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Manchester City FC - City Football Academy
From concept to completion: building an elite training environment for players, staff and future stars

indoor & outdoor pitches
seater Academy stadium
teams
The City Football Academy (CFA) is Manchester City’s elite training centre, and home to City Men’s and Women’s teams of all age groups.
Adjacent to the Etihad Stadium and part of the Etihad Campus, the facility includes 16 pitches, First Team and Academy buildings, 7000-seat Academy Stadium, Media Centre, and three gyms, featuring world-class sports performance and rehabilitation equipment to support the training requirements of the club’s players.
Ardent Sports’ role in this project was the client advisor in full service, from project conception, vision, benchmarking, and functional design development, to client advisor for the construction, handover and operation ready.
The CFA Manchester is also now the operational base for all Manchester-based staff, as well as the global headquarters for City Football Group.



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