National stadium - Definition and Overview

A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to football (soccer). Usually, a national stadium will be in or very near a country's capital city, and is generally (but not always) the country's largest and most lavish athletic venue.

Some well-known national stadiums are:

• England
  • Wembley Stadium (football; currently being rebuilt)
  • Twickenham (rugby union)
• Scotland
  • Hampden Park (football)
  • Murrayfield (rugby union)
• Wales
  • Millennium Stadium
• Republic of Ireland
  • Croke Park (Gaelic sports)
  • Lansdowne Road (football and rugby union)
• France
  • Stade de France
• Belgium
  • King Baudouin Stadium