José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground
The Training Ground: Villarreal CF’s Headquarters
Covering an area of 120,000 square metres and featuring nine football pitches, the José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground serves as the regular training base not only for our first team, but also for all of the club’s academy sides. It also includes a residence for young academy players who come from all over the world to develop as footballers. The facility is located on Camino Miralcamp in Vila-real.
The training ground consists of five artificial turf pitches, four natural grass pitches, a multi-purpose area and two large buildings. The larger of the two is the Residence, which serves as the headquarters for both the first team and the academy players. The second building houses the club’s offices, where the administrative staff and board members are based.
José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground / Camino Miralcamp, 128 / 12540 Vila-real (Castellón)
Tel: (+34) 964 500 250 / Fax: (+34) 964 500 167
Email: villarrealcf@villarrealcf.es
Training Pitches
The José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground features four natural grass 11-a-side football pitches, all of them floodlit. One is used daily by the first team for training, while the other two are used by the B and C teams for their daily training sessions, and one is used for their matches. This latter pitch is the main pitch of the complex, known as the Mini Estadi, and has a stand with capacity for around 3,500 spectators.
In addition, there are two next-generation artificial turf 11-a-side pitches measuring 90 x 60 metres and 100 x 65 metres. Both are floodlit and can be converted into two 8-a-side pitches each (60 x 35 metres), allowing them to be used both during the day and at night for any of the club’s academy teams.
The Training Ground also includes three 8-a-side pitches (60 x 35 metres), where the U11 to U6 teams train and play their matches.
The complex also has two main buildings, the oldest of which is the Residence. On the first floor of this building there are fully equipped professional dressing rooms, an area for the club’s medical staff, a weight room, a gym, a hydrotherapy room and several offices for the coaching staff.
On the second floor there is a cafeteria with views over the football pitches, a kitchen and a residence that also extends to the third floor, with capacity for more than one hundred young footballers who come to Villarreal to develop into professional players. The residence hosts young players aged between 14 and 18 from across Spain and around the world. These young talents are supported by a dedicated education officer and study in Vila-real.
On the fourth floor is the first team residence, a rest area for the senior squad, where they stay the day before matches played at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Offices
The growth of Villarreal CF, however, is not limited exclusively to the sporting side of the club. In fact, the Yellow Submarine has an office building of more than 1,500 square metres located in front of the first-team training pitch, which houses the club’s management and executive departments.
From marketing, protocol and communications to the sporting director’s office and the boardroom, everything is based within a spacious, modern and functional facility. The building also includes a cafeteria for the enjoyment of Villarreal staff and even a travel agency
The first-team residence, the new home for the Yellows
The Yellows home. Inaugurated in 2018, the Villarreal residence is the normal meeting place for the first team before matches. With a superficie of nearly 1,000 squared metres, the modern facility based in the José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground has 21 bedrooms, a conference room, two living rooms and a spectacular terrace. Furthermore, this space is designed with cutting-edge material, finished to the highest quality and with technology in all bedrooms.
The residence, pioneering in European football, is in the same building as the first-team dressing room, gym and private clinic, which are on the ground floor.
YOUTH ACADEMY
In Spanish football, the residence facilities at the José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground are undoubtedly a benchmark for many top-flight clubs. In fact, some of the residences used by other major football clubs have followed the Yellow Submarine’s model down to the smallest details.
Around one hundred young players live at the Training Ground residence, spread across two floors of the building, where they have everything they need to enjoy a comfortable environment and successfully balance their football commitments with their education. The younger residents, from the U12, U14 and U16 age groups, live on the first floor, while the second floor is home to the U19 players and the coordinators, whose role is to ensure the youngsters share the space responsibly, fulfil their obligations and also make time to enjoy the leisure facilities available, including a video room, games area, library and computers with internet access. These talented young players come from all corners of Spain, as well as from countries around the world.