CAIRNS FEES

Originating in Cairns, 2015, CFA is the leading football school for players of all levels that want to escalate their skills, confidence and overall football development. In 2022, CFA expanded into Byron Shire, NSW in 2022.

Led by former A-League star and FFA B Licence Coach, Zenon Caravella, our amazing and hand-picked coaching staff will ensure your child is in the best possible hands at CFA.

Academy is training is first and foremost, skills and player development through cutting edge football training. Like a tutor, we offer professional football coaching to improve each individual players on all facets of development.

Absolutely! The structure of our academy is designed to complement all club committments. We simply offer outside training and additional opportunities to play football.

While high-level training for all levels is at the forefront of what we do, we offer High Performance Players the opportunity to play in key events representing the academy such as the FNQ Youth Cup (Cairns), Sydney International Cup, Premier Academy League National Cup (Sydney)  as well as participate in workshops and games against other academies in SEQ/Northern Rivers. These key events are simply a way to practice what we learn on the pitch at training.

We philosophy is that players should play with others of similar ability and so our squads are not assembled strictly on age. Once the Byron location grows in numbers we will be able to start craeting groups according to ability.

With our Head Coach and founder Zenon Caravella playing professionally for over 15 years, he was lucky enough to meet and play with many high profile footballers and personalities. CFA players will get the opportunity to participate in special workshops featuring current and former players and coaches as well as events held by our Brisbane partners, NPL Club Brisbane Strikers.

We have also seen CFA Graduates progress into A-League, NPL and QAS set-ups where they are currently playing and thriving.

The minimum commitment for academy training is one day but if you wanted to train twice and if there was a spot for your squad/level, you could train two also.

We also have casual programs such as Football Fitness and Saturday Soccer Club which you can come each week instead of committing to a term.

The High Performance Program is the region’s only fully integrated elite player program combining cutting edge football education with football specific strength and conditioning. The program trains once a week (1 x 60 mins football session, 1 x 40 min strength and conditioning session) which includes speed training, agility, strength, balance and injury prevention.

The program is trial-only and players are invited to participate.

In Cairns, we train at the region’s only FIFA rated football facility, The Grounds Cairns (Woree) and in Byron, we train at the Cavanbah Centre.

The full CFA kit of course – complete with Shirt, Shorts and Socks. Our supplier from 2022 onwards is German teamwear brand Uhlsport.