Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

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Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Exterior view of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (2011)
Exterior view of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (2011)
Earlier names

Nuevo Estadio Chamartín (1947–1955)

Data
place Avenida de Concha Espina 1 28036 Madrid , Spain
SpainSpain
Coordinates 40 ° 27 '11 "  N , 3 ° 41' 18"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 27 '11 "  N , 3 ° 41' 18"  W
classification 4th
owner real Madrid
start of building October 27, 1944
opening December 14, 1947
First game December 14, 1947
Real Madrid -
Os Belenenses 3-1
Renovations 1981/82, 2001–2006, 2019–2022 (in progress)
Extensions 1953/54, 1992–94, 2003/04, 2011
surface Natural grass
costs 37 million pts (1947)
architect Luis Alemany Soler,
Manuel Muñoz Monasterio, Carlos Fernández Casado (1947)
Antonio Lamela (1992, 1998, 2004, 2011)
Gmp Architects (2019)
capacity 81,044 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
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Events

The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is a football stadium under renovation in the Chamartín district of the Spanish capital, Madrid . It is owned by the Real Madrid football club and named after long-time president Santiago Bernabéu (1895–1978). The venue was built between 1944 and 1947 and is located in the city center. It currently holds 81,044 spectators. Since November 14, 2007, the Santiago Bernabéu belongs to category 4, the highest stadium class according to the classification of UEFA .

history

Santiago Bernabéu, who started playing football at Real Madrid at the age of 14, later was first secretary, coach and president from 1943 to 1978, dreamed of making Real Madrid the best club in Europe and the world. The new stadium should mark the first step in this regard. At the time when the only income for clubs was from ticket sales, he came up with the idea that the biggest stadium would have the highest income and thus the biggest and best club in the world. After enough donations had been obtained from Real supporters in 1944, construction began on October 27th of that year in the center of Chamartín, which at that time was still far away from downtown Madrid, right next to the grounds of the club's then competition venue, the Estadio de Chamartín . It is still unclear how the club managed to build such a stadium at that time, as all cement was scarce due to the post-war period. The venue was built at the end of the Second World War and officially opened on December 14, 1947 as Nuevo Estadio Chamartín with 75,000 seats in a friendly match between the home team and Belenenses Lisbon . The match ended 3-1 for Real Madrid and the first goal scorer in the new stadium was Sabino Barinaga . Since then it has been expanded or rebuilt several times. As early as 1953, only six years after the opening, construction work began on a third tier on the east stand. On June 19, 1954, these were over and the capacity of the venue increased to 125,000 seats. The grandstand, which was expanded and bordered by two towers, was to shape the appearance of the Santiago Bernabéu for several years. On January 14, 1955, the club's general assembly voted to rename the stadium in honor of the club's president at the time, Santiago Bernabéu, whose vision was to build the venue.

On May 18, 1957, Real Madrid inaugurated the floodlights of the Bernabéu Stadium in a game against Sport Recife . It was the first permanent lighting system for a football stadium in Spain, and night games have also been possible since then. Another technical innovation was the installation of an electronic scoreboard for the 25th anniversary of the stadium on December 14, 1972. In this case too, Real Madrid was a pioneer in Spanish football.

The next major renovation of the Estadio Bernabéu was tackled for the 1982 World Cup . The standing room in the main and opposite stands was converted into seating, reducing the capacity to around 90,000 seats. In addition, the west and the two gate stands were roofed over, two electronic display boards were built into the new roof structure, the outside facade of the stadium as well as press facilities, changing rooms, the stadium entrances and various other interior fittings were renovated. The architects of the renovation were Luis and Rafael Alemany, the sons of Luis Alemany Soler, one of the architects of the stadium, and Manuel Salinas. The cost of the renovation was 704 million pesetas , of which the club itself contributed 530 million.

