摘要：The football curriculum in Indonesia has recently undergone changes and improvements, implementing the Indonesian football coaching curriculum, known as the Indonesian Philanesian Curriculum (KFI); however, not all coaches are familiar with it. The purpose of this study was to reveal the understanding of KFI for early childhood football school (SSB) trainers after being given a matching fund program. Experimental research was conducted with a population of 52 SSB trainers across Indonesia who passed the selection to join this program. The sample consisted of 26 SSB trainers in session I and 26 people in session II. This matching fund program is carried out for one week each session, in which either theoretical or practical programs are given. In total, there are 12 theoretical and 10 practical materials. The instrument used to measure the level of knowledge of the Philanesian curriculum on the SSB football coach was a knowledge test of the Philanesian curriculum with a reliability level of 0.911. Analysis of t-test and The Kruskal–Wallis test was carried out to see the difference in the effect of the matching fund program on the knowledge of the Indonesian Philanesian curriculum seen from the experience of training and also the age of the SSB trainers. The results show that the matching fund program in order to improve the competence of SSB coaches in Indonesia has an impact on KFI knowledge which includes football philosophy, learning formations, game principles, training methods, and characteristics of early childhood through SSB. This understanding of KFI can be a guide for young coaches on how to organize training properly and correctly. In addition, a guide to provide appropriate and effective training materials according to the age and level of the players being trained. It is hoped that the quality standard of football practice in Indonesia will increase sharply.
