The activity and the goals of the Debrecen Football Academy (DLA) were presented at a conference on 19 March, Monday, then the foundation stone of the training complex was laid down.
Mayor Lajos Kósa explained in his conference-opening speech that on the 13-acre area of the new facility 8 grass-covered, 1 artificial grass-covered and a number of smaller fields were going to be built from 1.15 billion forints. From now on, the changing rooms and other service rooms are going to be located in the 2000-square meters complex. He urged the preference of home-grown footballers again and said that the professional work done to train them was exemplary.
In connection with the laying down of the foundation stone, Gábor Szima owner of DVSC-TEVA declared that they had reached another milestone. Utilizing the opportunities provided by the new training complex the goals of DVSC can only be winning further league titles and participating successfully in the Champions League, as he declared. He also praised the municipality of Debrecen and the University of Debrecen for their assistance as the club wouldn’t have been able to establish the academy from its own resources.
