Guide to Europe’s Elite Football Stadia.
This map was made in collaboration with The Offside.com. Here is the post, from Saturday, 11th April: “UEFA’s Elite Football Stadia- Part I” {click here}. The criteria for UEFA Elite stadiums (formerly UEFA 5-Star Stadiums) can be seen here, {click here}.
Thanks to Chris, at theoffside.com… TheOffside.com / home {click here}. Thanks to the contibutors to the pages at Wikipedia. Thanks to WorldStadiums.com {click here (home page)} {click here, for UEFA Stadium Guide/ 5-Star Stadiums}.
<p>Allianz Arena is home to FC BAyern Munich, not Shalke.</p>
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Answer: Thanks for catching that [I had it correct on the map but not in the box on the left].
Comment by jamesey — April 12, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
Thank you posting the map!
Keep posting!
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Answer: You are welcome; thanks for the enthusiastic comment.
Comment by Professional Networking — April 12, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Thanks for map…
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Comment by Quality Tale — April 12, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Just curious. Why would the Emirates Stadium not make this list?
Answer: The Emirates Stadium doesn’t meet all the requirements. In the article at The Offside.com, this is mentioned, but not specified as to which requirements exactly that the Emirates failed to meet.
Comment by Darren — April 14, 2009 @ 7:02 pm
Allianz Arena is home to both FC Bayern and TSV 1860. They were originally JOINT owners but TSV 1860 has had much worse financial situations and sold their ownership to FC Bayern.
Answer: Thanks very much for catching that…I should have remembered about TSV 1860 Munich.
Comment by floormaster squeeze — April 15, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
Cheers for the answer!
Answer: I e-mailed Chris at TheOffside.com about the Emirates failure to make the Elite Stadiums list, and he said : “Emirates simply isn’t Elite and there isn’t an exact reason why- testing isn’t released. They actually applied for a UEFA Cup final instead of a Champions League final- different regulations…”
Comment by Darren — April 15, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
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I know that the SUNDERLAND STADIUM of LIGHT has an elite rating……but I can’t find a list of any other English stadia that reach the “elite” mark. Apparently there are four others….help anyone?
Comment by davrosFTM — May 21, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Where is the peerless Villa Park? Juventus’ new stadium is surely not an elite stadium - the capacity is far too low for a start!
Answer: 1. I don’t know why Villa Park is not on the list. UEFA does not explain why various stadia fail to make the list.
2. It’s not Juventus’ new stadium…they share their current home ground with Torino, and it’s owned (like many Italian sports facilities) by the city [of Turin], which is why so many grounds there have the ugly and intrusive running tracks.
Comment by M McLinchey — September 14, 2009 @ 3:37 am