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This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity.

Stadium Capacity Club
Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti ("El Monumental") 65,645 River Plate
Estadio Alberto J. Armando ("La Bombonera") 57,250 Boca Juniors
Estadio Independiente ("La Doble Visera") 50,100 Independiente
Estadio Juan Domingo Perón ("El Cilindro") 50,000 Racing Club
Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 50,000 No current regular user
Estadio José Amalfitani 49,747 Vélez Sársfield
Estadio Olímpico de Córdoba (Chateau Carreras) 48,878 Talleres , Instituto, Belgrano
Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó 48,314 Huracán
Estadio José María Minella 43,542 No current regular user
Estadio Rosario Central (El Gigante de Arroyito) 41,654 Rosario Central
Estadio Lanús 40,320 Lanús
Estadio Newell's Old Boys ( El Coloso del Parque) 39,557 Newell's Old Boys
Estadio Pedro Bidegain 35,000 San Lorenzo
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas 34,875 Godoy Cruz, San Martín
Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry 34,268 Ferro Carril Oeste
Estadio León Kolbovskyi 34,000 Atlanta
Estadio Eduardo Gallardón 33,542 Los Andes
Estadio Florencio Solá 33,351 Banfield
Estadio Juan Carlos Zerrillo 33,000 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata
Estadio José Luis Meiszner (Centenario) 33,000 Quilmes Atlético Club
Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López (El Cementerio de los Elefantes) 32,500 Colón de Santa Fe
Estadio Nueva España 32,000 Español
Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López 31,000 Platense
Estadio Monumental de Victoria 30,000 Tigre
Estadio Presidente Perón 30,000 Instituto
Stadium Capacity Club
Ernst Happel Stadium 48,844 Austria
Linzer Stadion 21,328 Linzer ASK
Stadion Salzburg 18,686 SV Salzburg
Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 18,516 Rapid Vienna
Pappelstadion 18,000 SV Mattersburg
Tivoli (Stadion) 17,400 Wacker Innsbruck
Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium 15,400 SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK
Bundesstadion Südstadt 12,000 VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling
Franz Fekete Stadium 12,000 Kapfenberger SV
Casino Stadium 11,112 SW Bregenz
Franz Horr Stadium 11,608 Austria Vienna
Wörtherseestadion 11,259 FC Kärnten
Reichshofstadion 10,500 SC Austria Lustenau
Sportklub Stadium 8,700 Wiener Sportklub
Waldstadion (Pasching) 7,870 SV Pasching
Home Life Arena 7,600 SV Ried
Donawitz Stadium 6,000 DSV Leoben
Vorwärts Stadium 6,000 SK Vorwärts Steyr


Stadium Capacity Club
King Baudouin Stadium 50,024 Belgium
Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,200 Standard
Jan Breydelstadion 29,042 Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,361 Anderlecht
Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,149 Sporting Charleroi
Fenix Stadion 24,604 Genk
Bosuilstadion 16,649 Antwerp FC
Stade Edmond Machtens 15,266 FC Brussels
Herman Vanderpoortenstadion 14,538 Lierse
Achter de Kazerne Stadion 13,847 Mechelen
Stadium Capacity Club
Koševo Stadium 34,600 Bosnia and Herzegovina and FK Sarajevo
Bijeli Brijeg Stadium 25,000 NK Zrinjski Mostar
Grbavica Stadium 20,000 NK Željezničar
Bilino Polje Stadium 18,000 NK Čelik Zenica
Pod Borićima Stadium 16,000 NK Jedinstvo Bihać
Tušanj Stadium 9,000 FK Sloboda Tuzla
