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Old Trafford (/ ˈ t r æ f ər d /) is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United.With a capacity of 74,310, [1] it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium) in the United Kingdom, and the twelfth-largest in Europe. [3]
Old Trafford has hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, 2012 Summer Olympics Football Tournament, and UEFA Women's Euro 2022. It has also infrequently hosted home matches of the England national football team however it became a regular home stadium during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium between 2000 and 2007.
The Taylor Report's requirement for an all-seater stadium lowered capacity at Old Trafford to around 44,000 by 1993. In 1995, the North Stand was redeveloped into three tiers, restoring capacity to approximately 55,000.
Stadium Capacity Location Country Tenants Sport Image 1: Wembley Stadium: 90,000 [1] ... Old Trafford Cricket Ground: 26,000: Trafford: England: Lancashire County ...
The stadium was completed and opened on 3 April 2019 Anfield: Liverpool: 60,725 Football Liverpool: In 1991, held the Rugby league World Club Challenge match between Wigan and Penrith. Emirates Stadium: Holloway, London: 60,260 [6] Football Arsenal: Without the naming rights, the stadium is known as Ashburton Grove, [7] or simply Arsenal ...
Trailing 3-0 after 77 chastening minutes at Old Trafford, they vacated their seats and headed out into the Manchester rain. ... When a stadium known as the Theatre of Dreams has become the stuff ...
Stadium Town / City Capacity Team League Year Opened Image 1 Wembley Stadium: Wembley, London: 90,000 [2] England (Men's, women's and youth) 2007 2 Old Trafford: Old Trafford, Greater Manchester: 74,197 [3] Manchester United: Premier League: 1910 3 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Tottenham, London 62,850 [4] Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League 2019 4 ...
The site was first used as a cricket ground in 1857, when the Manchester Cricket Club moved onto the meadows of the de Trafford estate. [9] Despite the construction of a large pavilion (for the amateurs—the professionals used a shed at the opposite end of the ground), Old Trafford's first years were rocky: accessible only along a footpath from the railway station, the ground was situated out ...