Kaftanzoglio Stadium

Kaftantzoglio Stadium
West stand in the Kaftantzoglio Stadium
Data
place	Thessaloniki , Greece
Coordinates	40 ° 37 '30.7 "  N , 22 ° 58' 2"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 37 '30.7 "  N , 22 ° 58' 2"  E
opening	October 27, 1960
First game	November 6, 1960 Iraklis Thessaloniki - Thermaikos FC 2-1
Renovations	2000, 2004
surface	Natural grass
capacity	28,028 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
Iraklis Thessaloniki (1960–2002, since 2004)
Events
Final of the 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Mediterranean Games 1991 Olympic football tournament 2004 High school student 2006 European Athletics Cup 2006 IAAF meeting 2006 Athletics World Finals 2009 Games from Doxa Dramas (2011-2012) Veria FC games (2013)

The Ethniko Kaftanzoglio Stadium ( Greek Εθνικό Καυτανζόγλιο Στάδιο , Kaftanzoglio National Stadium ) is a football stadium in Thessaloniki , Greece . It was built with funding from the Kaftanzoglou Foundation and bears the name of the founder Lysimachos Kaftanzoglou .

The stadium, built in 1960, was the largest sports facility in the country until the Olympic Stadium in Athens was built in 1982. The attendance record was at a football match of the 1969 national team of Greece against Switzerland reached where 47,458 people watched the game. In 2000, all standing seats were converted into seats, which resulted in a reduction in capacity to 28,000 seats. A comprehensive renovation of the stadium for use for the 2004 Summer Olympics was carried out from 2002. Some of the football games were played here.

The Kaftanzoglio Stadium is the main sports facility in the city. The majority of the city's athletics clubs train here. In addition to the outdoor athletics facilities, there are various gyms and training halls below the grandstands . This is where most of the athletic competitions take place in various sports, such as B. fencing , boxing , indoor athletics, gymnastics and others.

The soccer team of the Iraklis Thessaloniki club plays its home games here.

Web links

• Official site (Greek)
• Official site (English)
• Info and photos (Greek)
• Stádio Kaftanzóglio (English)