AAMI Park is the home of both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne Heart FC. The stadium has a capacity of 30,050 seats. The stadium is furthermore used for rugby purposes. The stadium was built between 2007 and 2010. The first event at the stadium, on the 7th of May 2010, [...]
The Abe Lenstra Stadion is the home stadium of SC Heerenveen. It was the first modern stadium in the Netherlands. The stadium has a capacity of 26,100 seats. First plans for the construction of a new stadium were made in 1992. The old stadium could not meet the increasing popularity [...]
The AFAS Stadion has been the home stadium of AZ Alkmaar since 2006. The stadium has a capacity of 17,000 seats. The AFAS Stadion was built to provide AZ Alkmaar with a modern replacement for their old Alkmaarderhout stadium. The stadium opened on the 4th of August 2006 with a [...]
Aker Stadion, before known as Molde Stadion, is the home of Molde FK. The stadium has a capacity of 11,800, of which 1,700 standing places. Molde Stadion was built in 1997 at a cost of NOK 212 million. The stadium officially opened on the 18th of April 1998 with a [...]
The Allianz Arena has been the home of Munich clubs FC Bayern and TSV 1860 since 2005. Total capacity of the arena is 69,901, of which 13,500 standing places. At international matches this is reduced to 66,000 seats. First plans for the development of a new stadium arose in 1997, [...]
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 stadium De Meer proved to be too small with a capacity of just 19,000, and plans were made [...]
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 FC. The first game at the ground ended in Everton beating Earlstown 5-0. After a dispute over the [...]
The Arena Lviv is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv and will be one of the playing venues during Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 34,915 seats. The Arena Lviv replaced FC Karpaty’s old Ukrayina Stadium which got built in 1963. Construction started in 2008 and was completed [...]
The Arena Naţională is the recently built new national stadium of Romania. The stadium has a capacity of 55,634 seats. The Arena Naţională got build on the site of Romania’s previous national stadium, Stadional Naţional Lia Manoliu, which closed its doors in 2007. Construction of the new stadium began in [...]
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium is the largest stadium of Turkey. It takes its name from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and has a capacity of 75,145 seats. It is the home stadium of football club Istanbul BBSK. Construction of the Atatürk Olympic Stadium started in 1999. [...]
The Aviva Stadium is the national stadium of Ireland and the regular playing venue of the Irish national team. It also hosts most of the nation’s major rugby matches. The stadium has a capacity of 50,000 seats. The Aviva Stadium was built on the place of Lansdowne Road Stadium, one [...]
The AWD Arena, until 2002 called Niedersachsenstadion, is the home stadium of Hannover 96. The stadium has a capacity of 49,000, of which 8,000 standing places. At international matches the stadium counts with a total of 45,000 seats. The stadium furthermore holds 1,241 business seats and 29 VIP boxes. The [...]
The BayArena has been the home stadium of Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 1958. It currently offers a capacity of 30,000. After having played at the Bayer Sportplatz for several decades during the first half of the 20th century, the club decided to build a brand-new stadium. Construction started in 1956 [...]
The BBVA Compass Stadium is the recently completed new stadium of the Houston Dynamo. The stadium has a capacity of 22,000 seats. Planning for the construction of a new stadium started when the San Jose MLS franchise moved to Houston in 2005. It took however over five years of negotiations [...]
Bloomfied Road is the home of Blackpool FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 16,007 seats. Football had been played at the site of Bloomfield Road since 1887 when in 1899 a modest stadium was built. The first match at the new stadium was played on the 21st of [...]
The Bluetongue Stadium, better known as Central Coast Stadium, is the home of the Central Coast Mariners. The stadium has a capacity of 20,059 seats. Central Coast Stadium was built in 1999 to serve as a home for rugby club the North Sydney Bears, who however never moved into the [...]
BMO Field is the home of Toronto FC. The stadium has a capacity of 21,700 seats. BMO Field was built to provide MLS expansion team Toronto FC with a soccer-specific home and to serve as the flagship venue during the 2007 U-20 FIFA World Cup. It was Canada’s first soccer-specific [...]
Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park, is the home ground of West Ham United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 35,016 seats. Boleyn Ground was built in 1904, and about a decade later West Ham selected it as their home ground. The stadium recorded its highest [...]
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 [...]
Borussia-Park is the home stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach. It has a capacity of 54,047, of which 16,146 standing places. Borussia-Park replaced Borussia’s previous home, the Bökelbergstadion, which by the 1990s had become severely outdated. Construction of the new stadium began in November 2002 and finished in 2004. Total costs of [...]
Bosuilstadion is one of the stadiums in Belgium with the most tradition. It’s the home of Royal Antwerp FC, and has a capacity of 16,649, of which 13,253 seats and 2,596 standing places. Construction of the Bosuilstadion started in the 20s of the 20th century after Antwerp’s previous stadium at [...]
Bramall Lane is the oldest stadium in the world still hosting professional football matches. It is home to Sheffield United FC, and has a capacity of 32,609 seats. Bramall Lane opened on the 30th of April 1855 as a cricket ground. For the first seven years it was only used [...]
Brann Stadion is the home of Sportsklubben Brann. The stadium has a capacity of 17,967, of which 1,000 standing places. It furthermore counts with 719 VIP seats. Brann Stadion was built in 1919. The highest attendance achieved at the stadium was during a Norwegian Cup semi-final in 1961. A total [...]
The Britannia Stadium is the home ground of Stoke City FC. It has a capacity of 27,598 seats. Stoke City moved into the stadium in 1997 after having played for 117 years at the Victoria Ground. Construction of the new stadium began late 1996 and was finished in time for [...]
Brøndby Stadion is the second largest football stadium in Denmark, and home to Brøndby IF. The stadium has a capacity of 29,000, of which 5,600 standing places. Brøndby Stadion got built in 1964. The stadium at that time consisted of nothing more than a pitch, athletics tracks, and some low [...]
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 on the 24th of September 1957. The first match was played between FC Barcelona and a selection of [...]
Campos de Sport de El Sardinero is the home of Real Racing Club de Santander. The stadium has a capacity of 22,222 seats. El Sardinero opened on the 20th of August 1988. It replaced Racing’s previous ground with the same name. The first match was played between Racing and Oviedo. [...]
Cape Town Stadium is the home of Ajax Cape Town. The stadium currently has a capacity of 55,000 seats. Cape Town Stadium was built to serve as a playing venue for the 2010 World Cup. Construction of the stadium started in March 2007. The complete project came at a cost [...]
Cardiff City Stadium is the second largest stadium in Wales and home to Cardiff City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 26,828 seats. Plans for the construction of a new Cardiff City stadium were first made in the early 2000s and received approval in 2005. It took however until [...]
Carrow Road is the home ground of Norwich City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 27,010 seats. In the 1930s the club played its matches at a ground called “The Nest”, however it had limited capacity and in 1935 failed to meet FA safety requirements. A few weeks before [...]
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 1892, after having played the first four years of its existence at the old Celtic Park that lay [...]
The City Ground has been the home ground of Nottingham Forest FC for more than 100 years. It currently offers a capacity of 30,576 seats. The club moved to the City Ground on the 3rd of September 1898. It remained a fairly small stadium for the subsequent decades until new [...]
The Coface Arena is the recently built new stadium of 1. FSV Mainz 05. It has a capacity of 34,000, of which 14,000 standing places. The Coface Arena replaced Mainz’s previous Stadion am Bruchweg. Construction of the new stadium began in 2009 and was completed 22 months later. The stadium [...]
