SAİT ALTINORDU FACILITIES
YEŞİLYURT / İZMİR
YEŞİLYURT / İZMİR
The foundation of the Altınordu skyscraper is laid with “Basic Sports and Football Training” which starts at the age of 5 and continues until the age of 11 in Altınordu.
In our modern facilities located in Yeşilyurt, one of the central neighborhoods of İzmir – Turkey’s third largest city with a population of 5 million – you will find our Central Football School where over 1,000 children participate in sports. Among these children, those with natural talent are selected to form our U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, and U11 Elite teams.
Our Sait Altınordu Facilities are bustling on Saturdays and Sundays during the winter school term, and on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during the summer school holiday period.
Within the facility, various types of ducks, peacocks, partridges, chickens, and swans reside to instill a love for animals in our children.
We compare Altınordu’s “real” professional footballer training program to a skyscraper. In fact, it is our Sait Altınordu Facilities that form the foundation of the Altınordu skyscraper. At our Sait Altınordu Facilities, children who develop a passion for wearing the Altınordu jersey from the age of 5 are provided with on-field training in universal football values such as speed, endurance, strength, coordination, and quickness, as well as personality development lessons in teamwork, sharing, and cooperation. Football is learned on the field and improved through plenty of repetition. We firmly believe that by providing equal opportunities, world stars will emerge from among our children. There is no reason why they should not follow in the footsteps of those who have risen through our system, such as Cengiz Ünder, who is currently playing for Olympique Marseille, and Çağlar Söyüncü, who is playing for Leicester City. This equality of opportunity rests on two indispensable pillars: modern football facilities and expert coaches who are open to development, hardworking, and genuinely care for children.
To ensure that our children play on pitches of sizes appropriate for their age, our facilities include exactly 11 pitches of various dimensions: 13x20, 20x30, 25x40, 30x40, and 30x50 meters. All of these pitches are covered with top-quality synthetic turf from the Italian brand Limonta Sport.
Due to our commitment to the health of our children, natural granules derived from cocoa tree husks have been used in the synthetic turf. In addition to our 11 small-sized pitches, there is also an indoor Futsal Hall measuring 20x30, a semi-indoor Gymnastics Area, and 2 pieces of “Ball Technique Development Equipment”. Right next to a 65-seat “Visual Education Hall” – where football training videos are shown and personality development lessons are given, equipped with an extensive projection system – there is also a “Canteen” and a “Dormitory”.
In the past, our schools used to have “Scouting” sections. Our scouting children would go out of town accompanied by their teachers, wandering in the fields. This helped them develop decision-making, friendship, communication, and dining skills on their own. Inspired by this idea, we built a 20-person “Dormitory” in our Sait Altınordu Facilities. Children from our elite teams, aged 9, 10, and 11, take turns camping at the facility for one night each weekend. At a young age, they learn to take care of themselves. They all learn to brush their teeth, say good morning, greet one another, ask how they are, dine together, and follow the rules of communal living.
At our Sait Altınordu Facilities, parents can watch their children’s football school training sessions, although they are not allowed to watch the elite teams’ practices. Furthermore, due to the current pandemic measures, spectators are not allowed to watch the training sessions in order to protect the health of our athletes and their parents. Instead, parents can spend time at our “Parent View Cafe” inside the facility, which offers a view of the İzmir Bay.
Our Sait Altınordu Facilities also house a two-story “AO Store” where all Altınordu sports apparel is sold. Our AO Store has been constructed with heavy steel framing, taking into account İzmir’s status as an earthquake zone, and has been built sturdy enough to serve as a “shelter” in the event of an earthquake.
Written by
Seyit Mehmet Özkan
President of Altınordu
Our Sait Altınordu Facilities are bustling on Saturdays and Sundays during the winter school term, and on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during the summer school holiday period.
Within the facility, various types of ducks, peacocks, partridges, chickens, and swans reside to instill a love for animals in our children.
We compare Altınordu’s “real” professional footballer training program to a skyscraper. In fact, it is our Sait Altınordu Facilities that form the foundation of the Altınordu skyscraper. At our Sait Altınordu Facilities, children who develop a passion for wearing the Altınordu jersey from the age of 5 are provided with on-field training in universal football values such as speed, endurance, strength, coordination, and quickness, as well as personality development lessons in teamwork, sharing, and cooperation. Football is learned on the field and improved through plenty of repetition. We firmly believe that by providing equal opportunities, world stars will emerge from among our children. There is no reason why they should not follow in the footsteps of those who have risen through our system, such as Cengiz Ünder, who is currently playing for Olympique Marseille, and Çağlar Söyüncü, who is playing for Leicester City. This equality of opportunity rests on two indispensable pillars: modern football facilities and expert coaches who are open to development, hardworking, and genuinely care for children.
To ensure that our children play on pitches of sizes appropriate for their age, our facilities include exactly 11 pitches of various dimensions: 13x20, 20x30, 25x40, 30x40, and 30x50 meters. All of these pitches are covered with top-quality synthetic turf from the Italian brand Limonta Sport.
Due to our commitment to the health of our children, natural granules derived from cocoa tree husks have been used in the synthetic turf. In addition to our 11 small-sized pitches, there is also an indoor Futsal Hall measuring 20x30, a semi-indoor Gymnastics Area, and 2 pieces of “Ball Technique Development Equipment”. Right next to a 65-seat “Visual Education Hall” – where football training videos are shown and personality development lessons are given, equipped with an extensive projection system – there is also a “Canteen” and a “Dormitory”.
In the past, our schools used to have “Scouting” sections. Our scouting children would go out of town accompanied by their teachers, wandering in the fields. This helped them develop decision-making, friendship, communication, and dining skills on their own. Inspired by this idea, we built a 20-person “Dormitory” in our Sait Altınordu Facilities. Children from our elite teams, aged 9, 10, and 11, take turns camping at the facility for one night each weekend. At a young age, they learn to take care of themselves. They all learn to brush their teeth, say good morning, greet one another, ask how they are, dine together, and follow the rules of communal living.
At our Sait Altınordu Facilities, parents can watch their children’s football school training sessions, although they are not allowed to watch the elite teams’ practices. Furthermore, due to the current pandemic measures, spectators are not allowed to watch the training sessions in order to protect the health of our athletes and their parents. Instead, parents can spend time at our “Parent View Cafe” inside the facility, which offers a view of the İzmir Bay.
Our Sait Altınordu Facilities also house a two-story “AO Store” where all Altınordu sports apparel is sold. Our AO Store has been constructed with heavy steel framing, taking into account İzmir’s status as an earthquake zone, and has been built sturdy enough to serve as a “shelter” in the event of an earthquake.
Written by
Seyit Mehmet Özkan
President of Altınordu
