1993
Jean-Marc GUILLOU makes the decision to go to Côte d’Ivoire to create the first Academy in partnership with a club from Abidjan ASEC-Mimosas. JMG will help the African club struggling with enormous financial difficulties and it will allow it to implement the facilities of this Academy on its training site and facilitate its operation.
December 1993
Recruitment sessions begin in all neighborhoods of Abidjan. More than 5 to 6000 children between 10 and 13 years are supervised. Eight of them will form the core of the promotion 1.
February1994
The first trainings begin under the baton of JMG and his assistant: Lambert AMUAH. JMG decides to call this MimoSifcom Academy in thanks to its two partners (ASEC Mimosas and the Sifcom group). Complementary recruitment of new elements of promotion 1 through the competitions organized by the Academy.
September 1995
Complementary recruitment of promotion 1 through the competitions organized by the Academy. Recruitment of the core of the promotion 2 (8 elements).
April 1997
First tour in France of the promotion 1. Recruitment of complement of the promotion 2 through the competitions organized by the Academy. Recruitment of the promotion 3.
May 1998
Second tour in France of the promotion 1. Recruitment of complement of the promotion 2 through the competitions organized by the Academy.
February 1999
Start in the competition at the highest level of promotion 1 with the team of ASEC Mimosas. Victory in Super Cup of Africa against Esperance of Tunis.
April 1999
Finalist tournament of Feyenoord. Complementary recruitment of promotion 3 through the competitions organized by the Academy.
July 1999
Victory in the Ivory Coast Cup. November 1999: representation of the National Olympic Team of Côte d’Ivoire for the qualification at the Athens Games (Promotion 1).
April 2000
First tour in France (promotion 2) including tournament Rezé (1/2 final). Complementary recruitment of promotion 3 through the competitions organized by the Academy.
June 2000
Representation of the National Olympic Team of Côte d’Ivoire for the tournament of Toulon (1/2 finalist) (Promotion 1).
August 2000
ARUNA and ZOKORA first transfers in Europe.
November 2000
Champion of Ivory Coast (Promotion 1).
June 2001
Acquisition of a stake in the Belgian club KSK Beveren.
November 2001
Champion of Ivory Coast (Promotion 1).
December 2001
Clash between the Academy and the ASEC (JMG and Roger OUÉGNIN).
February 2002
The ASEC unduly takes control of the association MimoSifcom Academy. Creation of the JMG Academy.
April 2002
Third tour in France (promotion 2) including tournament Rezé (1/2 final).
June 2002
11 academicians (promotions 1 and 2) in the Belgian club KSK Beveren.
November 2002
Champion of Ivory Coast (Promotion 1).
June 2003
14 academicians (promotions 1 and 2) in the Belgian club KSK Beveren.
December 2003
Transfers of the first Academicians of Beveren (YAYA, YAPI, ARSENE)
April 2004
First tour in France (promotion 3) including tournament Rezé (final).
May 2004
Final of the Belgian Cup.
2010
This country participates for the second time in the world. In 2010. The academy mimoSifcom without JMG still exists but it no longer knows the success of the JMG years. ASEC, despite having benefited from huge financial inflows, even recently on transfers made in Beveren, has entered a phase of total regression. KSK Beveren, although he too has benefited just as unduly from the transfer returns trained players at the Academy was relegated in 2007 in the second division, then made a merger with a neighboring club to avoid in 2010 a descent in division 3. But this first academy is the source of inspiration for the many other academies that were created and will be created later …
June 2005
Acquisition of majority stake in KSK Beveren. 16 academicians in the Beveren workforce (promotions 1, 2, 3).
June 2006
Clash with the leaders of KSK Beveren. The new management of KSK Beveren separates from many academicians. JMG ends the adventure of the Academy in Ivory Coast. The Academy “MimoSifcom” was unduly taken over by the leaders of the ASEC. First participation of the Ivory Coast team with 80% of players trained at the academy in the world. Since 2006, players from the JMG Ivory Coast Academy regularly composed 80% of the national team of this country.
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