Sports Center of FAR
Sports center in Morocco
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Centre sportif des FAR (English: Sports centre of F.A.R) (Arabic: المركز الرياضي لنادي الجيش الملكي) is based in the city of Salé, adjoining the city of Rabat. This is the sports centre of the club of ASFAR.
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| Address | maâmoura B.P 794 Salé |
|---|---|
| Location | Salé, Morocco |
| Coordinates | 34.03896633°N 6.72566968°W |
| Owner | ASFAR |
| Type | Training ground |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1999 |
| Expanded | 2015-2017, 2024-2025 |
| Website | |
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The construction of the sports center, covering a total area of 40 hectares, was entrusted to Cater, and completed in 1999.[1] In 2017, the facilities of the old football training center, situated north of the center, were expanded with the establishment of a modern football academy, includes training fields, a school, and on-site accommodations.[2]
Description
Sport centre
The sports center of ASFAR extends over an area of 40 hectares, and is a comprehensive sports center for many sports. It includes a main Olympic stadium for football in natural grass, with a side amphitheater with a capacity of 600 seats, a warehouse and a dispensary, another stadium with natural grass with FIFA standards, a rectangular area for training also with natural grass, and then an administrative unit with a club museum, a hall and a cafe for the first team. The north of the center was dedicated to the ASFAR Football Academy
There is a section called the sports group for collective games in the form of tents and includes a group of sports facilities from a large covered multi-sport hall for volleyball, basketball and handball branches with a capacity of 644 seats, two Olympic swimming pools, a boxing hall, two gymnastics and wrestling halls, a taekwondo hall and another for judo, and then a strengthening hall Muscles, a tennis court with a dirt floor, a mosque, a garage, and a section of residence for a group of residences.
The sports center also has a "sports medical center" that has a heart detection unit with advanced technologies. The medical center also includes a traditional radiology and ultrasound unit, a dental surgery unit, a functional rehabilitation unit, a hydrotherapy unit (Jacuzzi and sauna), and a hall dedicated to medical dressage. And physiotherapy room, massage room, electrophoresis room and recovery room. With a medical team consisting of six sports doctors, a dentist and physiotherapists in addition to qualified trainers.[3]
ASFAR Football Academy
ASFAR Football Academy (French: ASFAR Académie de football), is a training center for football players and also includes handball and basketball players. The area of the academy is divided into two parts, with a total area of 12 hectares, parallel to the sports center of FAR in the north. It includes dozens of players who benefit from a study and sports program starting from 6 years.
The ASFAR Football Academy includes modern facilities, featuring a natural grass pitch and three artificial turf pitches designated for training and matches, in addition to two small technical training fields, a fully equipped fitness hall, and two courts for handball and basketball. The academy also houses a school equipped with advanced audiovisual systems, a lecture hall, and a center for seminars and training, as well as a hotel unit for players, a restaurant with a private kitchen, and a medical clinic for treatment and rehabilitation. The facilities further include administrative and technical sections to manage organizational and sporting affairs, along with a sports shop and a cafeteria for visitors.
In addition, ASFAR Club owns a group of other football schools in several neighborhoods of the capital, Rabat, especially in the neighborhood of Yacoub Al-Mansour, Al-Najah and the Hilton Forest in the center of the capital, and then the extension of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.[4]
Administration
| position | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Sports center manager |  Mouhcin Boutaka |
| football academy manager | Hassan Malik |
| Technical manager |   Fernando da Cruz |
| educational manager | Othman Ibrahimi |
Events
- ASFAR Football Academy hosted the matches of the men's football teams in the 2019 African Games, which was held in Morocco.