Young Football Talents from Europe’s Biggest Clubs Competing in Dalmatia

April 16, 2019 – Over the last 15 years, the “First Steps” tournament has grown into one of the largest international football tournaments for youth in this part of Europe. This year’s edition begins on April 17th and lasts until April 20th, and following the great interest of foreign clubs, there is a significantly larger number of participants in Dalmatia. 

Over four days, more than 2,000 young footballers will compete on fields in Split, Trogir, Klis and Dugopolje and play around 290 matches in five age groups, from U8 to U12, with a direct broadcast on Planet Sport.

“Apart from numerous Croatian clubs, led by HNK Hajduk, NK Osijek, NK Rijeka and GNK Dinamo, football giants including FC Bayern, AS Roma, FC Red Bull Salzburg, PSV, FC Perugia and many others from 10 countries around the world will play in the tournament. Everyone is from Europe, and there is one Australian club – the Melbourne Knights, a club that raised some of the greatest Australian and Croatian footballers,” said Franko Bogdan, President of NK Adriatic, a Split Club who is also organized the tournament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSacAbMyHaA

Wednesday’s first U-10 match will be the first official match on the new, redone Trogir stadium, where the hosts will face AS Roma’s ten-year-olds. Still, the strongest competition comes to the “Croatian Knights” stadium in Dugopolje, the most beautiful football pitch featured in the “First Steps” tournament. The Dugopolje stadium is reserved for the games of the U-12 category, where hosts Hajduk and Dinamo will face Bayern, PSV, Red Bull Salzburg and others. In Dugopolje on Saturday, at 16:30, the closing ceremony and award ceremony will be held.

The opening ceremony of the “First Steps” tournament, which will include a vibrant entertainment program, will be held on Wednesday at the Mall of Split at 18:30.

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

the fields marked with * are required

Email: *
First name:
Last name:
Gender:	Male Female
Country:
Birthday:	[DD] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [MM] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [YYYY] 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Please don't insert text in the box below!