I’ve always wanted to “do the 92” (i.e. visit every single English League team’s football stadium, including Welsh teams, ex-League teams) and it’s still one of my travel dreams.
Inside the Kassam Stadium, Oxford, England
On my travels through over 100 countries, I have visited as many football stadiums as I could, watching a match in more than half of them, as well as loving other sporting events, my favourite 6 stadiums are these 6:
1. The Oval Grounds, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2. Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
3. Dean Court, Bournemouth, England
4. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
5. The Maracana, Rio, Brazil
6. Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
(here is the full top 10 list)
Dean Court in Bournemouth – football stadiums I’ve visited
I also love my football facts and figures and love the banter down the pub with my mates who support all teams. Sites like football elevens are great for reading up on fun footy facts. These are all the stadiums I have been to, by country, the list is not completely up to date just yet:
ADAMMIA
No National Stadium – visited Jagstonian Plains
AFGHANISTAN
Beta Stadium, Masar e Sharif
Buzkashi Stadium, Masar e Sharif
ALGERIA
ANDORRA
Estadi Comunal, Andorra La Vella +
Estadi Nacional, Andorra La Vella +
ARGENTINA
La Bombonera, Buenos Aires +
ARMENIA
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
The Republic Stadium, Yerevan +
AUSTENASIA
No National Stadium – visited Kingdom of Copan Park
AUSTRALIA
Parramatta Stadium, Sydney *+#
ANZ Stadium, Sydney #
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney **
Devonport Stadium, Devonport +
Etihad Arena, Melbourne #
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane *#
AUSTRIA
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna *
AZERBAIJAN
Bakcell Arena, Baku *
Sheki Stadium, Sheki +
BAHRAIN
National Football Stadium, Manama
BANGLADESH
Cricket Stadium, Chittagong
BELARUS
Spartak Stadium, Bobruisk *
BELGIUM
BELIZE
National Stadium, Belmopan
BENIN
BOLIVIA
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz +
BOTSWANA
Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone
BRAZIL
Castelao, Fortaleza *
Estadio Do Pacaembu, Sao Paulo +
Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife +
Maracana, Rio De Janeiro *
BRUNEI
National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan
BULGARIA
National Stadium, Sofia
CAMBODIA
CANADA
BMO Field, Toronto **
CATALONIA
Camp Nou, Barcelona +
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
Estadio Nacional, San Jose
CZECH REPUBLIC
Sparta Stadium, Prague *
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DENMARK
Parken Stadion, Copenhagen *
ECUADOR
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
EAST TIMOR
National Stadium, Dili+
EL SALVADOR
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador +
Estadio Magico Gonzalez, San Salvador
ENGLAND
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool * (2)
Ashton Gate, Bristol * (30)
Brunton Park, Carlisle * (29)
City Ground, Nottingham ** (28)
Craven Cottage, Fulham
Dean Court, Bournemouth **+ (3)
Deepdale, Preston
Edgar Street, Hereford * (27)
Elland Road, Leeds *
Ewood Park, Blackburn * (5)
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Gigg Lane, Bury * (26)
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Griffin Park, Brentford *+ (10)
Highbury, London
Hillsborough, Sheffield * (4)
Huish Park, Yeovil ** (25)
Kassam Stadium, Oxford *+ (24)
Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster * (23)
Kingsmeadow, London * (13)
Layer Road, Colchester ** (11)
Loftus Road, London * (12)
Meadow Lane, Nottingham
Old Trafford, Manchester *+ (14)
Plainmoor, Torquay * (15)
Priestfield Stadium ** (16)
Recreation Ground, Aldershot * (22)
Roker Park, Sunderland
Roots Hall, Southend * (17)
Stamford Bridge, London +
St. Andrews, Birmingham * (31)
St. James Park, Newcastle +
Tatnam Park, Poole *
The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester * (21)
The Boleyn Ground, London
The Chronicles, Exeter *
The Grove, Portland *
The Matchroom Stadium, London * (8)
The Memorial Ground, Bristol * (20)
The New Den, London ** (7)
The Silverlands Stadium, Eastleigh *
The Stadium of Light, Sunderland +
The Valley, London * (31)
Turf Moor, Burnley * (6)
Twerton Park, Bath * (19)
Underhill, London
Victoria Park, Bournemouth *
Wembley, London *
Wessex Stadium, Weymouth *
Whaddon Road, Cheltenham ** (18)
White Hart Lane, London **+ (1)
Woodspring Stadium, Weston Super Mare *
– WELSH grounds are included under Wales including Swansea City (9) and Millennium Stadium.
