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{{Short description|Central training ground of the Italian Football Federation}}
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'''''Il Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano''''', is the central [[training ground (association football)|training ground]] and technical headquarters of the [[Italian Football Federation]], located in the [[Coverciano, Florence|Coverciano]] ''[[quartiere]]'' of [[Florence]], [[Italy]].
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'''Coverciano''', also known as '''Casa Italia''', located in the ''[[quartiere]]'' of [[Florence]] with the same name, is the central training ground and technical headquarters of the [[Italian Football Federation]] ({{lang-it|Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio}}, or FIGC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/footballdevelopment/coachingeducation/news/newsid=1475179.html |title=Coverciano focus on coach education |publisher=UEFA.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Roan |first=Dan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/8476119.stm |title=BBC Sport - Football - England learn from Italy's national training centre |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/feb/17/italy-prize-exports-system-coverciano-conte-mancini-ancelotti-ranieri|title=Italy still producing prize managerial exports from its winning system|date=17 February 2017|publisher=|accessdate=13 April 2017|via=The Guardian}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/sports/soccer/italy-coaches-antonio-conte-chelsea.html|title=At Italy’s Coaching Academy, a Pipeline of Champions|first=Rory|last=Smith|date=11 May 2017|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2017|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4971836/Inside-Coverciano-Italian-finishing-school-managers.html|title=Inside Coverciano: The famed Italian finishing school for managers|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2706090-inside-italys-manager-school-where-conte-ancelotti-and-allegri-learned-to-win|title=Inside Italy's Manager School, Where Conte, Ancelotti and Allegri Learned to Win|first=Paolo|last=Bandini|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2017}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The Center was founded by [[Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano]] and Dante Berretti and designed by architects Francesco Tiezzi and Arnaldo Innocenti.<ref name=storia>{{cite web|title=Storia|url=https://www.figc.it/it/federazione/mission-e-governance/il-centro-tecnico-federale-coverciano/storia/|publisher=figc.it|language=it}}</ref> The decision to build the Center in [[Coverciano, Florence|Coverciano]] was decided on 29 March 1952 (resolution of the Federal Council of 8 May 1951), the date of which the land was purchased by the [[FIGC]]. Just over a year later, construction work began, and was completed in October 1957.<ref name=storia/> The official inauguration of the Center was on 6 November 1958, in the presence of the then-president of the FIGC, [[Bruno Zauli]].<ref name=storia/> Prior to its construction, the FIGC's technical sector (''settore tecnico'') was headquartered in [[Rome]] with the other departments.
FIGC purchased land in Coverciano in 1952 for the purpose of building a new centre where training for both players and technical staff would take place. It was officially opened in November 1958. Prior to its construction, the FIGC's technical sector (''settore tecnico'') was headquartered in [[Rome]] with the other departments.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Settore Tecnico – La Storia|url=http://www.settoretecnico.figc.it/lastoria.aspx?c=24|publisher=[[FIGC]]|language=Italian}}</ref>


==Facilities==
==Facilities==
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The Center is known as the ''Casa degli azzurri'' (House of the national teams) as it is the primary training ground for all 19 [[Italy national football team]]s from the U-15 age group and above (including women's), as well as other Italy representative football teams.<ref name=centro>{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/federazione/mission-e-governance/il-centro-tecnico-federale-coverciano/il-centro/|title=Il Centro|date=9 September 2024 |publisher=figc.it|language=it}}</ref><ref name=casaeuni>{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/federazione/mission-e-governance/il-centro-tecnico-federale-coverciano/coverciano-universita-del-calcio-e-casa-degli-azzurri/|title=Coverciano: "Università del calcio e Casa degli Azzurri"|publisher=figc.it|language=it}}</ref> It is also known as the ''Università del calcio'' (University of football) as it hosts high-level courses for coaches, sporting directors, and trainers.<ref name=casaeuni/><ref>{{cite news|last=Roan |first=Dan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/8476119.stm |title=BBC Sport - Football - England learn from Italy's national training centre |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-01-22 |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/feb/17/italy-prize-exports-system-coverciano-conte-mancini-ancelotti-ranieri|title=Italy still producing prize managerial exports from its winning system|date=17 February 2017|access-date=13 April 2017|newspaper=The Guardian |last1=Williams |first1=Richard }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/sports/soccer/italy-coaches-antonio-conte-chelsea.html|title=At Italy's Coaching Academy, a Pipeline of Champions|first=Rory|last=Smith|date=11 May 2017|access-date=16 October 2017|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2706090-inside-italys-manager-school-where-conte-ancelotti-and-allegri-learned-to-win|title=Inside Italy's Manager School, Where Conte, Ancelotti and Allegri Learned to Win|first=Nicky|last=Bandini|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
The Coverciano is the primary training ground for all Italy national football teams from the U-15 age group and above (including women's), as well as the [[Italian Armed Forces]]' representative football team. Occasionally it has hosted foreign teams visiting Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coverciano - History |url=http://www.figc.it/en/229/2090/Impianti.shtml|publisher=figc.it|accessdate=16 August 2010}}</ref>


The Center hosts the [[Museo del Calcio]], the offices of the Technical Sector, the headquarters of the Italian Football Coaches Association, the headquarters of the Regional Committee of the National Amateur League, the headquarters of the Regional Referee Committee, and the headquarters of the Italian Association of Referees section of Florence.<ref name=centro/>
Facilities include four [[Association football pitch|standard football pitches]], multipurpose gym, swimming pool and two tennis courts. In addition, there is a library, hotel, conference hall and restaurant located on site. The ''Hotel Coverciano'' can accommodate over 100 people; the venue is thus often used by foreign touring teams and by Italian clubs at the higher levels who are based in the Florence area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coverciano, Florence - Hotel|url=http://www.trainingtrips.eu/en/component/destinations/details/47/Coverciano|publisher=trainingtrips.eu|accessdate=16 August 2010}}</ref>

