FC Barcelona To Start Football Camp In Delhi

Barcelona are set to become the latest European club to make a foray into the Indian market after agreeing to a partnership with Conscient Football.

Barcelona have become the latest European club to make a foray into the Indian market as they have launched their football camp “FCBEscola” in association with Conscient Football. They will start their first Indian football training camps in Delhi & Gurgaon from December 30, 2011 onwards.

Around 300 participants from across the city will be trained at two centres – The British School, Delhi and The Heritage School, Gurgaon. Camp at the British School will be held from December 30, 2011 - January 04, 2012 and at The Heritage School it will be held from January 06 - January 10, 2012.

They will launch a 5 days intensive coaching camps with 15 hours of training given to each participant. Scientifically developed, the training program is divided into three segments – Introduction, Pre-Training, and Training for youth in the age groups of 6–17 with the objective to provide world-class training to unearth future world stars.

The 5 day camp will take place on the pitch and in the classroom and will focus on the technical, tactical and off-the-pitch tools necessary to succeed in football.

Announcing the Camp schedule, Anupama Jain, Director – Conscient Football, said, “The initial two camps will be held under the guidance of Joseph Moratalla and we hope that they will be a great start to the project and we will be able to grow them pan India very soon. We have already received interest from many other cities which clearly shows the popularity of football in India.”

Ex-Barcelona player and now coach at FCBEscola Joseph Moratalla will be the head coach at the camps. He will be assisted by 2 Spanish coaches, 6 coaches from Conscient Football and 6 assistants. The participants will be divided in following groups - Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 17.