Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper
Main entrance, with the multi-sport pavilion at the right side
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Sant Joan Despí Barcelona |
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| Coordinates | 41°22′33″N 02°03′08″E / 41.37583°N 2.05222°ECoordinates: 41°22′33″N 02°03′08″E / 41.37583°N 2.05222°E |
| Owner | FC Barcelona |
| Type | Sports facility |
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| Opened | 2006 |
| Construction cost | €77.5 million |
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| C.E. Joan Gamper | |
The Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (Catalan pronunciation: [siwˈtat əspurˈtiβə ʒuˈaŋ ɡəmˈpe]) is the training ground and academy base of Catalan football club FC Barcelona. It was officially opened on 1 June 2006, and was named in honor of Joan Gamper, founder of the club.
Located in Sant Joan Despí and covering 136.839 m it is used since 2006 for youth team training and matches and since January 2009 for the first team training. It is also used by many of the other sports teams at the club including Basketball, Handball and Futsal who use facilities such as the multi-sports pavilion. Now that this facility is fully operational, all the youth teams that previously used the Camp Nou facilities, mainly the Mini Estadi and the Palau Blaugrana, train there.
FC Barcelona's football first team moved to this facility on 19 January 2009. This brought to an end a 30-year history that the first team had of training on the small pitch (known as the La Masia pitch) annexed to the Camp Nou. The first team facilities are the same as those at the Camp Nou and at the start of the 2009/2010 season it included a full pool and saunas for player recuperation.
By 2011 a new residence was opened on site, housing the FC Barcelona's youth players who previously boarded at La Masia. This will include living space for around 85 players.
The land occupied by the Ciutat Esportiva was purchased by the club in 1989 and is just 4.5 km away from the Camp Nou and is directly connected by the road between Barcelona and Sant Joan Despí.
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