List of football stadiums by capacity


List of football stadiums by capacity - Definition

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

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Argentina

Stadium	Capacity	Club
"El Monumental" (Antonio V. Liberti)	57,900	River Plate
"La Bombonera" (Alberto J. Armando)	54,400	Boca Juniors

	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	52,200	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 complete list, see List of English football stadiums by capacity

Stadium	Capacity	Club
Westfalenstadion	82,700	Borussia Dortmund
Olympiastadion	76,000	Hertha Berlin
Olympiastadion	69,300	Bayern M�nchen
Allianz Arena	66,000	Bayern M�nchen and 1860 M�nchen (future; to open in 2005)
Arena AufSchalke	61,266	Schalke 04
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	57,000	VfB Stuttgart
AOL Arena	55,000	Hamburger SV
Borussia-Park	53,100	Borussia M�nchengladbach
Multifunktionsarena	51,500	Fortuna D�sseldorf
RheinEnergie Stadium	51,000	1. FC K�ln
AWD Arena	49,000	Hannover 96
Fritz-Walter-Stadion	46,600	Kaiserslautern
Frankenstadion	44,600	N�rnberg
Weserstadion	35,300	Werder Bremen
Ruhrstadion	33,000	VfL Bochum
Ostseestadion	30,000	Hansa Rostock
Volkswagen Arena	30,000	VfL Wolfsburg
Sch�co 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
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 dello Stretto	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 Comunale Artemio Franchi	10,900	Siena

Stadium	Capacity	Club
Camp Nou	98,800	Barcelona
Est�dio Santiago Bernab�u	80,000	Real Madrid
Est�dio Vicente Calderon	57,500	Atl�tico de Madrid
Estadi Olimpic Montjuic	56,000	Espanyol
Est�dio Mestalla	55,000	Valencia
Est�dio M. Ruiz de Lopera	52,500	Real Betis
Est�dio R. S�nchez Pizju�n	45,000	Sevilla
Gipuzkoarena	42,400	Real Sociedad (future; to open in 2007)
Est�dio San Mam�s	40,000	Athletic Bilbao
Est�dio La Rosaleda	37,200	M�laga
Est�dio la Romareda	34,600	Real Zaragoza
Est�dio Riazor	34,600	Deportivo
Est�dio Anoeta	32,000	Real Sociedad
Est�dio El Madrigal	26,000	Villarreal
Est�dio Ciutat de Valencia	25,400	Levante
Est�dio Son Moix	23,100	Mallorca
Est�dio El Sardinero	22,100	Racing de Santander
Est�dio El Sadar	19,800	Osasuna
Est�dio Carlos Belmonte	17,000	Albacete
Coliseum Alfonso Perez	14,000	Getafe
Est�dio Los Pajaritos	9,500	Numancia

Stadium	Capacity	Club
Ullevi	43,200	Sweden
R�sunda Stadium	35,000	Sweden and AIK
Malm� stadion	27,500	Malm� FF
Ryavallen	19,400	IF Elfsborg
Olympia	16,700	Helsingborgs IF
Gamla Ullevi	15,000	IFK G�teborg, �rgryte IS, GAIS
�rjans vall	15,000	Halmstads BK, IS Halmia
Stockholms Olympiastadion	13,800	Djurg�rdens IF
Eyravallen	13,000	�rebro SK
Landskrona IP	11,500	Djurg�rdens IF
S�derstadion	11,100	Hammarby IF, Assyriska F�reningen
Idrottsparken	8,700	GIF Sundsvall
Fredriksskans	8,500	Kalmar FF
V�ngavallen	6,500	Trelleborgs FF

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

Stadium	Capacity	Club
Home Depot Center	27,000	Los Angeles Galaxy and C.D. Chivas USA
(Unnamed)	25,000	MetroStars (future; to open in 2005)
Fire House (tbd)	25,000	Chicago Fire (future; to open in 2006)
Columbus Crew Stadium	22,500	Columbus Crew
Frisco Soccer and Entertainment Center (tbd)	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
Millennium Stadium	73,500	Wales
Ninian Park	20,000	Cardiff City
White Rock Stadium	20,000	Swansea City (future; to open in 2005)
The Racecourse Ground	15,500	Wrexham
Vetch Field	11,742	Swansea City
Bell Vue	4,000	Rhyl

Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham, though based in Wales, all play in the English league system.