The Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre (Bosnian: Trening centar Nogometnog/Fudbalskog saveza Bosne i Hercegovine; Cyrillic: Тренинг центар Ногометног/Фудбалског савеза Босне и Херцеговине) is the training ground of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina located in the Crkvičko brdo neighbourhood of Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] The centre was officially inaugurated on 2 September 2013 by then-president of UEFA, Michel Platini, after the first stage of construction was completed.[2]
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| Full name | Trening centar Nogometnog/Fudbalskog saveza Bosne i Hercegovine Тренинг центар Ногометног/Фудбалског савеза Босне и Херцеговине |
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| Address | Crkvice bb, Crkvičko brdo 72000 |
| Location | Zenica,  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 44°12′18″N 17°55′12″E / 44.205006291568544°N 17.91987665818281°E |
| Owner | Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Type | Football training ground |
| Capacity | 1.500 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 2 September 2013 |
| Expanded | 21 September 2015 |
| Construction cost | 5 million euros (2013) |
| Tenants | |
| Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
History
editThe Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aware of the fact that it did not own training facilities for its national team selections, drafted out plans for the construction of a modern training centre in the mid-2000s, quickly securing funds for the project and deciding on the location. A suburb of Zenica was chosen because the town's Bilino Polje Stadium was the national team's home ground at the time. The implementation of the project coincided with large-scale, politically motivated turbulences in the organization that eventually led to a FIFA-issued short-term suspension on all competitive national team selections.[3] The instability in the governing body of Bosnian football led to the shelving of the project, for it to reemerge only after an UEFA-sponsored Normalization Committee was formed, which included the likes of Ivica Osim, Dušan Bajević, Faruk Hadžibegić, Darko Ljubojević and Sead Kajtaz.[4] The committee, being assigned full executive power as a means for solving the aforementioned issues in the FA, immediately sped up the training centre project, with construction beginning in early 2011.[5] Construction was completed in late 2013, with the centre being officially inaugurated by Michel Platini on 2 September 2013.[2] On 21 September 2015, after a two-year expansion project, new facilities, including an indoor arena were opened.
Facilities
editThe training centre consists of one artificial and two natural turf pitches, an indoor Futsal arena,[6] terraces, a 27-room hotel, wellness centre, restaurant, indoor and outdoor cafés, two large conference rooms, a recreational lobby and designated administration and technical premises.[7] Furthermore, it is encompassed by a large private parking lot, entrance gates and a main square.[8] On 23 October 2015 the centre was granted UEFA and FIFA PRO licences, and has subsequently hosted women's and youth qualifiers.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Trening centar N/FSBiH". Official Website. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Michel Platini otvorio Trening centar NSBiH u Zenici vrijedan 10 miliona KM!". Klix.ba. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "FIFA ukinula suspenziju Bosni i Hercegovini". Blic.rs. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Imenovani članovi komiteta za normalizaciju NS BiH". Klix.ba. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Kako završiti izgradnju centra u Zenici?". Sportsport.ba. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Trening centar N/FS BiH: U toku završna faza izgradnje novog terena". Faktor.ba. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "BORAVE U TRENING CENTRU NSBiH: Kadetski reprezentativci BiH na pripremama u Zenici". Sport.trazim.com. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Pogledajte kako izgleda Trening centar NSBiH, postavljene su i stolice na tribini". Klix.ba. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Trening-centar Nogometnog saveza BiH dobio licencu UEFA-e". Faktor.ba. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Trening centar NSBiH dobio UEFA-inu licencu za odigravanje utakmica". Reprezentacija.ba. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in Bosnian and English)
- The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian and English)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at FIFA
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at UEFA