This is a list of previous home stadiums of famous european football teams.
Highbury Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as “Highbury” due to its location and was given the affectionate nickname of the “Home of Football” by the club. It had a capacity of 38,419 at closure.
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane was a football stadium in Tottenham, North London and the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club from 1899 to 2017. Its capacity varied over the years; when changed to all-seater it had a capacity of 36,284 before demolition. The stadium was fully demolished after the end of the 2016–17 season and was replaced by Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as the club’s home ground. The stadium, which was known amongst Spurs fans as The Lane, had hosted 2,533 competitive Spurs games in its 118-year history.
Boleyn Ground
The Boleyn Ground, often referred to as Upton Park, was a football stadium located in Upton Park, east London. It was the home of West Ham United from 1904 until 2016. The seating capacity of the ground at closure was 35,016. From the 2016–17 season, West Ham United have played their home matches at the London Stadium in nearby Stratford. The last first-class match played at the Boleyn Ground was on 10 May 2016, a 3–2 West Ham United win in the Premier League against Manchester United. The stadium was demolished in 2016 to make way for a new development.
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, Charity Shield matches, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road holds the record for the highest attendance for a club in their normal home stadium in English club football, set in 1934 at an FA Cup sixth round match between Manchester City and Stoke City. By Manchester City’s last season at Maine Road in 2002–03, it was an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 35,150 and of haphazard design with stands of varying heights due to the ground being renovated several times over its 80-year history. The following season Manchester City moved to the City of Manchester Stadium in East Manchester.
Filbert Street
Filbert Street was a football stadium in Leicester, England, which served as the home of Leicester City F.C. from 1891 until 2002. Although officially titled the City Business Stadium in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadiums. It has a capacity of 22,000 at closure.
Camp de Les Corts
Camp de Les Corts, commonly referred to as Les Corts, was a sports stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the home for FC Barcelona from 1922 and until the club moved to the Camp Nou in 1957. It was also the home of CD Condal for the club’s entire history. It had a capacity of 60,000.
Estadio Chamartín
Estadio Chamartín was a multi-use stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of Real Madrid matches from 1924 and until 1947 after Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was built. The stadium held 22,500 people.
Estadio Vicente Calderón
The Vicente Calderón Stadium was the home stadium of Atlético Madrid since its completion in 1966 and until 2017, with a seating capacity of 54,907 and located on the banks of the Manzanares, in the Arganzuela district of Madrid, Spain. The stadium was originally called the Estadio Manzanares, but this was later changed to the Vicente Calderón Stadium, in honour of their long-term President Vicente Calderón.
Olympiastadion
Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. With an original capacity of 80,000, the stadium also hosted many major football matches including the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 1988 Final and European Cup Finals. It was home to FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich until the construction of Allianz Arena for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Its current capacity is 69,250.
Parkstadion
Parkstadion was a multi-purpose stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that is no longer used to host any major events. The stadium was built in 1973 and hosted five matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It had a capacity of 62,109 with seats for 45,067. It was the home of FC Schalke 04 from 1973 until 2001.
Stadion Rote Erde
Stadion Rote Erde (Red Earth Stadium) is a 25,000 capacity (3,000 seated) football and athletics stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves as the home stadium to Borussia Dortmund II and several athletic clubs. It was the home of Borussia Dortmund from 1937 until 1974 and at that time had a capacity of 42,000.
Stade de Gerland
The Stade de Gerland is a stadium in the city of Lyon, France which serves as home to Top 14 rugby club Lyon OU. It has a seating capacity of 35,000. It was a home stadium of Olympique Lyonnais from 1950 until 2015.
Stade Louis II (1939)
Stade Louis II was a stadium in Fontvieille, Monaco. It was initially used as the stadium of AS Monaco FC from 1939 until 1985 when it was rebuilt and replaced by a new Stade Louis II. The capacity of the stadium was 12,000 spectators.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
The Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino is a multi-purpose stadium located in Turin, Italy. It was the home stadium of Juventus FC between 1933–1990 and 2006–2011. It has a capacity of 27,958 and is the home ground of Serie A club Torino Football Club.
Estádio da Luz (1954)
Estádio da Luz (Stadium of Light), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of S.L. Benfica and the Portugal national team. The stadium was opened on 1 December 1954 and it was able to hold an official maximum of 120,000 people, making it the largest stadium in Europe and the third largest in the world in terms of capacity. Its demolition started in 2002 so the new Estádio da Luz could be built near the same area. The closing capacity of the stadium was 78,000.
Estádio das Antas
The Estádio das Antas (officially Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto) was the third stadium of the Portuguese football side FC Porto. It was in use from 1952 to 2004, replacing the earlier Campo da Constituição and later replaced by Estádio do Dragão. As well the stadium, it had an indoor arena and three training grounds. The club’s offices were also split between the inside of the stadium and the Torre das Antas, built in front of the stadium during the 1990s. It was demolished in 2004 although one floodlight still remains and the majority of the site is not yet redeveloped. It had a capacity of 55,000.
Estádio José Alvalade (1956)
Estádio José Alvalade was a stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium was able to hold 52,411 people. It was inaugurated on 10 June 1956. Home venue of Sporting CP for 47 years, it was mostly used for football matches, but also athletics. It was named after Sporting founder José Alfredo Holtreman Roquette, known as José Alvalade after his family. It was closed in 2003, when the new Estádio José Alvalade opened.
Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Ali Sami Yen Stadium (Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu) was the home of the football club Galatasaray S.K. in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1966 to 2011. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. The stadium had a capacity of 23,477 and was situated in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district.
Olympisch Stadion
The Olympic Stadium (Dutch: Olympisch Stadion) is the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. AFC Ajax used the Olympic Stadium for international games until 1996, when the Amsterdam Arena, since 2018 named Johan Cruyff Arena, was completed. It had a capacity of 64,000 at that time. The venue is currently used mostly for athletics, music events and other (sport)events.
Petrovsky Stadium
The Petrovsky Stadium (стадион «Петровский») is on a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings, the stadium is used mostly for football and also for athletics with the capacity of 21,405. It was the home of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg from 1994 until 2017.
