ORIAM

The jewel in the crown of Scottish sport

Oriam is Scotland’s National Performance Centre.  The concept for the world class Oriam facility came from the findings of the McLeish report into Scottish football, which highlighted the need to provide a focal point for sporting excellence within the country.  Located within the Riccarton campus at Edinburgh’s Heriot Watt University, the £33million facility is home to a vast array of Scottish FA activities and home to their coach education programme.

World-class facilities

Designed to provide an inspirational environment for top athletes, Oriam opened in August 2016 and has set a new standard for facilities within Scotland including a FIFA-accredited indoor synthetic pitch with a viewing area that can seat 500 people. The pitch is the largest of its kind in Europe and has direct access to state of the art dressing rooms, hydrotherapy pool, a rehabilitation area and gym area for strength and conditioning.

In addition to the indoor pitch Oriam offers various synthetic and natural outdoor fields including an exact replica of the Hampden Park which has dimensions of 116 by 76 yards.  Due to the high quality of the facilities it has been used by the national squad for training camps across all ages and has hosted matches including an international tournament at under-16 level.

Working to improve Scottish sport

In additional the Scottish FA, the Scottish Rugby Union also uses Oriam as their home of performance and the facilities are regularly used by the likes of Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian FC, Edinburgh Rugby and even English Premiership football teams for their pre-season training.

Oriam is also home to the Scottish FA's South East regional office which supports the wide range of football development activities that take place across Edinburgh and the wider south east of Scotland on an ongoing basis. Sharing that space is a performance department hub, offering staff important administrative facilities to support both national squad training and matches when these are taking place, as well as the day to day work of the performance department staff who are based beyond Hampden.