Football Development Institute

Football Development Institute

Football Development Institute – founded by Marcin Gabor – deals with the development and transformation of European Clubs (specialisation: sports area), educates football Specialists, as well as undertaking analysis and research projects.

FDI operates on the foundation of own “Football Identity” and original concepts.

The main goal of the Institute is to raise the level of football. FDI has the ambition to take over the role of the European Competence Center.

FDI now reaches more than 40 countries on five continents.

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There is not just one type of football. Football behaves the way I understand it, the way I have decoded it for myself, and the way I model it.

Marcin Gabor
CEO, author of the FDI concept
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How do we want to raise the level of football?

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Forming
proper awareness

We expose the trends and stereotypes present in “modern football”, explain precisely our football understanding, additionally supporting Specialists and Clubs in developing individual “Football Identity”.

Implementation of
substantive canons

We present football as a really team-based sport, prove the status of “tactics/team tactics” as the most important aspect, and put the playing concept at the center of all activities and actions.

Realization of
educational programs

We organize content innovative and certified courses (one-year, two-year) for 15 Specialist roles in football, based on the “Football Identity of FDI” and the “Club Development Model of FDI”. For Graduates, access to advisory and mentoring support.

Collaboration
with Clubs

Also in this context, the “Football Identity of FDI”, as well as the “Club Development Model of FDI” are the basis. We advise, provide professional audits, implement development projects and a program called ” Complex Club Development.”

Current educational courses

Open recruitment

Football Club Management Conference | first edition

Event type
video & content on demand
Closing of registration
30.06.2024
Event date
permanently available
Scope of materials
12 speeches + content
Access to the platform
The conference concluded

Football Club Management Conference | Wrocław 2023

Event type
in-person conference
Closing of registration
05.06.2023
Conference date
19-20.06.2023
Duration
2 days
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26/08/2024

We start a partnership with FC Revera

Following very good and concrete discussions with the management board, we have concluded a partnership with FC Revera 1908. We are talking about a professional Ukrainian Club with the ambition of extensive development, reaching an appearance on the European football market.
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News

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19/01/2024
Interns & Trainees for European Clubs
We recently presented our strategic plans for the next two years, and today we are introducing our first major project.
08/01/2024
Planned projects of FDI
We are officially back from holiday. During this period, we were able to rest, think about many things and, with recharged batteries, proceed to further activities.
11/12/2023
We have inaugurated a research project
We have just inaugurated a research project under the title "The state of specialised education in the world of football". We have set out our theses very clearly, and now we also want to give you a voice and an opinion on various aspects.
16/10/2023
Education Platform of FDI
Today we can officially announce that we have just launched the first project within the "Education platform of FDI". The premiere project is based on recordings of lectures from the first edition of the Football Club Management Conference, which took place on 19-20.06 in Wrocław.

Take a look at our substantive content,
available in the "Publications" section.

The section is divided into three parts: Expert Articles, Research Projects, and Books.
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