EMPOWERING FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Why School of Football Excellence?

Empowering those who find it Football, arguably the most

difficult to pursue their dreams popular game in world sports,
and are forced to take up labour brings these kids joy & a ray of
work at a very young age. hope to follow their passion.

To replicate academic model in

To directly work on grassroots
sports by providing “school
development of sports in India
education” in football for several
from a very young age, starting
years before sending a student
with football, thus creating more
to play for youth leagues and
mature and talented sportsmen.
then for ISL teams.
 PROJECT HEAD

To love, to learn, to empower… KRISHNENDU BISWAS – Sports Management Professional,

FOUNDER & HEAD , SCHOOL OF FOOTBALL EXCELLENCE
 Current national system
● In India, a youngster usually plays football based
only on his/her raw talent till a significant age (14-15
years), without any proper footballing foundation or
football-directed acumination.
● Restricted mostly to school level tournaments, sans
proper formal training, the only acknowledgment of
their development is self introspection/affirmation of
friends.
● They are usually scouted by academies during
school tournaments when they are 14-15 years old,
they have very basic/negligible football education.
● These youngsters are then trained for 3-4 years at
these elite academies, and move to ISL/national team
set-ups thereafter, restricting the national talent pool
to mere hundreds.
The SOFE advantage
● Scouting of talents between 6-8 years conducted
for a period of one month. Selection is based not just
on outright talent, but also on enthusiasm to
persevere, and willingness to learn.
● The scouting process does not eliminate those who
are not outright talents; it also focuses on giving
opportunities to those who show promise or
willingness to persevere.
● Comprehensive football training every week over a
period of 7-8 years, dedicated to overall player
development. Students train to be through and
through professionals.
● After 7-8 years of football training, maturity level of
each player is significantly higher than those who play
football solely based on their talent.
 Current national system
CONCLUSION
Proper football development
training is available to a national
team player only for 3-4 years.
This is detrimental, as players
come to elite academies knowing
they are already good, which is
hardly a constructive mindset.
The SOFE advantage
CONCLUSION
Once a football player from SOFE is
ready for his trials, he might be
competing against superior talents,
but he will have superior maturity
and knowledge about the game.
He will know when to sprint, when to
sustain energy, when to fall back,
when to make the short pass, when
to make the long one - in short, the
dream of every coach.
SUCCESS STORIES (2022 – 23)

11
11 students get 4 players Wins U8 & U12 U12 team Over 15 players
selected for selected by golden baby champion in a selected for
Calcutta ATK Mohun league North Kolkata other
Football League Bagan U13 tournament. based academies,
team Runners up in tournament district football
U6 category teams etc.

Can arguably be put in the bracket of one of the most successful football grassroots project currently in India
SUCCESS STORIES (2023 - ongoing)

13 22 8
AKASH MONDAL 13 players 11 students get 8 students
selected for selected for selected by
Gets selected various clubs Nursery U12 district
for Bengaluru FC in Calcutta League team (South
Academy in Football 24 parganas)
Bellary League (2010 born - to play in All
Divisions 2014 born) Bengal …..And the story goes on
competition

Can arguably be put in the bracket of one of the most successful football grassroots project currently in India
BIGGEST CROWD-FUNDED
SPORTS PROJECT IN INDIA

Over 400 people associated to the project as a patron/contributor

TOTAL WORKING STRUCTURE

Head Coach Coach 2 Coach 3 Coach 4 Goalkeeper Coach

(+ Local Manager)

Supervisor Social Media Team Intern 1 Intern 2

Contribution beyond football
Others

Quick access Medical & Occasional Mental health Overall

to doctors for hospital support of wellbeing : grooming &
almost all kind support not ration to through SOFE, skill
of remedies just for families who we development
students but find it difficult continuously
whoever seeks to make ends monitor the
help meet in tough mental
circumstance wellbeing of
our players.
SOFE : COMMUNITY WORK

• Community work includes providing ration supports

to the underprivileged communities
• Medical and doctor support
• Focus on mental health
• Spoken English classes and life skills
ANNUAL EXPENSES

SR. PARTICULARS EXPENSES

1 Salaries (coaches, Supervisor, Marketing, intern) 800000

2 BASIC TIFFIN EXPENSES 300000
3 OTHER NUTRITION SUPPORT 200000
4 EQUIPMENT & KIT 250000
5 MATCHES & TOURNAMENTS (TRAVEL + ENTRY FEE + LOGISTICS) 200000
6 TRIALS 150000
7 2-3 ANNUAL EVENTS & GIFTS 150000
8 Ground maintenance 200000
9 Donations, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CO CURRICULAR ACT., MEDICAL Exp. 300000
TOTAL Rs. 25,50,000
FOLLOW/CONTACT US HERE :

https://www.facebook.com/Schooloffootballexcellence

https://www.instagram.com/sofe_grassroots/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-football-excellence

https://www.schooloffootballexcellence.org

schooloffootballexcellence@gmail.com

Contact : 9874818626
Tax Benefits / Parent Organisation
This is an exclusive initiative by Liverpool Supporters
Club Kolkata (popularly known as OLSC - Bengal
Kop)

With the growth of the project, people from different

dynamics of life have come together (irrespective of
their allegiance in club football or without) to bring a
significant change to Indian football’s fight for a
holistic grassroots development program.

LSCK is a registered charity in India under the West

Bengal State Registration Act 1961 (Reg No. S/2L/ No.:
15199). Donations made to LSCK are exempted under
section 80G of India’s Income Tax laws.

Donations made to School of Football Excellence

under LSCK are qualified as CSR contributions (CSR1)
THANK YOU