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UEFA C Diploma

This course is for coaches looking to develop skills in helping players improve and fall in love with the game.
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Course Overview

Introduction to Coaching Football

Course type:

Face-to-face & Online

£650

Duration:

16-20 weeks

Minimum Age:

16

Price:

£650

2025/26 Season: Funding Eligibility Form Closed

Our Funding Eligibility Form for UEFA C Diploma courses in the 2025/26 season is currently closed and will reopen on 1 July 2025

To apply for a partially funded place, Chase fully funded place or a grassroots affiliated discount in the 25/26 season, you’ll need to complete our Funding Eligibility Form. This will open for two weeks at the beginning of every month, so you have plenty of opportunities to check if you’re eligible for a discount.

There are there are three different funding programmes available for the UEFA C Diploma.

Chase Fully Funded Places – New for the 2025/26 season!

This is a new programme launching in partnership with Chase, the Official Banking Partner of England Football Learning. If you’re awarded a place on our Chase fully funded places programme, the full £650 cost of the UEFA C Diploma course will be covered by Chase.

Partially Funded Places

Through our partially funded places programme, we fund £555 of the course cost, meaning you only need to pay £95 to take part.

Grassroots Affiliated Discount

And if you coach at a Grassroots Affiliated Club, we fund £150, meaning you only need to pay £500 for the course. You’ll need to provide your clubs National Club ID number when completing the form, so please make sure you know this when completing the Funding Eligibility Form.

Remember, you must have completed our Introduction to Coaching Football course or The FA Level 1 in Coaching Football to access the UEFA C Diploma. Please make sure you complete these courses before checking your funding eligibility. 

Please do not book a course until you have received confirmation of your funding eligibility, as discounts cannot be applied after payment.

For more information on our Funding Eligibility Form or any of the other updates please see our FAQs here

You can view our UEFA C Licence course policy here

Please note all funding is subject to availability

 

About the course

Delivered through a blend of virtual and face-to-face learning, our expert Coach Developers will guide you through the UEFA C Diploma, supporting you as you tailor it to your players.

The course will provide you with practical resources and signpost you to future learning to help you continue to develop as a coach.

The course will last for approximately 16-20 weeks, supporting the principles of spaced learning and giving you the opportunity to reflect and practice what you’ve learnt in real-time.

This course has replaced The FA Level 2 in Coaching Football.

Reasonable adjustments

To request a reasonable adjustment on this course, please follow this link.

Download a copy of our Reasonable Adjustments Policy.

Find out more about how the UEFA C Diploma is delivered

Course prerequisites

As places on this course are extremely limited, you must meet the following criteria to enrol:

  • You must be actively coaching a group of players who regularly undertake training and play in organised or competitive fixtures. This is crucial, so you can be assessed on the key elements of the course and be eligible to complete the qualification 

  • You must be living in England and actively coaching a team in a season-long competition, as our Coach Developers may be required to travel to visit you during the course.

Course structure

1. Course days

You will attend six face-to-face course days as part of the UEFA C Diploma, developing your skills as a coach and building knowledge that you can apply to your role.


The delivery days are split into three modules, each lasting two days:

  • Understanding players and their game
  • Helping players love and learn football through practice
  • Helping players love and learn football through matchday 

There is an expectation that coaches will participate as players in practical sessions. 

 

2. One-to-one progress review opportunities

Between course days, you will be supported with virtual peer and individual sessions with our Coach Developers ensuring effective progression and action planning.

 

UEFA C Diploma 2025/26 season courses now available

We’re pleased to announce that UEFA C Diploma courses for the 2025/26 season are now open for booking.

All currently available courses are listed below. New dates and locations will be added regularly over the coming weeks, so if none of the current options suit you, more opportunities will be available soon.

We’re expecting demand to be high and places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend you book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Important Information:

  • Due to high demand, our online booking and payment system may experience performance issues. If this occurs, we will post an update on this page and pause bookings for a minimum of 24 hours to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience.
  • Please ensure you are available for all course dates before booking, as we are unable to transfer participants between courses.
  • Face-to-face learning days run from 09:00 to 17:00

    • The full list of available 2025/26 UEFA C Diploma courses is below.

    North West Courses

    North East Courses

    East Courses

    West Midlands Courses

    East Midlands Courses

    London Courses

    South East Courses

    South West Courses

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