Stade Léo-Lagrange (Besançon)
Stade Léo-Lagrange | |
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Stade de la Gibelotte |
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place | Besançon , France |
Coordinates | 47 ° 14 '38.2 " N , 6 ° 0' 11.1" E |
owner | City of Besançon |
start of building | 1936 |
opening | 1939 |
Renovations | 2003-2005 |
surface | Natural grass |
architect | M. Bouhana |
capacity | 11,500 seats |
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The Stade Léo-Lagrange is the municipal football stadium in the French city of Besançon , Doubs department , in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It is the home of the RC Besançon football club . Opened in 1939 under the name Stade de la Gibelotte , it now seats 11,500 people. It is part of a larger sports park. It gets its current name from the French politician Léo Lagrange (* 1900, † 1940).
The stadium used to have a cycling track . In 1964 Jacques Anquetil tried to set a new world hour record on the track . In 1980 the track cycling world championships took place in the oval . The track was later removed. On December 17, 1994 the French national rugby union team and the Canadian national rugby union team met here (28: 9). In 1996, the U-18 European Football Championships were held in France and Luxembourg . Four games took place in Besançon; including the game for third place and the final between France and Spain (2-1).
The attendance record dates back to March 10, 1979. For the game of RC Besançon against AS Saint-Étienne , 24,000 spectators came to the stadium.
Web links
- Stadium on the official website of RC Besançon (French)
- The Stade Léo-Lagrange as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
- Visitor report from 2004
- www.stadium-attendances.com (English)