Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti

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Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti
Pinetina
Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti
Location Appiano Gentile
Owner FC Internazionale Milano
Type Football training facility
Capacity 300
Construction
Built1960
Opened1962

Angelo Moratti Sports Centre (in Italian: Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti), currently known as BPER Training Centre in Memory of Angelo Moratti for sponsorship reasons, [1] is a football training facility, owned by Inter Milan. The training ground is placed on the outside of Appiano Gentile, a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Milan and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southwest of Como. [2] The facility is commonly known as the Pinetina. [3] [4]

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The centre is used as a training ground for the Inter Milan men's team.

History

The construction work for the training ground started in 1960 under the Great Inter chairman Angelo Moratti and coach Helenio Herrera. The facility was ready for the 1961–62 season, and has been used uninterruptedly by Inter Milan since then. [2] [3] [5]

In 2016, the centre was renamed Suning Training Centre in Memory of Angelo Moratti (in Italian: Centro Sportivo Suning in memoria di Angelo Moratti) for sponsorship reason. [6]

In 2024, the centre changed name after Suning relinquished the ownership of the club, with BPER Banca acquiring the naming rights; it has since become known as the BPER Training Centre in Memory of Angelo Moratti. [1]

Training complex

The training area includes: [2]

The media center includes: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "BPER acquires training centre naming rights and becomes training sleeve partner" (Press release). Inter Milan. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti". Inter.it. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. 1 2 Piva, Gianni (14 November 2009). "Il primo fu Il Mago, Orrico portò la gabbia". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Inter, la Pinetina intitolata a Suning. Per Moratti e Facchetti solo una menzione". Tuttosport (in Italian). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Photos: Helenio Herrera - at home in Appiano Gentile". Inter.it. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Comunicato di F.C. Internazionale". Inter.it (Press release) (in Italian). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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