ANFA Complex

ANFA Complex is one of many ANFA football training facilities in Nepal built under FIFA's Goal Project. All together the ANFA Complex constitutes of the ANFA House (the current HQ of ANFA), an ANFA Academy, a hostel, and a football ground.Initially built as an office and hostel for youth-level players, a ground was constructed alongside the facility in order to train the players on site. The ground was then later renovated to include artificial turf for pitch durability due to Nepal's climate requiring constant pitch maintenance. In 2015, parapets was then constructed and the ground was inaugurated as a national stadium in time for the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship.ConstructionAs of 2015, there has been 4 FIFA Goal Programmes in aid of football development in Nepal.The ANFA Academy at Satdobato, ever since its establishment, has been grooming players that have seen national and international success. The Academy scouts new talents from all over the country to breed them into fine footballers. There are currently 58 youngsters living in the academy in three age groups, U-12, U-15 and U-17. ANFA also has technical centres in Chyasal, Butwal and Dharan.Due to the success of the scheme, ANFA began to build technical centers in Chyasal of Lalitpur, Butwal, Rupandehi, Sunsari and Dharan under the roof of FIFA Goal project. Similarly, ANFA has planned to open technical centers in Mid-Western and Far-Western development regions of Nepal in Future.Origins & First FIFA Goal ProjectOn 13 February 2001, the Goal Bureau approved the construction of three technical centres in Bharatpur, Baghkhor and Mechinagar. The project was financed by Goal and the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme, while the respective regional governments donated the necessary plots of land. Construction work was due to be completed by the start of 2004.