Our projects

RISING STAR is our project that provides a selection process for youth players, mainly for U15-17, in collaboration with partner clubs in Asia. Selected players experienced a short internship at professional level at KMSK Deinze in Belgium.

KMSK Deinze, as a core club of ACA Football Partners, entered into a partnership with Vietnam Football Talents Promotion Company Ltd. (PVF) in Vietnam to work on the youth players development. PVF is one of the top-level football academies in Vietnam, based in Hung Yen Province, which was awarded AFC- 3 Star Elite Youth Academy by the Asian Football Confederation. It is amongst the 3 highest ranked Elite Youth Academies in Asia. Thanks to this partnership, KMSK Deinze were able to select from the group of 15-17 year old players in Vietnam. This was known as the “RISING STAR” project, and selected players got a chance to come to Deinze, Belgium to gain experience with the academy team.

We held a youth selection program “RISING STAR” in Singapore together with our strategic partners Albirex Niigata Singapore. U15 / U17 selections for the youth teams of Albirex were made through an open application process, and even provided a short internship program in Belgium which proved so attractive that we received more than 850 applicants for the first selection. In February 2024 we welcomed 3 selected players to KMSK Deinze for a 2 week internship and they had an incredible time with the academy team, experiencing the environment on and off the football pitch in Belgium.