For any grassroots football team, going on a football tour is more than just an international trip. A football tour in Spain is an opportunity to train like professionals, compete at the highest level, and bond with your team during days that end up marking a before and after for the group.
At Football Forward, we understand that every team has its own story, level, and distinct goals and preferences. That is why we design fully customised football tours in Spain tailored for academies and amateur teams from around the world who are looking for more than a simple sports trip.
Tailor-Made Football Tours in Spain
One of the aspects that truly defines and distinguishes our football tours is that no two tours in Spain are the same. Every experience is built from scratch, adapting to the team’s profile, its priorities, and what it genuinely wants to experience during its stay.
From the moment your team arrives in Spain, everything is designed so that you only need to focus on enjoying football and learning. Logistics, transfers, hotels, visits to sports facilities, and even the small day-to-day details such as leisure and cultural moments are all part of a carefully planned itinerary.
In other words: your team lives the experience while we make sure everything runs smoothly.
Competition and Training: Two Different Ways to Experience a Football Tour in Spain
Some teams arrive with a very clear objective: to compete against the best teams. For them, the tour revolves around participation in some of the most prestigious grassroots football tournaments in Europe, such as the MIC Cup, the Donosti Cup, MADCUP, or the famous Torneo TAR. In these itineraries, every detail of the trip is adapted to the competition schedule, combining pre-tournament training, friendly warm-up matches, and recovery time so the team performs at its best during the competition.
Other teams, on the other hand, are looking for an experience more focused on learning — setting aside official competition in favour of friendly matches against local teams. Without the demands of a tournament, the tour pace allows for a much deeper focus on training, better adaptation of activities, and greater flexibility each day. It is a different way to experience football — more relaxed, but equally enriching.
Train Where and How Professional Players Do
One of the most impactful moments for players is stepping onto the pitch to train under professional methodology. During the tour, teams have the opportunity to work with coaches from clubs such as FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, Girona FC, or FC Andorra at their official facilities.
It is not just about training — it is about understanding how elite football works: the intensity, the details, decision-making, and the way the game is interpreted. For many players, it is the first time they experience something like this.
Your Customised Football Tour in Spain
Design your tailor-made football tour and choose what best suits your team:
- Professional clinics: FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, Girona FC, RCD Mallorca, Andorra FC, CE Europa
- Stadium visits: FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, RCD Mallorca, or Girona FC
- Live LaLiga or UEFA Champions League matches: FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, RCD Mallorca, or Girona FC (matches available depending on the respective competition calendars)
- Cultural and tourist visits: Girona, Barcelona, Lloret de Mar
- Friendly matches against local teams
- Training sessions with professional coaches at professional facilities
Football Tours in Spain: The Importance of Friendly Matches
Regardless of the type of tour you choose for your team, friendly matches play a fundamental role. They are the setting where everything learned begins to take shape — whether as preparation for a tournament or as a direct application of the work done in training sessions with the various LaLiga clubs.
Beyond the result, these matches allow the team to measure itself, adapt, and grow within a context different from the usual, as the style of play in Spain can be very different from that of any other country.
Discovering the Surroundings: Football, Tourism, Culture and Togetherness
Although football is the main focus, the experience goes far beyond the pitch. During their stay, teams discover cities like Barcelona and Girona, stroll along the Costa Brava, and come into contact with the local culture and cuisine.
These moments are key for team bonding. It is where the group grows stronger, where shared memories are made, and where the trip takes on a dimension that transcends the sporting.
Experiencing Football from the Inside
And if the calendar allows, the experience can go one step further. Many teams have the opportunity to experience football from the stands, attending live matches from clubs such as FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol, or Girona FC. On special occasions — even coinciding with European competitions — the atmosphere turns that moment into something unforgettable.
For players, it is one of those memories that stays with them.
The goal of Football Forward Tours’ football tours in Spain is for players to grow as footballers, but above all as a group. When the organisation is impeccable and everything falls into place, they only need to worry about one thing: enjoying the journey and coming home as a much more united team — on and off the pitch.
