Hardly surprising that, within two years of the senior academy coming into being, at least half a dozen boys from the senior academy are being chased by big clubs with lucrative offers.
It is interesting to note that, while none of the top notch clubs in Goa have a single football ground of their own, Sesa has two beautiful turfs in Goa created in their own land without inviting any controversy associated with new land acquisition or allotment.
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