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez is the home of Getafe CF. The stadium has a capacity of 17,500 seats. After Getafe had celebrated several successes in the 1980s and early 90s the club decided to build a new stadium to replace their old, and too small, Estadio Las Margaritas. After having played [...]
The Commerzbank-Arena is the home of Eintracht Frankfurt. The stadium has a capacity of 51,500, of which 9,300 standing places. The Commerzbank-Arena stands on the place of the old Waldstadion. The last match at the complete Waldstadion got played in 2002, after which the old stadium got gradually demolished while [...]
The Constant Vanden Stock Stadion (or Stade Constant Vanden Stock) is the home of RSC Anderlecht. The stadium offers a capacity of 26,361, of which 5,260 standing places and 1,583 business seats. After the popularity of RSC Anderlecht had grown quickly in the early years of the 20th century, the [...]
Craven Cottage is the home of Fulham FC. It currently holds a capacity of 25,700 seats. The first match at the site of the current stadium was played in 1896, however it took a further 10 years for the first proper stand to be built: the current Johnny Haynes stand [...]
The Cristal Arena, until 2007 called Fenix Stadion, is the home of KRC Genk. The stadium has a capacity of 24,604, of which 4,200 standing places. Until the 1990s the stadium went by the name of André Dumontstadion. It was the home stadium of local club Thor Waterschei, but after [...]
Daknamstadion is the home stadium of KSC Lokeren. It has a capacity of 9,560, of which 4,440 standing places. The Daknamstadion got built in 1956, though the stadium back then only consisted of one stand, and mainly served for athletics events and dog races. After in 1970 two clubs from [...]
De Kuip, officially called Stadion Feijenoord, is one of the stadiums with the most hosted finals in European tournaments, and home to Feyenoord Rotterdam. It is the second largest stadium of the Netherlands with a capacity of 51,177 seats. In the early 1930s then Feyenoord president Van Zandvliet came up [...]
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is the home of the Colorado Rapids. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 seats. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park opened on the 7th of April 2007, about a year-and-a-half after construction had started. The first match played at the stadium was a league match between the [...]
Dinamo Stadium is the home stadium of FC Anzhi Makhachkala. It has a capacity of 15,200 seats. The stadium opened on the 31st of May 1927, underwent major renovations in 1968 and 2000, and smaller upgrades in 2010 and 2011. Dinamo Stadium was traditionally the home of FC Dynamo Makhachkala. [...]
The Dnipro Arena is the recently built new stadium of FC Dnipro. It has a capacity of 31,003 seats, of which 769 business and VIP places. The Dnipro Arena officially opened on the 14th of September 2008. Construction had started three years earlier in 2005. The stadium was initially considered [...]
The Donbass Arena is the new home of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. It has a capacity of 51,504 seats, which includes 45 corporate boxes that can hold 830 people. Since 1936 FC Shakhtar had been playing its home matches at the Shakhtyor Stadium, but after businessman and club owner Rinat Akhmetov [...]
The DW Stadium, until 2009 called JJB Stadium, is the home of Wigan Athletic FC. The stadium offers a capacity of 25,133 seats. The DW Stadium replaced Wigan’s previous home Springfield Park, where Wigan had played its home matches for almost 70 years. The stadium officially opened on the 4th [...]
Easter Road Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Scotland and home to Hibernian FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,250 seats. Easter Road opened on the 4th of February 1893 with a match between Hibernian and Clyde. In its early years Hibernian regularly contemplated moving to another [...]
The easyCredit-Stadion, in the past also called Städtisches Stadion and Frankenstadion, is the home of 1. FC Nürnberg. The stadium has a capacity of 48,548, of which 10,581 standing places and 1,364 VIP places. Plans for the construction of the Städtisches Stadion came from local architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. Construction [...]
El Monumental, officially called Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, is the home of Club Atlético River Plate and the stadium where the Argentine national team plays most of its games. The stadium has a capacity of 64,000 places. In the first decades of the 20th century River occupied various grounds spread [...]
Elland Road is the home ground of Leeds United FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 39,460 seats. Elland Road opened in 1897, however in the first years of its existence the ground was only used for rugby matches. In 1904 newly formed football club Leeds City moved into [...]
The Emirates Stadium has been Arsenal FC’s home since 2006, replacing their previous stadium Highbury. The stadium has a capacity of 60,361 seats. First plans for the construction of a new stadium arose in the late 1990s. Highbury had gotten too small and lacked the possibilities of expansion being enclosed [...]
The Energieteam Arena is the home of SC Paderborn 07. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000, of which 9,200 standing places. SC Paderborn first announced plans for the construction of a new stadium in 2001, and building works commenced in the summer of 2005. Construction was initially estimated to [...]
Engenhão, officially called Estádio Olimpico Municipal João Havelange and also referred to as Stadium Rio, is the home of Botafogo FR. It is also the stadium where CR Flamengo and Fluminense FC play most of their home matches while the Maracaña is under construction. The stadium has a capacity of [...]
The Ernst Happel Stadion is the national stadium of Austria. Over the years it has been host to many finals, most notably that of Euro 2008. The stadium has a capacity of 50,865 seats. Since the 1910s the city of Vienna had been exploring the possibilities to build a new [...]
The ESPRIT arena is the home stadium of Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895. It has a capacity of 54,600, of which 9,917 standing places. The stadium got built between 2002 and 2004, and replaced Fortuna’s previous home the Rheinstadion. The city had hoped that the arena would be used as a playing [...]
Estadi Ciutat de València is the home of Levante UD. The stadium has a capacity of 25,352 seats. In the late 1950s Levante decided to build a new stadium to replace their old Estadio de Vallejo. It took however over ten years for plans to get approved and construction to [...]
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat is the recently built new home of Real Club Deportivo Espanyol. The stadium has a capacity of 40,500 seats. The plans for the construction of a new stadium were presented in 2002, with the ceremonial first stone laid in 2003. It took until the end of 2005 [...]
Estádio Algarve is a stadium near the city of Faro. The stadium was built to serve as one of the playing venues during the Euro 2004 tournament, and has a capacity of 30,305 seats, of which 320 places for VIPs. Construction of the stadium was completed late 2003, and the [...]
Estadio Anoeta is the home of Real Sociedad. The stadium has a capacity of 32,000 seats. Estadio Anoeta opened on the 13th of August 1993 and replaced Real Sociedad’s previous home Estadio de Atocha which had become too small and outdated for the times. The stadium served as a host [...]
Estadio Atanasio Girardot is the home of Club Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM). The stadium has a capacity of 40,943 seats. The stadium opened on the 19th of March 1953, and was remodelled in 2011 for the U-20 World Cup that was played in Colombia that year. Getting [...]
Estadio Azteca is the largest proper football stadium in the world with a capacity of 104,000 seats. The stadium is home to Club América. The stadium was built in the 1960s to accommodate the growing support of Club América and to provide Mexico with a flagship stadium for the upcoming [...]
Estadio Azul is the current home of Cruz Azul AC. The stadium has a capacity of 35,161 seats. Estadio Azul got originally built for American football purposes, but soon after it opened on the 5th of January 1947 Club América moved in and stayed at the ground until 1955. In [...]
Estadio Benito Villamarín is the home stadium of Real Betis Balompié. It has a capacity of 56,500 seats. The stadium opened in 1929 under the name of Estadio de Heliópolis. The stadium was gradually developed between 1958 and 1982, with some major redevelopments being performed for the 1982 World Cup. [...]
Estadio Cuauhtémoc is the home of Puebla FC and counts as the fifth largest stadium in Mexico with a capacity of 42,648 seats. The stadium was built with an eye on the 1968 Olympic games, and was designed by the same architect also responsible for the Estadio Azteca. It was [...]
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is the home of Vitória Sport Clube (Vitória de Guimarães). The stadium counts with a capacity of 30,000 seats. The stadium, then still called Estádio Municipal de Guimarães, opened in 1965. During its history the stadium underwent two major redevelopments, the first in 1991 for the [...]
Estádio da Luz, officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is the home of SL Benfica and was the playing venue of the Euro 2004 final. The stadium has a capacity of 64,400 seats, of which more than 7,000 business seats. Estádio da Luz replaced Benfica’s old stadium with [...]
Estadio de Bata is the largest stadium of Equatorial Guinea. The stadium was originally built in 2007, but extensively renovated in 2011 for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The first match at the reopened stadium, on the 6th of January 2012, was a friendly between the national teams of [...]
Estadio de Los Cármenes is the home of Granada CF. The stadium has a capacity of 22,500 seats. Estadio de Los Cármenes opened on the 16th of May 1995. The first match at the stadium was played between Real Madrid and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Home side Granada played its first [...]
Estadio (Camp) de Mestalla is the home stadium of Valencia CF. It has a capacity of 55,000 seats. The stadium opened on the 20th of May 1923 with a friendly between Valencia and Levante. Initially the stadium could house 17,000 fans, but this was quickly increased to 25,000. During the [...]
Estadio Municipal de Riazor is the home of Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña and was once one of the largest stadiums of Spain. It currently has a capacity of 34,600 seats. Deportivo moved to the Estadio de Riazor in 1944, leaving behind their old stadium with the same name, [...]
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, previously temporarily called Estadio Teresa Rivero, is the home of Rayo Vallecano de Madrid. The stadium has a capacity of 14,708 seats. Construction of the stadium began in 1973. It replaced Rayo’s previous stadium that had stood at the same site. The new stadium officially [...]
Estádio do Dragão was built to provide FC Porto with a modern home and Euro 2004 with one of its flagship venues. It replaced FC Porto’s previous ground the Estádio das Antas, and has a capacity of 50,399 seats. The stadium is estimated to have cost €98 million. It was [...]
Estádio do Morumbi is the home of São Paulo FC. The stadium has an official capacity of 72,809, though the actual available tickets for a match tend to be about 10,000 less. In the early 1950s São Paulo started a search for a site to build a new stadium. They [...]
Estádio do Pacaembu is the home of SC Corinthians Paulista. The stadium has a capacity of 40,199 places. Estádio do Pacaembu officially opened on the 27th of April 1940. The first match, as part of a double match, was played one day later between Palmeiras and Coritiba (6-2). The match was [...]
Estádio dos Barreiros XXI is the home of CS Marítimo. The stadium offers a capacity of 8,918 seats. Estádio dos Barreiros officially opened on the 5th of May 1957. In the following fifty years only minor changes were made to the stadium such as the conversion of the standing places [...]
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra is the home stadium of Académica de Coimbra. It has a capacity of 29,622 seats. The stadium officially (re)opened on the 12th of September 2003. The stadium got almost completely rebuilt from Académica’s old stadium on the same site. Main purpose of the reconstruction were the [...]
Estadio El Madrigal is the home of Villarreal CF. It currently has a capacity of 25,000 seats. The stadium was opened on the 17th of June 1923 with a match between CD Castellón and El Cervantes. The stadium started with the name Campo del Villarreal, but this was soon changed [...]
Estadio El Molinón is one of the oldest football stadiums of Spain and home to Real Sporting de Gijón. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 seats. Though it is likely that football had been played at the site before, first reference to the stadium was made in May 1908 [...]
Estadio Hidalgo is the home of Pachuca Club de Futbol. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 seats. Estadio Hidalgo officially opened on the 14th of February 1993. It replaced Pachuca’s previous stadium Estadio Revolución Mexicana. The first match played at the stadium was between Pachuca and the Pumas de [...]
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 stadium was officially opened on the 6th of that month with a friendly match between Sporting and Manchester [...]
Estadio José Amalfitani is the home of Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. The stadium has a capacity of 49,540, of which about 28,900 standing places. In the early 1940s Vélez was without a permanent home when then-president Amalfitani bought a plot of land from the western railroads. The plot was located [...]
Estadio José Rico Pérez is the home stadium of Hércules de Alicante CF. It has a capacity of 29,500 seats. In the 1960s, Hércules played at the Campo de la Viña when ambitious president José Rico Pérez decided that the club needed to built a new stadium to match its [...]
Estadio La Romareda is the home of Real Zaragoza. The stadium has a capacity of 34,596 seats. Estadio La Romareda opened on the 8th of September 1957 with a match between Real Zaragoza and Osasuna (4-3). The stadium received a major upgrade in 1977 and 1982, the latter in preparation [...]
Estadio La Rosaleda is the home stadium of Málaga CF. It offers a capacity of 28,963 seats. The first stone of the stadium was laid on the 21st of June 1936, however due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War it took four years for construction works to actually [...]
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is the home of SC Beira-Mar. The stadium was built for the Euro 2004 tournament. It has a capacity of 32,830 seats, of which 1,796 VIP places. Estádio Municipal de Aveiro officially opened on the 15th of November 2003 with a friendly match between the national [...]
Estadio Municipal de Balaídos is the home of Real Club Celta de Vigo. The stadium has a capacity of 31,800 seats. Estadio de Balaídos opened in 1928 after a three-year construction period. The first match was played between Celta and Real Union on the 30th of December of that year [...]
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 Eduardo Souto de Moura, was built with the objective of serving as one of the playing venues at [...]
Estádio Municipal de Leiria – Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a stadium in the Portuguese city of Leiria that was until 2011 the home of UD Leiria. The stadium has a capacity of 23,164 seats. The stadium got built to serve as one of the playing venues of Euro 2004. It [...]
Estadio Nacional de Chile, officially called Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, is the national stadium of Chile and the home of Club Universidad de Chile. The stadium has a capacity of 48,665 seats. Estadio Nacional de Chile officially opened on the 3rd of December 1938 with a friendly match between [...]
Estadio Olímpico Universitario is the second largest stadium in Mexico with a capacity of 63,186 seats. It is the home of Pumas de la UNAM, who represent UNAM university. The stadium was officially opened on the 20th of November 1952. The first match was an American football match played nine [...]
Estadio Presidente Perón, also called El Cilindro de Avellaneda, is the home stadium of Racing Club. It currently has a capacity of 50,000. In 1946, after the Argentine government had granted the club with a loan of 3 million pesos, Racing could start the construction of their desired new stadium [...]
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is the home of Sevilla FC. The stadium has a capacity of 45,500 seats. Even though the land on which the stadium was to be built had already been bought for the purpose in 1937, it took until 1954 before first steps were taken to construct [...]
Estadio Reyno de Navarro, until 2005 called El Sadar, is the home stadium of CA Osasuna. It has a capacity of 19,800 seats. The stadium opened on the 2nd of September 1967. Previously Osasuna had been playing its matches at the Campo de San Juan. The club paid 10 million [...]
Estadio San Mamés, nicknamed La Catedral, is the home of Athletic Club (de Bilbao). The stadium has a capacity of 40,000 seats. Construction of the stadium began in 1912 and on the 21st of August 1913 the stadium officially opened with a match between Athletic Club and the Spanish champions [...]
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 Real Madrid played first at Campo De O’Donnell and then at Campo Chamartin, when in 1943 Madrid-president Santiago [...]
