A training ground is an area where professional association football teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness. They also sometimes form part of a club's youth system , as clubs consider it important to have good facilities to aid the development of young players.
7-460: Urartu Training Centre , is the training ground and academy base of the Armenian football club Urartu . It houses the club's main stadium, 3 additional full-size training pitches, mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility. The current technical director of the academy is the former Armenian footballer Rafael Nazaryan . Urartu Training Centre was officially opened on 23 May 2003 on
14-547: A club and the 2nd largest football training base in Yerevan following the Yerevan Football Academy . It is home to a large number of training facilities including: Training ground (association football) Training grounds are usually separate from a team's stadium , as clubs use the facilities to avoid overusing the stadium's pitch . However, teams usually train inside the opposing team's stadium on
21-529: The Football Federation of Armenia . As of April 2017, the academy runs 6 youth teams with ages ranging between 13 and 17. The directing coach of the academy is Artashes Adamyan. The centre frequently hosts local and foreign football clubs for periodic training camps and friendly matches. With a total area of 65,000 m², Banants Training Centre is the largest football academy in Armenia owned by
28-576: The centre hosted the training sessions of the Swiss and the Italian under-19 teams, participating in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification , group 7. Impressed by the centre, the Swiss team manager Gérard Castella told the journalists that the "conditions here are simply fantastic". On 15 December 2017, a new artificial pitch was installed in the centre with the financial assistance of
35-487: The centre is used for youth and senior teams training. On 16 October 2007, Sepp Blatter along with then-presidents of the UEFA Michel Platini , visited the centre during their 2-day official visit to Armenia. On 7 October 2015, Fabio Capello visited the training centre. Admired by the club facilities, Capello told the journalists that "Banants has a great base for training and work". In November 2016,
42-460: The day before a European away game, both for the benefit of the media and to become familiar with the surface. There have been several high-profile incidents, at training grounds, where players have been injured in disputes between teammates. Joey Barton was given a suspended prison sentence, on 1 July 2008, for an assault on teammate Ousmane Dabo on Manchester City's training ground and Andy Carroll broke teammate Steven Taylor 's jaw in
49-550: The grounds of the former Malatia Football School named after Eduard Grigoryan, located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of the capital Yerevan . The opening ceremony was attended by then-presidents of FIFA Sepp Blatter , then-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan , and then-president of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan . The centre was renovated and completed as part of FIFA's Goal development programme. Occupying an area of 65,000 m²,
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