The Centro Sportivo di Collecchio, or Collecchio Sports Centre in

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Parma Calcio 1913 Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

training ground A training ground is an area where professional association football teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness. They also sometimes form part of a club's youth system, as clubs consider it important t ...

and administrative headquarters. It is located in

Collecchio Collecchio (Parmigiano: ) is a town in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located by road southwest of the centre of Parma. A major food-producing area, it is home to multinational Italian dairy and food corporation Parm ...

, a ''

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'' 15 kilometres south-west of the

Stadio Ennio Tardini Stadio Ennio Tardini, commonly referred to as just Il Tardini, is a football stadium in Parma, Italy, located near the centre of Parma, between the town centre and the city walls. It is the home of Parma Calcio 1913. The stadium was built in 19 ...

, the club's

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. It opened in 1996 and replaced the old training ground in the centre of Parma: Parco Ferrari, just south of the stadium and 200 metres due east of the Cittadella di Parma. The first team trains and plays many of their home

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es at the complex; the main exception to this is the club's season opener, which is used to present the squad for the coming year. Parma's youth teams also train at Collecchio. It also acts as the club's headquarters. In 2018, the refounded

acquired the centre from the administrator of Eventi Sportivi S.p.A., the parent company of

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

for about €3 million.

Playing facilities

The centre has seven pitches (five natural grass, one

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pitch and one smaller indoor pitch opened in February 2014). One of the five pitches has a 1,200-seat grandstand. Other facilities include changing rooms, two gyms, two physiotherapy rooms, medical offices and a swimming pool.

Administrative headquarters

On 16 December 2011, it was announced that the club's headquarters would be relocated to Collecchio from the

once construction of a new 2,150-square metre office was completed. Work was scheduled to begin in 2012 and completed by the summer of 2013. The

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6.5 million cost was to be financed by a twenty-year mortgage loan. The foundations had been laid by March 2012 and most of the exterior was in place by the end of the July. The majority of the glass façade was in place in mid-August. In a press conference on 5 September, club chairman

Tommaso Ghirardi Tommaso Ghirardi (born 10 May 1975 in Brescia) is an Italian businessman, mostly known for having served as chairman (of BoD) and owner of Italian association football club Parma F.C. from January 2007 to December 2014. His main activities are in ...

announced that the new offices should be ready in the next 10 days or so and that the building should be complete in its entirety after a further month. The complex includes several offices, meeting rooms, the media room, a restaurant, ten double rooms and two suites.

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