Sport Football

The national football training centre – improve your performance in the best possible surroundings

The national football training centre, located at Eerikkilä, provides excellent conditions for training all year round. Here you can improve your performance level both as an individual and as a team, whether you are a player or a coach.

Huuhkaja- ja Helmaripolku

The Huuhkaja and Helmaripolku provides a game-centred peer learning platform to support player development. It is organised by the Finnish Football Association together with Eerikkilä. The Huuhkaja and Helmaripolku is aimed at players aged 10-15 and their coaches.

Learn new skills in a football school

In our football schools, a young player gets to taste the life of a professional footballer for a weekend with comprehensive coaching and top-class facilities. Our goal is to offer an unforgettable football weekend in the company of new friends.

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Evolve as and individual and as a team

One of Eerikkilä’s guiding principles is to provide the best possible conditions for players to train all year round. Top-class training facilities, accommodation and restaurant services are located close together so no time is wasted in transits.

Jari Litmanen Areena

The football stadium in Eerikkilä is named Jari Litmanen Areena. The new name and the gallery of honour in the arena’s hallway are a tribute to the greatest Finnish footballer of all time and to the whole Finnish football culture. The arena has a fullsize high quality undersoil heated grass field and stand for 700 persons.

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Complementary training for coaches

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Cups & tournaments

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Sports facilities

Eerikkilä provides high-quality facilities for football and floorball, but also also other sports, all year round.

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Ekkono Method

The Sami Hyypiä Academy utilizes Soccer Services Barcelona’s Ekkono Method, which is a modern football learning program for technical and tactical skills. The Ekkono Method has been structured, prioritized and phased logically as a learning program for game comprehension from child to adult.

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