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{{short description|Haitian football academy}}
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| founded  = 1999<ref name="Nere"/>
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| coach    = Édouard Vorbe<ref name="Blue">[https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=983747 Got Soccer – FC SHANA BLUE 98-99]</ref>
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| manager  = Edwige Vorbe<ref name="Blue"/>
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'''FC Shana''' is a youth development [[association football]] academy in Haiti. It is one of the largest and most successful academies in the country.
==History==
FC Shana was originally started by the family of Haitian footballer [[Fabien Vorbe]] when he was five years old him, his cousins, and friends, but officially founded sometime around 1999. It was started to offer all levels of development and competition in football from ages 6 to 16 and also receives them from all social backgrounds and sometimes different nationalities.<ref name="Nere">{{cite web|url=http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/140895/Le-FC-SHANA-brille-aux-USA |title=Le FC SHANA brille aux USA |editor=Nere, Enock |date=29 January 2015 |publisher=Le Nouvelliste |accessdate=16 June 2016}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref name="Shillingford">{{cite web|url=http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2009/04/16/Haitians-loved-to-kick-it-here/ |title=Haitians loved to kick it here |editor=Shillingford, Ron |date=15 April 2009 |publisher=Compass Cayman |accessdate=16 June 2016}}</ref>
==Values==
Shana teaches its students discipline, stressing fair play; to play with your heart out, and to combine skill with passionate football to be victorious.<ref name="Nere"/><ref name="Shillingford"/>
==International competition==
Shana usually plays annually in [[Santo Domingo]], the capital of neighboring Dominican Republic.<ref name="Shillingford"/>
In 2009, the U17 team ''won'' the Cayman Classic youth football tournament that consisted of U17 teams from [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]]. The squad had just one seventeen-year-old.<ref name="Shillingford"/>
In 2013, Shana participated in the Weston Cup & Showcase, an annual tournament in Florida, which had nearly 500 teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-18/news/fl-cnsp-kicksbr-0317-20130318_1_soccer-team-parkland-predators-girls-soccer-player |title=The Academy finishes strong in Gold Coast play |editor=Curreri, Gary |date=18 March 2013 |publisher=Sun Sentinel |access-date=16 June 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815005814/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-18/news/fl-cnsp-kicksbr-0317-20130318_1_soccer-team-parkland-predators-girls-soccer-player |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Shana participated in a competition at the [[West Orange High School (Winter Garden, Florida)#Sports|West Orange Sports Complex]] from  22–25 January 2015. The U10 team ''won'' the tournament, while the U14 team finished ''third''.<ref name="Nere"/>
In 2016, Shana ''won'' the 2016 Weston Cup & Showcase in the Boys U17 Gold tournament during February 12–15.<ref>[http://events.gotsport.com/events/resultsgrid.aspx?EventID=46476&GroupID=453035 2016 Weston Cup and Showcase]</ref><ref>[https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/event.aspx?EventID=46476&GroupID=453035 Got Soccer – 2016 Weston Cup & Showcase]</ref>
Shana is one of the clubs to support the 2016 NYC Cup.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160809160129/http://nyccup.com/club-supporting-2016-nyc-cup/ 20 NYC Cup – Clubs Supporting 2016 NYC CUP]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://fcshana.com/index.php/en/}}
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[[Category:Football academies in Haiti]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Haiti]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1999]]
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