UEFA STUDY GROUP SCHEME, SEASON 2014/2015 AND 2015/16

Finland WU16 and WU17-national teams

WU15-17 national teams head coach, Marko Saloranta

 Career as a coach
1995-99 Maskun Palloseura (86-boys)
1999-2001 Maskun Palloseura (Kakkonen ja Kolmonen)
2002-05 Sporting Club Raisio (NSM)
- bronze (2003)
2005-07 Turku sport school, girls
2006-2010 FC Honka (Naisten Liiga)
- Championship (06, 07, 08), silver (09)
League cup (07, 08), Finnish cup (09)
2005-08, 2010- WU17- ja WU16-national team
2009-2014 WA-national team
2011- Olympic coach for young athletes, Mkelnrinne
sport school
6/25/17 SPL/MM 2
 Goals for WU16-17-national teams

1. To develop good players to WU19 and to Womens A-national

teams.

2. Support talented players in their learning process to be a top

athlete.

3. Win games and reach 2. round of EC-qualification or even final

tournaments.
 How we scout players ?
Scouting starts in district teams C14 and C15 (12 districts in Finland)

- District Cup for both age groups (216 players in one age group)

- District teams in tournament locally during the winter

- Diamonds & pearls-camps for best players of district teams, 2

times per years (south / north)

- Club team tournaments

WU16 regional camps (approximately 180 players per year)

- Regional tournament (96 players and 6-8 goalkeepers)

Club games and visits in clubs

Contacts with regional coaches, sport school coaches and club

coaches
 Program for WU16-WU17-national
teams before EC-qualification (-98)
26.-29.8.2013 Wales-games
26.-28.11.2013 player education camp, Eerikkil
October 2013-March 2014 regional camps (16
days)
4.-7.2.2014 player education camp, Eerikkil
Regional tournament 25.-28.3.2014
UEFA development tournament 1.-5.5. 2014,
Estonia (SWE, RUS, EST)
Open Nordic cup, 3.-10.7.2014, Sweden (DEN,
NOR, GER, ISL)
EC-qualification (EST, POL, BIH) 15.-22.10.2014,
Estonia
18.-21.11.2014 FIN-ISL + player education camp,
Eerikkil
 Program for WU16-WU17-national
teams before EC-qualification (-98)
3.-6.2015 player education camp, Eerikkil
23.-26.3.2015 AUT-FIN double header, Austria
8.-17.2015 EC-qualification Elite round, Turkey
(TUR, SRB, SUI)
 How we work during the camps
and tournaments ?
We have small staff group > we need hard working professional who
are able to co-operate

Playerss health is important > in tournaments we go through every

individual players situation among staff > doctor and / or fysios
decide, if the player is able to train or play.

We follow players in trainings and games with Polar-system, some

players have been followed with First beat-system to check how they
are recovering during the camp or tournament

Fysios and / or doctor help players in nutrition questions

We follow the players weight during the tournaments to help them

learn how to have ideal recovery between games by proper eating
and to have enough fluids. (Weight measurement: game day
morning, before the game, right after the game, next morning)
 How we work during the camps
and tournaments ?
Video feedback to individual players, part team and whole team
 Feedback between the camps
Feedback to players and their club coaches and sport school
coaches (individual video clips, things to focus in their training, try to
find right environment for player in the club etc.)

Following the players in their club games and trainings, having the
club team trainings

Meetings with club coach and player together