FC Bayern Munich has launched an official youth academy in the UAE, marking its first Bundesliga club partnership of this kind in the Middle East.
The FC Bayern Academy UAE, established under a licence granted by the club to GoldPrime FZCO, will be based at Amity University Dubai in Academic City. It accepts players now, offering programmes for boys and girls from U5 to U16 age groups.
The academy is structured as a year-round operation rather than a seasonal or camp-based model. An FC Bayern-nominated Director of Coaching will be permanently based in the country to oversee the local coaching team and maintain alignment with the club’s curriculum and development standards. Players will train between one and five sessions per week, grouped by age and talent level.
“We are delighted to have entered into an academy partnership of this kind in the Middle East with FC Bayern, the first Bundesliga club to do so. Football is becoming increasingly popular in the United Arab Emirates, particularly amongst children and young people. We want to use our expertise to support the development of talent and further boost enthusiasm for football in the country,” FC Bayern Munich’s Campus Director, JOCHEN SAUER said in a statement.
High-potential players assessed through FC Bayern’s scouting network may be considered for international development programmes in Munich, including access to the FC Bayern Global Academy at the club’s Campus, subject to selection criteria.
The academy will also offer two scholarships. The Performance Excellence Scholarship targets players with strong technical ability, game intelligence and athletic potential. The Future Champions Scholarship is aimed at committed players who would benefit from additional development support.
“Football has the power to shape ambition, discipline, confidence and character long before a player ever steps onto a professional pitch. With FC Bayern Academy UAE, we are bringing much more than one of the world’s most respected football names to the UAE. We are bringing FC Bayern’s philosophy of player development, its proven methodology, its standards of excellence and, most importantly, its commitment to developing young players for the long term. Our ambition is to create an environment where young players in the UAE can train to world-class standards, challenge themselves and begin to understand what their potential can truly become. Their journey may start here in the UAE, but there should be no limit to where their talent, discipline and ambition can take them. This agreement is about creating access, raising the standard of youth football and building a genuine pathway for the next generation. We want every player who walks onto our pitches to believe that something bigger is possible, and to give them the coaching, environment and opportunity to pursue it,” Mahmoud Abusway, Investor and Partner, FC Bayern Academy UAE added.
Enrolment is open now.
