Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
| Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos | |
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| The Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in Almería | |
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 Almeria , Spain
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 50 '24 " N , 2 ° 26' 7" W |
| owner | City of Almería |
| opening | July 31, 2004 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | € 21 million |
| architect | Antonio Lamela |
| capacity | 15,200 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos ( German Stadium of the Mediterranean Games ) with the main entrance on the west side is a football stadium with an athletics facility located in the Spanish city of Almería . It currently serves as the home ground of the Unión Deportiva Almería ( UD Almería ) club .
history
The Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos was built in 2004, originally with 15,000 seats, as a venue for the 2005 Mediterranean Games . The opening and closing ceremonies as well as the football and athletics competitions took place here.
The stadium is now primarily used by the Spanish football club Unión Deportiva Almería ( UD Almería ) as the venue for their home games. With the club's rise to the highest Spanish football league, the Primera División, the stadium was expanded to accommodate 22,000 spectators. After the club was relegated from the top league in the 2010/11 season, a decision was made to renovate the stadium, after which the use of the stadium was changed in 2012/13 and the number of spectators was reduced to 15,200 by building smaller stands directly behind the goals and the more distant ones Deactivated spectator stands in the north and south stands.
On February 9, 2005, the Spanish national soccer team played in the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos their game in the World Cup qualification against San Marino . The match ended 5-0 for the hosts, the first goal scorer was Joaquín , the scorer to 2-0 was Fernando Torres , 3-0 by Raúl , Guti scored the fourth goal and Asier del Horno scored the 5-0 to the final score .
facts and figures
The Mediterráneo Stadium was planned and built as a combined athletics and football stadium. It was equipped with a modern tartan-like red running track surface for the 400 m running track and a soccer field with the dimensions 68 × 105 meters, which corresponds to the dimensions of the averaged international requirements. The stadium use was reduced to a pure football stadium. Smaller grandstands were built directly behind the gates and the athletics track was covered with a protective green covering on the west side. The meanwhile expansion to 22,000 spectator seats was reduced to the current 15,200 spectators. This is due to the fact that the football club UD Almería no longer belongs to the Spanish Primera División. However, this dismantling to reduce the number of spectators is reversible; on special occasions (e.g. Mediterranean Games) the small stands behind the soccer field gates can be dismantled and the running track cover removed, which enables the seats of the former north and south stands to be reactivated to 20,000 .
Location of the stadium
It is located in Almería on Calle Alcalde Santiago Martínez Cabrejas (near the La Bolera district) at a distance of around 3.5 kilometers from the city center. The city's main train station is a little closer at 2.5 kilometers. The stadium can also be reached by bus line 7. The Estadio can be easily reached by car via the AL-12. There is a large public car park for cars directly to the east of the stadium, to which a two-wheeled parking lot is connected to the southwest. The VIP parking spaces are in the southwest and in front of the main entrance.
