West African Football Academy
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The West African Football Academy (WAFA) is a football academy from the Ghanaian city of Sogakope .
history
In 2006 Red Bull took over an existing soccer school called Soccer School of Lavanttal in Sogakope, which at the time belonged to Dietmar Riegler (current president of Wolfsberger AC and owner of RZ Pellets), an Austrian businessman. This was followed by the construction of a new stadium with a capacity of 1000 spectators and two more artificial turf pitches. The promotion to the second highest Ghanaian soccer league, Division League One , was celebrated in 2009. In the first year in Ghana's second-highest division, the first team reached fifth place. In 2011, they came in fifth again, and sixth in 2012, before being relegated to third division in 2014 with eighth place. In summer 2013, Red Bull closed the academy again. Gérard Houllier , Global Sports Director for the Red Bull football clubs, justified this step with, among other things, "mistakes in local management" and mistakes in the choice of location. In August 2014 it became known that the academy was newly founded under the name "West African Football Academy" in cooperation with the former "Fetteh Feyenoord" and that there is still an "intensive technical and content-related cooperation" with Red Bull.
successes
- 2007/08: Division Two League Volta Region Champion
- 2008/09: Champion of the Division Two League Volta Region, winner of the Middle League (promotion to Division One League)
academy
The aim of the football school affiliated to the club was to introduce young West African players to the clubs in Europe supported by Red Bull . Longer-term plans include the transfer of two to three players per year to these clubs. The first graduate of this program was Felix Adjei in 2010 , who joined the second team at FC Red Bull Salzburg . A school with six classrooms and several residential buildings for a total of up to 80 people were available for the young players.
Alumni
- Mohammed Abbas (now under contract with Tema Youth )
- Felix Adjei
- Richard Arhin (now under contract with Aduana Stars )
- Jonathan Eshun (now under contract with Tema Youth )
- Mohammed Ibrahim (now under contract with Eleven Wise )
- Abdulai Abdul Karim (now under contract with Real Tamale United )
- Livingstone Logoh (now under contract with All Stars FC )
- Jean Colbert Di Stéphano Matiké (now under contract with Austin Flyers )
- Fatawu Mohammed (now under contract with Asante Kotoko )
- Larry Kayode (now under contract with Shakhtar Donetsk )
- Joshua Otoo Opoku (now under contract with All Stars FC )
- Issah Sayibu (now under contract with Tema Youth )
- Patrick Twumasi (now under contract with FK Spartaks )
- Raphael Dwamena (now under contract with FC Zurich )
- David Atanga (now under contract with Holstein Kiel )
- Majeed Ashimeru (now under contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg )
- Samuel Tetteh (now under contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg )
- Gideon Mensah (now under contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The History of the Academy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Red Bull Ghana website. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Interview in the Salzburger Nachrichten on August 24, 2013. Accessed on May 19, 2014.
- ^ Next Generation Trophy 2014 ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Red Bull Ghana's Philosophy ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Red Bull Ghana website. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ↑ Felix Adjei - Ghana's first Red Bull on tour ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Red Bull Ghana website. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ↑ The Facilities & Fields ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Red Bull Ghana website. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
