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, [...]
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 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 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 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 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 Velodrome is the home of Olympique de Marseille. It offers a capacity of 60,031 seats. The stadium opened in 1937 with a friendly match between Marseille and Italian side Torino. At the 1938 World Cup the stadium hosted two games, including a semi-final. The Stade Velodrome was aptly [...]
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 [...]
Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium Nearing Completion
Houston has been one of the last MLS clubs to build a soccer-specific stadium, however it also seems to become one of the finest ones. Houston started construction of the stadium in February 2011, and has the stadium planned to be completed in May of this year. Houston Dynamo will [...]
Bristol Rovers Confident of New Stadium Prospects
Bristol Rovers have vowed to move on with their plans to build a new stadium at the University of the West of England site, regardless of whether Bristol Rugby club will join them there. The football and rugby club currently share the Memorial Stadium, and [...]
Lyon Receives Building Permit for Grand Stade
The local council of Lyon suburb Décines has finally signed the building permit for Lyon’s proposed 58,000-seater. The signature brings a long process, that started almost five years ago, to an end, and frees up the way for the start of construction works. The stadium, which will be a prominent [...]
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 [...]
Fulham Advances with Craven Cottage Development Plans
Fulham FC has revealed further information about their plans to develop Craven Cottage, including some new drawings of the proposed Riverside Stand. The club has a long-standing desire to increase capacity and modernise 105-year-old Craven Cottage and has in the past even [...]
Atlético Madrid Presents New Stadium Plans
Last Monday Atlético Madrid unveiled their plans to build a new stadium in the east of Madrid. The stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 seats, about 12,000 more than fit in the current Estadio Vicente Calderón. Atlético had been looking for a move from the Vicente Calderón for several years, as [...]
