Dragon Park () is the Wales National Football Development Centre in the city of

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. The centre is located at the

Newport International Sports Village Newport International Sports Village is a multi-sport complex located at Lliswerry in the southeast of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. It is known locally as Spytty Park, the name coming from the original Spytty Fields on whi ...

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in the east of Newport near

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and the Wales National Velodrome. It was officially opened 20 April 2013 by

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, President of UEFA. The £5M complex was a joint venture between

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, the

Football Association of Wales The Football Association of Wales (FAW; ) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, its Wales women's national football team, correspo ...

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and

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. The Centre is intended to develop the Wales under-21, Wales women's and younger age-group squads. The centre includes two grass pitches and one

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pitch. The centre also provides headquarters for the

Welsh Football Trust The FAW Trust () (formerly known as the Welsh Football Trust) (founded 1996) is recognised as a governing body of sport in Wales by Sport Wales. It was established by the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to encourage more children in Wales to ...

, the game's development body, with analysis suites, sports science laboratories and coach education facilities.

References

{{National Football Centres 2013 establishments in Wales

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Stadiums in Newport, Wales Football venues in Wales Landmarks in Newport, Wales Football training grounds in Wales Organisations based in Newport, Wales National football academies

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