The modern and highly effective complex dreamed up by Michel Hidalgo took more than 10 years to take shape and would never have been possible without the dermination of Robert Louis-Dreyfus to ensure OM’s long-term future. In July 1991, OM’s professional players inaugurated the municipal pitches at the Commanderie, leaving behind the facilities at Luminy, du Cesne and Saint Menet. The project endowed OM with a training centre on par with the club’s lofty ambitions.
In 2002 the training centre was transformed into a high-performance tool adapted to the needs of professional players. In January 2005, Olympique de Marseille brought together in a new building all its administrative and media services, notably the set of OMtv and the operation centre for the club’s website. Situated in Marseille but surrounded by greenery, the Commanderie is now a bustling community where around 80 people work every day.
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In an area of 9.5 hectares, Olympique de Marseille has at its disposal :
40,000 m² of playing fields
1 x 8,800 m² grass playing field
1 x 12,600 m² grass playing field
1 x 8,800 m² synthetic playing field
1 x 7,800 m² synthetic training-specific pitch featuring a 5-lane athletics track equipped with photo-electric cells
1 x 1,200 m² training ground reserved for technical exercises involving speed, power, resistance and individual technique
Huge buildings brought together
4 x dressing rooms for the Youth Academy youngsters (CFA, 18 years Nationals, 16 years Nationals and 14 years Federals)
1 x therapy area, massage room, sauna/steam room and a hydrotherapy pool
1 x weights room, 1 ultra modern video room
The offices of the Sporting Directors, a clubhouse
1 x change room with 33 places for the first team in which each player has the same number for his shirt, locker and parking space.
1 x 1870 m² administrative building on 2 floors, comprising all the club’s services, including the media (OMTV, OM.net, OM Mag)
1 x 170 m² building for the Youth Academy including a press centre and a 60-seat amphitheatre (as well as an interpreter and interview box)
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