
Private Master's Degree in Football Coaching and Sport Direction - Online
Online
DURATION
9 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
28 Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
Introduction
The Master in Football Coaching and Sport Direction Online offers an opportunity for football coaches and management professionals to acquire the tools and knowledge necessary to develop and implement football projects anywhere around the globe.
Study Big Data as a key tool for shaping the future of football from different perspective: sports management, analysing the performance of the team and the opposition, and identify potential new players.
Live the Real Madrid Experience. You will have the opportunity the take part in two wonderful week-long experiences.
The first is White Week, a unique event in which the top sport professionals from Spain and around the world provide their insights and know-how on different topics related to sport. And the second is “The Factory Experience” in which you will work from inside in the Valdebebas Sporting City, access to Real Madrid training facilities, and see for yourself what goes on behind the scenes at the most successful side at club level.
Study the Executive Master in Football Coaching
One of the most difficult tasks as coaches is to help players to grow both professionally and personally. When we talk about talent development, we are not only talking about the ability to score or prevent goals, but we are also referring to how the player thinks and if he can decide at a precise moment. We want the players to be competitive, to communicate, to work as a team. For all of that to succeed, they also need to understand the game.
International program
Learn clear and practical football project design and management tools that are unique to the top European clubs, and gain access to knowledge on successful club models in Europe.
The factory experience
Get to know Real Madrid during a week-long stay. See how Real Madrid City in Valdebebas operates and access the Real Madrid training facilities.
White Week
Live the Real Madrid Experience in this unique conference attended by elite athletes, players and executives from Real Madrid C.F, and experts from the global sports sector.
Networking opportunities
Network with students, lecturers and professionals involved in the top European institutions of our sport, which will give you a global perspective of the most successful methods.
Football philosophy
Develop and implement a football philosophy. See how to build the relationship between the club identity and the football philosophy. The importance of the club DNA and its context, how it affects the youth academy.
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Ideal Students
The Master in Football Coaching and Sports Management - Online is aimed at a wide range of football professionals—from directors to coaches, to scouts and analysts—who wish to develop their careers in youth and senior, professional or semi-professional levels.
- Sports and football managers
- Youth academy directors
- Club coordinators and managers
- Scouting and recruitment professionals
- Football school managers.
- Methodology and performance managers.
- Football coaches and technical staff.
Admissions
Curriculum
Big Data as a key tool in football
You will receive a 360-degree education that will enable you to make a difference in the football world. You will have a global view of all key areas in order to increase football players’ performances.
Big Data and Sports Management
- Organisation, key roles and tasks in a professional club’s sport management department.
- Game theory and decision-making applied to sport management.
- Analysing and understanding performance of our own team and potential new players. Application of Big Data for scouting and talent ID.
- Case study of successful and innovative Spanish sport directors.
Performance analysis through Big Data
- Performance analysis in football: our team, opposition, individual players, physical aspects.
- Technological tools for Big Data management, such us: Tableau, Power BI, R Studio or databases.
- Technological tools for scouting and performance analysis: Wyscout.
- Reporting and presenting data and findings.
Study plan
The 100% online Master in Football Coaching and Sport Direction comprises 10 modules, each with 6 ECTS, aimed at providing you with the skills to develop, implement and lead football projects.
- Module 1: Management & Leadership
- Module 2: Club & Academy Analysis
- Module 3: Football Philosophy
- Module 4: Football Curriculum
- Module 5: Player Promotion to Professional Football
- Module 6: Big Data and Sport Direction
- Module 7: Performance Analysis through Big Data
- Module 8: Real Madrid Experience
- Module 9: Multidisciplinary Best Practice in Football
- Module 10: Final Project
Career Opportunities
Develop professionally to manage and lead high-level sports technical management projects in the field of football.
In positions such as sport director, big data analyst, head of scouting & recruitment, talent scout or talent and development manager.