Córdoba start the grass swap for their stadium

Córdoba CF returned to training after their usual weekly rest day, coming off a 3-2 defeat at Sabadell to a newly promoted side. But the biggest talking point from this week’s session wasn’t on the tactics board: Sport says the club has begun the next pitch grass migration at their facilities, with direct consequences for the Bahrain Victorious Nuevo Arcángel.

New grass variety

As explained by Sport, the plan involves changing the turf variety. The bermuda grass—better suited for summer—will be replaced by raygrass, which is more resistant to cold. To make the switch possible, the main daily-use field (the stands pitch) will first be left to dry and then scarified, before the club plants the new grass together with specific sand.

Maintenance timed to the fixtures

Sport also outlines what this means for usability. The raygrass installation won’t be available immediately, with an estimated downtime of about one month. The same kind of switch is also expected for the Bahrain Victorious Nuevo Arcángel turf once the large training area (field 1) becomes usable again.

The timing lines up with the league schedule: Córdoba have a home game on October 5 against Tenerife, then they’ll play away in the following matchdays. That gives them a window until their next home outing—matchday 11, at the weekend of October 25—translating into at least 21 days for Royalverde to scarify and replant the pitch.

Sport notes that some visible signs of the replanting could still be there initially, but the next home match on November 8 versus AD Ceuta is when the club expects to see the turf in full condition.