NAAS AFC – SOCCER CLUB (Profile as at: Sept 2011)
Established: 1991 – Community based Soccer Club
Home Ground: Naas Sports Centre, Caragh Road, Naas, Co.Kildare
Facilities: 4 x SSG Grass Pitches – 2 full size Grass Pitches
Use of: 1 x 7 a-side Astro
2 x 5 a-side Astro’s
Current registration: 450 players
- 350 on Teams
- 100 in the Junior Academy
Team Structure: 24 Teams
- All schoolboys teams now playing in the Kildare League
- 1 Ladies Team DWSL (Dublin Women’s Soccer League) 3 girls teams in the Kildare League
- Managers / Coaches: Each Team assigned Manager and Coach - Volunteers
- Over 90% of the COACHES have now completed the FAI Coaching courses at Level 1 and 2
Sponsorship: Teams sponsored independently McDonalds kindly sponsor our Academy
Junior Referees: 5 trained SSG Referees
Junior Soccer Academy: Weekly Academy – Saturday 16:30 – 18:00
100 registered member
- Training and filtering players into teams
- Number increased 100% since 2007
- Ball and Bib for every player
- Coaches from Teams and Junior Coaches ex Naas AFC Players