Benfica Campus
Benfica Campus (formerly Caixa Futebol Campus), also known as centro de estágio e formação do Seixal, is the training ground and youth academy of Portuguese football club Benfica. Having nine pitches (three of synthetic turf), including the main one with 2,721 seats – Benfica B's home ground – the training centre is used by Benfica's first-team, the reserves, and youth levels such as the under-19s. Located in Seixal, Benfica Campus opened on 22 September 2006 and was sponsored by Caixa Geral de Depósitos until September 2019.
Centro de estágio e formação do Seixal | |
Scale model of the training centre | |
| Full name | Benfica Campus |
|---|---|
| Former names | Caixa Futebol Campus (2006–2019) |
| Address | Benfica Campus, Quinta da Trindade, 2840-600 |
| Location | Seixal, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38°38′26″N 09°05′31″W |
| Owner | S.L. Benfica |
| Operator | S.L. Benfica SAD |
| Capacity | 2,721 (1,533 covered seats) |
| Acreage | 46.95 |
| Surface | Grass (6) Synthetic turf (3) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | January 2000 |
| Built | 2003–2005 |
| Opened | 22 September 2006 |
| Expanded | 2013–2014, 2017–2019 |
| Construction cost | €15,000,000 |
| Architect | Pedro George Isabel Pessoa |
| Builder | Britalar |
| Tenants | |
| Benfica (training ground) Benfica B Benfica women's Benfica (youth) | |
| Website | |
| Benfica Campus | |
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