Antwerp Olympic Stadium

Antwerp Olympic Stadium
't Kiel
The Olympic Stadium in 1920
Data
place	Atletenstraat 80 2020 Antwerp - Kiel , Belgium
Coordinates	51 ° 11 '6 "  N , 4 ° 22' 56"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '6 "  N , 4 ° 22' 56"  E
owner	City of Antwerp
start of building	1919
Renovations	2001-2002
surface	Natural grass
capacity	12,771 seats
Capacity (internat.)	12,206 places
playing area	104 × 65 m
Societies)
FCO Beerschot Wilrijk
Events
1920 Summer Olympics Games from Beerschot AC (until 2013) Games from FCO Beerschot Wilrijk

The Olympic Stadium Antwerp ( French Stade olympique d'Anvers , Dutch Olympic Stadium Antwerp ) is a football stadium in the Kiel district of the Belgian city ​​of Antwerp , Province of Flanders . It was the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics and at that time had a capacity of 40,000 spectators.

history

Aerial view of the stadium (1920)

The facility was the scene of the opening and closing ceremonies, and competitions in athletics , soccer , weightlifting , hockey , modern pentathlon , horse riding , rugby , tug of war and gymnastics .

The stadium today

Over the years, the extensive sports facility was converted into a pure football stadium through several modifications. It is located in the middle of a residential area in the southwest of the city. The Beerschot AC football club played its home games here. It is also known under the name Kiel Stadium or Beerschot Stadium . Today's audience capacity is 12,771 for league games and 12,206 for international games. In 2001/02 there was the last major work on the stadium when the standing in the stands were converted into seats. This reduced the capacity of the venue by 2,000 seats.

In 2013 the insolvent Beerschot AC became part of the FCO Beerschot Wilrijk (Koninklijke Football Club Olympia Beerschot Wilrijk).

Web links

• beerschotwilrijk.be: Stadium on the FCO Beerschot Wilrijk website (Dutch)
• olympic.org: side of the IOC for the Olympic Summer Games in 1920 (English)
• euro.stades.ch: Pictures from the stadium from November 2009 (French)
• stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
• groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2008
• frank-jasperneite.de: Visitor report from 2001
• stadiumguide.com: Olympic Stadium (English)

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1. ↑ groundhopping.de: Information about the stadium