Loma Academy players in red training kit and green bibs doing a dribbling drill on the artificial pitch in Calaba Town
Loma Academy — Discipline, Development, Opportunity Calaba Town · Freetown · Sierra Leone

Rise Higher.

Loma Academy develops Sierra Leone's most talented young footballers — with a real education, strong character, and a clear pathway to professional football and scholarships.

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  • Est. 2017
  • Home Calaba Town, Freetown
  • Pathway Trial → Academy → Pro
2017

Founded in Calaba Town, Freetown, as Young Doctors FC.

6

Age groups running: U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 and a senior team.

1

Professional contract signed abroad — Alpha Kabia, MNUFC2 (MLS NEXT Pro), 2025.

Real numbers only — every figure comes from the academy's own record or published club reporting.

Featured talent

The players are the product.

Photo, position, age group, foot and a filmed highlight reel — so a scout anywhere can judge a player in sixty seconds.

Graduate spotlight · Young Doctors FC

Alpha Kabia

MNUFC2, Minnesota United · MLS NEXT Pro

The proof the pathway works. Kabia joined Young Doctors FC at eight and developed with the academy until seventeen — then climbed through Sierra Leonean football before signing in the United States.

  • Age 8–17: Young Doctors FC — a true homegrown product
  • 2022–2024: Loan — Mount Aureol Freetonians SLIFA
  • 2024: East End Lions, National Premier League (loan)
  • Jan 2025: Signed by MNUFC2 — one year + 2026 club option
  • International: Sierra Leone U20 — helped qualify for the 2025 U20 AFCON

Record as published by Minnesota United; academy years confirmed by the academy.

Also from Young Doctors FC: Momoh Kamara

A Young Doctors FC product and Loma Academy graduate.

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The pathway

Every player is on a climb.

Five honest steps from community football to a professional club, a scholarship, or a prepared future.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Community scouting and open trials across Sierra Leone.

  2. 02

    Develop

    Academy football + education + character, U10 to U18.

  3. 03

    Showcase

    Top local competition, international tournaments, verified video and data.

  4. 04

    Place

    Professional club, partner club assessment, or US / UK education scholarship.

  5. 05

    Support

    Alumni mentoring, contract guidance with family involved, and a Loma network for life.

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About · The Loma story

Named for the mountain.

Loma takes its name from the Loma Mountains in northern Sierra Leone, home to Mount Bintumani, the highest peak in the country. Every great player starts at the bottom of a climb. Our job is to guide that climb — with football, education and character — step by step, until a young person from Sierra Leone stands where the whole world can see them.

The academy began in Calaba Town, Freetown, in 2017 as Young Doctors FC, founded by Alpha Bangura, and later played as Bangs FC. Now it is Loma Academy: three names, one academy. The work never stopped.

  • 2017

    Young Doctors FC founded in Calaba Town by Alpha Bangura.

  • 2023

    SLFA Youth Festival: our U-13s push eventual champions HADA FC to penalties in a qualifier.

  • 2025

    Alpha Kabia signs for MNUFC2 in MLS NEXT Pro — a Young Doctors product from age 8.

  • 2026

    Loma Academy: new name, new crest, same Calaba Town roots.

Discipline

Character: discipline, respect and integrity, on and off the pitch.

Development

Football: elite coaching, a clear playing philosophy and regular competitive matches.

Opportunity

The pathway and education: school comes first, and every player has a route forward.

Programmes

A programme for every stage.

U10

Grassroots

Fun, fundamentals and a love of the game, with school in place.

 U12

Foundation

Ball mastery, coordination, love of the game.

 U14

Development

Technical and tactical understanding. Character curriculum starts.

 U16

Performance

Full academy programme, video analysis, trials exposure.

 U18

Pro Pathway

Tournaments, partner-club assessments, pro and scholarship placement.

 Senior

Senior Team

Registered in Sierra Leone’s second division.
For clubs & scouts

Looking for verified Sierra Leone talent?

Documented ages, full-match video and a contact who replies within 2 working days.

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Trials are free. Always.

Nobody from Loma will ever ask you or your family for money to trial, to register, or to be “connected” to a club abroad.

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