Ajax Academy Week
Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 days Advanced — min. UEFA B
A full working week following the academy that defined player development — every age group, every department, one question: how do they keep doing it?
Gaffer Learning team
With academy staff
What you take home
- Individual development plans at scale
- The Ajax weekly structure
- Recruitment and release decisions
The days
- Days 1–2
The foundation
Youngest age groups, street-football philosophy and the technical model.
- Days 3–4
The machine
Analysis, physical development and education departments — plus U16 and U19 sessions.
- Day 5
Your plan
Build your own academy blueprint with the group and present it to the hosts.
Included
- Five days of academy access
- Department deep-dives: analysis, physio, education
- Four nights' hotel and all lunches
- Final-day personal action plan
Not included
- Flights to Amsterdam
It stays on your CV
Every completed experience becomes a dated entry on your Gaffer CV — with its certificate, your notes and the people you met.
- Certificate of completion
- A dated entry on your Gaffer CV
- The group joins your network
The group outlives the trip
Before
Meet the group, get the programme and prepare with shared resources.
During
Shared notes, photos and live discussion while it happens.
After
Certificate, content and the conversation continues — the group stays open.