NAAS AFC – SOCCER CLUB (Profile as at: April 2009)
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: 587 players
- 420 on Team
- 167 in the Junior Academy
Team Structure: 28 Teams
- 26 playing in DDSL (Dublin District Schoolboys League
- 10 at SSG (U8-U10)
- 11 at (U11 – U14)
- 5 at (U15-U18
- 1 Snr Ladies Team DWSL (Dublin Women’s Soccer League)
Success this Season: Highlights – All Naas AFC teams well positioned in Leagues
- DDSL Futsal Winter League – U8 and U9 Teams – Unbeaten
- 2 of the U8 Teams–League Winners(confirmed 25/04/09)
- 3rd U8 Team – Playoff to Win their League
- U10 Team – League Runners up
- U11A Team – Title chasing
- U14Team – Title chasing
- U17 Major Team – chasing Top 3 position
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
Junior Referees: 5 DDSL trained SSG Referees – from U17 team
Junior Soccer Academy: Weekly Academy – Saturday 16:30 – 18:00
167 registered member
- 14 players from Year 1998
- 15 players from Year 1999
- 36 players from Year 2000
- 34 players from Year 2001
- 33 players from Year 200
- 23 players from Year 2003
- 12 players from Year 2004
- Training and filtering players into teams
- Number increased 100% since 2007
- Ball and Bib for every player
- Coaches from Teams and Junior Coaches from U16/17 Squads
Growth: Proposed new Sports Campus Development.
With the growth in the size of the club, and the standard now being reached, NAAS AFC are currently working to get plans approved and get the go-ahead for a new Sports Campus developed on the outskirts of the town. The plans submitted include facilities for all NAAS AFC, the Soccer, Hockey and Athletics clubs, and are designed to international standard.
The Naas AFC Soccer club will get
- 3 FIFA standard grass soccer pitches- one with floodlights and spectator stand
- 2 full size floodlit Astro pitches
- 50,000 sq ft Sport hall
- Spectator areas
- Fitness rooms / Gym
Full plans for the Campus can be seen here