Mokri Dolac Stadium 8,000 NK Posušje
Stadium Capacity Club
1. Maracanã 120,000 The major football teams in Rio de Janeiro, except Vasco da Gama
2. Mineirão 89,000 Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro
3. Estádio do Arruda 80,000 Santa Cruz
4. Morumbi 80,000 São Paulo
5. Mangueirão 60,000 Paysandu
6. Fonte Nova 55,000 Bahia
7. Beira-Rio 55,000 Internacional
8. Olímpico Monumental 55,000 Grêmio
9. Pacaembu 38,800 Public Stadium maintained by São Paulo city
10. Kyocera Arena 32,000 Atlético Paranaense
Parque Antártica 32,000 Palmeiras
12. São Januário 31,000 Vasco da Gama
Stadium Capacity Club
1. National Stadium Vassil Levski 45 000 Bulgaria
2. Ovcha Kupel Stadium 32 000 Slavia Sofia
3. Georgi Asparuhov 29 000 Levski Sofia
4. Neftohimik 25 000 Naftex
5. Bulgarska Armia 22 000 CSKA Sofia
6. Botev Stadium 22 000 Botev Plovdiv
7. Lokomotiv Stadium 20 000 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
8. Lovech 7 000 Litex Lovech
Stadium Capacity Club
1. Maksimir Stadium 40 030 Croatia and Dinamo Zagreb
2. Poljud Stadium 39 941 Hajduk Split
3. Gradski Vrt Stadium 19 500 NK Osijek
4. Cibalia Stadium 12 100 Cibalia Vinkovci
5. Stadium Kranjčevićeva 12 000 NK Zagreb
6. Stadium Kantrida 10 500 NK Rijeka
7. Stadium NK Varteks 9 500 NK Varteks
Stadium Capacity Club
1. Parken 42 305 Denmark and FC København
2. Brøndby stadion 31 000 Brøndby I.F.
3. Aalborg stadion 16 000 AaB
Stadium Capacity Club
Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) 40,000 Finland
Ratina 17,000 Tampere United
Finnair Stadium 10,770 HJK Helsinki
Veritas Stadion 9,000 FC Inter, Turun Palloseura
Stadium Capacity Club
Stade de France 80,000 France
Stade Vélodrome 60,000 Marseille
Parc des Princes 49,000 PSG
Stade Félix Bollaert 41,800 Lens
Stade Gerland 41,200 Lyon
Stade de la Beaujoire 38,500 Nantes
Stadium de Toulouse 37,000 Toulouse
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 36,000 St.-Étienne
Parc Lescure 35,200 Girondins de Bordeaux
Stadium Capacity Club
Westfalenstadion 82,700 Borussia Dortmund
Olympiastadion 76,000 Hertha BSC Berlin
Olympiastadion 69,300 --
Allianz Arena 66,000 Bayern München and TSV 1860 München
Veltins-Arena 61,524 Schalke 04
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 57,000 VfB Stuttgart
AOL Arena 55,000 Hamburger SV
Borussia-Park 53,100 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Waldstadion, soon Commerzbank-Arena 52,000 Eintracht Frankfurt
LTU-Arena 51,500 Fortuna Düsseldorf
RheinEnergieStadion 51,000 FC Köln
AWD Arena 49,000 Hannover 96
Fritz-Walter-Stadion 46,600 Kaiserslautern
Frankenstadion 44,600 Nürnberg
Weserstadion 35,300 Werder Bremen
Ruhrstadion 33,000 VfL Bochum
Ostseestadion 30,000 Hansa Rostock
Volkswagen Arena 30,000 VfL Wolfsburg
Schüco Arena 26,600 Arminia Bielefeld
Badenova-Stadion 25,000 Freiburg
BayArena 22,500 Bayer Leverkusen
Stadion am Bruchweg 18,600 Mainz 05
Stadium Capacity Club Comments
Olympic Stadium (Spyros Louis) 74,767 AEK
Panathinaikos
Karaiskaki 33,334 Olympiakos
Toumba 28,701 PAOK
Kaftanzoglio 28,028 Iraklis
Pankritiko Stadium 26,400 Ergotelis
Nikos Goumas 24,729 AEK Olympic Stadium (Spyros Louis) is AEK official stadium for the upcoming season
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (National Stadium of Patra) 23,588 none It belongs to "General Secretariat of Sports". It had been used during the Olympic Games. Panachaiki and Patraikos used it for a few games, too.
