• Wembley Stadium

    Wembley Stadium

    Wembley Stadium is, after Camp Nou, the second largest stadium in Europe and the standard playing venue of the English national team. It also hosts, among others, the annual League Cup final, [...]

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  • San Siro

    San Siro

    Stadio San Siro, officially called Stadio Guiseppe Meazza, is the home of Milan clubs AC Milan and FC Internazionale. The stadium has a capacity of 80,018 seats. The construction of the stadium [...]

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  • Old Trafford

    Old Trafford

    Old Trafford is the second largest stadium in England and home to Manchester United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 75,811 seats. In the first decade of the 20th century Manchester [...]

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  • Luzhniki Stadium

    Luzhniki Stadium

    Luzhniki Stadium is the home stadium of FC Spartak Moscow. With a capacity of 84,735 seats it is the largest stadium in Russia and one of the largest in Europe. After the [...]

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  • Camp Nou

    Camp Nou

    Camp Nou is the largest football stadium in Europe and home to FC Barcelona. It has a capacity of 99,354 seats. Camp Nou was built between 1954 and 1957, and officially opened [...]

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  • Estádio Municipal de Braga

    Estádio Municipal de Braga

    Estádio Municipal de Braga, since 2007 unofficially renamed Estádio AXA, is the distinctive stadium of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,154 seats. The stadium, designed by Portuguese architect [...]

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  • Stamford Bridge

    Stamford Bridge

    Stamford Bridge is one of the oldest stadiums in England and home to Chelsea FC. It has a current capacity of 41,837 seats. The stadium officially opened on the 28th of April [...]

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  • Ibrox Stadium

    Ibrox Stadium

    Ibrox has been the home of Rangers FC for over a century. It currently holds a capacity of 51,082 seats. Rangers FC moved to the current Ibrox in 1899, leaving behind the [...]

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  • Anfield

    Anfield

    Anfield is one of the oldest grounds in England and home of Liverpool FC. It has a capacity of 45,522 seats. After Anfield opened in 1884 it got initially rented by Everton [...]

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  • Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

    Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

    Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is the third largest stadium of Europe and home to Real Madrid CF. It currently has a capacity of 85,454 seats. In the early decades of the 20th century [...]

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  • Celtic Park

    Celtic Park

    Celtic Park is the largest football stadium of Scotland and home to Celtic FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 60,500 seats. The club moved to the current Celtic Park in [...]

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  • Petrovsky Stadium

    Petrovsky Stadium

    Petrovsky Stadium is the home stadium of FC Zenit. It has a capacity of 22,025 seats. Petrovsky Stadium got built in 1925, and opened on the 26th of July of that year. [...]

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  • Estádio José Alvalade

    Estádio José Alvalade

    Estádio José Alvalade is the home stadium of Sporting Clube do Portugal. It has a capacity of 50,049 seats. Construction of the stadium began in 2001 and finished in August 2003. The [...]

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  • St James’ Park (Sports Direct Arena)

    St James’ Park (Sports Direct Arena)

    St James’ Park, currently temporarily renamed Sports Direct Arena, is the home of Newcastle United FC. It is the fourth largest stadium in England with a capacity of 52,339 seats, and has [...]

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  • Signal Iduna Park

    Signal Iduna Park

    Signal Iduna Park, before 2005 called Westfalenstadion, is the largest stadium of Germany with a capacity of 80,720, of which 25,000 standing places. Borussia Dortmund plays its home matches at the stadium, [...]

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  • PGE Arena Gdańsk

    PGE Arena Gdańsk

    The PGE Arena is the recently built home stadium of Lechia Gdańsk, and one of the playing venues during Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 42,105 seats. The PGE Arena [...]

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  • Amsterdam ArenA

    Amsterdam ArenA

    The Amsterdam ArenA has been the home of AFC Ajax since 1996. It is the largest stadium of the Netherlands with a capacity of 52,960 seats. In the early 90s Ajax’s former [...]

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York City given go-ahead for new community stadium

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York City given go-ahead for new community stadium The planning committee of the City of York Council has approved York City’s Community Stadium plans in a 11-4 vote. The vote comes as great news for the club, who also secured promotion to the Football League last Sunday by beating Luton [...]

US Embassy denies blocking Chelsea stadium bid

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US Embassy denies blocking Chelsea stadium bid The London US Embassy has stated not to have any problems with Chelsea building a new stadium at the Battersea Power Station site. Earlier, The Sun had reported that diplomats thought the idea of thousands of people walking by the planned new [...]

Cruijff promises Chivas will prosper on natural grass

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Cruijff promises Chivas will prosper on natural grass Johan Cruijff is increasingly leaving his mark on Mexican club Club Deportivo Guadalajara, more commonly known as Chivas. The Dutch legend was hired in February to serve as the sports adviser of the club, and, after first changing the coaching staff, has [...]

Dutch rivals vie for stadium expansion

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Dutch rivals vie for stadium expansion Whereas most Dutch clubs are already playing in new or redeveloped stadiums, there is still some activity in the east of Holland. Twente’s Grolsch Veste got expanded, Heracles Almelo is planning a new stadium, and De Graafschap long played with the idea [...]

