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The young footballers are back on the ball after the CoV crisis. A good 2,400 new registrations were received by the Upper Austrian Football Association this year. The usual annual average of 4,000 is quite realistic, says director Raphael Koch.
Training on a soccer field – many boys and girls in Upper Austria have fulfilled this dream this year. There are currently a good 2,400 new registrations, according to Raphael Koch, Director of the Upper Austrian Football Association.
“We have a very positive trend this year, we have now reached the figures for 2018 and 2019, and the dent that we had in 2020 due to the pandemic has actually disappeared again,” said Koch.
4,000 new registrations also realistic this year
In a normal year there are between 3,500 and 4,000 new registrations, almost all of them children, who have declared football to be their sport. A guideline that is realistic for this year too, says Koch. “As it looks now, we will even move towards 4,000 new registrations. With the start of the youth game, we notice that things are really moving and that a lot of players are being registered again, ”continued Koch.
A good 30,000 players are registered in Upper Austria. According to the Upper Austrian Football Association, there are 378 member clubs. After Corona, four clubs stopped playing and two were new. According to Koch, this is within the range of a normal year.
