Paneuropean 2022

A Coruña Fillos de Breogán are delighted to be the hosts of the Paneuropean Football Championships 2022, that will take place 15th October in A Coruña. Here you can find useful information about the city, how to get here, accommodation and any other details of the tournament.

Do you have any questions? Please send us an email to chairperson.acoruna.europe@gaa.ie and we will try to help you.

The city of A Coruña

Travelling to A Coruña

A Coruña is in the Northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula. There are three airports in Galicia which you can fly to, and you can also arrive there by bus or by train:

    • Flying to A Coruña Airport. A Coruña Airport has a few international flights (London, Paris) and it is also connected with the main Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Bilbao, Valencia).
  • Travelling by train. There is a good connection by train with Madrid, it takes less than 4 hours to get to A Coruña from there.
  • Flying to Santiago Airport. The Rosalía de Castro Airport is the main airport in Galicia, with many international connections, as well as national flights to the most important cities in Spain. There are a couple of buses (operated by Monbus) that go to A Coruña and Santiago Airport every day, and another option is by train. If you choose the train then you can use the public bus to get from or to the train station (bus stop is Rúa do Hórreo, 23).
  • Flying to Vigo Airport. Vigo Airport mostly has national connections. Once there, the train is the best option to get to A Coruña (it takes around 1 h 30 min).
  • Flying to Madrid Airport. For those of you who cannot get to the Galician airports, we recommend travelling via Madrid. Once there you can take the metro or the Cercanías to get to Chamartín train station, and there are many trains per day from there to A Coruña.
  • Flying to Porto Airport. Porto has a big airport with many connections, just like Madrid, but connection via train is not recommended. If you decide to fly to Porto there are buses operated by Flixbus that can take you to A Coruña, it will take you 5 or more hours.

Getting around the city

  • Public transport (bus). The ticket costs 1.20€ and should be purchased on the bus. The lines can be seen on Google Maps, so you can use it to find out how to get from one place to another by bus. You will easily recognize the city buses by their bright red colour.
  • Bicycle. There is a public network of bicycles in A Coruña called Bicicoruña (there is no English version of the site yet) that can be used by visitors paying a fee of 10€ and then a fixed price per minute. There are also some places where you can rent a bike (for example, Eco-Lógica).
  • Car. A Coruña is a small city and parking is not very easy, so we encourage the use of public transport or other more ecological options. If you choose to get around by car anyway be careful when driving in the city centre, as there are some streets where traffic is restricted and you can get fined by a camera system!
  • Walk. If your hotel is in the city centre you can walk to most of the places of interest.

Accommodation

We have negotiated discount rates for the Paneuropean with several hotels in A Coruña:

  • Eurostars hotels:
    • Available hotels:
      • Eurostars Cidade da Coruña (Rúa Juan Sebastián Elcano, 13, 15002 A Coruña).
      • Eurostars Atlántico (Av. Jardines de Méndez Núñez, s/n, 15006 A Coruña).
      • Exe Coruña (Rúa Ramón y Cajal, 53, 15006 A Coruña).
      • Eurostars Blue Coruña (Rúa Juana de Vega, 7, A, 15004 A Coruña).
    • Please send an email to chairperson.acoruna.europe@gaa.ie to request your discount code for Eurostars hotels, and then make your reservation on their website.
    • If you plan to reserve five or more rooms contact the hotel directly instead of reaching them on their website so you can obtain a group discount.
    • The code will only be valid if you make your reservation before September 20th.
    • The code is only valid for reservations for October 14th and October 15th.
  • Alda hotels:
    • Available hotels:
    • Please send an email to chairperson.acoruna.europe@gaa.ie to request your discount code for Alda hotels, and then make your reservation on the websites indicated above.
    • The code is valid for reservations between October 12th and October 16th.
  • Hotel Nido (R. San Andrés, 146, 15003 A Coruña):
    • Discounted prices are offered to Pan-European participants for single, double and triple rooms, with or without breakfast.
    • Contact Hotel Nido via telephone (+34 981 21 32 01) or on their website, and don’t forget to tell them that you’re a participant of the Pan-European 2022 so they offer you the discount rate.
  • Hotel Maycar (R. San Andrés, 159, 15003 A Coruña):
    • Discounted prices are offered to Pan-European participants for single, double and triple rooms.
    • Contact Hotel Maycar via telephone (+34 981 22 56 00) or on their website, and don’t forget to tell them that you’re a participant of the Pan-European 2022 so they offer you the discount rate.

The tournament

Pitches

The tournament will take place in seven different fields that are located in different parts of the city:

  • Cidade Deportiva Arsenio Iglesias. This sports centre, located next to the World Heritage monument Tower of Hércules, will be the main scenario of the Paneuropean finals. Four pitches are reserved there for the event the whole day.
  • San Pedro de Visma. Two more pitches are available in the area of Visma, and a bus service will be provided by the organisers to make any necessary transfers easier.
  • Elviña Stadium. This is the stadium of the University of A Coruña, and is located at Campus de Elviña. This will (almost certainly) be the scenario of the main finals. Unlike the other fields, which are artificial turf, the Elviña Stadium has natural grass.

Fixtures

Here you can find the timetables for all the categories:

Planning Pan-Euro V5

Transportation

Buses will be provided by the organization to take all the players from their pitches to the location where the finals will take place. The buses will also take the players to the city center after the finals and the award ceremony.

Player fees

These are the player fees for the tournament:

  • Registration fee: €15 (mandatory).
  • Lunch pack: €5 (optional).
  • Dinner: €20 (optional).

The clubs must pay a deposit of €100 (deposit) + €20 (GGE fees) per team before 15th September. Please contact chairperson.acoruna.europe@gaa.ie to request the payment information or check the email that was sent for this purpose by Secretary Europe.

Note that the deposit will only be refundable if the refund is requested before the deadline for deposit payment (15th September).

Please send a receipt of your payment to chairperson.acoruna.europe@gaa.ie, and do not hesitate to send any doubts to that email address.

Example

As an example, imagine a club is planning to send 2 teams with 10 players each (20 players), where all of them want the lunch pack but only 10 of them want to attend the dinner:

  • The club pays a deposit of (€100 + €20)x2 = €240 before 15th September.
  • The fees the club need to pay are €15×20 (registration fee) + €5×20 (lunch) + €20×10 (dinner) = €600. The club has already paid a deposit of €100×2=€200, therefore they need to transfer €600 (fees) – €200 (deposit) = €400 before 1st October.

Timeline

Here’s the timeline for deposit and player fees payments:

  • 26th August → deposit payment starts
  • 15th September → deadline for deposit payment
  • 1st October → deadline for fees payment
  • 15th October → Pan-European 2022

Lunch

Lunch packs will include the following:

    • Sandwich.
    • Cereals bar.
    • Two fruits.
    • Isotonic drink.

Dinner

Dinner will take place at 21:00 at two different venues:

Tickets will be given to each team with the name and address of the restaurant they have to go to.

After dinner both groups will gather together at Tío Ovidio (Rúa Orzán, 89, 15003 A Coruña).

Open this map for a step-by-step view of the day: