by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

The international football audience call him "le roi", but how can a soccer man be a king for the futsal community? With all the due respect we definitely prefer a kind of "futsal democracy" which encourages challenges like the UEFA Futsal Championships Under 21 was born to be. So, while UEFA President Michel Platini still seems to be far from getting "that futsal point of view" idea, our people have not abandoned the dream of giving a strong impulse to the national FAs in order to strengthen their futsal development through the players formation, or in other terms through youth futsal. And in this purpose August 2012 took us a great news: welcome back Saint Petersburg's Autumn! The historical youth tournament will resume on next 12-16 December 2012 in the Yubileyny Sports Palace based in the magnificent russian town of Saint Petersburg. Run In memory of the 1st Captain of the Russian National Futsal Team Alexey Stepanov and organised under the auspiced of the Russian Football Association, as well as the AMFR (Russian Futsal Committee) and the Saint Petersburg committee for physical culture and sport, the 2012 tournament will admit players born in 1991 or later. According to the first news eight nations will take part in the Saint Peterburg's Autumn 2012, to be divided into two groups:

-> Belarus
-> Iran
-> Italy
-> Russia
-> Slovakia
-> Thailand
-> Ukraine
-> Czech Republic


Sankt Petersburg's Autumn Story:
2007 - Spain (Under 21 Team)
2006 - Russia (Under 21 Team)
2005 - Spain (Under 21 Team)
2004 - Russia (Under 21 Team)
2003 - Russia (Under 21 Team)
2002 - Norilsky Nickel (Norilsk, Russia)
2001 - Norilsky Nickel (Norilsk, Russia)
2000 - Koil (Kogalim, Russia)
1999 - Politech (St. Petersburg, Russia)
1998 - Not played
1997 - Zenit (St. Petersburg, Russia)
1996 - Zenit (St. Petersburg, Russia)
1995 - PSI (St. Petersburg, Russia)
1994 - Mekhanizator (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
1993 - Dina (Moscow, Russia)
1992 - Lokomotiv (St. Petersburg, Russia)