Kota Kinabalu: Jubilo Academy will boost its brand as one of Sabah’s top producers of junior football talents if its Under-16 team could become national champions in the Liga Suparimau National Finals 2024.
The finals, to be held in Selangor from Dec 14-15, will see all the Liga Suparimau State champions competing for the title and for the bragging rights as the national junior kings of football under this league.
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Team spokesperson, Joe Golkhan, said the academy talents are ready to prove themselves on the big stage.
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“Our players are in high spirits and are ready to show what they’ve got,” he said.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Jubilo Academy was founded in 2008 with a single mission of producing top quality young Sabahan football players who could perform at the highest level.
The team earned their place after winning a play-off match against Tuaran FA recently in the Sabah leg of the Suparimau league.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Two other Sabah teams namely SK Likas U12 and Kepayan City U14 have also qualified for the finals.
All the final matches will be played in three venues. They are New Camp Bandar Utama, Eco Ardence Setia Alam and Bukit Raja Sports Complex.
Currently, there are over 10,000 children playing every weekend under the grassroots programme in states like Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Pahang, Perak, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Sabah.
Jubilo Academy often goes the extra mile in contributing to the development of junior football talents in Sabah.
Not long ago, it flew in Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, currently the assistant coach of newly promoted Italian Serie A club, Como, to conduct a weekend football clinic for academy players. Kurniawan was formerly Sabah FC head coach.
The academy is also constantly looking for opportunities to expose the academy players to top level football experiences.