Hi everyone. From the response the topic about FFA coaching badges received it has become obvious that there is a lack of information and/or the ability to attain such information about coaching courses and badges. A lot of the comments were in response to the prices of the FFA courses and the general curiosity about doing badges in other local, interstate and/or international locations.

My hope for this thread is that we can pile together all and any information we know or we find about these courses, just to make a general resource for anybody to come and have a look at. If you are curious about anything that is not on this page, please request it as I'd be more than happy to find out for you.

All said and done - I hope this can help whoever is looking for the help and information. Good luck on your coaching journey!



The list is beginning to become quite long, which is great. It has the drawback of making things a little more difficult to find though. If you are curious about the situation in a specific country's federation, I suggest searching this page for the abbreviation of the country's federation name. So for instance, if you want to quickly find out about courses that are held in Sweden, you should search for SvFF.


As many of the sites and information listed below will be in a language other than English, I recommend using either Google Translate to translate any of the information you are looking for, or to make life easier, download Google Chrome Browser to help you out as it has a built in translator for most of the world's major languages.

I realise that most of the people that read this either only speak English, or speak English as their native language. To make it easier to find federations that offer courses in English on this page, simply search this page for (En), brackets included. Each federation that offers courses in English will have this mark next to it.

Edited by Draupnir: 23/5/2012 01:32:49 AM

Edited by Joffa: 23/5/2012 12:19:52 PM

Official Website

AFC Coach Education Policy and Procedures - This one is well worth a read for anybody who is seriously considering doing their badges. It contains all the information about progressing through the ranks of the badges and what is to be expected.
AFC Coaching Instructor Education Policy and Procedures - For coaching instructors



AFC Pro-Diploma Badge
AFC A Badge
AFC B Badge
AFC C Badge
AFC Level 1, 2 and 3 Goalkeeping Badge
AFC Level 1, 2 and 3 Futsal Badges
AFC Conditioning/Fitness Course



There isn't a lot of information on the FFA site about individual coaching courses. I recommend viewing the pathways documents below to find more detailed information.

Official Website
Minimum Coaching Requirements - Answers all your questions about what course or badge you need to have completed to be able to manage a team in any given Australian competition.
Overseas Course/Certificate Conversion - The most important document to read if you plan on completing courses overseas for use in Australia. Covers information about converting certificates, analogue certificates and so on.
Football Federation Australia National Curriculum - Great document. Has an overwhelming amount of information regarding coaching and playing pathways and methods and principles. Worth having a read through if you have the time.


Community Course Pathway List and Information - Lists, summaries and location information for all of the national community coaching courses. Good place to start!
Advanced Pathway List and Information - For when you are ready to make the step up from the community based courses. Application forms and locational information.



As the development of players in each state and territory is overseen by the FFA, I recommend viewing the documents listed above in conjunction with the relevant documents listed for your state federation. If no resource to determine when a course will be delivered in your region is provided below, check the FFA information above.


Official Website
Course Calendar
Course Information - Worth reading for anybody planning on doing an FFA community course inside or outside of the ACT.



Official Website
Date and location overview of courses - Mainly relevant to Metropolitan Sydney areas.
Player Curriculum - Ages 7 - 8
Player Curriculum - Ages 9 - 10
Player Curriculum - Ages 11 - 12
Player Curriculum - Ages 13 - 14
Player Curriculum - Ages 15 - 16
Note: The player curriculum guides are all offline at the moment.



Official Website
Course Schedule



Official Website
Coach Education
Coaching Clinics



Official Website
Coaching Courses Overview - Links to FFA documents.



Official Website
Course Schedule



Official Website
FFV Workshops
FFV Coaching FAQs - Well worth reading for everybody, even those outside of Victoria.



Official Website
Course Schedule

Japan/JFA
General information

As the JFA site and information is in Japanese, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post. All course and badge applications are expected to be in Japanese.

Official Website
Coaching Pathways Overview
JFA Coaching Philosophy and History
Coaching Course FAQ


JFA Class A - AFC A Badge
JFA Class B - AFC B Badge
JFA Class C - This link provides details of the regional and district federations as they provide training for the Class C course.
JFA Class D - Same as the Class C procedure.
Children's Training Workshop - Same as the Class C procedure.
Goalkeeper Class A - Check the information under Goalkeeper Class A on this page, curses schedules are released once per year in March.
Goalkeeper Class B (Youth - U18)
Goalkeeper Class C (Youth - U15)


Refresh Courses Summary - Information on locations and prices and summaries of each course. Provides a schedule for when refreshment courses need to be undertaken.



