High performance football academy in Barcelona 2025
Professional high-performance football academy located in Barcelona offering a variety of courses throughout the year.
Available for intermediate, advanced, or elite-level players between 8 and 21 years of age.
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Overview
With over 40 years of experience, this internationally renowned professional football academy is located in Barcelona. The academy aims to shape intelligent, free, and value-driven players who can stand on their own feet and work hard towards a career in professional football.
Who are the ideal candidates?
The ideal candidates are football players who are looking for high-performance training in a competitive environment in order to reach their full potential. The academy welcomes intermediate, advanced, or elite-level students who are committed to the sport and willing to do their absolute best to improve.
Programmes Available at Barcelona High-Performance Football Academy
The academy offers short and long-term programmes throughout the year:
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Objective of short-term programmes
Barcelona Football Academy’s short-term programmes are designed to meet the following objectives:
- To achieve considerable improvement in a short amount of time thanks to highly-intensive programmes focused exclusively on football.
- To prepare for a tournament or competition.
- To get into shape for the next season.
- To access a long-term programme.
Long-term programmes
Programmes ranging from 3 or 6 months to one or several years of training. There are three options available for long-term programme students:
Boarding student: includes the sports programme, the academic programme, and full-board accommodation.
Day student: includes the sports programme and the academic programme (no accommodation).
Sport student: only includes the sports programme.
*To take part in a long-term programme, students must first be evaluated in a short-term programme.
What are Long-Term Programmes for?
- To provide the necessary training to help students make the leap to professional or semi-professional football.
- To allow students to continue their academic studies while training.
- To provide guidance on physical, psychological, technical, and tactical aspects in order to improve students’ athletic performance.
- To provide the opportunity to participate in national or international competitions attended by football club scouts.
- To get football tryouts with professional or semi-professional teams for the most prominent students.
Are you interested?
Barcelona High-Performance Academy's Professional Staff
The Barcelona Football Academy features a multidisciplinary team of professionals to ensure students receive fully comprehensive training. All staff have received specific training to ensure the correct teaching of the academy’s values and pedagogical methods. In addition to the coaching staff, the academy also has a sports psychologist, physiotherapists, and tutors to provide students with academic support.
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Academic Training
Barcelona High-Performance Football Academy offers a wide array of academic options to suit students’ needs. You can attend an educational centre in Barcelona, or you can do remote learning, studying online under the educational system of your choice (American, British, French, Mexican, or Russian). You can also choose university studies or languages.
Academy Facilities
The Barcelona football academy features state-of-the-art sports facilities that were renovated in 2021 and include several football pitches, an indoor swimming pool, and a gymnasium. In terms of accommodation, the academy has its own dormitories, one onsite and a higher-quality one just 900 metres from the academy.
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Prices
Signing up for an annual programme at a soccer academy is an excellent investment in the future.
■ Before deciding to make a significant investment and sign their child up in a football academy for a whole year, many parents prefer their children to attend a short-term programme to see if it’s the right academy for them. Besides that, the academy’s coaches will take the opportunity to assess your child’s abilities and recommend the best options for them.
■ Alternatively, as parents, you may feel confident enough in this academy and would like to sign your child up for a long-term programme.
Whatever your case may be, we invite you to fill in the form you’ll find below and we’ll get in touch with you to discuss the different enrolment options for your child.