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Players Lab from Italy. International cooperation partner of leading European clubs. UEFA-led training, 1.5 hours every weekday. The 4FD method — Functional, Cognitive, Technical, Emotional — drilled into every session.
VIEC × PLAYERS LAB · SUMMER 2026
Two weeks. Professional methodology. British English. The summer of the World Cup year.
One campus. Two world-class partners. A real Bulgarian summer between them.
Players Lab from Italy. International cooperation partner of leading European clubs. UEFA-led training, 1.5 hours every weekday. The 4FD method — Functional, Cognitive, Technical, Emotional — drilled into every session.
Varna International Education Centre. 1.5 hours of British English every weekday. Football-themed lessons. Real progress, no classroom boredom.
A 2 080-acre EU campus on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. 200 metres of private beach. Two weeks that look and feel like an actual summer, not a school in shorts.
Train like a pro. Speak like a Brit. Live by the Black Sea.
The Players Lab 4FD method — used in pro youth pathways across Europe.
A patron who knows Eastern European football from the inside.
14 days gives real friendship time, real progression and real summer.
Three live ceremonies per cycle — Opening, Tournament Weekend, Closing.
Daily English. Sports nutrition. Sport psychology.
Ages 7 to 17. Boys and girls. Beginners welcome. Academy players challenged.
Beach, sea, biosphere, evenings outside.
Players Lab's daily framework — and what it means for your child.
Speed, agility, coordination, conditioning — trained for football movement, not generic PE.
Decision-making under pressure. Tactical awareness. The thing club academies usually teach last — we start it on Day 1.
Drilled until execution becomes automatic. Top-academy standard, broken into age-grouped progressions.
Self-regulation, focus, resilience, recovering from mistakes. Built into match days, taught in dedicated sport-psychology sessions.
Four dimensions. Every training. Every player.
Players Lab — international cooperation partner of leading European clubs. Italian football methodology, used at academy level.
We publish the schedule because parents ask. Most camps don't.
5 trainings × 1.5 h = 7.5 h focused football per week. Plus a real match every weekend.
Sample fortnight. The final schedule is confirmed at booking and adjusted by age group, weather, and tournament logistics.
2 080 acres on the Black Sea coast. Three things in one place.
acres on the Black Sea coast
of Black Sea beach
11v11 pitch + 2 futsal courts
security, CCTV, medical service
Beach, sea, open air and a real natural setting around the campus.
Halal-aware kitchen, allergies handled, healthy options.
Varna is a short flight from most of Europe — less than 30 minutes from Istanbul, 40 mins from Sofia, 40 mins from Bucharest, 1 hour from Vienna, 2 hours from Berlin, 2 hours 10 minutes from Frankfurt.
A short flight. A long memory.
Included. Varna International Education Centre. 1.5 h per day, Monday to Friday. Football-themed lessons that build the vocabulary kids actually use — on the pitch, in the dressing room, at the table.
Included. Focus, resilience, dealing with mistakes, team chemistry. Practitioner-led sessions, age-grouped, integrated with what happens on the training field that week.
Included. What to eat to play better. Hands-on with the VIEC kitchen — children see how their menu was built and why.
Paid add-on. Weekend 1-on-1 sessions for academy-track players. Two slots per cycle, micro-groups of four with the Head Coach, individual development plan included.
A player's body. A player's mind. A player's English.
Every age. Every level. Every gender.
7–9 / 10–12 / 13–15 / 16–17. Skill-balanced teams formed on Day 1, after a brief assessment — not from a sign-up form. Children train with peers at their level, not behind older or stronger players.
Players train and play together. Groups are skill-balanced, not gender-based. Residences and changing rooms, naturally, are separate.
First-touch beginners are welcome and protected. Academy-track players are challenged through PRO weekend slots. The placement on Day 1 puts every child in the right group.
Fourteen evenings. Fourteen Star of the Day awards. Fourteen reasons to come back tomorrow.
After dinner, we run a short ten-minute ceremony — music, lights, the whole camp in one room. One player wins the night in one of fourteen rotating categories.
from €1 690 per child / 14 days · all-inclusive on site
All prices include VAT. EUR. 30% deposit at booking, balance due 30 days before the cycle.
from €1 690. The full 14-day all-inclusive programme.
from €1 990. Base + Photo Pack.
from €2 350. Base + Photo + Video Portfolio.
from €2 800. Base + Video + PRO 1-on-1 weekend sessions with the Head Coach.
On-campus medical post and protocols. Insurance documentation for every participant. Nearest hospital eight minutes by car, in Varna.
Three meals a day. Halal menu by default. Vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free options on request. Allergies handled by the VIEC kitchen, not by note.
Head Coach, two Players Development Coaches, two Assistants, plus a dedicated Camp Operations and Safeguarding Officer (COSO) — single point of accountability for every family.
Round-trip from Varna International Airport (VAR), with meet-and-greet from the COSO for unaccompanied minors. Coordinated with you in the parent dashboard.
Private parent channel for your cycle (WhatsApp or Telegram), with daily photos and a short update from the COSO. Image-rights consent is opt-in at the time of reservation.
24/7 security, CCTV, controlled access. Children stay inside the campus perimeter unless accompanied on a planned excursion.
Family voices coming after Cycle 1, July 2026.
[Quote from Gaetano Bomba, Players Lab — pending sign-off. Topic: methodology, partnership, what families can expect.]
[Quote from Oxford International Study Centre — pending sign-off. Topic: the English curriculum and what 14 days of football-themed English produce.]
[Quote from PFC Ludogorets — pending sign-off. Topic: the partnership and what it means to host the Tournament Weekend.]
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Pick the dates that work for your family. Each cycle has up to 45 places. Capacity updates in real time.
Stripe-secured. Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or bank transfer. The balance is due 30 days before your cycle starts.
Within minutes, you receive a Welcome Pack: packing list, parent app login, dietary form, and visa-support letter within 48 hours if needed.
50% within 30 days · free date transfer in case of force majeure.
Two weeks. The summer you’ll remember.
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