Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid

Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid, officially Ciudad Wanda Deportiva Atlético de Madrid is the training ground and academy base of Spanish football club Atlético Madrid. It was officially opened on 13 September 1995.

Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid
Escuela de Fútbol
LocationMajadahonda
Community of Madrid, Spain
Coordinates40°27′33″N 03°51′32″W
OwnerAtlético Madrid
TypeFootball training facility
Capacity3,800 [1]
Opened1995
Tenants
Atlético Madrid (training) (1995-)

Located in Majadahonda and covering 55,000 m² it is used since 1995 for youth and senior team trainings. It is also home to the mini Estadio Cerro del Espino, which is the home ground of Atlético Madrid B[2] and CF Rayo Majadahonda, both playing in Segunda División B.[3]

Facilities

Future sports city

The club's future training facilities will be built in the city of Alcorcón which is located 15 km southwest of the Madrid metropolitan area.[5] According to the preliminary design of the new sports city, the training centre will accommodate 11 regular-sized training pitches, a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 seats, a medical centre, a dressing room building and a residential building for the players.[6] With an area of 1.4 million m², the new complex will cost about 114 million euros. The training complex will be surrounded with a sports club including a golf course, multiple tennis courts and swimming pools. The complex will accommodate a hotel and a shopping centre as well.

References
  1. "El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. Ciudad Deportiva de Majadahonda
  3. "El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. "El Cerro del Espino, el actual estadio del Rayo, es el más pequeño del fútbol profesional". Ideal (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. "Nuevo Ciudad Deportiva - El lugar donde nacen los sueños". Club Atletico de Madrid. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015.
  6. "La ciudad de los «sueños» rojiblancos". abc.es.
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