Official Website
Coach Development Pathway
National Football Syllabus


Course guide/summary for FAS preliminary and AFC A, B and C badges
Contact, price and course information for the FAS preliminary badge and AFC A Badge- Information about progressing through the ranks of the badges and what is to be expected of you.

Note; Singaporean citizens and permanent residents are given priority access to these courses over other applicants. You will only be offered a place if there is an available slot that is not taken by a citizen or resident.



Official Website
Conference Schedule


Simply said, there isn't a great deal of information available from the CSA on coaching courses. If I am honest, there situation seems lacking. Below are the few pages of information worthy of reading if you're interested in applying for any courses.

Official Website
Coaching Pathways
Coach Education Program - Overview of the different coaching pathways available, as well as information and summaries of each level certification.



National Curriculum - Part 1 - Style and Principles of Play
National Curriculum - Part 2 - Concepts and Coaching Guidelines - Warning, large file.
National Curriculum - Part 3 - Age Group Organization
National Curriculum - Part 4 - Planning and Training - Warning, large file.
Coaching Pathways
Course Schedule Listing


A Licence
B Licence
C Licence
D Licence - This course is administered by individual state federations.
E Licence - This course is administered by individual state federations.
Adult Licence
Youth Licence
Fitness Level I
Goalkeeping Licence - Compliments the A and B Licences




Official Website
Coaching Level Pyramid
Course Schedule


Official Website
New Zealand Football WoFP (Whole of Football Plan) - Document that provides a detailed overview of the coaching pathways NZF offers. Coaching, referring, admin and playing.
Coaching Pathways Overview
New Zealand Football Events Calendar - Information on matches as well as coaching courses.


Junior (Grassroots) Coaching Courses - These are run by local and district federations.
Youth Coaching Courses - These are run by local and district federations.
Senior Coaching Courses - These are run by regional bodies.





UEFA titled badges and courses are run by individual member federations and associations, and as such there is little to no information on UEFA's official website about coaching pathways.



Official Website
FA Coaching Pathways - Analogous to the FFA pathway documents. This document simply provides information about starting points, finishing points and additional coaching courses that can be undertaken ranging from introductory youth modules to the UEFA Pro licence, as well as separate courses on specific positional play, disabled footballing and futsal.

FA Coaching Pathways - A slightly more in depth overview between the relationships of the different pathway choices and how they interact.


FA Online Courses - Yes, you read it right. The English FA provides online courses that are both informative and more importantly, cheap. There are even a few that are free. There are specific football related courses like Laws of the Game, but also general courses that don't revolve around football as a whole, such as Introduction to Equality and Diversity. Some of these courses are more serious than others and require upwards of 20 hours of study, but with the amount of information on offer and a certificate from the FA that is received upon completion, I feel it's a decent investment.

These online courses are either done directly through the FA website, which you'll need to create an account for, or they are done directly through local association websites, which you will need to sign up for a free account to get access. Whether you do it through the FA site or the local FA site doesn't matter and is determined by what course you intend to do.

FA National Courses List - Location and price information for courses including the UEFA A, B, Pro Diploma courses and specialist courses like Psychology, First Aid and Fitness training courses.

FA Local County Courses - This page is down at the moment. When it is up it contains location and price information about grassroots and community football courses.




As the FFF site and information is in French, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post. All course and badge applications are expected to be in French.

Official Website
Schedule of Courses and Badges
Schedule of Courses and Badges - General Training (Football Business)

Grassroots courses are administered by local and district associations. Advanced level courses and badges are run by the FFF and/or INF (Football Training Institute), primarily at the famed Clairefontaine centre.


Initial Course I - Grassroots and children's coaching (6-11) course.
Initial Course II - Youth team management and technical assistance.
Senior Management Course
BEES 1 Diploma - UEFA B Badge - District League Version


BEES 1 Diploma - UEFA B Badge - INF/FFF Version -
Diploma I - UF1 - Formation and Tactical Knowledge
Diploma II - UF2/UF3 - Advanced Formation and Tactical Knowledge
Professional Coach Diploma - UEFA Pro Diploma
Professional Coach Diploma - UEFA Pro Diploma - With focus on technical direction.
Goalkeeping Certificate
Fitness Coach Certificate



DEPF Continuation Course

There are more courses available from the FFF that I will continue to update. If you are looking for speficic information about a course that isn't listed here, just post your question and I will get back to you.



As the DFB site and information is in German, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post. All course and badge applications are expected to be in German.

