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This is a list of the largest stadiums in European countries. Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included. They are ordered by their audience capacity. The capacity figures are for each stadium's permanent total seating capacity.
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium , which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included.
The list contains both stadiums used solely for football, and those used for other sports as well as football. Some stadiums are only used by a team for certain high attendance matches, like local derbies or cup games. List of African stadiums by capacity; List of Asian stadiums by capacity; List of European stadiums by capacity
Wembley Stadium is owned by the governing body of English football, the Football Association, whose headquarters are in the stadium, through its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL). With 90,000 seats, it is the largest stadium in the UK and the second-largest stadium in Europe, behind Barcelona's Camp Nou. [10]
The largest stadium in Europe, Barcelona has hosted two Champions League finals among many other games and has seen a huge level of success thanks to the exploits of Barcelona in the past two decades.
The following is a list of stadiums in Europe. The Gazprom Arena, the home of FC Zenit. The Philips Stadion, the home of PSV from Eindhoven, a Dutch football club.
The largest stadium by capacity when opened in 1903, [9] an accolade the stadium held until 1950, [10] Hampden Park is the 50th largest football stadium in Europe, [11] the 11th largest in the United Kingdom, [12] and the second largest football stadium in Scotland. The stadium retains all attendance records recorded in European football. [10]
The stadium is located at 135/2, avenue de Marathon / Marathonlaan, on the border of the Bruparck entertainment park (with the Atomium, Mini-Europe miniature park and Kinepolis cinema). It can be accessed from the metro stations Heysel/Heizel and Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn on line 6 .