Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti

Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti

Interello
Address	Via Camillo Sbarbaro, 5
Location	Milan
Operator	FC Internazionale Milano
Type	Football training facility

Giacinto Facchetti Sports Centre (in Italian: Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti), currently known as KONAMI Youth Development Centre in memory of Giacinto Facchetti for sponsorship reasons, is a football training facility, located in Milan. The facility is commonly known as Interello. ^[1]

The centre is used for the matches and training for that of the Inter Milan youth sector and that of the women's team. ^[2]

Naming rights

In 2006 the centre was named in honour of Giacinto Facchetti, a legend of the Grande Inter . ^[3] In 2016, it was renamed Suning Youth Development Centre in memory of Giacinto Facchetti (in Italian: Centro di Formazione Suning in memoria di Giacinto Facchetti) for sponsorship reason. ^[4]

In 2022, the centre changed name, with KONAMI acquiring the naming rights; it has since become known as the KONAMI Youth Development Centre in memory of Giacinto Facchetti. ^[5]

Training complex

The training area includes: ^[6]

• six synthetic grass training fields;
• one natural grass training field for the goalkeepers training;
• one natural grass training field for recovering from injuries;
• a "cage"
• a guesthouse;
• a gym for heating and muscle building;
• a medical room;
• ten locker rooms;
• a clubhouse;
• warehouses and offices.

References

1. "Interello cambia nome" (in Italian). 4 August 2022.
2. "Inter Women, comincia la stagione 2024/25: primo allenamento a Interello" (in Italian). 23 July 2024.
3. "Facchetti jr: 'Il cambio di nome di Interello? Si salva il ricordo, ma a volte la storia è un ingombro'" (in Italian). 20 December 2016.
4. "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 9 August 2024.
5. "Inter e KONAMI annunciano una nuova ed esclusiva partnership globale pluriennale" (Press release) (in Italian). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
6. "Milano, i lavori al centro di formazione giovanile dell'Inter" (in Italian). 16 February 2023.

External links

• Centro Sportivo Interello "Giacinto Facchetti"