Kópavogsvöllur
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| place | Dalsmári 5 201 Kópavogur , Iceland
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 '14.9 " N , 21 ° 53' 48.2" E |
| owner | City of Kópavogur |
| operator | City of Kópavogur |
| opening | June 7th 1975 |
| First game | June 7, 1975 Breiðablik Kópavogur - UMF Víkingur |
| Renovations | 2008-2009 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Mansard Teiknistofa Ehf (2008-2009) |
| capacity | 5501 places |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Kópavogsvöllur is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Icelandic city of Kópavogur , capital region , in the south-west of the country. The facility is the home ground of the Breiðablik Kópavogur football club with the men's team and the women, who are Icelandic record champions , as well as the club's junior teams. It has 5501 seats, 1869 of which are seats.
history
The Kópavogsvöllur was inaugurated on June 7, 1975. At the beginning, the facility had an athletics facility and a very small, uncovered grandstand on the east side. Breiðablik Kópavogur and UMF Víkingur met at the opening . Between 1992 and 2013 the footballers of HK Kópavogur also used the venue before they moved to Kórinn . In 2007 Iceland hosted the European Women's Under-19 Football Championship . The Kópavogsvöllur was one of seven stadiums of the EM and there were two group matches in Kópavogur. Iceland and Denmark (1: 2) and Spain and France (0: 1) met. From 2008 to 2009 the stadium was renovated and the spectator rank was added on the west side. The new grandstand with 1410 covered seats was opened on May 9, 2009 by Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir , the then Minister for Education, Science and Culture. In addition to the changing rooms and other sports equipment, the new building also houses lounge rooms . Today the Kópavogsvöllur is one of the largest football stadiums with an athletics facility in Iceland. The pitch made of natural grass has underfloor heating , but there is no floodlight system. In 2015, the facility was one of the six venues for the U-17 European Women's Football Championship . There were four group games of the tournament in Kópavogsvöllur.
International matches
Men
The Icelandic men's national soccer team played three games in Kópavogsvöllur.
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16. Mar. 2008: Iceland - Faroe Islands 3: 0 ( Friendly Match )
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22 Mar 2009: Iceland - Faroe Islands 1: 2 (Friendly Match)
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21 Mar 2010: Iceland - Faroe Islands 2: 0 (Friendly Match)
Women
The Icelandic national football team has played nine international matches in Kópavogur to date.
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July 30, 1983: Iceland - Norway 0: 1 ( qualifying for the European Championship 1984 )
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Aug. 21, 1983: Iceland - Finland 0: 2 (qualification for Euro 1984)
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June 25, 1986: Iceland - Faroe Islands 6: 0 ( Friendly Match )
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July 27, 1986: Iceland - West Germany 1: 4 (Friendly Match)
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19 July 1992: Iceland - England 1: 2 ( qualification for the 1993 European Championships )
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14 June 1998: Iceland - Spain 1: 1 ( qualifying for the 1999 World Cup )
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Aug. 17, 2000: Iceland - Germany 0: 6 ( qualification for Euro 2001 )
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Apr. 25, 2009: Iceland - Netherlands 1: 1 (Friendly Match)
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April 4, 2015: Iceland - Netherlands 2: 1 (Friendly Match)
Web links
- nordicstadiums.com: Kopavogsvöllur (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Kópavogsvöllur (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- europlan-online.de: Kópavogsvöllur - Kópavogur
- de.soccerway.com: Kópavogsvöllur
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: data on the stadium (English)