Facilities include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/federazione/mission-e-governance/il-centro-tecnico-federale-coverciano/le-strutture-del-centro-tecnico/|title=Le strutture del Centro Tecnico|publisher=figc.it|language=it}}</ref>
*four football fields of regulatory measures, of which three in natural grass and one in the latest generation artificial grass;
*a "practical" field - also in the latest generation of [[artificial turf]] - of sizes 9 metres by 9 metres;
*a five-a-side football field in artificial grass;
*a brand new gym, equipped with the most modern equipment;
*a pool measuring 25 metres by 15 metres;
*two artificial grass tennis courts;
*a conference room, with a capacity of 148 seats, symbol of the training of the FIGC Technical Sector, ideal for seminars, conferences and even press conferences;
*an auditorium opened in May 2018, with 200 seats;
*a room ideal for meetings with 25 seats and an LED wall on which to project videos, images or slides;
*a library, where over 3500 texts can be found including books, articles, essays and theses from previous courses of the Federal Coaching School, covering all aspects of sport and football in particular;
*a Medical Section, finished to be renovated at the beginning of 2018, which has a physiotherapy room and two clinics;
*a hotel, with 53 double rooms;
*a room present in the same hotel, with 46 seats;
*a restaurant, with a capacity of around 150 seats;
*a bar and a retrobar room;
*a conference room inside the Museo del Calcio with 150 seats;
*a small building where the offices of the male and female Italian national technical staff are located


==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 27 November 2024

Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano
Il Centro, Università del calcio, Casa degli azzurri
The technical centre of the Italian Football Federation
Map
LocationCoverciano, Florence, Italy
Coordinates43°46′45.05″N 11°18′02.88″E / 43.7791806°N 11.3008000°E / 43.7791806; 11.3008000
OwnerItalian Football Federation
TypeFootball training facility
Construction
Broke ground1953
Opened1958
Website
Official website

Il Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is the central training ground and technical headquarters of the Italian Football Federation, located in the Coverciano quartiere of Florence, Italy.

History

[edit]

The Center was founded by Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano and Dante Berretti and designed by architects Francesco Tiezzi and Arnaldo Innocenti.[1] The decision to build the Center in Coverciano was decided on 29 March 1952 (resolution of the Federal Council of 8 May 1951), the date of which the land was purchased by the FIGC. Just over a year later, construction work began, and was completed in October 1957.[1] The official inauguration of the Center was on 6 November 1958, in the presence of the then-president of the FIGC, Bruno Zauli.[1] Prior to its construction, the FIGC's technical sector (settore tecnico) was headquartered in Rome with the other departments.

Facilities

[edit]

The Center is known as the Casa degli azzurri (House of the national teams) as it is the primary training ground for all 19 Italy national football teams from the U-15 age group and above (including women's), as well as other Italy representative football teams.[2][3] It is also known as the Università del calcio (University of football) as it hosts high-level courses for coaches, sporting directors, and trainers.[3][4][5][6][7]

The Center hosts the Museo del Calcio, the offices of the Technical Sector, the headquarters of the Italian Football Coaches Association, the headquarters of the Regional Committee of the National Amateur League, the headquarters of the Regional Referee Committee, and the headquarters of the Italian Association of Referees section of Florence.[2]

Facilities include:[8]

  • four football fields of regulatory measures, of which three in natural grass and one in the latest generation artificial grass;
  • a "practical" field - also in the latest generation of artificial turf - of sizes 9 metres by 9 metres;
  • a five-a-side football field in artificial grass;
  • a brand new gym, equipped with the most modern equipment;
  • a pool measuring 25 metres by 15 metres;
  • two artificial grass tennis courts;
  • a conference room, with a capacity of 148 seats, symbol of the training of the FIGC Technical Sector, ideal for seminars, conferences and even press conferences;
  • an auditorium opened in May 2018, with 200 seats;
  • a room ideal for meetings with 25 seats and an LED wall on which to project videos, images or slides;
  • a library, where over 3500 texts can be found including books, articles, essays and theses from previous courses of the Federal Coaching School, covering all aspects of sport and football in particular;
  • a Medical Section, finished to be renovated at the beginning of 2018, which has a physiotherapy room and two clinics;
  • a hotel, with 53 double rooms;
  • a room present in the same hotel, with 46 seats;
  • a restaurant, with a capacity of around 150 seats;
  • a bar and a retrobar room;
  • a conference room inside the Museo del Calcio with 150 seats;
  • a small building where the offices of the male and female Italian national technical staff are located

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Storia" (in Italian). figc.it.
  2. ^ a b "Il Centro" (in Italian). figc.it. 9 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Coverciano: "Università del calcio e Casa degli Azzurri"" (in Italian). figc.it.
  4. ^ Roan, Dan (2010-01-22). "BBC Sport - Football - England learn from Italy's national training centre". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  5. ^ Williams, Richard (17 February 2017). "Italy still producing prize managerial exports from its winning system". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ Smith, Rory (11 May 2017). "At Italy's Coaching Academy, a Pipeline of Champions". Retrieved 16 October 2017 – via www.nytimes.com.
  7. ^ Bandini, Nicky. "Inside Italy's Manager School, Where Conte, Ancelotti and Allegri Learned to Win". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Le strutture del Centro Tecnico" (in Italian). figc.it.
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