ZED Club Launches Its New Women’s Football Academy

ZED FC Club, one of Egypt's top private clubs, announced today the inauguration of ZED’s Women Football Academy, in partnership with “Empower Women Football Academy”.

Through this partnership, ZED FC Club aims to establish its first football team for women, develop high-performance athletes, and spread the message that football is a game for women too. This collaboration aligns with ZED FC's strategy to introduce a variety of new sports and develop high-level sports academies. The new cooperation falls in line with Egypt’s vision 2030 aiming to promote sports as well as enhance youth participation in shaping the future of their country.

ZED Club chose Farida Salem’s “Empower” Football Academy to manage the new academy to utilize its vast experience in identifying potential talents and following analytical training programs that help boost the skills of female football players. Farida Salem, founder and director of “Empower Football Academy”, is an inspirational former football player who has been coaching for 12 years, with ambitious goals to dispel old beliefs about sport and laying the foundations of a new generation of athletes which aligns with ZED's strategy.

“The club is constantly keen to create an effective sports system by introducing various unconventional sports and laying the groundwork for a new generation of top-level athletes,” Ahmed Abdullah, the Head of the football sector at ZED club stated. “We are not only interested in local championships, but also in preparing a new generation with worldwide standards capable of competing on a global scale. Therefore, we have collaborated with Farida Salem who is one of the most efficient women’s football coaches because of her experience in the sports field and the value she can add to the ZED Women’s Football Academy,” he added.

Farida Salem started playing football at an early age and pursued her dream in Canada’s Vancouver Island University where she received a BA in sports and physical education. Moreover, she is the first Egyptian woman to play in the Abu Dhabi team.

“I am extremely delighted to cooperate with ZED to launch the New Women’s Football Academy,” Farida Salem, the founder of “Empower” Women's Football Academy and the head coach at ZED Women’s Football Academy stated. “I coached hundreds of female footballers over the last 12 years and I have seen the progress of many gifted young women with extraordinary talents and tremendous skills through my work at Empower,” she added.

Registration for the ZED Academy is open to children aged 5 to 8 years old as well as juniors aged 9 to 17 years old. Furthermore, the academy will hold professional tournaments for players under the age of 17 and under the age of 19 in order to enhance the performance of female talents until they achieve a professional level that allows them to join the first team of the ZED women's football club.