Top 5 largest Football Stadiums
In some countries it is known as “Soccer”, in some countries it is known as “Football”. It does not matter what people call but everyone agrees that Football is the most popular game on this earth. This is a magical game and magical stories are written every day in different corners of the world. Players give their best to win the game and fans are cheering by their heart to influence their team. Players and fans are the complementary factors in a football story and a story can’t be written without the proper existence of these core factors. However, there is another factor is in there which allows these two factors to come in one place and become the paper to write history which is the “Stadium”. A stadium is a place where the fan come to applaud their team and players show their mystical performance to enchant all. Now from the perspective of stadiums these are divided by nations but connected by football. Let’s check out top 10 largest football stadiums from the perspective of stadium capacity.
- Rungnado May Day Stadium, North Korea
Stadium Capacity: 150,000
Rungrado May Stadium is situated in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was completed on May 1st, 1989. This largest stadium of this world occupies an area of 51 acres. Currently, it is using for multi-purposes, such as football matches, athletics events but mostly for Arirang Festival performances. This stadium has been used for some political purposes as well. In 1990, the failed assassination attempt to Kim-Jong-II by North Korean ARMY generals were executed in this stadium. The renovation of this stadium started in 2013 and reopened in 2015.
- Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Stadium Capacity: 110,000
Bukit Jalil National Stadium is a Malaysia based football stadium. It is the situation in National Sports Complex of Kuala Lumpur. In Malaysian language, it is known as Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil. It is the home ground of Malaysian National Football team and it is also used for multi-purposes. There is some confusion placed with the capacity of this stadium. In some places the capacity of this stadium has been mentioned as 87,411, however, this is still the largest stadium in Southeast Asia. Back in 1998, this stadium was opened by Dr. Mahathir Mohammad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia in the opening ceremony of 1998 Commonwealth Games. Currently, this stadium is under heavy renovation, budgeted by RM 1.34 Billion to develop it with all extra-ordinary facilities.
- Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain
Stadium Capacity: 99,354
Camp Nou is an iconic stadium in the football world as it is the home ground of famous football club Barcelona FC. Also, this is the home ground of magical Messi, one of the biggest football star of this world. With its current capacity of 99,354 this is the largest football stadium in both Spain and Europe and also in favor, this is the second largest football stadium in the world. Not only for Barcelona FC but this stadium is the place where a lot of historic football matches took place. The Champions Leagues finals (aka European Cup) of 1989 and 1999 took place in this stadium. Including the opening match, five matches of 1982 FIFA World Cup played in this ground. Also, the final football competition of 1992 Summer Olympics also took place in this stadium
4. FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Stadium Capacity: 94,736
First National Bank Stadium or FNB stadium is also known as Soccer City. It also has a nickname of “The Calabash”. It is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the home ground of Kazier Chiefs F.C. and Bafana Bafana, South African National Football Team. This is stadium was the core house of Fifa World Cup, 2010. Final match and closing ceremony of Football world cup 2010 held in this stadium. With the capacity of 94,736, this is the biggest stadium in South Africa. This stadium also has some political importance as in 1990 Nelson Mandela gave his first speech after his release and his last public appearance was in this stadium in the closing ceremony of world cup football, 2010.
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States
Stadium Capacity: 92,542
Rose Bowl stadium is recognized as the National Historic Landmark and California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. This outdoor athletic stadium was built in 1922 situated in California, United States. This is the 11th Largest stadium of United State. This stadium hosted the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Match, 1994 Fifa World Cup Final and 1999 Fifa Women’s World Cup Final. This stadium hosted Super Bowl Games, second most than any of the Venue.