FUNiño

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FUNiño or Funino , a suitcase word from the English “fun” (fun) and the Spanish “Niño” (child), describes a special mode in football that is increasingly used in small-field areas.

History and dissemination

FUNiño was developed in 1990 by Horst Wein with the aim of increasing the number of ball contacts per player and thus increasing the fun of the game. The Bavarian Football Association (BFV) declared FUNiño to be the standard for the youngest age groups from the 2019/20 season. In addition to children's football (G / F / E juniors), this style of play is often used in adult training, for example at the Spanish club FC Barcelona .

Rules of the game

FUNiño has no generally applicable official rules. The variants mostly have the following in common:

  • There are 3 against 3.
  • There is no goalkeeper.
  • The playing field is approx. 25 × 30 meters.
  • There are two mini-goals on each side of the field (in the BFV the distance is set at 12 meters).
  • There are frequent changes of players and sometimes even fixed player rotations, for example after every goal.
  • There is a shooting zone (6 m from the baseline), goals may only be scored within this zone.

Objectives

By modifying the general football rules, the following goals should be achieved:

  • more ball contacts
  • more dribbling
  • more chances to score
  • more goals
  • more passes
  • more playing positions
  • more playing time
  • more player changes
  • more different game situation
  • improved perception and game intelligence

By not having a goalkeeper, it is intended to avoid that the supposedly worst player is “pushed” into the goal. The frequent player changes and many different game situations are intended to involve all players and thus awaken the joy of playing football. This is intended to counteract the number of players, which has been falling for years.

variants

There are different variants. The BFV focuses on the versions “Fußball3” and “Fußball5”, in which either 3 against 3 or 5 against 5 is played, but in each case without a goalkeeper.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SWR Sport: Funino - The future of children's football? Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Horst Wein: Developing game intelligence through FUNino. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Reform in Bavaria: No goalkeeper until the e-youth! | Northern Bavaria amateurs. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mini-soccer: Fierce headwind for Funino plans of the BFV | Northern Bavaria amateurs. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Funino more and more popular: How the new soccer ball works for kids and what it brings. January 30, 2019, accessed on July 15, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ a b Bavarian Football Association: Game idea & rules. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b German Football Association: Developing game intelligence through FUNino. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b TSV Eintracht Immenbeck: Mini football / FUNiño. Hamburg Football Association, accessed on November 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b This is Funino: rules and goals of the new trend game form. Sports buzzer, accessed November 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ FUNino against children's football frustration. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .