The Juventus Stadium is the recently completed new stadium of Juventus FC. It offers a capacity of 41,000, of which 3,600 premium seats. The Juventus Stadium replaced Juventus’ old stadium, Stadio Delle Alpi, where the club had only been playing since 1990. Delle Alpi had however always been a source [...]
The Karalis Arena, also referred to as Stadio Elmas, is the planned new home of Cagliari Calcio. The project is currently in an advanced planning stage. Cagliari Calcio has been looking to build a new stadium for the last five years as its present stadium Stadio Sant’Elia, once hosting several [...]
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 was a project of Milan president Piero Pirelli, and after a building period of a little over a [...]
Stadio Alberto Braglia is the home of Modena FC and has been the temporary home of Sassuolo Calcio since 2008. The stadium has a capacity of 21,151 seats. Stadio Alberto Braglia opened on the 11th of October 1936 with a match between Modena and Cremonese (0-0). The stadium was first [...]
Stadio Angelo Massimio, also called Stadio Cibali, is the home of Catania Calcio. The stadium is currently estimated to have a capacity of 23,420 seats. The stadium got built in 1937, and opened on the 27th of November of that year with a league match between Catania and Foggia. Since [...]
Stadio Artemio Franchi is the home of ACF Fiorentina. It offers a capacity of 47,282. The stadium was constructed between 1930 and 1932, and officially opened on the 13th of September 1931 with a match between Fiorentina and Admira Wien (1-0). The stadium was renovated in the years before the [...]
Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena is the home of AC Siena. The stadium has a capacity of 15,373 seats. Stadio Artemio Franchi opened on the 8th of December 1938 with a friendly match between Siena and Empoli. The stadium was initially simply called Stadio Comunale, and only received its [...]
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia is the home of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio. It currently offers a capacity of 26,562 seats. The stadium was built in 1928, officially opened on the 23rd of December of that year, and originally went by the name of Mario Brumana. The stadium could originally hold 12,000 [...]
Stadio Carlo Castellani is the home of Empoli FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. Construction started in 1963 and was completed about two years later. Stadio Carlo Castellani officially opened on the 12th of September 1965, and originally consisted of just one covered stand. Just like Empoli’s [...]
Stadio Delle Alpi was between 1990 and 2006 the home of FC Juventus and Torino FC. The stadium got built for the 1990 World Cup. It was designed by Studio Hutter and could hold a total of 69,041 spectators divided over three tiers. The stadium officially opened on the 31st [...]
Palermo Calcio recently presented concrete plans to build a new 35,000-seater stadium. The stadium will conform with all UEFA requirements, and all 35,000 seats will be covered. The new stadium will furthermore house several leisure facilities such as a cinema, gym, a bar, a wellness centre, and retail activities focused [...]
Stadio Ennio Tardini is the home of Parma FC. The stadium has a capacity of 27,906 seats. The initiative for the construction of Stadio Ennio Tardini came early 1920s from then president of the club Ennio Tardini, who however died before the works got finished in 1923. In his honour [...]
Stadio Euganeo is the home of Calcio Padova. The stadium currently has a capacity of 18,060 seats. The stadium opened in March 1991. Construction had started two years earlier in 1989. The official capacity of the stadium is 32,420, however this is significantly reduced for football matches due to safety [...]
Stadio Friuli has been the home stadium of Udinese Calcio since 1976. It currently has a reduced capacity of 30,667 seats. Construction of the stadium, which replaced Udinese’s previous Stadio Moretti, started in 1971. The stadium opened on the 26th of September 1976 with a match between Udinese and Seregno. [...]
Stadio Luigi Ferraris is the home of Genovese clubs Genoa CFC and UC Sampdoria. The stadium has a capacity of 36,599 seats. In 1910 Genoa socio Musso Piantelli came up with the idea to use the ground inside a racecourse for a football pitch. His proposal got accepted and the [...]
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is the home of AC Chievo Verona and Hellas Verona FC. The stadium has a capacity of 39,221 seats. Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi opened on the 15th of December 1963 with a match between Verona and Venezia. The stadium initially consisted of only one tier, but a second [...]
Stadio Olimpico in Rome is the home stadium of AS Roma and SS Lazio, annual host of the Coppa Italia final, and has been host of many international finals in its history. Its current capacity is 72.698 seats. Works to build the stadium started in 1928, with the first tier [...]
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, previously called Stadio Comunale, is the home of Torino FC. The stadium has a capacity of 25,300 seats. Stadio Comunale got built in the 1930s to serve as the host of the Littoriali Games (organised by the Fascist Party) and World Student Games. The stadium opened [...]
Stadio Renato Dall’Ara is the home of Bologna FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 38,279 seats. Construction of Stadio Renato Dall’Ara began in 1925. The stadium officially opened on the 29th of May 1927 with a friendly match between the national teams of Italy and Spain (2-0). The [...]
Stadio Renzo Barbera, before 2002 called La Favorita, is the home of US Palermo. The stadium has a capacity of 36,349 seats. Stadio Renzo Barbero opened on the 24th of January 1932 with a match between Palermo and Atalanta (5-1). The stadium initially only consisted of two stands on both [...]
Stadio San Nicola is the home stadium of AS Bari. With a capacity of 58,270 seats it is the fourth largest stadium in Italy. The stadium was built between 1987 and 1990, with the perspective of the 1990 World Cup that was going to be played in Italy. Its design [...]
Stadio San Paolo is the third largest stadium in Italy and home to SSC Napoli. It has a capacity of 60,240 seats. The stadium was opened on the 6th of December 1959 with a match between Napoli and Juventus (2-1). The initial capacity was 87,500, mostly standing places. The stadium [...]
Stadio Sant’Elia is the home stadium of Cagliari Calcio. It currently has an official capacity of 23,486 seats, though after part of the stadium were closed in 2012 capacity is in reality only 14,250 seats. The stadium opened in 1970, and the first match played was a Coppa Italia match [...]
Stadio Silvio Piola is the home of Novara Calcio. The stadium has a capacity of 17,875 seats. Construction of Stadio Silvio Piola began in 1971, and the stadium opened almost 5 years later on the 18th of January 1976. A few days later Novara played its first match at the [...]
Stadio Via Del Mare is the home stadium of US Lecce. It currently has a capacity of 33,876 seats. The stadium opened on the 11th of September 1966 with a friendly between Lecce and Spartak Moscow. The stadium replaced Lecce’s old Stadio Carlo Pranzo. Stadio Via Del Mare could initially [...]
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 the 14th soccer-specific stadium in the Major League [...]
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 [...]
Chelsea Submit Bid for Battersea Station Site
Chelsea’s interest in the Battersea Power Station site as a potential location for a future new stadium has been no secret, but the club has now officially submitted a bid for the iconic site. From the press release on its official website: [...]
Work Behind the Scenes on New AS Roma Stadium
A recently tweeted photo by AS Roma CEO Mark Pannes has confirmed that the club is currently working hard on realising a new stadium. The photo shows three men looking at a wall full of stadium photos and was accompanied by the following [...]
New Barcelona Stadium Back on the Table
FC Barcelona is again looking into the possibilities of either building a new stadium, or extensively renovating Camp Nou. This reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo based on a strategic report the club will internally discuss in the upcoming weeks. The strategic report calls for the return of [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
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
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 [...]
Five Reasons Why Poland and Ukraine Won’t Be Another Portugal
With the European Championships still three months away, there is already plenty of talk about the legacy of the tournament. That is, experts are warning that Poland and the Ukraine might become the next Portugal. Or South Africa, speaking in World Cup terms. [...]