Kleanthis Vikelidis (ex Charilaou) 22,800 Aris
Panthessaliko Stadium 22,700 Niki Volou
Apostolos Nikolaidis (Stadium of Leoforos) 16,620 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium (Spyros Louis) is Panathinaikos official stadium for the upcoming season
Trikala's Stadium 15,000 Trikala
Alkazar 14.848 Larisa
Georgios Kamaras (Rizoupoli's Stadium) 14.200 Apollon Smyrnis
Kavala's Stadium 14,000 Kavala 12,500 seated
Stadium of Volos 12,000 Olympiakos Volou
Nea Smyrni's Stadium 11,700 Panionios
Panachaiki's Stadium 11,321 Panachaiki
Veria's Stadium 11,000 Veria 9,300 seated
Stadium of Serres 10,000 Panserraikos
Peristeri's Stadium 10,000 Atromitos


Stadium Capacity Club
Salt Lake Stadium 120,000 General use for Kolkata teams
Stadium Capacity Club
Croke Park 82,500 Republic of Ireland Only during the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road.
Lansdowne Road 35,000 Republic of Ireland Total capacity is 49,250, but only 35,000 can be used for football.
Dalymount Park 12,200 Bohemians
Tolka Park 9,700 Shelbourne and Dublin City
Turners Cross 9,000 Cork City
Stadium Capacity Club(s)
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) 85,700 AC Milan and Inter Milan
Stadio Olimpico 82,000 AS Roma and Lazio
Stadio San Paolo 72,800 Napoli
Stadio Delle Alpi 71,000 Juventus and Torino
Stadio San Nicola 58,300 Bari
Stadio Artemio Franchi 47,300 Fiorentina
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 42,200 Chievo Verona and Hellas Verona
Stadio Friuli 41,700 Udinese
Stadio Via del Mare 41,000 Lecce
Stadio San Filippo 40,200 Messina
Stadio Luigi Ferraris 40,100 Sampdoria and Genoa
Stadio Sant'Elia 39,900 Cagliari
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 39,300 Bologna
Stadio Renzo Barbera 37,000 Palermo
Stadio Ennio Tardini 29,000 Parma
Stadio Grande Torino 28,000 Torino (future; to open in 2005)
Stadio Oreste Grenillo 27,700 Reggina
Stadio Mario Rigamonti 27,500 Brescia
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,600 Atalanta
Stadio Alberto Braglia 21,000 Modena
Stadio Armando Picchi 18,200 Livorno
Stadio Romeo Menti 17,163 Vicenza
Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi 10,900 Siena
Stadium Capacity Club
Estadio Azteca 105,000 Mexico, Club América, and CF Atlante
Estadio Jalisco 72,000 Chivas and Atlas
Estadio Olímpico Universitario 70,000 Pumas
Estadio Universitario 50,000 Tigres
Estadio Cuauhtémoc 42,800 Puebla
Estadio Morelos 42,500 Morelia
Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente 40,000 Veracruz
Estadio Azul 39,000 Cruz Azul
Estadio Tecnológico 32,262 Monterrey
Estadio Nemesio Díez 30,000 Toluca
Estadio Tres de Marzo 25,000 Tecos
Estadio Victoria 25,000 Necaxa
Estadio Hidalgo 25,000 Pachuca
Stadium Capacity Club
Feijenoord Stadion (De Kuip) 52,000 Feyenoord
Amsterdam ArenA 51,324 Ajax
Philips Stadion 36,500 PSV
Gelredome 29,600 Vitesse
De Galgenwaard 25,000 Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,200 Roda JC
Abe Lenstra Stadion 17,653 Heerenveen
MyCom Stadion 17,064 NAC
Willem II Stadion 14,700 Willem II
Arke Stadion 13,500 Twente
Wagner & Partners Stadion 13,000 Fortuna Sittard
De Goffert 12,500 NEC
Oosterpark Stadion 12,500 Groningen
Eneco Stadion 11,500 Sparta
Zuiderpark Stadion 11,000 ADO
De Vijverberg 10,900 De Graafschap
De Geusselt 10,000 MVV
