Football Ground Map
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.
Monday 24th June 2019
Columbus Crew’s new stadium has been set back, with the club admitting that it won’t be open for the start of the 2021 season as hoped.
The MLS side are building a new 20,000 seater stadium at a cost of $230m (£180m). It will replace the club’s current 20 year old Mapfre Stadium, which was the first dedicated soccer stadium to open in the US.
It is hoped that the new ground will now be ready for summer 2021, around halfway through the US football season.
The new stadium will be built in the city’s Arena District, close to the Olentangy River. It will be part of a bigger development which will also include shops, offices and a new riverfront park.
Monday 24th June 2019
SC Freiburg’s new stadium looks set to go ahead after the club overcame a legal battle with local residents.
Opponents are concerned about noise pollution and increased traffic on match days. However, the local courts have rejected the concerns, giving the Bundesliga club the green light to continue the project.
The new 34,700 capacity stadium is to be built close to the city’s airport. Just over a third of the stadium will be “safe standingâ€, seeing 12,400 rail seats installed.
It’s a large jump from their current 24,000 capacity Schwarzwald Stadion. It looks like it’s needed though - last season’s average attendance of 23,894 seeing the ground 99.6% full.
Sunday 23rd June 2019
Austin FC have released more images of their new stadium. The team have been officially unveiled as the 27th MLS franchise and will join the top US league for the start of the 2021 season.
Work on the new 20,500 seater stadium will begin in September. The cost of the project is an estimated $240m (approx £190m). It is hoped that the stadium will be ready in time for Austin’s debut season.
A video of the stadium can be seen on Austin’s Twitter page:
Check out these updated renderings of our new ðŸ #AustinFC pic.twitter.com/VPQHtVB2HQ
— Austin FC (@AustinFC) June 10, 2019
Incredibly, the club have taken deposits for 30,000 season tickets in the first 24 hours of sale. You might need a bigger stadium, lads.
Thursday 13th June 2019
Forest Green have been denied planning permission for their new stadium.
The ground was due to be built next to the M5 motorway, but Stroud District Council rejected the plans due to fears about community benefit, noise pollution and the impact on the landscape.
If approved, the new 5,000 capacity stadium would have been built entirely of wood and have been ready for the start of the 2023/2024 season.
The League 2 side are appealing the decision, but will play at The New Lawn for the foreseeable future.
Wednesday 5th June 2019
Portland Timbers have officially opened their new stand at Providence Park, increasing the overall stadium capacity to just over 25,000.
A sell out crowd of 25,218 saw the Timbers open the new stand, with the home side losing 3-2 to LAFC. It was Portland's biggest attendance since 1976.
The Timbers' Twitter feed has an excellent time lapse video showing how the $100m renovations took place - adding 2 tiers into the existing single tier structure:
After 20 months, 923,748 lbs of steel, 3,300 cubic yards of concrete, 980 tons of rebar and 4,000 new seats...
— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) June 4, 2019
Providence Park was reborn. #RCTID pic.twitter.com/TAE36X69lM
The MLS Western Conference side were forced to play their first 12 games away from home to allow the construction work to be completed. The team amassed an amazing 32,000 miles on the road before kicking a ball at their home stadium this season.
Tuesday 4th June 2019
Fulham will start work their new Riverside Stand this summer. The new 2-tier stand will add 3,900 extra seats, taking capacity at Craven Cottage up to 29,600.
As well as the extra seating, the new stand will also include a public walkway alongside the Thames as well as shops, cafes and apartments.
The project is estimated to cost £100m and take 2 years, meaning it will be fully open in time for the 2021/2022 season. Capacity will drop to just 19,000 whilst building work takes place.
More info and pictures can be found on Fulham's official website
Tuesday 4th June 2019
Horsham FC are set to return home to Horsham after more than a decade away. The Isthmian League side, located just south west of Crawley sold their old Queen Street ground in 2008 and have been ground sharing ever since.