The day my team (AFC Bournemouth) got relegated at Brunton Park, Carlisle
ESTONIA
National Stadium, Tallinn
ETHIOPIA
FAROE ISLANDS
National Stadium, Torshavn
Stadium, Sorvagur
FINLAND
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
National Stadium, Helsinki
FRANCE
Parc Des Princes, Paris
Stade Velodrome, Marseille
FRENCH GUYANA
National STadium, Kourou
GEORGIA
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
GERMANY
HDI Arena, Hannover
Weserstadion, Bremen +
GIBRALTAR
The Victoria Stadium +
GREECE
GUATEMALA
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City +
GUERNSEY
GUYANA
HERM
HONDURAS
Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula +
Estadio Francisco Morazan, San Pedro Sula
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
HONG KONG
Hong Kong Football Club, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Island **
Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon **
Yuen Long Stadium, New Territories *
HUNGARY
Loki Stadium, Debrecen+
Puskas Stadium, Budapest
Inside Loki Stadium, Debrecen, Hungary
ICELAND
Hlíðarendi, Reykjavik +
Keflavíkurvöllur, Keflavik +
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik *
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
Erbil Football Stadium, Erbil+
On the pitch in Erbil, Iraq
ISRAEL
ITALY
Arena Garibaldi, Pisa+
Pierluigi Penzo Stadium, Venice
IVORY COAST
Palace de Sport, Abidjan
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
JAPAN
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
FC Kairan Stadium, Almaty
KENYA
KIRIBATI
The National Stadium, Bairiki
The City Stadium, Betio
KOSOVO
National Stadium, Pristina
KUGEL MUGEL
KUWAIT
Jaber Al Ahmad National Football Stadium
KYRGYZSTAN
National Stadium, Bishkek
LAOS
Chao Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane
LATVIA
National Stadium, Riga *
LEBANON
LIECHTENSTEIN
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz *
LITHUANIA
The Old National Stadium, Vilnius +
LUXEMBOURG
NAGORNO KARABAKH
Stepanakert Stadium, Stepanakert
NEW ZEALAND
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
NORWAY
National Stadium, Oslo
MACAO
MACEDONIA
National Stadium, Skopje +
MALAYSIA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
No known football stadium – visited a basketball stadium.
MEXICO
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City +
MOLDOVA
The Republic Stadium, Chisinau
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO
National Stadium, Podgorica
MYANMAR
NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam+
Kras Stadion, Volendam
NORTHERN IRELAND
Blanchflower Park, Belfast **
Breda Park, Belfast *
Castlereagh Park, Newtownards *
Clandeboye Park, Bangor **
Inver Park, Larne
Lakeview Park, Loughgall *
Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast #
Shamrock Park, Portadown+
Solitude, Belfast *
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Taylor’s Avenue, Carrickfergus *
The Oval Grounds, Belfast **+
The Showgrounds, Coleraine **+
The Showgrounds, Killyleagh *
The Showgrounds, Limavady *
Wilgar Park, Belfast **
Windsor Park, Belfast **
NORTH KOREA
Mayday Stadium, Pyongyang #+
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
QATAR
PALESTINE
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
Estadio 3 de Febrero, Ciudad Del Este
Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion +
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw *+
Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański *+
Stadion Miejski, Malbork *
Stadion Piłkarski, Gdańsk *
Stadion Gosir, Gdynia *
Stadion Energa, Gdańsk *
Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet, Nieciecza *
PORTUGAL
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Lansdowne Road, Dublin +
Pairc Ui Chaiomh, Cork +#
ROMANIA
National Stadium, Bucharest *
RUSSIA
Olympic Stadium, Moscow
RWANDA
SAN ESCOBAR
No known football stadiums.
SAN MARINO
National Stadium, Serravale *
SARK
Sark School Pitch/National Stadium, Sark +
SAUDI ARABIA
SCOTLAND
Easter Road, Edinburgh *
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow **+
Tynecastle, Edinburgh +
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
National Stadium, Bratislava *
SLOVENIA
NK Maribor Stadium, Maribor *
SOUTH AFRICA
Orlando Stadium, Soweto
Soccer City, Johannesberg
SOUTH KOREA
World Cup Stadium, Seoul +
World Cup Stadium, Suwon
SPAIN
Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, Madrid +
Campo de San Memes, Bilbao
Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian
Estadio Jose Rico Perez, Alicante +
Estadio Santiago Bernabeau, Madrid +
Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid +
Mestalla, Valencia +
SRI LANKA
SURINAME
Andre Van Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo +
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
Friends Arena, Solna *
SWITZERLAND
The National Stadium, Basle
TAIWAN
Shinying Stadium, Shinying
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
TURKEY
Adana 5 Ocak Stadium, Adana *
TUNISIA
UGANDA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Ikon Stadium, New York
StubHub Center, Los Angeles *+
URUGUAY
Estadio, Colonia Del Sacramento +
Estadio Suppicci, Colonia Del Sacramento +
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo **+
Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
WALES
The Liberty Stadium, Swansea *
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff *
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff *
Key:
BLANK – I have been to the stadium but not been inside the stadium, nor watched a match there
* – I have watched one match here
** – I have watched multiple matches here
+ – I have been inside the stadium and not watched a match
# – Football is not the main sport played here, but they have hosted a football match before
( ) – Numbers in brackets denote those stadiums that have been used in the English Football League and that I have watched a match at on route to doing the 92.
Those in Italics means the ground no longer exists
The price of attending games in England means I no longer go to random grounds on weekends but I still love visiting them when I travel. You’ve built an impressive list.
Hello Jonny
You did not mention the two stadiums that you visited in Ivory Coast Palace de Sport and Stade Robert Champroux
Hi Dayo, thanks. I have added them onto the list now. Best wishes. Jonny
Hi Stuart thanks for the comment. Apologies for the delay in reply – I have been suffering from deep depression the last few years and not replying or checking all comments and emails. However I am confused – many matches in England (and other countries) are FREE every way so we can still go to random grounds all the time and go groundhopping. I do it in Poland. It’s only really the top 10 divisions that charge money – you can definitely find free matches each weekend. Stay safe. Jonny