La Manga Club's appeal as a world-class destination for football's biggest names is stronger than ever, with more than 70 clubs from 19 different countries ready to make their way to the famous Spanish resort for warm-weather training camps this winter.

Seventy-five men's and women's teams from across Europe and beyond are set to visit the award-winning Murcia resort between now and the end of March to take advantage of the chance to train under sunny skies.

Heading the list of top clubs who will be using La Manga Club's outstanding football facilities will be runaway Ukrainian league leaders Shakhtar Donetsk and Mark Sampson's England Women's team, who will step up their preparations for Euro 17 when they visit from January 16-25.

RSC Anderlecht will be staying at the resort a week earlier and will use their trip to boost their challenge for the Belgian Pro League title and UEFA Europa League, while Dinamo Zagreb, SC Heerenveen, Legia Warsaw and CSKA Sofia are among the other leading names set to enjoy training breaks over the next two months.

The USA Women's Under-23 team will bring an added international flavour together with a wide array of top Scandinavian sides – including 21 from Norway.

And La Manga Club will also give a glimpse to the future over the winter by hosting some of Europe's best up-and-coming men's and ladies' players, including the U17 men's teams from Germany, Norway, Hungary, Poland and Sweden and U23 women's sides from England, Germany, Italy and Scotland.

With extensive facilities including eight FIFA-approved grass pitches, La Manga Club has made a name for itself as a first-choice destination for warm-weather football training breaks.

A collection of the game's biggest names including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United are among the clubs to have recently used the resort, while the venue also hosted the 2016 Mundiavocat - football's World Cup for lawyers featuring more than 100 teams from 38 countries – earlier this year.

As well as its football training amenities, the resort boasts a fully-equipped gym and indoor swimming pool, ideal for recovery sessions; a host of rooms and spaces to cater for tactical meetings, private team dining and a new High Performance Sports Centre, where players can use the most advanced technology possible to study all aspects of their health and training programmes.

Set in 1,400 acres, the award-winning venue is also the official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and offers unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

For more information, go to www.lamangaclub.com. 

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La Manga Club

La Manga Club – www.lamangaclub.com – is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante. 

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three 18-hole golf courses, extensive practice facilities, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2019. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than four decades of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has been voted 'Best Golf Hotel/Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last five years and was named 'Best Golf Hotel in Spain' at the 2014 and 2015 World Golf Awards. La Manga Club has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.

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For more information on La Manga Club contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com