Stade Joseph Marien

Stade Joseph Marien
Earlier names
La Butte Duden Park Stadium
Data
place	Chaussée de Bruxelles 223 Forest / Vorst , Brussels Capital Region , Belgium
Coordinates	50 ° 49 '4 "  N , 4 ° 19' 45"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '4 "  N , 4 ° 19' 45"  E
start of building	1915
opening	September 14, 1919
First game	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise - AC Milan
Renovations	1926, 2018
demolition	1923
surface	Natural grass
costs	600,000 BEF
architect	Albert Callewaert
capacity	8000
Societies)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Events
1920 Summer Olympics

The Stade Joseph Marien is a sports stadium in Forest / Vorst in the "bacon belt" of the Belgian capital, Brussels . The 8,000-seat stadium is the home ground of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise .

history

In 1909 the Club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise acquired a playing area in Duden Park, where construction of the stadium began in 1915. After the First World War , construction work was finished in 1912 and the stadium was inaugurated on September 14 with a test match against AC Milan . As part of the 1920 Summer Olympics , the Duden Park Stadium, as the stadium was called at that time, held three games of the Olympic football tournament.

Web links

• rusg.brussels: Stadium history on the club's website (Dutch)