The first cohort of coaches from the Sevilla FC Innovation Center begins its journey at the club.

A total of 25 students make up this first cohort of a course supported by CESUR, a leading vocational training center in Spain, which will take place at Sevilla FC’s facilities on the Carretera de Utrera. In fact, following Tuesday’s event, the first class of the course was held at the Jesús Navas stadium. Sevilla FC and CESUR offer official vocational training programs at both Intermediate and Advanced levels, leading to a diploma as a Football Coach, qualifying individuals to work as football coaches in Spain and eventually to pursue certain university degrees.

This Tuesday, the inauguration of the first cohort of the Intermediate Level Diploma in Football Coaching took place at the José Ramón Cisneros Palacios Sports City, one of the main new additions to the Sevilla FC Innovation Center’s educational program for this season. The event was sponsored by three professional coaches: Xavier García Pimienta, current coach of Sevilla FC, Jesús Galván, his counterpart at Sevilla Atlético, and Joaquín Caparrós, a former Sevilla FC coach.

After a brief introduction by José María Cruz, Head of the R&D Department for Football at Sevilla FC, García Pimienta wished the students a successful course and luck in their professional development: “It is an honor to be asked to inaugurate this course. What I can tell you is that it’s a world that can be perhaps thankless but also exciting and passionate.” Meanwhile, Caparrós emphasized, “There couldn’t have been a better setting to start this coaching course.” Galván, like his fellow former professional player, offered clear advice: “Enjoy and make the most of this opportunity; it’s different from being a footballer but equally rewarding.”