Doha: Al Bidda SC has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Ajax to manage and train their club Youth Program, utilizing its worldwide renowned philosophy, culture, and methodology. The Club Youth Program educates children and teens from the age of 8 until the age of 19 years old. Al Bidda SC Vice Chairman Sheikh Hamad bin Mohamed bin Fahad Al Thani said, “With this partnership, we are setting a strong and solid foundation towards creating the best local club Football Youth Academy in Qatar.
This, in turn, will help us foster great talents who will move up to join our first team. The Ajax academy is one of the best, if not the best, in the world. They have been doing it for a long time, and they have produced global talents and legends.
Indeed, this would have a very positive impact on our players, coaches, administrators at the club, and, of course, for the development of Qatari football.” Ajax Technical Director Alex Kroes said: “We are delighted to expand our international football network through this partnership. The global interest in Ajax’s football expertise is enormous and we are convinced that, in Al Bidda SC, we have found a partner with the same vision as Ajax.
In the coming years, we will make every effort to set up a strong youth academy, which should ultimately ensure a constant flow of youth players to their first team. It is also great that we can implement our football philosophy on a broader scale. We have noticed a huge demand for this and .