On February 7, 1992, what was probably the largest renovation and expansion of the venue up to that point began. The stadium was expanded to 106,500 seats and for this purpose the existing roof was raised from 22 to 45 meters and adjusted to make room for a third tier of spectators, which extended over the west and the two grand stands. In addition, lawn heating was installed because of the lower exposure to the sun . The renovation, led by the architect Antonio Lamela , ended on May 7, 1994, cost the club over five billion pesetas and shaped the appearance of the stadium.

As a result of the new UEFA regulations in 1998, all remaining standing room was converted into seating. This led to a decrease in capacity to 74,300 places.

Another major expansion and renovation project began when President Florentino Pérez took office in 2000. The east stand was expanded and covered; this renovation increased the audience to 80,354 seats. In addition, new changing rooms, VIP boxes, grandstands and press rooms were built and the entire audio system and large screens were replaced. Panoramic elevators and escalators were installed to improve spectator comfort, and radiant heaters ensure pleasant temperatures in the stands. In 2006, the club also opened a multifunctional building attached to the stadium with press rooms, offices, TV sets and a 1,500 m² Adidas fan shop. In addition to various smaller catering facilities, the stadium also has four restaurants, the Realcafé Bernabéu , the Puerta 57 , the Zen Market and the Asador de la Esquina . Between 2000 and 2006, the club invested a total of 129 million euros in the renovation and expansion of the stadium.

On May 22, 2010, the Santiago Bernabéu hosted the Champions League final , which Inter Milan won 2-0 against Bayern Munich . The last expansion of the stadium so far took place in the summer of 2011, with a slight expansion of the second tier, increasing the spectator capacity to 81,044 seats.

  • Exterior view of the west facade in 1951

  • Santiago Bernabéu in November 1955 with the extended east stand (right)

  • Exterior view of the west facade since the renovation in 1992-94.

  • East facade after the 2003-04 expansion.

Renovation work (since 2019)

Manuela Carmena and Florentino Pérez during the presentation of the renovation project (April 2019).

In September 2011, a delegates' meeting gave the green light for a renovation, after which the stadium is to be completely redesigned. On November 15, 2012, the city of Madrid and the regional government approved the construction of the stadium. Part of the agreement between the club and the city administration was also a property swap, in which Real Madrid was to receive a plot of land on the west side of the stadium, on the Paseo de la Castellana , and in return the club's own grounds on the east side of the venue and other areas in the city district Carabanchel should give up. The club originally wanted to build a shopping center and hotel on the newly acquired building area. On February 11, 2015, however, it became known that the development plan had been declared illegal by the Supreme Court in Madrid and the construction project had thus been stopped for the time being. Accordingly, interventions in one part of the city cannot be compensated for by ecological compensation measures in another part of the city.

After renewed negotiations between the club and the city government, an agreement was finally reached on October 11, 2016. According to this, the stadium is to have a new facade equipped with LED technology and a closable roof. The interior of the venue is also to be revised, for example the installation of a 360 ° video wall is planned. The originally planned expansion of the stadium on the west side is no longer part of the project. A design by the German architects' office gmp in cooperation with the Spanish L35 Arquitectos and Ribas & Ribas Arquitectos was awarded the contract for the renovation .

In June 2019, the renovation work on the Santiago Bernabéu finally began. According to the planning, these should last until the start of the season 2022/23, but without disrupting regular game operations. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , there was an interruption in national and international football competitions. The 2019/20 Spanish Championship was interrupted in March 2020, after 27 of 38 match days, and only resumed in June. Since the remaining games had to be played without spectators, Real Madrid decided to play the remaining matches of the season at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano in order to speed up the renovation work at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, which had to be interrupted for several weeks during the epidemic.

Games

Fan choreography at the Madrid City Derby 2006/07

In 1957, Real Madrid won the European Cup for the second time with a 2-0 win in front of 125,000 spectators at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium . Spain's national team also achieved one of their greatest successes in this stadium when they became European champions for the first time in their own country in 1964 .

