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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 José Zorrilla is the home of Real Valladolid CF. The stadium offers a capacity of 26,512 seats. Estadio José Zorrilla was built with the perspective of the 1982 World Cup. It replaced the old José Zorrilla which had served the club from 1940. The new stadium opened on the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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, [...]
From 1973 until 2001 the Parkstadion was FC Schalke 04’s home ground. After a last renovation in 1998 it offered a capacity of 62,004 (17,042 standing places), reduced to 55,877 for international matches. First ideas to build a new stadium for Schalke arose in the early 1960s, but it took [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 Wankdorfstadion was for over 75 years the home of BSC Young Boys, the site of the 1954 World Cup final, and host to several European Cup finals. Since the beginning of the 20th century Young Boys had played at a site at the Spitalackerplatz, but when the ground became [...]
White City Stadium was for years one of the largest stadiums in Britain until it got demolished in 1984. The stadium was built for the 1908 Olympic Games. It formed part of the Franco-British exhibition site, an 140-acre complex of palaces and exhibition buildings, most with whitewashed exteriors, hence 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. [...]