Estadio Único Ciudad de la Plata is a state-owned stadium in the city of La Plata that is currently the home of Club Estudiantes de la Plata. The stadium has a capacity of 42,000, consisting of a mix of seats and standing areas. A first step toward construction of a [...]
Estádio Urbano Caldeira, more commonly known as Vila Belmiro, is the home of Santos FC. The stadium has a capacity of 15,800 places. In the first decades of the 20th century Santos shared a small ground with several other teams, but after a series of conflicts it decided to buy [...]
Estadio Vicente Calderón is the home stadium of Club Atlético de Madrid. It currently has a capacity of 54,960 seats. In the first half of the 20th century Atlético played its home matches at the Estadio Metropolitano, but by the late 1950s that stadium had proved too small and outdated [...]
Etihad Stadium, previously called the City of Manchester Stadium and also known as Eastlands, is the home ground of Manchester City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 48,000 seats. The Etihad Stadium was built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but was converted after the games into a football stadium [...]
Ewood Park is one of the oldest grounds in England and home to Blackburn Rovers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 31,154 seats. Ewood Park opened in 1882 as a multi-sports ground. Blackburn Rovers had earlier played a few matches at the site, but started playing regularly at Ewood [...]
FC Dallas Stadium, before 2012 called Pizza Hut Park, is the home of FC Dallas. The stadium has a capacity of 20,500 seats. The FC Dallas Stadium opened on the 6th of August 2005. Before the club had been playing its home matches at the much bigger all-purpose Cotton Bowl [...]
The FC Zwolle Stadion is home of Dutch club FC Zwolle. It has a capacity of 10,000 seats. Construction of the stadium started in 2007. For years Zwolle’s old stadium, the Oosterenk Stadion, had proved to be outdated, and to increase income the club decided to build a new stadium. [...]
Fir Park has been the home of Motherwell FC for over a hundred years. The stadium has a capacity of 13,750 seats. Fir Park opened in 1895. The first match was played against Celtic (8-1) in front of 6,000 spectators. The stadium underwent a major redevelopment in the 1930s resulting [...]
FNB Stadium, more commonly known as Soccer City, is the home of Kaizer Chiefs FC. The stadium was the playing venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. It has a capacity of 94,700 seats. Construction of the stadium started in 1986 and was completed in 1989. The stadium at [...]
The Fritz-Walter-Stadion, also commonly called the Betzenberg, is the home of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The stadium has a capacity of 49,780, of which 15,426 standing places and 1,834 VIP seats. The stadium, then still called Sportplatz Betzenberg, opened on the 13th of May 1920. In the following decades the stadium [...]
The GelreDome is the home of Vitesse Arnhem. During football matches the stadium has a capacity of 25,000 seats. The GelreDome was built to serve as a multifunctional stadium, and was the first football stadium in the world to have a retractable pitch. It was also, after the Amsterdam ArenA, [...]
Gerhard Hanappi Stadion is the home stadium of SK Rapid Wien. It offers a capacity of 17,500 seats. The stadium opened on the 10th of May 1977 with a friendly match between Rapid and the Austrian national team. The stadium was then still called Weststadion and could hold 19,600 spectators. [...]
The Goffertstadion, often abbreviated to the Goffert, is the home of NEC Nijmegen. The stadium has a capacity of 12,500 seats. The Goffert opened on the 8th of July 1939 and was at that time the third largest stadium of the Netherlands (after De Kuip and Amsterdam’s Olympic Stadium). It [...]
Goodison Park is one of the oldest stadiums in England and the home of Everton FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 40,157 seats. The stadium officially opened on the 24th of August 1892, with the first match played 9 days later between Everton and Bolton (4-2). At its [...]
The Grolsch Veste is the home ground of Dutch side FC Twente. It currently has a capacity of 30,000 seats. Construction of the Grolsch Veste started in January 1997. Previously FC Twente had played its matches in the Diekman Stadion, however the comfort and security of the stadium that was [...]
GSP Stadium is the largest stadium in Cyprus and home to Apoel FC, AC Omonoia and Olympiakos. It is also the stadium where the Cypriot national team currently plays its home matches. The stadium has a capacity of 22,859 seats, and officially opened on the 6th of October 1999 with [...]
The Guldensporenstadion is the home of KV Kortrijk. The stadium has a capacity of 9,399 seats, of which 3,650 standing places. The Guldensporenstadion got built right after the end of the Second World War. It officially opened on the 17th of August 1947. The stadium underwent a major redevelopment in [...]
Hampden Park is the Scottish national stadium, venue of the Scottish Cup final, and home to the oldest club in Scotland, Queens Park FC. The stadium has a capacity of 52,000 seats. In the 1880s and 1890s Queens Park regularly drew home crowds of 10,000, and plans were made for [...]
Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday FC. The stadium has hosted World Cup and European Championship matches, but was also the site of one of the worst stadium disasters in history. It currently has a capacity of 39,732 seats. Sheffield Wednesday moved to Hillsborough in 1899. The first [...]
The Iberostar Estadio, until 2004 called Son Moix, is home to RCD Mallorca. The stadium has a capacity of 23,142 seats. Son Moix was built for the 1999 Universiade that was held at Palma de Mallorca. Already before the start of the Universiade, Real Mallorca had obtained the rights to [...]
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 original Ibrox Stadium. The first match played at the stadium was a match against Hearts in the Inter-City [...]
The Imtech Arena is the home ground of Hamburger SV. The stadium, which replaced HSV’s old Volksparkstadion, has a capacity of 57,000, of which 10,000 standing places and 4,300 business seats. The stadium got built on the site of the Volksparkstadion, however with the pitch turned 90 degrees. Building started [...]
Inönü Stadi is the home stadium of Beşiktaş JK. The stadium has a capacity of 32,086 seats. Construction of the stadium started in 1939, however works had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the Second World War and could only be resumed in 1943. The stadium was officially [...]
The Jan Breydel Stadion is the home stadium of both Club Brugge KV and Cercle Brugge KSV. The stadium currently has a capacity of 29,042 seats, of which 463 business seats. The stadium got built in 1974 and opened one year later in 1975. The stadium was built by the [...]
Jeld-Wen Field is the current home of the Portland Timbers. The stadium has a capacity of 20,438 seats. Jeld-Wen Field was built in 1926, though the site had been used for sports since 1893. The stadium officially opened on the 9th of October 1926 with an American football game. In [...]
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 [...]
Georgios Karaiskakis stadium has been home to Olympiacos FC since 2004. It has a capacity of 33,334 seats. The stadium was built on the same site as the old Karaiskakis stadium. After the demolition of the old stadium it took only 14 months to construct the new one. Total investments [...]
The KC Stadium is the home of Hull City AFC. The stadium has a capacity of 25,586 seats. The KC Stadium replaced Hull’s old stadium Boothferry Park. First plans for the stadium were made in the late 1990s and construction started in 2001. The stadium officially opened on the 18th [...]
The King Power Stadium, until 2011 called Walkers Stadium, is the home of Leicester City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,312 seats. Plans to replace Leicester’s previous ground Filbert Street with a new stadium were first made in the mid 1990s, but concrete plans were only unveiled in [...]
Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, also referred to as Harilaou, is the home of Aris FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,800 seats. Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium was built in 1951 and opened on the 6th of November of that year. It was then still called Aris Stadium, but was renamed in [...]