The club's former player, coach and sports director Jorge Valdano coined the term “miedo escénico”, or stage fright , for the atmosphere in the stadium . This fear seized the players of the opposing teams when they walked into the field and looked up at the steep ranks. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium has never been a good place for German teams: At the 1982 World Cup , the DFB- Elf lost the final against Italy with 1: 3. Two years earlier, Hamburger SV failed in the final of the European Cup at Nottingham Forest (0: 1) at the same place . After a 5-1 first leg, Borussia Mönchengladbach suffered a 4-0 defeat in the 1985 UEFA Cup round of 16 in Madrid and were eliminated from the competition. In 1986, 1. FC Köln finally missed out on winning the UEFA Cup here. After a 1: 5 at Real Madrid in the first leg, 1. FC Köln could only win 2: 0 in the second leg at the Berlin Olympic Stadium . In 2010, FC Bayern Munich lost the Champions League final against Inter Milan here .

Two years later, Bayern were able to win a penalty shoot-out in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League against the Madrilenians (but the actual game was also lost 2-1). In the following season , Borussia Dortmund experienced two successes: In the group phase they wrestled Real Madrid 2-2, in the semifinals they managed to reach the finals despite a 0-2 defeat due to the 4-1 first-leg win.

Madrid peat fall

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, interior

The semi-final of the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League on April 1, 1998 between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund went down in history because one of the goals collapsed in the stadium before the game kicked off. Fans had climbed a protective fence which, when it collapsed, outlined the gate attached to it. It took a total of 76 minutes before a new gate could be set up. After that, the game kicked off with a delay of more than 70 minutes.

In Germany the game was broadcast by RTL ; the commentators Marcel Reif and Günther Jauch had to bridge the waiting time for the new goal in their own way, as it was not clear how long it would be before kick-off. RTL had ratings of up to 12 million viewers that evening. The game itself was only seen by around 6 million viewers. Jauch and Reif received the Bavarian TV Prize for their performance .

The game ended 2-0 for Real Madrid. Borussia Dortmund did not lodge a complaint with UEFA.

Copa Libertadores 2018 final

Due to serious riots around the first leg of the South American championship between the Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate , the second leg of the final of the Copa Libertadores 2018 was finally moved to the Estadio Bernabéu. Thus, on December 9, 2018, a game of a non-European club competition was played here for the first time.

Location and public transport

The Santiago-Bernabéu is located on the Paseo de la Castellana , bordered by the streets Concha Espina, Padre Damián and Rafael Salgado. The stadium can be reached by taking line 10 of the Madrid metro (Santiago Bernabéu station). Bus routes 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 126, 147 and 150 as well as number 68 on public holidays also stop at the venue.

Others

As part of the global COVID-19 pandemic , Real Madrid made the interior of the stadium available for the storage of relief supplies at the end of March 2020. From there, nursing homes and other social institutions are to be supplied in a targeted manner.

gallery

  • West stand

  • Exterior view, Castellana , corner of Concha Espina

  • Exterior view of the stadium and fan shop, Padre Damián

  • Interior view, north

  • Interior view from the southwest

and display information about the image
Interior panorama from the southwest corner (July 2019)

See also

Web links

Commons : Estadio Santiago Bernabéu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Estadio Santiago Bernabéu , realmadrid.com (English)
  2. ↑ Stadium data on Stadionwelt.de
  3. ↑ Documentation: La historia del Real Madrid
  4. ↑ Un paseo por al historia: la iluminación del Bernabéu. In: nuevoestadiobernabeu.com. May 12, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ El marcador electrónico, una revolución. In: ABC . Retrieved June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Germans are building a new Bernabéu for the “Royal” , Handelsblatt dated February 4, 2014
  7. ↑ Real Madrid: Renovation of the Bernabéu stadium approved , zeit.de of November 15, 2012
  8. ↑ Real Madrid: Court stops renovation of the Bernabéu stadium , spiegel.de from February 11, 2015
  9. ↑ Official renovation plans presented in Madrid. In: Stadium World. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Bernabéu is mutating into a high-tech football temple. In: Handelsblatt . October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Boca and River before the final in Madrid , fr.de, accessed on December 5, 2018
  12. ↑ Real Madrid opens stadium to fight against coronavirus , faz.net, accessed on March 27, 2020