Philips Stadium

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Philips Stadium
The Philips Stadium in June 2013
The Philips Stadium in June 2013
Earlier names

Philips Sports Park

Data
place Frederiklaan 10A 5616 NH Eindhoven , The Netherlands
NetherlandsNetherlands
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '30.2 "  N , 5 ° 28' 2.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '30.2 "  N , 5 ° 28' 2.8"  E
classification 4th
owner PSV Eindhoven
opening August 31, 1913
Renovations 1916, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1958, 1977, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002
surface Natural grass
architect Toon van Aken (2000, 2002)
capacity 35,119 seats
Societies)
Events

The Philips Stadion is a football stadium in the Dutch city ​​of Eindhoven , in the province of Noord-Brabant . It is the home ground of PSV Eindhoven and today offers 35,119 seats (including 800 box seats and 1,186 business seats). For international matches it bears the advertising-free name PSV Stadion . Since the stadium was not built all at once, but gradually expanded over time, strong asymmetries arose.

history

As early as 1913, the Philips sports club Eindhoven played on this site, which the Philips group made available. Philips then took over the association, which is why it is referred to as a factory association. In 1916, for the 25th anniversary of Philips, the first grandstand was built, and in 1933 a second one for 900 spectators, which was also covered. In 1938 a display board with a clock was installed in the stadium, which was considered a technical novelty. In 1941 it was decided to convert the stadium into an athletics facility, which increased the capacity to 18,000 seats.

In 1958 there was another major renovation: the athletics facility was removed and the stands were enlarged so that there was now space for 22,000 spectators in the stadium. 46 meter high floodlight masts were also installed. In 1977 a new main grandstand was built, which in turn increased the capacity, this time to 27,000 seats. In 1988 the south stand, which is still in the stadium today, was built, in 1993 the west and east stands with 4,500 seats each, and in 1996 the north stand with 10,000 seats was opened. In 2000, the last big change for the European Championship took place in the Netherlands and Belgium . The four corners have been closed to achieve today's capacity. In the stadium, radiant heaters are installed under the roof to warm the spectators.

On September 1, 2009, a fire broke out in the VIP stand on the west side of the stadium, which was caused by welding work.

Events

During the European football championship in 2000 , three group games took place in the Eindhoven stadium.

In 2006, Eindhoven hosted the 2005/06 UEFA Cup final with the Philips Stadium , which Sevilla FC won 4-0 against Middlesbrough FC . In addition to sporting events, music concerts are also held in the stadium.

On March 2, 2020, UEFA awarded the 2022/23 UEFA Women's Champions League final to Eindhoven with the Philips Stadium.

Specialty

The seat in Block D, Row 22, Seat 43 on the South Stand will remain vacant in memory of Frits Philips , the former chairman of Philips. The club decided this in 2005 after Frits Philips died at the age of 100.

Panorama picture

Interior of the stadium (December 2006)

Web links

Commons : Philips Stadion  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. fussballtempel.net: List of Dutch stadiums ( Memento from April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. 20minuten.ch: Fire alarm - fire in the stadium of PSV Eindhoven
  3. Muziektempel Philips Stadium ( Memento of 30 August 2012 at the Internet Archive ) (Dutch)
  4. Europa League final 2022 in Budapest. In: stadionwelt.de. March 2, 2020, accessed March 2, 2020 .
  5. psv.nl: Report on Frits Philips (Dutch)