Spanish Football Club RCD Espanyol Launches Its Academy In Johannesburg
Spanish Football Club RCD Espanyol Launches Its Academy In Johannesburg. Spanish Football Club RCD Espanyol has announced the launch of its academy in Johannesburg South Africa. The academy hit the ground running hosting their first ever tryouts where 1230 players got the opportunity to showcase their skills. The opening of the South African academy is the first of its kind in the country as it is the only LaLiga team with an official academy here.
Every Espanyol Academy comes as an opportunity for the young players and coaches as it is for the club itself. This project is not only an important talent hub for Espanyol but an opportunity to scout South African talent and to have new fans that help the club position itself as an ever-increasing global brand, spreading its growth and impact throughout all continents. This project is a joint effort with its local partner IBERCUP, experts in this field and an important player in South Africa.
RCD Espanyol is a professional sports club based in Cornellá, Spain. Founded in 1900, the club plays in La Liga, the highest division of Spanish football and play their home games at the RCDE Stadium, which holds up to 40,000 spectators. The club counts with a second team, Espanyol, twelve Academy teams, ladies’ teams and a football school. All of them train and play their matches as home teams in Dani Jarque’s training facilities, inaugurated on September 2001.
Through the establishment of the is academy, RCD Espanyol is investing in the development of South African players so that they can gain opportunities that they couldn’t access before. This shows that the club sees that there is a lot of potential for growth in the South African football industry and it seeks to assist by providing help at one of the most important phases in a players life, which is the development phase.
