UEFA COACHING CONVENTION PDF

Preamble

Considering the need: 

a) to ensure the future quality of football, which lies to a large extent in the hands of the coaches, who have a vital role to play in the development of the players and the game;

b) to promote and foster football coach education throughout UEFA’s territory and for all competitions organised by UEFA and its member associations;

c) to ensure that coach education remains under the sole and exclusive control of UEFA and its member associations;

d)to promote European integration and, in particular, the free movement of qualified coaches, by incorporating a general system for the mutual recognition of UEFA member association education in football;

e) for unified minimum standards of coaching to guarantee the performance quality of coaches acting on UEFA’s territory;

f) to protect footballers from exposure to coaches without appropriate education who might have a negative effect on their physical, psychological or technical development;

g)for modern football to have well-educated professional and amateur coaches, on and off the field;

h)to preserve and improve the level of coaching in Europe through vocational training;

i) to increase the number of male and female coaches with coaching qualifications and licences that are recognised throughout Europe;

j) to establish football coaching as a recognised, regulated profession;

UEFA and the UEFA member associations that are parties to the present convention have agreed the following.