Nacionalinė Futbolo Akademija (National Football Academy), commonly referred to as NFA, was the national

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

centre of

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

; Established in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

with help of

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in 2006 until it was shut down in 2019. Only the best players from the country trained there, it has produced some high class players. Scouts from clubs like

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and

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were constantly watching academy's players. The main point of this centre was to produce players for

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, Lithuania'a U-19 team was formed mainly from members of the academy, it has 15 players playing abroad. In 2019 the activity was transferred to "Be1SC" sports club. The academy changed its name to "Be1 National Football Academy". And it’s no longer part of

Lithuanian Football Federation The Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF; ) is the governing body of football in Lithuania. The Federation is responsible for football development in the country and for the national teams, including the Lithuania national football team. It is bas ...

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Lithuanian Football Federation website
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