Stade Amédée-Domenech

Stade Amédée-Domenech
	The Stade Amédée Domenech in Brive-la-Gaillarde
Earlier names
	Parc Municipal des Sports
Data
place	Brive-la-Gaillarde , France
Coordinates	45 ° 9 '46.3 " N , 1 ° 32' 48.7" E Coordinates: 45 ° 9 '46.3 " N , 1 ° 32' 48.7" E
owner	City of Brive-la-Gaillarde
opening	1922
Renovations	1970, 1989, 1997, 2011
surface	Natural grass
capacity	15,000 seats
Societies)
	CA Brive;
Events
	Rugby Union World Cup 1991;

The Stade Amédée-Domenech is a rugby and football stadium in the French town of Brive-la-Gaillarde in the Corrèze department . It is home to the rugby union club CA Brive , which is represented in the top 14 French league . Occasionally, it has also hosted matches for the local football club ESA Brive .

The stadium, which opened in 1922, has a capacity of 15,000 seats, which are spread over two side stands. It is named after Amédée Domenech , a former CA Brive rugby union player who played for the French national rugby union team from 1954 to 1963 . The stadium is currently the largest in the Limousin and is expected to remain so until the renovation work at the Beaublanc Stadium in Limoges is complete .

In the Stade Amédée-Domenech important games of the French league Top 14 as well as the Heineken Cup took place. In 1991 the stadium was also the venue for a rugby world championship match between Romania and Fiji .

In 2004 the stadium was also the venue for a quarter-final match in the French Football Cup between ESA Brive and Paris Saint-Germain FC .

Web links

cabrive-rugby.com: Stadium on the CA Brive official website (French)
etoilebrive-football.fr: Official website ESA Brive (French)

Individual evidence

↑ cityvox.fr: data on the stadium (French)

[1] tyvox.fr: data on the stadium (French)