Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Feyenoord Academy, often referred to as Varkenoord, is the joint academy of the professional football clubs Feyenoord and Excelsior located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The academy is a result of the extensive partnership between the two Rotterdam clubs. For the season 2009–10 both clubs merged its reserve teams, while the youth academies officially merged in the summer of 2010.Feyenoord Academy is based on the structure of the former Feyenoord youth academy, with the addition of various Excelsior youth players and staff members. The newly formed Feyenoord Academy gained the official regional youth academy status from the KNVB and is located at Sportcomplex Varkenoord. All academy teams participate under the name Feyenoord/Excelsior and wear the Feyenoord jersey.In May 2010, Feyenoord Academy won the Rinus Michels Award for best youth academy in the Netherlands for the first time. Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam were the other nominees. Feyenoord Academy won the award for its innovation within the academy, the overall success of its teams in the national youth leagues and the high amount of players in the national youth teams. The Feyenoord Academy continued to win the award in the three consecutive years.. }
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- Feyenoord_Academy_(Varkenoord) abstract "Feyenoord Academy, often referred to as Varkenoord, is the joint academy of the professional football clubs Feyenoord and Excelsior located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The academy is a result of the extensive partnership between the two Rotterdam clubs. For the season 2009–10 both clubs merged its reserve teams, while the youth academies officially merged in the summer of 2010.Feyenoord Academy is based on the structure of the former Feyenoord youth academy, with the addition of various Excelsior youth players and staff members. The newly formed Feyenoord Academy gained the official regional youth academy status from the KNVB and is located at Sportcomplex Varkenoord. All academy teams participate under the name Feyenoord/Excelsior and wear the Feyenoord jersey.In May 2010, Feyenoord Academy won the Rinus Michels Award for best youth academy in the Netherlands for the first time. Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam were the other nominees. Feyenoord Academy won the award for its innovation within the academy, the overall success of its teams in the national youth leagues and the high amount of players in the national youth teams. The Feyenoord Academy continued to win the award in the three consecutive years.".