Official Website
Overview of Coaching Pathways
Calendar of Course and Badge Events
Licencing Prerequisites



DFB Grassroots C Course


DFB Pro Diploma
DFB A Badge
DFB B Badge
DFB C Badge



Official Website


Kick Start 1 - Grassroots and children's (6-9) coaching.
Kick Start 2 - Grassroots and children's coaching (9-12)
Youth Certificate
Senior Intro
Goalkeeper Introduction


UEFA Pro Licence
UEFA A Badge
UEFA B Badge

Goalkeeper A Licence
Goalkeeper B Licence
Medical Workshops - These courses are required for the UEFA B Badge, Goalkeeping B Licence and Youth Certificate.
Small Sided Games Workshop
Strength and Conditioning Course
Futsal Course
Disability Football Workshop



As the KNVB site and information is in Dutch, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post.

Official Website
KNVB Coaches and Training Homepage - The first stop for all the information you'll be looking for. Links to all and any information about KNVB courses and study that you'll need.

KNVB Academie - Homepage for the KNVB online studies. You will need to register to be able to login to this section of the website. Keep in mind that a lot of these courses require you to be able to participate in specifically planned training sessions in The Netherlands. In Dutch and English.

Football Management Course (Business)




The KNVB uses the terms "F-Pupillen", "E-Pupillen" and "D-Pupillen" which translate to "F, E and D pupils", respectively. Essentially these are children's categories where different techniques and abilities are taught. D-Pupils are the first group of young players that get to play with the offside rule and on a fully sized pitch.

All of the below links contain information on prices and locations as well as course summaries.

F Level Pupil Course
E Level Pupil Course
D Level Pupil Course
Pupil Trainer - This course is a combination of the F, E and D courses.
Youth Football Training Course
Junior Trainer (13-19)
Technical Youth Coordinator II
Techincal Youth Coordinator III
G-Football - Training For Disabled Persons
Goalkeeping Level II Course
Goalkeeping Level III Course



UEFA C Badge - KNVB Trainer Coach III for Senior Players Course
UEFA C Badge - KNVB Trainer Coach for Youth Players Course
UEFA B Badge
UEFA A Badge - Trainer Coach I for Senior Players
UEFA A Badge - Trainer Coach I for Youth Players
UEFA Pro Diploma



Dealing With Problem Behaviour
Developing Playing Style
Training Facilitation




Dirk has let us know that he's heard that the professional Irish courses and badges might be marked a little easier than else where. Check them out.

Many of the Northern Irish courses and badge pages don't contain too much information, simply price, location and payment methods. The names are fairly self explanatory and if you're not sure, compare and contrast them to the closest UEFA badge.

Official Website
IFA National Coaching Booklet - Document with information on the IFA coaching ladder and summaries of all the courses listed below.


IFA Level I
IFA Level II
IFA Grassroots Introduction
Goalkeeping Certificate


IFA Level V - UEFA Pro Diploma (A Badge Part II)
IFA Level IV - UEFA A Badge (A Badge Part I)
IFA Level III - UEFA B Badge

Goalkeeping Diploma
IFA Youth Certificate
Level 2 Disabled Award
Level I Disabled Award



As the NFF site and information is in Norwegian, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post. Norway is fairly accommodating to English speakers so it may be worth your time to get in contact with the federation if you would like to train for any courses or badges there.

Official Website
Club Management Courses - Courses aimed at developing club management skills. From football philosophy to how to run a canteen.


"ABCs" Course - A very basic introduction to the rules of football for aspiring coaches and managers.
NFF C Licence - Childrens and youth football. The starting point of the Norwegian coach training pyramid.


UEFA Pro Licence
UEFA A Licence
UEFA B Licence



The Scottish FA provides a great amount of information and courses. Check out any one of the below links to get an idea. They do get a little pricey on the upper tiers.

Official Website
National Coaching Brochure - Coaching pathways information and summaries. Lists of locations, prices and courses.


Children's Level I - Early Touches Certificate
Children's Level II - Coaching Young Footballers
Children's Level III - Coaching in the Game
Children's Level IV - Basic Children's Award
Children's Level V - Advanced Children's Licence

Youth Level I - Development Activities Certificate
Youth Level II - Coaching Youth Footballers Certificate
Youth Level III - Coaching in the Game Certificate
Youth Level IV - Basic Youth Award
Youth Level V - Youth Licence

Adult Level I - Coach Education
Adult Level II - UEFA Basic Licence Introduction (Equivalent to UEFA B Badge)
Adult Level III - UEFA Basic Licence Assessment (Equivalent to UEFA B Badge)
Adult Level IV - UEFA Advanced Licence Introductory and Assessment (Equivalent to UEFA A Badge)
Adult Level V - UEFA Pro Diploma

Goalkeeper Level IGoalkeeper Level II
Goalkeeper Level III
Goalkeeper Level IV
Goalkeeper Level V

Coaching Footballers With Disabilities




As the RFEF site and information is in Spanish, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post.

