Club Brugge Foundation establishes its own 'amp team'

Club Brugge Foundation, the social welfare operation of Blauw-Zwart, is taking another important step toward inclusivity with the launch of a new soccer team for people with amputations, the "Club Brugge Amp Team. Partner Aqtor! will proudly adorn the match shirts.

The 'Club Brugge Amp Team' allows players who are missing part of their limb due to an accident, illness or congenital defect to play soccer again. Field players are missing one (part of their) leg and goalkeepers are missing one (part of their) arm. The use of crutches allows all players to enjoy the game of soccer.

MORE THAN SOCCER

Peter Gheysen, Head of Foundation at Club Brugge:

"We are proud to introduce an additional member within the Club family with the launch of the 'Club Brugge Amp Team' project. In addition to weekly training sessions, we also organize specialized coaching, various workshops and social gatherings for the team. In this way, we not only promote sporting performance, but also want to contribute to the general well-being of our players. Thus, this project also stands for more than soccer."

The 'Club Brugge Amp Team' will play their very first international amputation football tournament under the Club Brugge banner on Saturday, November 25. In Cologne, they will compete against other amputation teams from Germany, England and Georgia.

AQTOR!

Coupled with the launch of this new team, the brand new Partner of Foundation was also introduced. Aqtor supports this project with full conviction and will from now on decorate the Amp Team's competition shirts.

Aqtor specializes in measuring, manufacturing and delivering orthopedic devices, mobility aids and bandages. Based in Oostakker, the company has an extensive network of Mobility Centers where patients are assisted by a multidisciplinary team of certified providers, podiatrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. They can go there for professional sizing, production and delivery of orthoses, prostheses, orthotics, orthopedic shoes, wheelchairs, and more.

Filip Hoornaert, CEO Aqtor!

"Sport is an essential part of this freedom. For people with disabilities, access to sport is often a challenge in itself. This is why we cherish and support initiatives, such as the Club Brugge Amp Team, that promote the autonomy and development of people with disabilities through sport."

NOBODY OFFSIDE

The 'Club Brugge Amp Team' project is part of the European Nobody Offside project, which together with the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF), the European Football for Development Network (EFDN), the Spanish Fundación Real Betis Balompie, the Romanian Football Federation and the Dutch KNVB aim to activate and involve persons with an amputation from all over Europe in society.