The Kyocera Stadion, until 2010 called ADO Den Haag Stadion, is the home stadium of ADO Den Haag. It has a capacity of 15,000 seats. The Kyocera Stadion replaced ADO’s previous Zuiderpark Stadion, which could not meet modern demands in terms of facilities. Construction of the new stadium started late [...]
La Bombonera, officially called Estadio Alberto J. Armando, is home to Argentina’s most popular club CA Boca Juniors. It has a capacity of 49,000, a mix of seats and standing places. In 1931 the club bought the land on which the stadium was to be built with the aim of [...]
Lavans Stadion, more commonly known as Stadion De Braak, is the home of Helmond Sport. The stadium has a capacity of 4,100 seats. Stadion De Braak got built in 1967. It got heavily renovated between 1994 and 2000 when three new seating stands were built. The stadium only consists of [...]
Lerkendal Stadion is the home stadium of Rosenborg Ballklub. It has a capacity of 21,166 seats, of which 1,338 VIP seats. Lerkendal Stadion opened on the 10th of August 1947, however at its inauguration was just a pitch with a few makeshift stands. After Rosenborg celebrated several successes in the [...]
The Liberty Stadium is the home of Swansea City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,520 seats. The Liberty Stadium opened in 2005. It replaced Swansea City’s previous home Vetch Field, where the club had been playing for almost 100 years, but which at the start of the new [...]
LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the recently built new home of Sporting Kansas City. The stadium has a capacity of 18,467 seats. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park opened on the 9th of June 2011 with a match against the Chicago Fire. It is a soccer-specific stadium and fully covered. The stadium was designed [...]
Loftus Road is the home of Queens Park Rangers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 18,439 seats, which makes it the smallest ground in the Premier League. The stadium was built in 1904, but it was only in 1917 that QPR moved to the ground. In the 1930s first [...]
Lokomotiv Central Stadium is the home stadium of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. It has a capacity of 28,800 seats. The stadium was built between 2000 and 2002 and opened on the 5th of July 2002 with a match between Lokomotiv and Uralan. The roof of the stadium, that covers all seats, [...]
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 Soviet Union had achieved its first post-war successes at the 1952 Olympics, the Soviet leadership considered it necessary [...]
Madejski Stadium is the home of Reading FC. The stadium has a capacity of 24,161 seats and holds 28 executive suits. Madejski Stadium replaced Reading’s previous ground Elm Park. The new stadium got built at a cost of £50 million, with the first match played on the 22nd of August [...]
The MAGE SOLAR Stadion, until 2012 called Badenova-Stadion, and before 2004 Dreisamstadion, is the home stadium of SC Freiburg. It has a capacity of 24,000, of which 10,000 standing places. The stadium opened on the 4th of September 1954, however it took until 1970 for the first major stand to [...]
McDiarmid Park is the home of St Johnstone FC. The stadium has a capacity of 10,700 seats. When in the 1980s St Johnstone played at Muirton Park, the club received an offer from supermarket chain Asda to sell the stadium and land in return for a new 10,000-seater stadium. After [...]
Meadow Lane is the home of Notts County FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,300 seats. In its early years Notts County mostly played at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, but when its lease wasn’t renewed in 1910, they had to look for a new ground. The club rented [...]
The Mercedes-Benz Arena, previously called Neckarstadion and Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, is the home stadium of VFB Stuttgart. It has a capacity of 60,441, of which 11,121 standing places. The stadium got built between 1929 and 1933 and opened on the 26th of July 1933 with the German Gymnastics Championships. The stadium was [...]
The Metalist Stadium is the home stadium of FC Metalist Kharkiv and will be one of the playing venues during Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 38,633 seats, including 506 VIP seats. Construction of the Metalist Stadium started in 1925 and finished with its official opening on the [...]
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, and the third largest stadium in Britain. It has a capacity of 74,500 seats. The stadium was built to host the final at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, and replaced Wales’ previous national stadium, the Cardiff Arms Park, which by that [...]
Molineux Stadium is the home stadium of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. The official capacity of the stadium is currently 29,195 seats, however capacity will fluctuate in the coming years due to redevelopments. After having played at various grounds during the first decade of its existence, Wolves moved in 1889 to [...]
The National Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy is the Ukrainian national stadium, host to the upcoming Euro 2012 final, and home to FC Dynamo Kiev. The stadium has a capacity of 70,050 seats. The Olimpiyskiy Stadium, then still called Republic Stadium MS Krushchov, was originally planned to open on the 22nd of [...]
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 [...]
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo is the second largest stadium in Equatorial Guinea, and was until recently the standard venue for matches of the national team. The stadium got built in 2007 and has a capacity of 15,250 seats. Estadio de Malabo was one of the four playing venues of the [...]
Nya Ullevi is the largest stadium in Sweden. It is currently not occupied by any club team, however local derbies and other important matches are regularly played at the stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 43,000 seats. Nya Ullevi was built to serve as one of the playing venues [...]
OAKA Stadium, in full Olympic Athletic Center of Athens “Spiros Louis”, is the largest stadium in Greece and home to AEK FC and Panathinaikos FC. The stadium has a capacity of 69,618 seats. OAKA Stadium got built between 1980 and 1982. It opened on the 8th of September 1982 with [...]
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 United played its matches at a 50,000-stadium at Bank Street, when then president Davies began planning for a [...]
Olympia has been the home of Helsingborgs IF for over a hundred years. The stadium has a capacity of 16,500, of which about 7,000 standing places. First plans for the construction of a stadium in the city of Helsingborg arose at the end of the 19th century. The stadium was [...]
The Olympiastadion in Berlin is Germany’s second largest stadium, venue of the 2006 World Cup final, and the home stadium of Hertha BSC. It has a total capacity of 74,064 seats and furthermore counts with 4,226 business seats, 63 VIP lodges and 13 sky boxes. The Olympiastadion got built between [...]
The Olympisch Stadion, at times also nicknamed ‘t Kiel, is the home stadium of Beerschot AC. It has a capacity of 12,771 seats. The Olympisch Stadion got built for the 1920 Summer Olympics that got held in the city of Antwerp. Construction started in July 1919, and the stadium officially [...]
The Parc des Princes is the home stadium of Paris Saint-Germain FC. It offers a capacity of 48,527 seats. The Parc de Princes was designed with the aim of providing a venue for important rugby and football matches. Works started in 1968 when the Velodrome, that stood in its place, [...]
The Parc des Sports d’Annecy is the home of Annecy FC and Evian Thonon Gaillard FC. The stadium has a capacity of 15,660 seats. The Parc des Sports opened on the 18th of July 1964 with an athletics event. The stadium was for most of its history the sole home [...]
Parken is the largest football stadium in Denmark, the home of F.C. København (also FCK or FC Copenhagen), and the standard playing venue of the Danish national team. The stadium has a capacity of 38,065 seats. Parken was built on the site of Denmark’s previous national stadium, Idrætspark, which had [...]
The Pepsi Arena is the recently built new stadium of KP Legia Warszawa. The stadium has a capacity of 31,000 seats. The Pepsi Arena officially opened on the 7th of August 2010 with a friendly match between Legia and Arsenal (6-5). The stadium replaced Legia’s previous ground, Stadion Wojska Polskiego [...]
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. In the second World War the stadium got heavily damaged and it took until 1957 for the stadium [...]
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 was built with the perspective of being one of the host stadiums during Euro 2012. Construction of the [...]
The Philips Stadion has been home to PSV Eindhoven since the club’s foundation in 1913. The stadium has a capacity of 35,200 seats. The first ball was kicked at the ground on the 13th of August 1913 by the then 8 year old Frits Philips, son of Philips Electronics founder Anton [...]
