Benfica Campus (formerly Caixa Futebol Campus), also known as , is the

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and

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of Portuguese football club Benfica. Having nine pitches (three of

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), including the main one with 2,721 seats – Benfica B's home ground – the training centre is used by Benfica's first-team, the reserves, and youth levels such as the under-19s. Located in

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, Benfica Campus opened on 22 September 2006 and was sponsored by

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until September 2019.

Infrastructure

Benfica Campus has a building consisting of a hotel with a capacity of 86 rooms, due to having the club's youth academy embedded in it. Moreover, it has two gyms, three physiotherapy rooms, 28 locker rooms, two cafeterias, two auditoriums, swimming pools, jacuzzis, sauna, and so on. After Benfica TV was launched in 2008, it gained a TV studio as well (the channel's second). The infrastructure was expanded to accommodate all Benfica youth levels and, in particular, the Benfica B team. A new stand with 1,188 seats was constructed at the main field, increasing the latter's overall capacity to a maximum of 2,708 – thus surpassing the minimum required by

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. In addition, a presidential box was created, and some changes were made to the press area, the control room, the tourniquets location, and the sector for supporters of visiting teams. The new stand was inaugurated on 1 December 2013. As part of the training centre's expansion, its total area was increased from 15 to 19 hectares and, among other changes, three new pitches were created, one of them with a capacity of 604.

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Benfica Campus Benfica Campus (formerly Caixa Futebol Campus), also known as , is the training ground and youth academy of Portuguese football club Benfica. Having nine pitches (three of synthetic turf), including the main one with 2,721 seats – Benfica B' ...

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