Monthly Construction Update

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Monthly Construction Update Following up on the first monthly construction update we published last month, we again take a look at a series of stadiums that are currently under construction. You can find last month’s update here. We start with the all but completed Grand [...]

Brescia Desperate for New Stadium

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Brescia Desperate for New Stadium Over ten years ago Brescia Calcio presented their first plans for the construction of a new stadium. Now, ten years later, most fans have long ago detached themselves from their dream and accepted that a new stadium will never come. Others, though, [...]

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Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium

Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium

On Saturday the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium, the BBVA Compass Stadium, officially opened with a match between the Dynamo and DC United. The Dynamo celebrated the opening with a 1-0 win over the visitors from Washington DC. The BBVA Compass Stadium is [...]

Quick News Round-Up

Quick News Round-Up

We have collected some recent stadium news that did not warrant their own post, but are of interest anyway. Included are Bristol City’s Ashton Vale project, Liverpool’s and Chelsea’s stadium plans, Napoli’s ambitious major De Magistris, and a Danish stadium study.

Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium

Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium

Boca Juniors president Daniel Angelici has confirmed that the club is currently looking into the options of building a new stadium. The president did this in a radio interview while in Spain looking for investors in the club. He right away went into further detail [...]

BBVA Compass Stadium Warms Up for Official Opening

BBVA Compass Stadium Warms Up for Official Opening

Last Saturday Houston Dynamo’s new BBVA Compass Stadium for the first time opened its doors for the players, media and fans. About 2,000 Dynamo supporters showed up for a training session of the team that was accompanied by a ribbon cutting and various speeches. The training session was a prelude [...]

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Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster

Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster

No matches were played in Ligue 1 last Saturday. Instead the league commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Furiani stadium disaster which took the lives of 18 fans and injured hundreds more. The lead up to the disaster starts on the 22nd of April 1992. SC Bastia, from the football-mad [...]

The Stadiums that Could Have Been

The Stadiums that Could Have Been

Building a new football stadium is no easy task. It usually starts with an ambitious chairman enthusiastically announcing the plans, but all too often ends in frustration and sometimes resignation. Though in the end most stadium proposals manage to overcome [...]

The Road to Euro 2012 – and the Stadiums

The Road to Euro 2012 – and the Stadiums

There are less than 40 days to go before the start of Euro 2012, but instead of looking ahead, we are taking the opportunity to look back. Because when on the 8th of June Poland and Greece kick-off the tournament, most people will have all but forgotten about what went [...]

Estádio Independência Ready for a New Chapter in its History

Estádio Independência Ready for a New Chapter in its History

Estádio Independência, home of América Futebol Clube, is likely not a football stadium that will ring a bell among many football fans. And even in its own city of Belo Horizonte, a good 400 kilometres north of Rio de Janeiro, it gets eclipsed by the larger and more famous Mineirão. [...]

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Weekly Attendance Report

Weekly Attendance Report

This attendance report will be the next-to-last of the season. After all, there are only a few more matches to play in most major leagues. We will then dedicate a few articles to some in-depth analyses of the attendances around Europe this season. But first, let’s have a look at [...]

Weekly Attendance Report

Weekly Attendance Report

This week’s attendance report has come out slightly later than normal as we decided to include both the weekend’s and the mid-week’s playing. We’ve also decided to make the attendance report a biweekly feature (i.e. once every two weeks), which means that the next one come out in a week-and-a-half. [...]

Your Guide to the Cup Finals

Your Guide to the Cup Finals

It’s almost that time of the season again. The end is nearing which also means that Europe’s domestic cup competitions are coming to a conclusion. Belgian’s cup final has already been played and this weekend it’s the turn of the Dutch. Though other tournaments are still in the semi-final or [...]

Weekly Attendance Report

Weekly Attendance Report

From now on we will provide you every Monday evening with a report of the attendances of Europe’s major leagues (and soon the Major League Soccer). This report will generally be published on Monday evening, depending on what matches are still to be played. Here’s our first, discussing this weekend’s [...]

Recently added stadiums

Columbus Crew Stadium

Columbus Crew Stadium

Columbus Crew Stadium is the home of the Columbus Crew. The stadium has a capacity of 20,145 seats. Columbus Crew Stadium was the first soccer-specific stadium of the Major League Soccer. It opened on the 15th of May 1999 with a match between the Columbus Crew and New England Revolution. [...]

Alfheim Stadion

Alfheim Stadion

Alfheim Stadion is the home of Tromsø IL. The stadium has a capacity of 6,859, of which 200 standing places. Alfheim Stadion opened on the 18th of July 1987. The stadium consists of two covered stands at both long ends and one small uncovered stand at one of the short [...]

Borås Arena

Borås Arena

The Borås Arena is the home of IF Elfsborg and lower-league team Norrby IF. The stadium has a capacity of 16,284, of which about 6,000 standing places. Construction of the Borås Arena began in December 2003 and lasted until early 2005. The stadium officially opened on the 17th of April [...]

Nissan Stadium

Nissan Stadium

The Nissan Stadium, also known as International Stadium Yokohama, is the largest stadium of Japan and the home of Yokohama F. Marinos. The stadium has a capacity of 72,327 seats divided over two tiers. Plans for the construction of the stadium were made in the early 1990s and construction began [...]