A national football centre (NFC) (or soccer institute) is the facilities that host an education base for a national football association. The

Canadian Soccer Association The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides ...

has a series of "national training centres" in each province where prospective football players are invited to be coached by professional coaches.

The Football Association The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the ...

of England operates the St George's Park National Football Centre. The

French Football Federation The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments ( Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion), the over ...

has the acclaimed Clairefontaine institute and several other regional academies which attempt to locate the more talented players at an early age, other sites include: * Centre Régional Accueil Formation de Liévin * Centre Régional Technique Georges Favre * Centre Technique Régional Henri Guérin * CREPS Aix-en-Provence * CREPS Bourgogne Dijon * CREPS Plaine des Cafres * CREPS Reims * CREPS Vichy Auvergne The German Football Association opened its new headquarters and central training campus in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

in June 2022.

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