FC Bayern Munich: partnership with the Japanese Football Association extended until 2024

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) has extended its partnership with the Japanese Football Association (JFA) for three years (2021-2024), announced the club on 30/11/2021. The original agreement was also concluded for an initial period of three years on 07/05/2018.

"The agreement includes the exchange of top talents with the FC Bayern Campus, cooperation in training coaches, friendly matches between FC Bayern youth teams and the Japan Football Association as well as training camps for JFA teams in Munich (GER). There are also shared firm plans for football camps for girls and boys from Japan," explained the Bavarian club, which is also present in Japan via an academy based in Tsuneishi (JPN) that opened in April 2016.

"The Japanese market is particularly interesting for FC Bayern. We set up our first FC Bayern Football School in Japan several years ago. Now, with the extension of this partnership, we want to add another component to our international strategy," said Andreas Jung, member of the executive board in charge of marketing at FC Bayern Munich.

"A common goal of developing…