Baku National Stadium

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Baku National Stadium
The Baku National Stadium in June 2015
The Baku National Stadium in June 2015
Earlier names

Baku Olympic Stadium (until 2014)

Data
place AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Baku , Azerbaijan
Coordinates 40 ° 25 '47.8 "  N , 49 ° 55' 10.5"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 25 '47.8 "  N , 49 ° 55' 10.5"  E
classification 4th
owner Azərbaycan Respublikasının Gənclər və İdman Nazirliyi
(Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan)
start of building June 6, 2011
opening March 6, 2015
surface Natural grass
costs 710 million US dollars
architect Heerim Architects and Planners
capacity 69,870 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
Events

The Baku National Stadium ( Azerbaijani Bakı Milli Stadionu ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Azerbaijani capital Baku . The new national stadium is the home of the Azerbaijani national soccer team and has replaced the Tofiq Bəhramov stadium . It is owned by the Azərbaycan Respublikasının Gənclər və İdman Nazirliyi (Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and can accommodate 69,870 spectators in its stands. The construction work was carried out by the Turkish construction company Tekfen .

history

planning

The first design of the stadium from 2010 came from the Turkish architecture firm TOCA Mimarlik . At the beginning it was assumed that construction costs would amount to 300 million US dollars . Three years later, at the start of construction, a new stadium design was published by the South Korean architecture firm Heerim Architects and Planners . By 2013, the initially estimated costs more than doubled to 640 million US dollars. The planned opening date in 2014 had to be postponed to March 2015. According to the latest figures from September 2014, the construction costs amount to 710 million US dollars. The national stadium meets the requirements of the football associations FIFA and UEFA and is classified in UEFA stadium category 4 .

In the spacious area, the spectator stands are laid out on two levels. The main stand and the back straight have a third tier of spectators. On the grandstands in the stadium curves there is space for a third tier to expand capacity for possible Summer Olympics . The stands are covered by a with translucent ETFE - membrane -covered roof structure with a surface area of 38,000 m 2 . The stadium facade with 35,000 m 2 is clad with panels in the form of parallelograms that can be illuminated by LEDs and covered with ETFE membrane .

The National Stadium has a LED system from electronics manufacturer Daktronics , which has two HD - displays under the stadium roof and LED advertising boards includes. Each of the HD display boards is 10.97 meters high and 19.75 meters wide with a resolution of 720 × 1,296 pixels . An LED strip is installed at the front of the grandstand. With a length of 691.65 meters, it is 1.1 meters high. A 307 meter long and 73 centimeter high LED advertising banner is used on the edge of the field.

construction

The groundbreaking ceremony and the laying of the foundation stone at the Baku National Stadium were held on June 6th, 2011 by President İlham Əliyev in the presence of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini . The building site is located on the site of the former Bibi Heybat oil field on the southeastern bank of the Böyük-Şor Lake. Before the construction work could begin, toxic wastewater and remnants of oil production had to be pumped out. A total of 1,190,000 m 3 had to be disposed of.

The earthworks could not begin until November 2012, and in spring 2013 construction began with the foundation work . 1,720 piles were placed in the ground to stabilize the foundation. In August 2013, 2,200 workers with 300 construction machines , including nine tower cranes , were employed on the construction site . At this point in time, 90 percent of the earthworks (6.5 million m 3 ) had been completed. Of the planned 350,000 m 3 of concrete , 235,000 m 3 and 41,000 tons of reinforcing steel , out of a total of 52,500, were used.

The new building was worked alternately in day and night shifts, and in September 2013 the construction work was ahead of schedule. In early March 2015, the stadium was handed over to the Ministry of Youth and Sports as the owner of the sports facility by the construction company Tekfen İnşaat, on schedule.

Events

The Baku National Stadium was the central venue for the first European Games from June 12 to 28, 2015. In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies, the athletics competitions were held there.

On September 20, 2017, UEFA awarded the final of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League on May 29, 2019 in the Azerbaijani capital. This was the first time that a European Cup final in European club football took place in Azerbaijan, never before has a final been played so far to the east.

Games at the 2021 European Football Championship

For the 2021 European Football Championship, which will take place in a total of 12 countries , Baku and its national stadium were awarded by UEFA for three preliminary round matches and a quarter-final match.

Sat, June 12, 2021, 5:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) - Group A
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland -: - (- :-)
Wed., June 16, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group A
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales -: - (- :-)
Sun., June 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group A
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - TurkeyTurkey Turkey -: - (- :-)
Sat, July 3, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - quarter-finals
Winner round of 16 2 - Winner of the round of 16 4 -: - (- :-)

gallery

  • Satellite image of the stadium and Lake Böyük-Şor

  • The Baku Stadium under construction in June 2014

  • Baku National Stadium

and display information about the image
Interior panorama in October 2015

Web links

Commons : Baku National Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ uefa.com: Applicants for the 2020 European Football Championship ( PDF , English)
  2. ^ A b Azerbaijan - Baku Olympic Stadium Protect. tekfeninsaat, accessed September 20, 2014 .
  3. ↑ youtube.com: Animated video of the first stadium design (English)
  4. ↑ youtube.com: Animated video of the second stadium design (Azerbaijani)
  5. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Baku: Major changes to the Olympic Stadium article from February 28, 2013 (English)
  6. ↑ pia.az: Bakı Olimpiya stadionunun qiyməti açıqlandı (Azerbaijani)
  7. ↑ dha.com.tr: Türk mühendislerden Bakü'ye müthiş stat article from September 9, 2014 (Turkish)
  8. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Image of the glowing stadium facade from February 11, 2014
  9. ↑ stadionwelt-business.de: Olympic Stadium in Baku receives new LED system Article from September 4th, 2014
  10. ↑ en.president.az: Ilham Aliyev attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Baku Olympic Stadium Article dated June 6, 2011 (English)
  11. ↑ en.trend.az: Bibi Heybat Oil Field to be Turned into Sports Park Article from May 16, 2008 (English)
  12. ↑ stadiumdb.com: New construction: Baku Olympic Stadium Article from April 13, 2013 (English)
  13. ↑ anspress.com: Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu burada olacaq (PHOTO) ( Memento of the original October 23, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of April 27, 2013 (Azerbaijani) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anspress.com
  14. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Baku Olympic Stadium (English)
  15. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Baku: Olympic Stadium on schedule article from August 26, 2013
  16. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Baku: Olympic Stadium ahead of schedule article from September 27, 2013 (English)
  17. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Construction company hands over Olympic Stadium article from March 9, 2015
  18. ↑ swp.de: Historic European Games: EOC wants to establish continental Olympics - kick-off 2015 in Azerbaijan Article dated June 14, 2014
  19. ↑ kicker.de: Champions League final 2019 in Madrid Article from September 20, 2017
  20. ↑ europapokal.de: Europa League final 2019 in Baku: The game below sea level Article from April 19, 2019
  21. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Euro 2020: Venues