However, the club has been busy building a new home, known as Hop Oast. Construction work is almost complete with the impressive club house and new 308 seat man stand looking impressive.
The club have just been promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division (step 7 on the English football pyramid - one step below the National League South) and will entertain neighbours Crawley Town at their new stadium in a pre-season friendly in July.
You can find a great selection of pictures at local photographer Ian's Apps website.
Tuesday 4th June 2019
French side FC Metz have started renovation work on the Stade Saint-Symphorien.
The stadium’s south stand is to be demolished and completely re-built, increasing the stadium’s capacity by 4,500 to a total of 30,000.
The re-build will cost around €60m and is due to be completed in time for the start of the 2020/2021 season. Once work has been completed on the south stand, the club plan to fill in the adjacent corners, with this work estimated to take an extra year.
The club originally announced their plans (and some artists' impressions on Twitter:
📸 Alors que le Président Bernard Serin tient actuellement une conférence de presse au sujet de la rénovation du Stade Saint-Symphorien, découvrez quelques images du futur stade du club à la Croix de Lorraine â¤µï¸ pic.twitter.com/pFL5eTgOhL
— FC Metz ☨ (@FCMetz) May 27, 2019
They're also posting regular updates on the demolition work, so it's worth giving them a follow to keep up-to-date with progress:
ðŸ—🚧 La démolition de la Tribune Sud suit son cours 📸 pic.twitter.com/JYBJSbtHWH
— FC Metz ☨ (@FCMetz) May 28, 2019
Sunday 26th May 2019
Coventry City will play their home matches at Birmingham City’s St Andrews stadium next season. The move comes after Coventry failed to reach an agreement with Wasps rugby about sharing the Ricoh Arena.
It’s the 2nd time in recent years that the Sky Blues have been left homeless, having used Northampton’s Sixfields stadiums for the 2013/2014 season.
At least this is a little better for Cov fans though - St Andrews is a 44 mile round trip from the Ricoh, compared to the 72 mile round trip to Northampton. That’s scant consolation to their supports who are bitterly disappointed with the news.
Tuesday 21st May 2019
Qatar has officially opened its second World Cup stadium. Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah city is located on the country's east coast, just to the south of the capital Doha.
The 40,000 capacity venue has taken 5 years to build. The ground features a fully retractable roof and innovative air conditioning system capable of cooling the pitch to 20°C. After the World Cup, the capacity will be reduced to 20,000 and become home to local club Al Wakrah SC.
The stadium was opened on Thursday 16th May 2019 when hosted the Amir Cup final between Al Sadd SC and Al-Duhail SC.
It becomes the 2nd ground to be completed after Khalifa International Stadium's renovation work was completed in 2017.
6 more stadiums are under construction and need to be completed in the next 3 years.
Saturday 18th May 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers have revealed ambitious plans to transform Molineux into a much larger stadium. Little detail has been revealed other than a couple of very impressive images - the club hasn't announced anything regarding capacity, cost or timescales. The images were teased at Wolves' end of season awards night. With nothing other than the images, it's very much a case of "watch this space".
However, the club have announced that safe standing rail seats will be installed at the stadium this summer, in time for the start of the 2019/2020 Premier League season.
The midlands side who finished 7th in their first season back in the top flight, will install the rail seats in the lower tier of the Sir Jack Hayworth Stand A survey of season ticket holders found 97% were in favour of the move.
Tuesday 30th April 2019
Valencia's new Neuvo Mestalla looks like it might finally get completed - more than 9 years after build work stopped.
Construction of the new 61,000-seater stadium was halted in February 2009 after the club's funding fell though.
However, the project now looks to be back on with the La Liga side finding a buyer for the site of their existing stadium - with the reported €100m fee being just enough to cover the cost of the new stadium.
It is hoped that Valencia will be able to begin the 2022/2023 season at their new ground. The current Mestalla will then be demolished in 2023.