The Burgenland Football Academy has almost five years after the game was discontinued by SV Mattersburg Found a new strategic partner in August 2020. Sturm Graz Will get involved in the sporting direction of the academy and offer the young footballers who are trained there to offer a perspective to make a career in a Bundesliga club, explained sports councilor Heinrich Dorner (SPÖ) on Tuesday.
Sturm Graz will not intervene in the owners’ structure. Rather, the club should be in Burgenland Know-how and its existing networks bring in. The game philosophy is also to be standardized and the dual model from school and sporting training is to be further developed. For the time being, the cooperation runs for three years, with an option for extension.
A “win-win situation” also spoke Storm President Christian Jauk. The association has the opportunity to secure young talents from Burgenland, which can be trained in their state and in the familiar environment of their families.