Nikos Goumas Stadium
| Nikos Goumas Stadium | |
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| AEK stadium | |
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| Entrance to the Nikos Goumas Stadium | |
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Nea Philadelphia Stadium, AEK Stadium |
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| place | Nea Filadelfia , Athens , Greece |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 2 '13 " N , 23 ° 44' 28.9" E |
| owner | AEK Athens |
| operator | AEK Athens |
| start of building | 1928 |
| opening | 1930 |
| Extensions | 1979 |
| demolition | 2003 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 24,729 |
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Football matches of the AEK Athens (1930–1985 and 1987–2004) |
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The Nikos Goumas Stadium , formerly also known as the Nea Philadelphia Stadium and AEK Stadium , was a stadium in Nea Filadelfia , Athens . The stadium belonged to the football club AEK Athens , which used the arena as a home for most of the time between 1930 and 2004. Nikos Goumas , name bearer of the arena, was a club president of the AEK. The stadium was expanded in 1979 and subsequently became the largest football stadium in the city with around 35,000 seats; In 1998 the capacity was reduced again. In 1999 an earthquake partially destroyed the stadium, as a result of which the AEK abandoned the site and demolished it in favor of a new building. However, the new building has not yet been completed.
Location and connection
The Nikos Goumas Stadium was a sports facility in Nea Filadelfia, seven kilometers north of Athens city center. The stadium could be reached by car by going to Fokon Street. The Metro Line 1 also held near the stadium at the stop Perissos. Otherwise, it was possible to take the bus routes B8, A9 and B9, which had a stop on Dekelias Street, near the football stadium.
history
The stadium was built in 1930 and named after an AEK club president, Nikos Goumas, who took care of the construction and renovation of the stadium. Previously, the stadium was known as the Nea Philadelphia Stadium or AEK Stadium.
Before the two-tier south stand was built in 1979, which made the stadium the largest stadium in Athens of its time, the arena was horseshoe-shaped. The new grandstand, which is also known as Skepasti (German: roofed), established itself as the grandstand for the AEK ultra fan group “Originals”. The stadium capacity was from 1979 to 1998, when the Nikos-Goumas-Stadion became a purely seated stadium, with over 35,000 spectators. The attendance record was set in 1981 in the game AEK Athens against Panathinaikos Athens with an audience of even 36,766 people. The stadium was not used by AEK between 1985 and 1987 as the club briefly played its home games in the Athens Olympic Stadium .
In September 1999, an earthquake destroyed large parts of the stadium and the AEK had to leave the stadium for the time being, but was then able to reuse a part. Further repair work was carried out, but it was certain that the stadium would have to be abandoned in the foreseeable future. AEK therefore planned to build a new stadium at the same location and tear down the old one. They presented plans for a new multi-sport complex but were unable to fund it.
Two years later, after the money could be raised, the Nea Filadelfia administration forbade a new building, as the construction would damage the environment. In the middle of 2003, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was finally demolished, but the construction of a new stadium did not take place.
The demolition of the stadium is described by AEK itself as part of the 2003/04 season , which is also seen as one of the worst seasons for the club for this reason:
"The demolition of the Nikos Goumas stadium, the home of AEK FC, took place in order for a new and modern stadium to be built in its place, which, until now, remains a dream."
"The destruction of the Nikos Goumas Stadium, the home of AEK FC, took place in order to build a new and modern stadium in its place, which remains a dream to this day."
After AEK Athens left the Nikos Goumas Stadium, the club played its home games in different locations: the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium , the stadiums in Nea Smyrni and Tavros and the Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium . After the 2004 Summer Olympics , the club will play again in the Spyridon Louis Olympic Stadium. On November 6, 2013, the club announced that it would build a new stadium in Nea Filadelfia by the end of 2015 under the name Hagia Sophia Stadium.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e "Nikos Goumas" stadium. stadia.gr, accessed on March 15, 2014 .
- ↑ a b The demolition of the Nikos Goumas Stadium. (No longer available online.) AEK Athens , archived from the original on May 6, 2012 ; accessed on March 15, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New stadium “Hagia Sophia” is coming. Stadionwelt, November 7, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014 .
