The Portuguese Football Federation ( FPF) has presented the details of a "Football City" to be built in Oeiras, on the outskirts of capital Lisbon, which will house the FPF's headquarters along with cutting-edge facilities for training the Portuguese national teams, the FPF said on its website on Thursday.

"The Football City has been dreamed of by many people. Part of that collective dream came true last Tuesday when we signed the contract for transfer of the land," said President of the FPF Fernando Gomes. "The Federation expects to spend 10 million euros and we have decided also to include the headquarters of our organization."

According to the statement issued on the website, 85 percent of the project will be funded through the sale of the FPF's current headquarters building as well as with funding from UEFA and FIFA of around 6 million euros. The new facilities are expected to offer the FPF significant savings on renting training areas.

"The figures give us, as on so many other occasions, a clear view of the importance of this project. In October alone, the national teams hosted 11 games and 73 training sessions," Gomes said. "In the last year there were around 752 days of training and 163 games. None of these was in our own facilities, all of them were in rented places."

The plot of land in Oeiras covers an area of 70,500 square meters and the "Football City" project along with the FPF headquarters building includes a training center, a conference center, an exhibition center as well as a technical training center and logistics center. Endite

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