Everything is ready at the Vilatenim Municipal Stadium in Figueres for the MICFootball 2023 opening ceremony. This year’s ceremony will start with the opening match: Real Madrid CF vs Albion SC San Diego at 4.30pm from U12A group C category.
Later, at 5.45pm, there will be the official opening of the tournament with a parade in the Municipal de Vilatenim, starring two players from each team, representing their countries with their own flag. This year we are visited by 344 teams from 33 countries from 5 continents, to try to win the MICFootball. After the parade, there will be a spectacular performance by the urban dance school Dance Me Figueres.
FC Barcelona and CE Mercantil will take the baton, these two will play the second match of the great party that will be lived in Figueres, from 6.30 pm. A match corresponding to the U14 category of group E.
In addition, the tickets for the ceremony are sold out and a great atmosphere is expected in the stadium, to enjoy the kick-off of the tournament. You can follow the opening of the tournament live on Esport3.
The first day of MICFootball 2023 took place at the Hotel Olympic in Lloret de Mar with the meeting of more than 300 volunteers from 17 different countries.
The day began with the presentation of the tournament by its director, Juanjo Rovira, where he emphasized the importance and value of all the volunteers to understand the success of the tournament. The event had the intervention of the coach in management and pedagogical leadership and the director of Escola la Mercè, Carlos Blanch, who focused on the human and pedagogical value of the tournament in all its aspects.
This first meeting served to create the first synergies between all the volunteers who, together with the management team, aim to ensure that this edition is remembered as the best in its history.
The 21st edition of MICFootball kicks off with the presence of 344 teams from 33 different nationalities from 5 continents, where a total of 842 matches will be played during this holy week. This coming Wednesday, the official kick-off will be given at the opening ceremony of the tournament at the Vilatenim stadium, in Figueres.
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We explain here how you can follow the day-to-day of the tournament
You will be able to follow everything related with the tournament in three different platforms: MICLive; TV channels (GOL TV, Esport3, Movistar, La Xarxa and TV Costa Brava) and our social media channels.
MICLive is the official platform to follow all the events. In this link live.micfootball.com you will have the chance to see all the schedule, the play-by-play of the games and follow your favorite team.
How can you use it? We explain you how it works in this link.
The MICFootball 2023 television grid will be wide and varied. Different matches can be seen live on television. Channels like GOL TV, Esport3 and Movistar will broadcast the matches. They can also be followed on La Xarxa and TV Costa Brava. All the matches that are broadcast on television can also be followed through our YouTube channel MICFootball.
The finals can be followed in full on YouTube.
FC Barcelona players Ansu Fati, Eric Garcia and Laia Codina were the special guests of the MICFootball 2023 presentation at the imaginCafe in Barcelona. The three football players, who once played in the tournament, are the ambassadors of the 21st edition together with the Girona FC winger Arnau Martínez.
These were his words recalling their experience at MICFootball:
ANSU FATI
“Weeks before the tournament began, we were already talking about how we wanted to win it. It was marked on the calendar. Representing your club and winning it was something unique. In the end, that Clásico was the best for us, playing against Madrid in a final was everything for us”.
ERIC GARCIA
“It was very special for us to participate. In the league you played against Catalan teams and there you met clubs from all over the world. It was spending a week focused, sharing with other teams… it was a very important date”
LAIA CODINA
“These are very special memories. I remember that it was a special moment because it was closing a cycle with Cassà, where I grew up. You have a very nice memory. It was one of my first tournaments with Barça, we reached the semifinals and it’s always a special tournament. As a Girona you live it even more. I remember spending the week going from field to field. It is an experience that is not so much about winning or losing, but about what you have left that you live that week with teammates and rivals”.
MICFootball 2023 will once again speak different languages. Teams from all over the world will come to play in the tournament that will take place from April 4 to 9 at the Costa Brava. A total of 33 countries, from 5 continents, will be represented during the championship. An international tournament that will feature teams from such picturesque countries as Uzbekistan, Mali, Dubai and Costa Rica. Teams from the United States, Brazil, Japan, Israel and China won’t miss the edition.
Here is the list of 33 countries that will be at MICFootball 2023:
Among the confirmed teams we have 10 of the 20 Spanish LaLiga clubs (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, RCD Espanyol, Club Atletico de Madrid, Valencia CF, Villarreal CF, Real Betis Balompié, Sevilla FC, Real Sociedad de Futbol and Girona FC) and other top-level continental teams, such as Manchester United FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, AC Milan, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain FC, among others.
Everything ready to enjoy the best youth football!
The schedules for MICFootball 2023, which will be held from April 4 to 9 at the Costa Brava, are now available. Around 350 teams and more than 7.000 players will enjoy an unforgettable week.
Girona FC player Arnau Martinez, who took part in the MICFootball back in 2015, was the honorary bearer of the presentation of the 21st edition of the tournament.
“It is an honor to be the godfather of this edition after having lived it from the inside”, began by saying Arnau Martínez, who played three editions of the MIC and who insists that “the experience I have had is very nice. The fact of playing against different teams that you don’t have in the league is very nice and I can only be grateful. I hope the boys enjoy themselves, it’s to have fun and build a team. It’s spectacular”.
The MIC is a different tournament since it gives many the opportunity to play against big clubs like Barça, Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United or Girona itself. “All people want to play against the best in the world. Even if you end up losing, I think it’s very good to learn from the team and rival you play against and to go with the motivation to try to beat whoever. It’s a very important fact for the boys and girls.”
Once the draw has been made, we reveal the groups for MICFootball 2023 that will be held from April 4 to 9 at the Costa Brava. Almost 350 teams divided into 9 categories!
You can watch the draw again in this link of YouTube.
Here you have the MICFootball 2023 groups:
We can confirm all the MICFootball 2023 venues. A total of 35 towns of the Costa Brava will host the 21st edition from April 5th to 9th.
Here you have the list:
U19
U18
U16
U15
U14
U13
U12A
U12B
F19