Official Website
Course in Football Management (Business)
Course in Sports Management (Business)



Grassroots Courses - These are organised by local and district federations.
Monitor Course - Required before enrolling in Coaching Course I.


Coaching Course I
Coaching Course II - Intermediate
Coaching Course III - National Manager/Coach level
Goalkeeping Course



As the SvFF site and information is in Swedish, I recommend referring to my tips at the bottom of my first post. Sweden, just as Norway is, is fairly accommodating to English speakers so it may be worth your time to get in contact with the federation if you would like to train for any courses or badges there.

Sweden has some slightly different options open to aspiring coaches and managers than other countries - They have a multitude of university degrees on football in addition to the regular football courses and badges that are on offer. They provide excellent training and the same certificates as specific courses run by SvFF and local federations. If you find yourself to be a resident there as I did, it may well be worth your time looking into it.

Official Website
Coaching Pathway Overview
Goalkeeping Coaching Overview


These courses are all organised by district associations. Whilst they are called basic, they all lead up to a final "Diplomkurs bas", literally, "Basic Diploma Course", which is equivalent to the UEFA B Badge.

Basic Diploma Course - UEFA B Badge
Kick off - Childrens and grassroots course.
Basic Leadership I
Basic Leadership II
Game/Playing Understanding and Comprehension I
Game/Playing Understanding and Comprehension II
Technique I
Technique II
Training Knowledge I - Coruse on how to run training sessions, warm up and down, health and nutrition for children.
Training Knowledge II - Course on child development and injury prevention.
Goalkeeping I - Introduction to goalkeeping for children. Teaches techniques and prepares them for match situations.
Goalkeeping II - Focusses on training goalkeeping defensive and attacking play and introduces a goalkeeping development plan.


These courses lead up to the UEFA A Badge and Pro Diploma.

Diploma Course - UEFA A Badge
Course I - Leadership, Understanding and Technique.
Course II - Understanding, Technique and Training Knowledge (Physical Training).
Course III - Training Knowledge (Health and Nutrition, Planning Training, Injury Management), Understanding, Goalkeeping and Leadership.

Pro Diploma


Edited by Draupnir: 8/6/2012 02:37:40 AM

Edited by Draupnir: 9/9/2015 07:53:53 PM

Good thread topic, Draupnir.

The AFC pyramid is different from the FFA.

The C Licence courses onwards are the same, considered Advanced Courses here.


Before that in Australia is:

Community Coaching.

Grass Roots Certicficate -2 hours 30 minutes.

Junior Licence - a day

Youth Licence - a few days

Senior Licence - a few days



One usually has to complete all these courses, in this order, before one can do a FFA C Licence.

Edited by Decentric: 17/5/2012 01:27:35 PM

Thanks Decentric!

I am working on the Australian section right now. I'll put both the advanced and community information up.

Hey Decentric - I was just having a look at the community courses and the prerequisites and.. Well, there don't seem to be any. I *know* you're right about the fact that one has to complete them in order to progress to the C license, but do you have a source so I can post it in here.

Best I can find is "It is recommended that candidates complete one or more Community Coaching Courses as ideal preparation for entering the Advanced Pathway".

No I don't, but it was stipulated in the past.

I hope you are right, because I really don't want to do any more Community Coaching courses because the KNVB course has transcended them.

I'm training FFA Community Coaching Course graduates at my club, so I know what they've covered.

Worst you can do is try! If you hold one or more, well that seems like it is the requirements.

Good luck with the C course ;)

(Have you tried enrolling?)

Read somewhere today that a coach had his state coaching badge and is currently completng his FFA 'A' level badge, I have never heard of these badges before can someone please claify?

Edited by victory_12345678910: 18/5/2012 07:15:16 AM

No. I talk to the state TD regularly. There is no course till October.

State coaching badge is an old qualification.

Often a state TD would have a state coaching badge. This would enable him to take community football coaching courses - Grassroots Certificates, Junior, Youth and Senior Licences.

