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Football Ground Map
The latest football ground news from around the world. New stadiums, ground renovations and records - it's all here. Heard some news that you think should be featured? Drop us a line through the contact page. Want to keep up-to-date with the latest stadium news by email? Sign up to the site and join the monthly stadium newsletter.
Sunday 12th January 2020
Lincoln City have applied for planning permission to increase the canary of Sincil Bank to 11,650.
The increase would come through adding 1,500 more seats to the Stacey-West Stand, increasing its capacity to 3,400. The stand will have split concourses allowing use by both home and away fans. The club are also open to installing rail seating, so the capacity could grow further still.
Longer term, the League One club are looking to either relocate or spend substantial money redeveloping Sincil Bank whose aging facilities are in need of modernisation.
The expansion is driven in part by the Imps' success in recent seasons, seeing their average attendance hitting 9,069 this season - with 3 games over 10,000. The club currently sit in 15th place, 5 points off the Play-Offs.
Sunday 12th January 2020
Romanian side Politehnica Iasi are to build a new stadium.
The Liga I team, better known as Poli Iasi, have announced plans to build a new 15,000-20,000 seater stadium. The new ground will be built with the aim of being able to host UEFA competitions and matches for the Romanian National team.
The club are based in the city of Iasi, to the east of the country, close to the border with Moldova. It's the 4th largest city in Romania with a population of around 320,000.
Whilst the designs have been revealed, the club has not yet finalised a location from a shortlist of two - one of which involves knocking down their existing Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu.
Friday 10th January 2020
Madagascar's National Stadium, the Stade Municipal de Mahamasina is to undergo significant redevelopment work in order to modernise its facilities and improve its safety.
The work will see 3 sides of the stadium completely demolished and rebuilt as well as a brand new pitch and new floodlights.
The £60m project will also see the stadium capacity rise to 40,000, making it the biggest stadium in the country by far.
The ground, based in the capital Antananarivo has an appalling safety record with 3 stampedes and a bomb detonated there in the last 20 years. 21 people have lost their lives there since the turn of the century.
Friday 3rd January 2020
footballgroundmap.com has ended 2019 by passing a new landmark - adding our 18,000th ground to the website, making it the largest football stadium website in the world.
And we're not done yet, the footballgroundmap.com team is committed to adding every major (and minor) stadium in every country around the world. The website now features grounds from pretty much every country in the world, including:
But it's not just the big leagues we concentrate on, we've got plenty of smaller countries covered too, including a few somewhat difficult to get to:
And if you're really dedicated, we also have all 10 stadiums in the Gaza Strip League.
If there's a ground you've been to which isn't on the site, please contact us to request it.
Here's to the 19,000th!
Thursday 2nd January 2020
Plymouth Argyle have officially opened their new grandstand at Home Park, taking the overall capacity to 18,200.
The League Two side have spent £6.5m knocking down the old wooden structure and replacing it with a modern new 5,403 seater stand complete with private boxes and conference facilities.
After a number of partial capacity test events, the new Mayflower Grandstand was opened at full capacity for the 2-1 defeat to league leaders Swindon Town on New Year's Day.
The official attendance of 15,062 was Argyle's largest at Home Park since the visit of Liverpool for an FA Cup 3rd Round Replay in January 2017.
Thursday 2nd January 2020
Tokyo's new National Stadium has opened 5 months ahead of the Olympics.
The new 68,000 seat arena has cost over £960m to build and will be home to the Japanese national football and rugby teams after the Olympics this summer.
Like Wembley, the new ground is built on the site of the old National Stadium which was demolished in 2015.
The first football match took place on New Year's Day, with Vissel Kobe beating Kashima Antlers 2-0 in the Emperor's Cup Final.
The victorious Kobe side featured Andreas Iniesta, Lucas Podolski and David Villa.
Friday 27th December 2019
The Colorado Springs Switchbacks have started work building their new stadium. The 8,000 capacity ground will will replace the current Weidner Field at a cost of around $35m.
The USL Championship side were founded in 2015 and play in the second tier of American "soccer". Random fact: the Switchbacks' current stadium is the US - more than 4,500ft above sea level.
Tuesday 24th December 2019
Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro will start work on their new stadium in early 2020 after final plans were approved.
The new stadium will be known as the Arena MRV and have a capacity of around 46,000. It will be built in the north west of Belo Horizonte at a cost of around £80m.
The Brazilian Serie A side currently play most of their home games at the 23,000 capacity Estadio Independencia. Larger games are played at rivals Cruziero's 64,000 capacity Mineirao stadium, which hosted 6 games at the 2014 World Cup, including Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany.
It is hoped that the new Arena MRV will open in 2022.
Friday 20th December 2019
Forest Green Rovers have been granted outline planning permission for a new stadium - 6 months after it was originally rejected.
The famously green League 2 side will now press ahead with their plans to build a new stadium made entirely out of wood.
The new 5,000 capacity stadium will be located just off junction 13 of the M5. The club are hoping to open the new ground in 3 years time.
Wednesday 18th December 2019
The MLS is growing fast and has just announced its 30th expansion team: Charlotte, based in North Carolina.
The team will join the league for the start of the 2021 season and will play their home matches at the 67,000 capacity Bank of America stadium (home to the Carolina Panthers NFL team).
Whilst the announcement may come as a surprise to some, Charlotte is actually the 16th biggest city in the US with more inhabitants than Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami and Las Vegas. The city has previously hosted 2 European pre-season games, attracting crowds of over 60,000 for both Liverpool v AC Milan (in 2014) and PSG vs Chelsea (in 2015).
The MLS East club will be built from the ground up - currently the only thing we know is the stadium. The team's colours, crest and even name will all be announced in due course.
The next couple of years are a busy time for the league with 5 new teams joining in the next 3 seasons:
It is possible that the league will expand further with franchises rumoured for Las Vegas, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Wednesday 18th December 2019
Saint Etienne have been ordered to close their stadium after fireworks and flares were set off during their match against PSG.
The ban comes from the French football federation after "massive use" of fireworks and flares in the stands during the 4-0 defeat.
Saint Etienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard has been closed before - last time in 2017 after crowd trouble in the derby against Lyon. That time, fans defied the ban by breaking into the ground and forcing a behind-closed-doors to be temporarily halted.
The French side currently sit 14th in Ligue 1, eight points above the relegation zone.
Saturday 14th December 2019
The second largest stadium in Honduras has been closed due to safety fears. The decision comes after videos showed significant movement in the stands during a recent match, leading to fears that it could collapse.
The Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino in Tegucigalpa was built in 1947 and is home to CD Olimpia, FC Motagua and UPNFM. The 34,000 capacity venue is the 2nd largest in Honduras and had hosted many Honduran national team games before the construction of the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in 1998.
The Honduran season resumes in January.