Pittodrie Stadium has been the home of Aberdeen FC for more than a hundred years. The stadium currently has a capacity of 21,421 seats. Pittodrie Stadium was first used as a football ground in 1899 by the original Aberdeen football club. The first match, on the 2nd of September, was [...]
The Polman Stadion is the home of Heracles Almelo. The stadium has a capacity of 8,500 seats. The Polman Stadion, which replaced Heracles’ old stadium at the Bornsestraat, opened on the 10th of September 1999 with a league match against FC Zwolle (1-1). It was the first stadium in the [...]
PPL Park is the home of the Philadelphia Union. The stadium has a capacity of 18,500 seats. PPL Park was built as a soccer-specific stadium for MLS expansion team Philadelphia Union and at the same time to serve as a catalyst for a revitalisation project for the Chester waterfront. Construction [...]
Pride Park Stadium has been the home stadium of Derby County FC since 1997, when it replaced The Baseball Ground. The stadium has a capacity of 33,010 seats. First plans for a move away from The Baseball Ground were made in the early 1990s, when, following the publication of the [...]
The Rat Verlegh Stadion is the home of NAC Breda. The stadium offers a capacity of 19,000, of which a small number of standing places. The Rat Verlegh Stadion replaced the old NAC-Stadion located at the Beatrixstraat. Construction of the stadium started in 2005, and it officially opened on the [...]
The Red Bull Arena, until 2010 called Zentralstadion, is currently the home of RB Leipzig. The stadium has a capacity of 43,500 seats. The Zentralstadion was built between 2000 and 2004 with the perspective of the upcoming 2006 World Cup. The stadium was built on the site of the old [...]
The Red Bull Arena is the home of FC Red Bull Salzburg. It currently has a capacity of 30,188. Construction of the stadium began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The opening match was played on the 8th of March 2003 between SV Wüstenrot Salzburg and FC Kärnten. The [...]
The Red Bull Arena is the home of the New York Red Bulls. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 seats. Construction of the stadium started in 2007, but several delays meant that the stadium got only completed in 2010. The stadium was initially designed to have a built-in concert [...]
The Reebok Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 28,100 seats, and is particularly known for its characteristic roof structure. The Reebok Stadium was opened on the 1st of September 1997. The first match at the new stadium was a league match [...]
The rewirpowerStadion, also known as Ruhrstadion, is the home of VFL Bochum 1848. The stadium has a capacity of 29,299, of which 13,123 standing places. The roots of the Ruhrstadion go back to October 1911 when a first sports field was opened at the site of the current stadium. It [...]
The RheinEnergieStadion, which opened in 2004, was developed to provide the city of Cologne with a stadium that could host matches at the 2006 World Cup. It’s the home of 1. FC Köln. The stadium was built at the site of the former Müngersdorfer stadium and has a capacity of [...]
The Rheinstadion was the home of Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 and a playing venue during a World Cup and European Championship. The Rheinstadion was built in the mid 1920s and formed part of a complex of other sports facilities. The stadium opened on the 26th of April 1926 with a friendly [...]
The Ricoh Arena is the home of Coventry City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,604 seats. Coventry moved to the Ricoh Arena in 2005 after having played the previous 106 years at Highfield Road. Plans for the move were announced as early as 1997, but due to several [...]
The Rio Tinto Stadium is the home of Real Salt Lake. The stadium has a capacity of 20,008 seats, and was built between 2007 and 2008 at a cost of $110 million. It officially opened on the 9th of October 2008 with an MLS league match between Real Salt [...]
The Riverside Stadium is the home of Middlesbrough FC. It was one of the first modern stadiums to be constructed after the Taylor Report. The stadium has a capacity of 34,988 seats. The Riverside Stadium replaced Middlesbrough’s previous home Ayresome Park. The old ground, being hemmed in by terraced housing, [...]
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 [...]
Estádio São Januário, nicknamed A Colina (The Hill), is the home of CR Vasco da Gama. The stadium has a capacity of 24,584 seats. São Januário opened on the 21st of April 1927 with a match between Vasco da Gama and Santos (5-3). The first goal was scored by Santos [...]
Stadion de Koel, one of the smallest stadiums in the Dutch Eredivisie, is the home of VVV Venlo. It has a capacity of 8,000, of which 1,500 standing places. The stadium opened on the 19th of March 1972. First match played at the ground was between VVV and Cambuur (1-1). [...]
The SGL Arena is the home of FC Augsburg. The stadium has a capacity of 30,660, of which 11,034 standing places, 1,700 business seats, and a further 520 seats in VIP Lodges. After Augsburg achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2006, the club realised that a replacement for their [...]
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, which has also been host to a large number of international matches. The stadium has the largest stand [...]
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 the largest cantilever roof in Europe. First football was played at the current site as early as 1880, [...]
St Mary’s Stadium is the home of Southampton FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,689 seats. Southampton moved to the St Mary’s Stadium in 2001, having played at The Dell for the previous 103 years. The stadium had been constructed between December 1999 and July 2001 at a total [...]
St Mirren Park is the recently built new stadium of St Mirren FC. It has a capacity of 8,023 seats. In the early 2000s St Mirren had gotten into considerable debt and as a result was forced to sell the land of their Love Street stadium for retail development. At [...]
St. Andrew’s Stadium is the home of Birmingham City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 30,009 seats. St. Andrew’s opened on the 26th of December 1906 with a league match between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough. On the 11th of March 1939 the record attendance was set when 66,844 fans [...]
St. Jakob-Park, locally also called Joggeli, is the largest stadium of Switzerland and home to FC Basel. It has a capacity of 38,512 seats. Construction of the stadium began in December 1998, replacing FC Basel’s old ground with the same name. The first match played at the stadium was between [...]
Stade Abbé Deschamps has been the home of AJ Auxerre for over 90 years. The stadium has a capacity of 21,379 seats. Stade Abbé Deschamps opened on the 13th of October 1918, but it took until 1930 for a first proper stand to be built. At that time the stadium [...]
Stade Auguste Bonal has been the home of FC Sochaux for over 80 years. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. Only three years after the foundation of FC Sochaux crowds had already grown to an extent that the club decided to build a proper stadium. This was done [...]
Stade Auguste Delaune is the home of Stade de Reims. The stadium has a capacity of 21,684 seats. Plans for the construction of a new stadium for Stade de Reims were launched in the late 1990s by then-mayor of the city Jean Falala. After a study it was decided to [...]
Stade Chaban-Delmas, until 2000 known as Parc Lescure, is the home of FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The stadium has a capacity of 34,263 seats. First football was played at the site of the stadium as early as 1912. However, it was only in 1938 that a proper football stadium was [...]
The Stade de France is the largest stadium in France and the stadium where the French national team plays most of its home matches. It has a capacity of 80,000 seats. Plans for the stadium were developed after France was awarded the 1998 World Cup. At that time no stadium [...]
Stade de Genève is the home of Servette FC. With a capacity of 30,084 seats it is the third-largest stadium of Switzerland. Stade de Genève officially opened on the 16th of Match 2003 with a match between Servette and Young Boys. Construction of the stadium had started two years earlier. [...]
Stade de la Mosson is the home of Montpellier HSC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,900 seats. Stade de la Mosson opened in 1972 and got further expanded in 1977 and in the 1980s. By the end of the 1980s the stadium could hold about 23,500 fans. The stadium [...]