Cambuur Stadion 10,000 Cambuur
Ecco Stadion 9,000 Den Bosch
Univé Stadion 8,600 FC Emmen
Veronica Stadion 8,500 FC Volendam
De Alkmaarderhout 8,400 AZ
Mandemakers Stadion 7,500 RKC
TOP Oss Stadion 7,000 TOP Oss
Oosterenkstadion 6,800 FC Zwolle
Polman Stadion 6,596 Heracles
Berg en Bos 6,000 AGOVV Apeldoorn
De Koel 6,000 VVV Venlo
De Langeleegte 5,290 BV Veendam
Vast & Goed Stadion 5,000 RBC
De Adelaarshorst 4,800 Go Ahead Eagles
Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600 FC Eindhoven
GN Bouw Stadion 4,100 FC Dordrecht
Stadion De Braak 4,100 Helmond Sport
Stadion Woudestein 3,527 Excelsior
Haarlem Stadion 3,442 Haarlem
Schoonenberg Stadion 3,250 Stormvogels Telstar
Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion 3,000 FC Omniworld
Stadium Capacity Club
Ullevaal Stadion 25,572 Norway, Lyn, and Vålerenga
Lerkendal Stadion 21,166 Rosenborg
Brann Stadion 19,000 Brann
Viking Stadion 15,300 Viking
Åråsen Stadion 12,000 Lillestrøm
Molde Stadion 11,167 Molde
Color Line Stadion 11,000 Aalesund
Fredrikstad Stadion 10,500 Fredrikstad
Alfheim Stadion 10,000 Tromsø
Odd Stadion 10,000 Odd Grenland
Aspmyra Stadion 8,800 Bodø/Glimt
Briskeby Gressbane 8,068 Ham-Kam
Stadium Capacity Club
Estádio da Luz 65,000 SL Benfica
Estádio do Dragão 52,000 FC Porto
Estádio José Alvalade 52,000 Sporting Lisbon
Estádio Algarve 30,000 no current owner
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,000 Académica
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,000 Vitória SC
Estádio do Bessa 30,000 Boavista FC
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 UD Leiria
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,000 SC Beira-Mar
Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,000 SC Braga
Stadium Capacity Club
Camp Nou 98,600 Barcelona
Estádio Santiago Bernabéu 80,000 Real Madrid
Estádio Vicente Calderon 57,500 Atlético de Madrid
Estadi Olimpic Montjuïc 56,000 Espanyol (leaving in 2005)
Estádio Mestalla 55,000 Valencia
Estádio M. Ruiz de Lopera 52,500 Real Betis
Estádio R. Sánchez Pizjuán 45,000 Sevilla
Gipuzkoarena 42,400 Real Sociedad (future; to open in 2007)
Estádio San Mamés 40,000 Athletic Bilbao
Estádio La Rosaleda 37,200 Málaga
Estádio la Romareda 34,600 Real Zaragoza
Estádio Riazor 34,600 Deportivo
Estádio Anoeta 32,000 Real Sociedad
Estádio El Madrigal 26,000 Villarreal
Estádio Ciutat de Valencia 25,400 Levante
Estádio Son Moix 23,100 Mallorca
Estádio El Sardinero 22,100 Racing de Santander
Estádio El Sadar 19,800 Osasuna
Estádio Carlos Belmonte 17,000 Albacete
Coliseum Alfonso Perez 14,000 Getafe
Estádio Los Pajaritos 9,500 Numancia
Stadium Capacity Club
Ullevi 43,000–43,200 No club
Råsunda 35,000–36,800 Sweden, AIK
Malmö Stadion 27,500 Malmö FF
Ryavallen 18,900–19,400 No club
Gamla Ullevi 15,000–18,000 IFK Göteborg, Örgryte IS, GAIS
Borås Arena 14,500–17,300 IF Elfsborg, Norrby IF
Olympia 16,673–17,200 Helsingborgs IF
Söderstadion 15,600–16,197 Hammarby IF
Örjans vall 15,000 Halmstads BK, IS Halmia
Stockholms Stadion 14,417–14,500 Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården/Älvsjö
Behrn Arena 13,000 Örebro SK
Landskrona IP 11,500 Landskrona BoIS
Idrottsparken 8,700 GIF Sundsvall
Fredriksskans 8,500 Kalmar FF
Vångavallen 6,500 Trelleborgs FF
Stadium Capacity Club
Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu 80,000 Turkish national football team
Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadyumu 52,000 Fenerbahçe SK
Inönü Stadyumu 31,750 Beşiktaş JK
Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu 21,500 Trabzonspor
Kayseri Atatürk Stadyumu 21,300 Kayserispor
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadyumu 23,000 Gençlerbirliği, MKE Ankaragücü and BB Ankaraspor
Konya Atatürk Stadyumu 19,440 Konyaspor
Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu 18,500 Galatasaray SK
Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadyumu 18,000 Diyarbakırspor
Kamil Ocak Stadyumu 17,640 Gaziantepspor
Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu 14,767 Denizlispor
Sakarya Atatürk Stadyumu 14,500 Sakaryaspor
Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu 13,500 Samsunspor
Rize Atatürk Stadyumu 10,957 Çaykur Rizespor
Malatya Inönü Stadyumu 10,835 Malatyaspor
Güngören M.Yahya Baş Stadyumu 10,500 Istanbulspor AS
Fatih Stadı 6,200 Akçaabat Sebatspor
Stadium Capacity Club
1. Wembley Stadium 90,000 England (future; rebuilt stadium to open in 2006)
2. Old Trafford 68,000 Manchester United
3. Stanley Park Stadium 61,000 Liverpool (future; to open in 2007)
4. Emirates Stadium 60,000 Arsenal (future; to open in 2006)
5. St James' Park 52,387 Newcastle United
6. City of Manchester Stadium 48,500 Manchester City
7. Stadium of Light 48,300 Sunderland
8. Anfield 45,400 Liverpool
9. Villa Park 43,300 Aston Villa
10. Stamford Bridge 42,449 Chelsea
For a more complete list, see List of English football stadiums by capacity
Stadium Capacity Club(s)
Windsor Park 20,332 Linfield and Northern Ireland
Brandywell Stadium 7,700 Derry City
Solitude 8,000 Cliftonville
Stadium Capacity Club
Celtic Park 60,832 Celtic
Hampden Park 52,500 Queen's Park and Scotland
Ibrox Stadium 50,411 Rangers
Pittodrie 22,199 Aberdeen
Rugby Park 18,128 Kilmarnock
Tynecastle Stadium 18,008 Hearts
Easter Road 17,500 Hibernian
Tannadice Park 14,209 Dundee United
Fir Park 13,742 Motherwell
Firhill Stadium 13,079 Partick Thistle
Dens Park 12,085 Dundee
East End Park 11,998 Dunfermline
St Mirren Park 10,800 St Mirren
McDiarmid Park 10,673 St Johnstone
Excelsior Stadium (New Broomfield Park) 10,171 Airdrie United
Starks Park 10,104 Raith Rovers
Almondvale 10,000 Livingston
Caledonian Stadium 7,500 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Falkirk Stadium 6,400 Falkirk
Stadium Capacity Club
Millennium Stadium 73,500 Wales
Ninian Park 20,000 Cardiff City
White Rock Stadium 20,000 Swansea City
The Racecourse Ground 15,500 Wrexham
Newport Stadium 4,300 Newport County
Bell Vue 4,000 Rhyl

Note that this list includes only soccer-specific stadiums, and not American football stadiums which can also host football (soccer) games.

Stadium Capacity Club(s)
Home Depot Center 27,000 Los Angeles Galaxy and C.D. Chivas USA
(Unnamed) 25,000 Colorado Rapids (future; to open in 2007)
Fire House (tbd) 25,000 Chicago Fire (future; to open in 2006)
Columbus Crew Stadium 22,500 Columbus Crew
Pizza Hut Park 20,000 F.C. Dallas (future; to open in 2005)
PAETEC Park 17,500 Rochester Raging Rhinos
Virginia Beach Sportsplex 10,000 Virginia Beach Mariners
Blackbaud Stadium 5,113 Charleston Battery
Stadium Capacity Club
Estadio Centenario 65,000 Most Montevidean Teams, particularly Peñarol and Nacional Montevideo