TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM PUSKAS ACADEMY BOYS U17 SUZUKI CUP

Founded in 2008 by leading Hungarian 1st Division Club 'Ferenc Puskás Football Academy' in Felcsut, near Budapest,  the 'Puskás' Cup is among Europe's best U17 boys tournaments featuring some of the worlds biggest clubs, several of which Puskás played for, such as: Real Madrid (Fabrica), Flamengo, Dinamo Kiev, Osijek, Honved, AC Milan Sporting Lisbon, Feyenoord, Panathinaikos, Genk, Hagi Academy, Bayern Munich, Dinamo Zagreb, Osiek, Slovan Bratislava, Italian club Juventus F.C and Glasgow Rangers FC will participate for the first time in 2024. The event has grown to attract numerous scouts and observers from around the world 

 Hungary is considered one of the best national teams in football history and its coaches are credited with the success of Benfica’s 'Golden Team' and 'Grande Torino' team. Hungary has produced some of the worlds finest players: Kubala (Barcelona), Kocsis (Barcelona), Puskás (Real Madrid) Bene, Hidegkuki, Bozsik, Czibor (Barcelona), Albert, Detari, Nyilasi. FIFA's award for the worlds best goal is called the Puskás Ward. Hungary shocked the football world beating England 6:3 in 'The Match of the Century’ and 7:1 in the re-match. Hungary's resurgence since 2021 has seen them lose only 3 times in 20 games since 2022, beating England twice and drawing once, beating and drawing with Germany and drawing with Italy and France. Hungary has qualified for EURO 2024 with Szoboszlai (Liverpool F.C) and former Puskás Academy player, Sallai (Freiburg) in the team. Hungary's rapid progress on the field has been matched by the government, federation and clubs who have made significant investment with the building of new stadium infrastructure 

Founded by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban in his hometown Felcsut with lifelong friend Lorinc Mezaros the Puskás Academy, nicknamed 'Pancho Arena' (Puskás’ nickname at Real Madrid) pays homage to legendary Ferenc Puskás.   

Part cathedral, part piece of art and part stadium, is is one of the worlds most beautiful and impressive football facilities and was listed among the top three most beautiful stadiums of the world according to stadiumdb.com, named the world’s best luxury football stadiums by sport portal footballstopten.com and was chosen to be among the 12 most beautiful sport stadiums in the world by Four Four Two. In addition to hosting 1st team home games, the venue also serves as the women's and youth teams' facility, and features a museum displaying Ferenc Puskás’ personal memorabilia, as well as multiple training fields and an impressive hotel  

Hungarian coaches and players are among the most influential and successful in football history. Hungarian football is renowned for being innovative and most remarkably the introduction of ‘Total Football’ pioneered by the "father of modern football", Englishman Jimmy Hogan. Hogan is credited for being the architecht of the coaching and playing style of Hungary's Golden Team which dominated European and Global football and shocked the football world by beating England. The success of Austria’s 'Wunderteam' is credited to Hogan's work in Hungary and Benfica’s 'Golden Team' and 'Grande Torino’ team (Erbstein). 

 Our first of its kind 'Technical Symposium' was created by SBC Founder/Director of Technical Development Gary Ireland and Puskás Academy Technical Director/Head of Technical Development Peter Horvath as a result of 20 years of collaboration. This unique concept focuses on player technical development and the culture, material and vision required to achieve this. Technical specialist coaches from Puskás Cup participating clubs have the unique opportunity to show their material with one another and exchange knowledge on technical training and present their world class cutting edge on-field technical  demonstrations as well as a lecture/presentation of their own clubs individual technical training plans 

Located in the Carpathian Basin of central Europe, Hungary is surrounded by 7 countries: Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria. It's a historical and culturally rich country with a safe and flourishing tourist industry with highly rated hotels and culinary options. The Hungarian language isn't related to any other major European language. Compared with the great European capitals It's magnificent capital city bisected by the Danube River Budapest is a historical jewel studded with medieval and neoclassical architectural landmarks with Ottoman Turkish, Habsburg and Roman influence evident