Stade de la Route de Lorient is the home of Stade Rennais FC. The stadium has a capacity of 29,778 seats, of which 1,831 VIP places. In their first decade of existence Stade Rennais played at a ground on the south bank of the river Vilaine, but after several floodings [...]
Stade de Sclessin, officially named Stade Maurice Dufrasne, is the home of Royal Standard de Liège. It offers a capacity of 30,023 seats. The stadium opened in 1909 and reached its maximum capacity in the 1970s with 43,000. The stadium organised the match for third place during the Euro 1972 [...]
Stade de Suisse has been the home of BSC Young Boys since 2005. The stadium has been built at the site of Bern’s famous Wankdorf Stadion. It has a capacity of 32,000 seats. The old Wankdorf Stadion got demolished in 2001, after which was started with the construction of the [...]
Stade du Hainaut is the recently opened new stadium of Valenciennes FC. The stadium has a capacity of 24,926 seats. Stade du Hainaut replaced Stade Nungesser, which had been the home of Valenciennes for over 80 years. The stadium officially opened on the 26th of July 2011 with a friendly [...]
Stade du Pays de Charleroi is the home of Sporting de Charleroi. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 seats. First football was played at the site of the stadium in 1923, however it took until 1939 before an actual stadium was built. In its first 60 years of its [...]
Stade du Ray is the home of OGC Nice. The stadium has a capacity of 17,415 seats. Stade du Ray opened on the 30th of January 1927 and was further developed in the late 1940s. The record attendance of the stadium was set in 1952 when 22,740 people visited a [...]
Stade Francis-Le Blé is the home stadium of Stade Brestois 29. It offers a capacity of 15,097 seats. The stadium opened in 1922 under the name Stade de l’Amoricaine. It was a relatively modest stadium that remained almost unchanged until a new grand stand was built in 1982. At that [...]
Stade François Coty, also referred to as Stade de Timizzolu, is the home of AC Ajaccio. The stadium has a capacity of 10,660 seats. Stade François Coty opened on the 1st of December 1969 with the derby between Ajaccio and Bastia. The stadium received several minor upgrades in the 2000s [...]
Stade Gaston-Gérard is the home of Dijon FCO. The stadium has a capacity of 16,098 seats. Stade Gaston-Gérard opened on the 19th of May 1934 as Parc des Sports and could at that time hold about 10,000 spectators. The stadium got renamed in 1969 after former deputy mayor of Dijon [...]
Stade Geoffroy Guichard is the home of AS Saint-Etienne. The stadium currently has a capacity of 35,700 seats. Stade Geoffroy Guichard opened on the 13th of September 1931 with a match between AS Stéphanoise (which would later become Saint-Etienne) and AS Cannes (1-9). The stadium was built on a plot [...]
Stade Gerland is the home of Olympique Lyonnais. It has a capacity of 40,494 seats. The stadium was constructed in the 1920s and officially opened in May 1926. It was designed as a stadium for multiple sports and in its first decades little football was played at the stadium. It [...]
Stade Louis II is the home of AS Monaco FC and host to the annual UEFA Super Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 18,523 seats. The stadium got build early 1980s, in place of the old Stade Louis II, and officially opened on the 25th of January 1985. The [...]
Stade Marcel-Picot is the home stadium of AS Nancy Lorraine. The stadium offers a capacity of 20,087 seats. The Stade Marcel-Picot opened on the 8th of August 1926. In 1935, after the foundation of AS Nancy, the first football match was played at the stadium. Initially the stadium consisted of only [...]
Stade Michel d’Ornano has been the home stadium of Stade Malherbe Caen since 1993. It has a capacity of 21,000 seats. The stadium was constructed between December 1991 and June 1993 and replaced Caen’s previous ground Stade de Venoix, which could not meet modern demands in terms of facilities and [...]
The Stade Roi Baudouin (French) – Koning Boudewijnstadion (Dutch) is the largest stadium of Belgium, and the stadium where the Belgian national team plays most of its home matches. It has a capacity of 50,093 seats. In 1927 the Brussels government decided to build a new stadium that could cater [...]
The Stade Velodrome is the home of Olympique de Marseille. The stadium currently has a reduced capacity of 42,000 seats due to the redevelopment works it is undergoing. Until the summer of 2011 it had a capacity of 60,031 seats. The stadium opened in 1937 with a friendly match between [...]
Stade Yves Allainmat, more commonly known as Stade du Moustoir, is the home of FC Lorient. It currently has a capacity of 18,500, of which a few hundred standing places. The stadium opened in July 1959, and replaced Lorient’s previous Parc des Sports that had fallen into disrepair. The stadium [...]
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 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 [...]
Stadion Cracovii is the home of MKS Cracovia. The stadium has a capacity of 15,016 seats. Stadion Cracovii opened on the 31st of March 1912 with a match between Cracovia and Pogoń Lwów. The stadium underwent several changes in the decades following, often following damages sustained by, among others, a [...]
Stadion Crvena Zvezda, often nicknamed Marakana, is the home of FK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star). The stadium has a capacity of 53,000 seats. Stadion Crvenz Zvezda was built on the site where previously the Jugoslavija stadium stood. The Jugoslavija stadium had been built in 1927 and been occupied by Red [...]
Stadion De Vijverberg is the home of BV De Graafschap. The stadium has a capacity of 12,600, of which a few hundred standing places. De Vijverberg opened on the 4th of September 1954 with a match between De Graafschap and Fortuna ’54. The stadium counted with a capacity of 12,000 [...]
Stadion Euroborg is the home of FC Groningen. The two-tier stadium has a capacity of 22,500 seats. Stadion Euroborg replaced Groningen’s old Oosterpark Stadion. Construction of the new stadium started in 2004, but due to delays the stadium opened a half year later than originally planned. Total construction costs [...]
Stadion Galgenwaard is the home of FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of 24,500 seats. Stadion Galgenwaard got built in the mid 1930s to serve as a home for Utrecht clubs DOS and Hercules. When the plans for the stadium were first presented the then Ministry of War initially [...]
Stadion Maksimir is the home of GNK Dinamo Zagreb. The stadium has a capacity of 35,981 seats, of which 930 seats in VIP lodges. Stadion Maksimir got built in 1912 and opened on the 5th of May of that year. During the 1976 European Championships the stadium hosted one of [...]
Stadion Miejski is the home stadium of KKS Lech Poznań and will be one of the playing venues during the upcoming 2012 European Championships. It has a capacity of 43,269 seats. Stadio Miejski was built over a period of 12 years. First works started in 1968, but it took until [...]
Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana is the home of Wisła Kraków SA. The stadium has a capacity of 32,804 seats. Stadion Miejski was built in 1953 on a plot of land next to Wisła’s old stadium. The stadium still included athletics tracks running around the pitch. The stadium set its [...]
Stadion Miejski w Kielcach is the home of Korona Kielce. The stadium has a capacity of 15,500 seats. Stadion Miejski was built on the same site as Kielce’s old stadium. Construction of the new stadium started in 2004 and was completed two years later. It officially opened on the 1st [...]
Stadion Miejski w Wrocławiu, or Municipal Stadium Wrocław, is the home stadium of WKS Śląsk Wrocław and one of the playing venues of Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 44,901 seats, of which 2,130 VIP places. The stadium was built with the perspective of the upcoming Euro 2012 [...]
Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie (National Stadium Warsaw) is Poland’s recently built national stadium. It has a capacity of 58,145 seats. Though plans had existed before to build a new Polish national stadium, these were accelerated with Poland being granted the Euro 2012 Championships. The stadium was built [...]
