Banants Training Centre, Football training complex in Malatia-Sebastia District, Yerevan, Armenia
Banants Training Centre is a football training complex located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan. The facility has multiple playing fields including artificial and natural grass pitches, smaller practice fields, and an indoor hall that allows for training throughout the year.
The centre opened on 23 May 2003 on the grounds of the former Malatia Football School named after Eduard Grigoryan in Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia District. Sepp Blatter, then FIFA president, attended the ceremony alongside Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and football federation head Ruben Hayrapetyan. The build was completed under FIFA's Goal development programme.
The centre sits on the grounds of the former Malatia Football School named after Eduard Grigoryan, and its opening on 23 May 2003 drew FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. As of April 2017 the academy ran six youth teams aged 13 to 17 under coach Artashes Adamyan, and it regularly hosts foreign clubs for training camps and friendlies.
The centre lies in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, on the site of the former Malatia Football School named after Eduard Grigoryan. It is a working academy, not a public attraction: access to the pitches and the service centre with swimming pool and gymnasium follows the club's training and camp programme. Urartu Stadium holds 4,860 seats.
The centre stands on the grounds of the former Malatia Football School named after Eduard Grigoryan. Its opening on 23 May 2003 drew FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, and the complex was completed under FIFA's Goal development programme.
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