Eropean Football Championship – Playgrounds

Austria Venues for European Football Championship

UEFA Euro 2008 – Ernst Happel Stadium

The Ernst Happel Stadium is the largest football stadium in Austria. It is located in Vienna. This ground is the home of new club SK Austria Kaernten (formerly Pasching) in the Austrian Bundesliga. The stadium will host the Euro 2008 final on 29 June, holding Group B matches between joint-hosts Austria, Croatia Germany and Poland, as well as two quarter-finals, a semi-final and the final itself. The Ernst Happel Stadium was bult some 88 years ago between 1929 and 1931 for the second Workers’ Olympiad. It was designed by famous German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. Almost 37 million Euro has been invested by the City of Vienna and the Austrian federal government to renovate and improve Ernst Happel Stadion. The capasity of the stadium was expanded to 53,008 seats for the 2008 European Football Championship… Read more about Ernst Happel Stadium

UEFA Euro 2008 – Woerthersee Stadium (Hypo-Arena)

Hypo-Arena (well-known as Woerthersee Stadium) is a multi-use stadium that is found in the south-west end of the city of Klagenfurt in Austria. Surrounded by meadows and hills, with the Karawanken mountains as a backdrop – there can be no more spectacular location for a new football stadium anywhere. Woerthersee Stadium is the most modern football arena. Hypo-Arena will host Group B of Ero 2008 matches between Germany, Poland and Croatia. Woerthersee Stadium is the home ground of SK Austria Kärnten. FC Kärnten were formed in 2007 after taking over the license of existing Austrian Bundesliga side ASKÖ Pasching…Find out more about Hypo-Arena

EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Stadium – 2008 UEFA European Football Championship

The EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim in Austria’s Northern Alps. It was officially opened on March 8, 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg.Stadion Wals-Siezenheim is unique because it is the only ground in the Austrian Bundesliga that has an artifical pitch. Polytan’s FIFA 2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005. However, this will be removed and replaced by grass for the European Championships. The stadium originally seated 18,200, but was just recently expanded to 30,000 so it will be able to accommodate the 2008 European Football Championship…Get more info about the EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim

The Tivoli Neu Stadium- the host of the 2008 European Football Championship

Tivoli Neu is a multi-use stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, located south of Munich and south-west of Salzburg. The Tivoli NEU lies in the heart of the Tirol mountains. It is a multi-purpose arena, but is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground to the renamed FC Wacker Tirol. The Tivoli Neu Stadium will host Group D matches between Spain, Russia, and Sweden. It was built in 2000 to replace the existing Tivoli Stadium. It currently only holds 17,400 but will be expanded in time for for the 2008 European Football Championship. An upper tier has been added to the South, West and North stands for Euro 2008, taking the all-seater capacity up to 30,000 people… Read more about the Tivoli Neu Stadium

Swizerland Venues for European Football Championship

Basel Stadium

Basel, Switzerland , is located on the River Rhine in north-west Switzerland and is the location for the St. Jakob Park Stadium. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel . It will host Group A matches between joint-hosts Switzerland , the Czech Republic, Turkey and Portugal, as well as two quarter-finals and a semi-final. “Joggeli”, as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 38,500 seats. The capacity has now been increased to 42,500 for the Euro 2008… Read more about “Joggeli”

Berne, the Stade de Suisse – hosting group C

The Swiss capital of Berne is located on the River Aare. The Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland. Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is the home ground of the Swiss football team BSC Young Boys, and is currently the second biggest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland. The Stade de Suisse is one of the venues for the Euro 2008. This stadium will host Group C matches between heavyweights Holland, Italy, France and Romania… Get more information about Stade de Suisse

Group A at Stade de Geneve

Geneva, Switzerland is situated on the Rhone River and Lake Geneva in the south-west of the country and is the location of the Stade de Geneve, which will host Group A matches between Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic. The Stade de Geneve was finished in 2003 by Zschokke Construction S.A. after nearly three years of construction. It was built for home team Servette FC, who were hoping to move from their old and much smaller Stade des Charmilles…See more about Stade de Geneve

Letzigrund stadium in Zürich

Switzerland’s largest city, Zurich is located on the Limmat River in the north-east of the country. Letzigrund is a stadium in Zürich and the home of the football club FC Zürich. This stadium will host Group C matches between Romania, France and Italy. It is also temporarily home to the football club Grasshopper-Club Zürich while their stadium ( Stadion Zürich ) is under construction. The annual athletics meet Weltklasse Zürich —part of the IAAF Golden League —takes place at the Letzigrund, as well as frequent open air concerts… Find out more about Letzigrund 2008