Stadion Poljud is the home of HNK Hajduk Split. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 seats. Stadion Poljud was built in 1979 to host the 1979 Mediterranean Games. The stadium, with its two arced roofs, is intended to have the shape of a seashell. The stadium could initially hold [...]
Stadion Woudestein is the home stadium of SVB Excelsior. Its capacity of 3,531 seats makes it the smallest stadium in the Dutch Eredivisie. Apart from a few interruptions during the first half of the 20th century, Excelsior has been playing its home matches at the site of Stadion Woudestein since [...]
Stadion Zagłębia Lubin, until 2012 called Dialog Arena, is the home of Zagłębie Lubin SA. The stadium has a capacity of 16,068 seats. Stadion Zagłębia was built on the same site as Zagłębie’s old stadium. Construction began in 2007 and was done in two phases so that the club could [...]
Stadium de Toulouse is the home stadium of Toulouse FC. It currently has a capacity of 35,472 seats. The stadium was built in 1937. One year later, at the 1938 World Cup, it hosted the match and rematch between Cuba and Romania in the first round of the tournament. The [...]
The Stadium of Light is the home of Sunderland AFC. It offers a capacity of 49,000 seats. In the 1990s it became increasingly clear that Sunderland needed a new stadium as their old ground Roker Park had no capacity for expansion. In 1996 construction began of the Stadium of Light, [...]
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 1877, however for the first 28 years of its existence it was primarily used as an athletics venue. [...]
Şükrü Saracoğlu is the home stadium of Fenerbahçe SK. The stadium has a capacity of 50,530 seats. First matches at the site of the current stadium were played in 1908. Fenerbahçe moved into the stadium in 1929, buying the ground a few years later. By the late 1940s the stadium [...]
Swedbank Stadion is the home of Malmö FF. The stadium has a capacity of 24,000, of which 6,000 standing places. These can be converted into 3,000 seats for international matches. Construction of a new stadium for Malmö was confirmed late 2005, with works starting in April 2007, and the stadium [...]
The swissporarena is the recently completed new stadium of FC Luzern. It has a capacity of 17,000, of which 3,000 standing places and 864 VIP places. The swissporarena was built on the same site as Luzern’s old Stadion Allmend. Construction started in September 2009 and was completed almost 2 years [...]
The Amex, officially called the American Express Community Stadium, or colloquially Falmer Stadium, is the home of Brighton & Hove Albion FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,500 seats. The Amex officially opened on the 30th of July 2011 with a friendly match between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur (2-3). [...]
The Den, previously called The New Den, is the home of Millwall FC. The stadium has a capacity of 19,734 seats. The Den was one of the first stadiums to be built following the Taylor Report with the report’s recommendations in mind. It replaced The Old Den, which was located [...]
The Hawthorns has been the home ground of West Bromwich Albion FC for more than a hundred years. The stadium has a capacity of 26,287 seats. The stadium got build in just four months and works to the ground, which could initially hold 35,000 supporters, were completed on the 3rd [...]
The Home Deport Center is the largest football-specific stadium in the USA, and home to the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA. It has a capacity of 27,000 seats. The Home Depot Center is part of a $150 million development that include tennis, athletics, and cycling facilities. The stadium officially opened [...]
The Kassam Stadium is the home of Oxford United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 12,500 seats. Construction of The Kassam Stadium, which was to replace the club’s old Manor Ground, started in 1996, however, due to financial problems, works were halted in 1997 and not resumed until 2000. [...]
Tivoli is the home stadium of Alemannia Aachen. It has a capacity of 32,960, of which 11,681 standing places, 1,348 business seats, and a further 376 places in 28 VIP lodges. Alemannia Aachen had been planning a new stadium since the early 2000s. At first a site was selected near [...]
Toumba Stadium has been the home stadium of PAOK FC since 1959. It currently has a capacity of 28,703 seats. After in the 1950s PAOK’s previous ground in the centre of Thessaloniki had become too small for the club, it started working on plans to build a new stadium. Construction [...]
Toyota Park is the home of the Chicago Fire. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. Toyota Park opened on the 11th of June 2006 with a match between the Chicago Fire and the New England Revolution (3-3). Total construction costs of the stadium were $98 million. It hosts [...]
TRE-FOR Park, originally Odense Stadion, is the home stadium of Odense Boldklub (OB). It currently has a capacity of 15,790, of which 1,800 standing places. Odense Stadion opened in 1941, and stayed relatively unchanged until the 1990s, with only minor renovations made. However, with the successes of the club in [...]
The Trolli ARENA is the home of SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The stadium has a capacity of 15,200, of which 5,800 standing places. A few years after the inauguration of the club in 1906 it was in need of a proper stadium and therefore bought a piece of land in the [...]
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium is the home of Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. The stadium has a capacity of 7,750 seats. Plans for the construction of the Caledonian Stadium were first made in 1994 when Caledonian and Inverness Thistle merged to form one club. A new modern stadium was part of a [...]
Turf Moor is the home of Burnley FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,619 seats. Burnley moved to Turf Moor in 1883, nine months after the club had formed. The first match played at the ground was against Rawtenstall (3-6). At that point the stadium was nothing more than [...]
The newly constructed Türk Telekom Arena is the home of Galatasaray SK. It has a capacity of 52,650 seats, which includes 5,500 VIP seats and a further 157 executive boxes. Construction of the stadium, which replaced the old Ali Sami Yen, started late 2007. Total construction costs are estimated to [...]
Tynecastle Stadium is one of the oldest grounds in Britain and home to Heart of Midlothian FC. The stadium has a capacity of 17,400 seats. In 1886 Hearts obtained the tenancy of a vast meadow, on which they were to build a first wooden stand. The opening match at the [...]
The Veltins Arena, before 2005 known as the Arena auf Schalke, is the home of FC Schalke 04. It replaced Schalke’s previous Parkstadion. The stadium has a capacity of 61,673, of which around 16,000 standing places. The capacity is reduced for international matches to 54,142 all-seats. Total costs of the [...]
Vicarage Road is the home stadium of Watford FC. It has a capacity of 17,477 seats. Watford FC moved to Vicarage Road in 1922 after it had been playing for 23 years at a ground on Cassio Road. The club played its first match at the new ground on the [...]
Villa Park is the home ground of Aston Villa FC. Its current capacity is 42,785 seats. The stadium opened on the 17th of April 1897 with a friendly game between Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Its initial capacity was 40,000, but this was gradually increased in the following decades. On [...]
The Volkswagen Arena is the home of VFL Wolfsburg. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000, of which 8,000 standing places that can be converted into 4,000 seats for international matches. The Volkswagen Arena was built between May 2001 and December 2002. The stadium officially opened on the 13th of [...]
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, FA Cup final, and the Community Shield. The stadium has a capacity of 90,000 seats. Wembley Stadium, or [...]
The Weserstadion is the home stadium of SV Werder Bremen. It currently has a capacity of 42,500, of which about 10,000 standing places. The Weserstadion was built in 1909 as a general sports field. It had one wooden stand, and was only sporadically used for football matches. A first big [...]
White Hart Lane is the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur FC. It has a current capacity of 36,240 seats. The stadium opened on the 4th of September 1899 with a match against Notts County which Tottenham won 4-1. The initially small ground was quickly expanded, and after major developments early [...]
The WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena is the home stadium of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. It has a capacity of 30,150, of which 9,150 standing places. The stadium furthermore counts with 1,364 business seats and 40 VIP boxes. The Rhein-Neckar-Arena got build between May 2007 and January 2009. It replaced Hoffenheim’s previous home the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
