Sarpsborg Stadion

The Sarpsborg Stadion is a football stadium in Sarpsborg, Norway. It is the home ground of Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08.

Sarpsborg Stadion
LocationSarpsborg, Norway
Coordinates59°17′10.38″N 11°5′51.39″E
OperatorSarpsborg municipality
Capacity8,022
Record attendance7042[1]
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceArtificial turf
Opened1930
Tenants
Sarpsborg 08

The former multi-use venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1954 and 1960.[2] The venue hosted Norway national under-21 football team one matches, where Norway lost 1–3 against Sweden on 3 October 1972.[3] The stadium has been repeatedly modernised in recent years; a modernisation which began in 2000, when a new main stand were built. In 2009, new floodlights were installed and the grass pitch was replaced with an artificial turf. New stands were built in both the south and north end of the pitch between 2010 and 2016.[4][5] Sarpsborg 08's success in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League led to further upgrades and improvements.

The stadium's attendance record dates from 14 October 1945, when Fredrikstad and Lyn met in the first of two replays of the final of the 1945 Norwegian Cup. 18,000 spectators visited the match that ended with a 1–1 draw.[6] This was the penultimate Norwegian Cup final to be played outside Oslo.

References
  1. https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/naBxQm/sarpsborg-kapteinen-hyller-hjemmefansen-det-blir-litt-som-europa-league
  2. "Main Championships Men" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  3. "Norge Menn U21" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. "S08 må betale tribunen selv". sa.no (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. "Sarpsborg Stadion" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. "Norwegian cup 1945". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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