City Football Academy (Melbourne)

City Football Academy, Melbourne[1]
Location La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria
Owner Melbourne City FC
(City Football Group)
Construction
Built 2014
Opened 2015
Construction cost $15 million AU
Tenants
Melbourne City Football Club (Training and administration)

The City Football Academy, Melbourne is the training and administrative headquarters of professional football club Melbourne City FC, located in the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Bundoora.

Features

The facility is owned by the Anglo-Arab football company City Football Group and is situated within the La Trobe University precinct.[1] Constructed in late 2014 for approximately $15 million Australian dollars, the City Football Academy serves as the Asia-Pacific base for the City Football Group company and since its opening in February 2015 has provided tenant club Melbourne City with the premier facilities of any A-League club.[2]

Among the facilities features are a world-class physiotherapy, sports rehabilitation and administrative building as well as a $2 million DESSO pitch, which is hybrid grass system where natural grassroots intertwine with artificial turf fibres and is able to withstand three times the wear of a normal pitch.[2]

The facility is also the administrative and training hub of Melbourne City's youth team and its women's team.[3] In December 2016, the club unveiled the Elite Women's Facility, an extension of the complex providing dedicated warm-up, training, locker and lecture rooms for the women's team.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "City Football Academy unveiled". La Trobe University. 27 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 David Davutovic (27 February 2015). "Melbourne City unveil new $15m training facility as City Football Group show A-League commitment". Herald Sun.
  3. ↑ "Melbourne City joins W-League". ABC News. 13 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "W-League: Melbourne City women get a place to call home". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Elite Women's Facility Launched: City Football Academy". Melbourne City FC. YouTube. 1 December 2016.

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