ESEM's winter training camp season in Spain and Portugal has just come to an end and we can look back at four successful projects in Marbella and the Algarve.

Top Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow visited Spain for two two-week training camps in Marbella, during which the team played friendly matches against UD Marbella, Sparta Prague, Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalurg Donetsk, Malmö FF, Dynamo Kiev, Brondby Copenhagen, Gefle IF and FC Mika.

Ukrainian Champions Dynamo Kiev visited Portugal for twelve days in early Februar, when the team stayed in Vale do Lobo on the Algarve, playing friendly matches against the Glenn Hoddle Academy, Portuguese top 2nd division team Portimonsense, Burnley FC from the English Premier League and Polish side Wisla Krakow. After a short break in Kiev, the squad returned to the Iberian peninsular for another training camp in Marbella, where the team played matches against Lokomotiv Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg.

ESEM's motto 'Part of your team' was again evident at all times, with the teams being assisted throughout their stays by our experienced and ever present project managers and teams, who monitored all arrangements at the hotels and training venues, organised the various friendly matches and arranged additional airport transfers, individual flight bookings, hospital visits and treatments etc. - therefore allowing the team and management of the clubs to totally focus on the preparation for their upcoming season.