Juventus Training Center

Vinovo
Location	Vinovo
Coordinates	44°58′40″N 07°36′58″E / 44.97778°N 7.61611°E / 44.97778; 7.61611
Owner	Juventus F.C.
Type	Football training facility
Capacity	400
Construction
Broke ground	2004
Opened	2006
Construction cost	€ 12.5 million

The Juventus Training Center (colloquially known as "the Vinovo") is a football training facility owned by Juventus, located in Vinovo a comune 14 kilometres southwest of the city of Turin. Designed by GAU and Shesa,^[1] the training ground features modern facilities and was opened in August 2006. The facility measures a total of 162,900 square meters and originally cost €12.5 million.

Owned through Campi di Vinovo S.p.A., controlled by the club to 71.3% until 2003,^[2] until 2018, it was used as a training ground for the Juventus men's team until the construction of the new training center;^[3] it is now exclusively used for the matches and training for that of the Juventus youth sector (already from 2017), and that of the women's team.^[4]

Facilities

The training area includes:^[5][6]

• eleven regular playing fields (nine in natural grass and two in synthetic grass), of which:
  • one of reduced size;
  • one with a mobile pressostatic cover, used in case of cold and bad weather;
  • the "Campo Ale & Ricky" (dedicated to the memory of Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, youths of the young bianconeri who drowned in a facility pond^[7][8]), with a 400-seat grandstand, reserved for matches of Juventus Women and of all the Juventus youth sector;
• a swimming pool that allows counter-current swimming and hydro massage;
• a physiotherapy center;
• a gym for heating and muscle building;
• soccer tennis;
• seven locker rooms for competitive sports (one for Juventus Women and six for youth teams);
• two warehouses.

The media center includes:

• a hotel of about 350 m²;
• a sports medicine center;
• a room for technical meetings;
• the JTV television studios;
• the press room, which can accommodate up to 30 journalists, for press conferences.