Arsenal to revisit Styria for preseason camp

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English Arsenal confirmed it will be returning to the spa resorts in the Austrian Alps, which is their base for preseason camp for the sixth consecutive summer.

Arsenal will take a week-long training trip to Styria province in south-east Austria, starting on 21 July.

The club is already scheduled for its first friendly match against Hungarian club Szombathely on 22 Jul, while a second match against Burgenland XI, a local Styrian club, is planed for 28 Jul.

Around 30 European clubs are already booked for preseason camps in the region through International Football Camps Styria (IFCS), a company fully owned and run by the local government of Styria.

IFCS was established nearly 10 years ago as a cooperation between the Styria Tourism and Sports ministries, in a joint bid to bring Europe's top football clubs to the region.

Beside of being responsible for the domestic preseason camps of Austrian Red Bull Salzburg, SK Rapid and Sturm Graz, IFCS will also host this summer Spanish Real Madrid, English Coventry City, Southampton, Bolton Wanderers and Stock City, Italian Napoli, German Schalke 04, Herta BSC, 1860 Munich, Turkish Besiktas and Greek Panathinaikos.