List of European stadiums by capacity
This is a list of the largest European stadiums. Stadiums with a capacity of 25,000 or more are included. The list includes stadiums in European countries.
They are ordered by their audience capacity. The capacity figures are for each stadium's permanent total capacity, including seating and any official standing areas. The capacity does include movable seating – used by multi-purpose stadiums to regularly convert the stadium for different sports, and retractable seating for safe standing, but excludes any temporary seating or standing, such as for concerts. Stadiums are sorted in the list based on the largest of these capacities.
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Current stadia: capacity of 25,000 or more
Notes:
(d) indicates retractable seating deployed, (nd) indicates retractable seating not deployed (m) indicates movable seating deployed (t) indicates capacity with temporary seats to be removed
An asterisk – * – indicates that a team does not play all of its home matches at that venue.
The "Category" column indicates whether the stadium has been designated by UEFA as capable of hosting club competitions such as the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League, and national team competitions such as the UEFA European Championship and the Nations League, as well as hosting the FIFA World Cup in Europe. Category 4 stadiums must not have a capacity less than 60,000 for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Euro finals, 30,000 for the UEFA Europa League and Nations League finals, and 8,000 for the UEFA Europa Conference League final.
Capacity over 80,000
Capacity of 70,000 – 80,000
Capacity of 60,000 – 70,000
Capacity of 50,000 – 60,000
Capacity of 40,000 – 50,000
Capacity of 30,000 – 40,000
Capacity of 25,000 – 30,000
Under construction
The following is a list of European stadiums which are currently under construction and will have a capacity of 25,000 or more.
Stadium | Capacity | City | Country | Tenant(s) | Opening |
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Nou Mestalla | 54,000[88] | Valencia | Spain | Valencia | 2022[89] |
New Adana Stadium | 36,117 | Adana | Turkey | Adanaspor, Adana Demirspor | 2020[90] |
SC-Stadion | 34,700[91] | Freiburg | Germany | SC Freiburg | 2020 |
Stadionul Steaua | 31,254 | Bucharest | Romania | Steaua București | 2020 |
Agia Sophia Stadium | 31,800 | Athens | Greece | AEK Athens | 2020 |
See also
Lists of stadiums by continent by capacity
Notes and references
Notes:
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