Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano

The Center was founded by Luigi Ridolfi 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.

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Coverciano, Florence

Coverciano, Florence

Coverciano is a city quartiere in the southeastern part of Florence, Italy.

Bruno Zauli

Bruno Zauli

Bruno Zauli was an Italian sports official, best known as president of the Italian Athletics Federation from 1946 to 1957.

Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills due to its geographic location, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be the "cradle of Western civilization and Christian culture", and the centre of the Catholic Church.

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 a ledwall 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