by Jesper Rendtorff
Thursday evening FC Helsingør's partner clubs were invited to an information meeting regarding the new structure in FC Helsingør. As is known, the senior department has since January 2020 been organized in an A/S, and the youth department is organized as an association
There was a large turnout from the 21 partner clubs, which at the meeting in the Lounge at the new Helsingør Stadium were informed about both the sporting and the more business-related aspects of the new division.
The youth department has room to work
At the meeting, the association's chairman Finn Moseholm, association board member Michael Schmidt, Talent Manager Kenneth Rasmussen, Child & Youth Development Coach René Lybek Hansen, as well as responsible for FCH Talent Girls Seref Aras, thus explained the new organization. The agreement has already entered into force and applies for the coming years.
Close cooperation, sparring and specific training
The philosophy behind FC Helsingør's youth department (u13-u19), including the weekly specific training and TOP-Center activity for u10, u11 and u12 is based on FCH working closely with each individual club, in which they improve each other together. In addition, for example, where the age groups are small, work is done across the clubs, facilitated by one of FC Helsingør's club consultants.
The collaboration with the 21 local clubs and thus the foundation for FC Helsingør's talented youth department currently includes well 2.500 local youth players on both the girls' and boys' sides.
'Own breeding' in the first team.
The vision is that the targeted talent work in the youth department will lead to players from their own talent environment regularly breaking through into the first team in the future. As is known, the first team is working purposefully to re-establish itself within a short time as one of the 20 best division teams in Denmark. It is a common vision that FC Helsingør's first-team squad over time should contain at least one third players from its own ranks (from its own talent development environment). And some of these will expectedly become so good that they are later sold to foreign clubs.
The work with the many talented local players is in full swing, and FC Helsingør's Youth Department looks forward to continued good cooperation with both parent clubs and partner clubs with a view to making the best of the large talent pool that exists in our area. We will develop players who also succeed off the pitch, in an environment where we both retain and form our talents during the time they are with us, says Kenneth Rasmussen, Talent Manager FC Helsingør Academy (which will be the new name for the youth department).
The 21 clubs in the collaboration are:
Snekkersten IF, Espergærde IF, Helsingør IF, Frem Hellebæk Fodbold, Hornbæk IF, Kvistgård IF, Tikøb IF, Borsholm-Skibstrup IF, Gurre IK, Helsingør FC, FC Kingo, Vapnagaard FK, Humlebæk BK, Nødebo IF, KBK Hillerød, IS Skævinge Fodbold, Vejby-Tisvilde Fodbold, Esrum IF, Gilleje FK, Fredensborg B&I and most recently Hundested IK.