Advanced coaching courses are C , B, A and Pro Licences. A League senior coaches have to have a minimum of an A Licence.

these guys got converted to 'B' and having seen them in action you would have to question the coaching content of the FFA . But hey mint loads of qualified coaches and Berger cross etc must be doing a good job then.

I've read somewhere that Draupnir is doing a FFA Senior Licence soon.

Good luck and provide plenty of detail in this thread about it.:)



I'm inquiring about KNVB for next year, but can't find any info on the KNVB site. There is a US travel group going to Holland for this August.

The KNVB run a training certificate with B and A Licence content in English for about 10 days once a year.

It will be interesting to compare my 7 day KNVB Youth Training Certificate with the FFA C Licence when I do it in October.

We have a couple who occasionally post on here who are frustrated about not getting paid work.

I've also been contacted by others via PM, who are in the same boat. There are not many paid jobs in football in Australia.

Did the Senior License courses earlier this year. Wasn't that happy with it, got a little bit of advice on my communication but that's about it in terms of what I feel I got out of it. Plus I'm still waiting on the FFV to send me certificates and paper work and that's about 4 months down the track.

Would be quite interested in the AFC C license and taking part in a KNVB course, so this thread is great.

Hey krisskrash, thanks for the input. I have enrolled into both the senior certificates and license courses. They start in about 6 weeks. I am not exactly sure what to expect from them but I will post my opinions about them afterwards.

How would you describe the assessment task for the senior license? I am a little nervous about it (slightly shy!).

At the moment for this thread I am working with information from with English FA and the UEFA courses. Ironically the UEFA B residential course is cheaper and longer than the FFA C license.

Post updated with English FA and KNVB information.

Post updated with Swedish (SvFF) and French (FFF) information.

Edited by Draupnir: 22/5/2012 05:29:10 PM

If we could change the model for local clubs there would be a lot more paid jobs.

It's a sad situation, but I really don't think the infrastructure is there for more (and higer) paid jobs to become available. When there are essentially 11 decently paying jobs for somebody who holds say, a UEFA Pro Diploma, in this country due to infrastructure.. Not much can be done.

For those wanting an English speaking UEFA qualification , look at the Irish FA (northern ireland) .
They are apparantly less difficult to pass, might explain Jim Magilton then.

Updated with Spanish (RFEF) information.

Thanks for that information Dirk! I will start collecting the Irish FA/Northern Irish FA stuff right now.

Thanks mate.

I've just emailed the KNVB.


If the French did one in English that would be good too.

This is a brilliant thread for info on courses, Draupnir.=d>


I might submit a request that it becomes a sticky.

No worries :)

Would be amazing if the French had *any* courses in English! The English FA seem to be on the right track though. Time will tell :)

Updated with Irish (FAI) and Northern Irish (IFA) information.

Could some one please explain to me what actually takes place during the following courses. What type of assessment/ grading and also the pass/ failure rate. Also what is the cost to complete them. THANKS

Grass Roots Certicficate

Junior Licence

Youth Licence

Senior Licence



Edited by roar #1: 22/5/2012 10:17:58 PM

Grass Roots Certificate - takes 2 - 2 hours 30 minutes. A certificate is awarded. There is no test. It costs nothing.

Junior Licence- I'm not sure how long it takes. It costs money, probably about $100.

Youth Licence - used to take three days. It used to cost about $150.

Senior Licence - used to take four days. It would cost around $200.



Advanced Courses cost a fortune.

Centalised C Licences cost about $3500 to $5000. They take about 2 weeks. Locally organised C Licence only costs $1600.

Grass Roots Certificate - takes 2 - 2 hours 30 minutes. A certificate is awarded. There is no test. It costs nothing.

Junior Licence- I'm not sure how long it takes. It costs money, probably about $100.

Youth Licence - used to take three days. It used to cost about $150.

Senior Licence - used to take four days. It would cost around $200.

Assessments usually comprise a set task- passing, shooting, dribbling. Then one has to prepare an exercise that deals with the coaching task. One often has to use other players in the course as the players in the assessment.



Advanced Courses cost a fortune.

Centalised C Licences cost about $3500 to $5000. They take about 2 weeks. Locally organised C Licence only costs $1600.

Would just like to add to the info that Decentric provided that if you're looking at moving on to do the Advanced Courses Roar #1, there are no set prerequisites, it's only recommended that you complete at least one of the lower level courses. Best option would probably be to do all of them :)

I've just enrolled in the Senior Certificate I, II and Senior License as a bundle. It is held over 3 days and cost me $190.

Updated with Scottish (SFA) information.