Stadio Sant'Elia

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Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia
The main stand (2009)
The main stand (2009)
Data
place Via Amerigo Vespucci 09126 Cagliari , Italy
ItalyItaly
Coordinates 39 ° 11 '57.9 "  N , 9 ° 8' 6.2"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 11 '57.9 "  N , 9 ° 8' 6.2"  E
owner City of Cagliari
start of building 1965
opening 1970
Renovations 1989, 2003, 2013-2014
demolition Early 2020s (planned)
surface Natural grass
costs 1.95 billion ₤ it (1970)
capacity 16,074 seats
playing area 105 × 66.5 m
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Events

The Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia is a football stadium in the Italian city ​​of Cagliari in Sardinia . For a long time it was the sporting home of the first division club Cagliari Calcio . In 2017 it was closed and is to be demolished for a new building.

history

The Stadio Sant'Elia opened in 1970. It replaced the Stadio Amsicora as the home ground of the Cagliari Calcio football club , which had won its only Italian championship to date in the 1969/70 season . At that time, the Sant'Elia offered space for up to 60,000 spectators, the attendance record dates back to the autumn of 1970, when around 70,000 visitors attended the match in the first round of the European Cup against AS Saint-Étienne .

Aerial photo from 2008

In the run-up to the soccer World Cup in 1990 , the stadium was completely renovated and modernized, which reduced its capacity to 39,905 seats. At the World Cup, it hosted the three Group F games with the participation of the English team . As a result, the stadium was also used for athletics events.

In the summer of 2002 the Sant'Elia was renovated again. The reasons for this were the reduced audience interest in the games of Cagliari Calcio, in previous years mostly as an elevator team commuting between Serie A and B and the large distance between the spectator stands and the pitch. Behind both gates and on the side of the opposite stand, tubular steel stands were built on the existing synthetic track of the athletics facility, which transformed the Stadio Sant'Elia into a pure football stadium. Three quarters of the previously existing stadium can no longer be used today; only the main stand is still in use. The audience capacity therefore fell to 23,486 seats.

Planned new building and closure

Cagliari Calcio has been planning to build its own stadium since 2007. In September 2010 the plans for the new building were presented. The stadium should have a capacity of 23,600 covered seats and be completed in 2011. It was not to be built in Cagliari, but rather in Elmas , about eight kilometers away . To date, however, the planned private financing has not been secured and the final location has not been selected.

On May 16, 2012, the authorities declared the stadium to be a general security threat due to security deficiencies. Cagliari played the last games of the 2011/12 season at the Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste near the Slovenian border. For the 2012/13 season , Cagliari Calcio moved, initially for three years as a temporary solution, to the Stadio Is Arenas in Quartu Sant'Elena , which was rebuilt for the requirements of Serie A. On December 18, 2015, Cagliari Calcio presented pictures and a video for a future stadium. In 2017, work should start on a new stadium on the bottom of the old Sant'Elia . Plans for the new venue with 21,000 seats were presented to the city council of Cagliari. A replacement venue had to be found for the construction period. The temporary Sardegna Arena was built next to the stadium . The Stadio Sant'Elia should be replaced by a new building by 2019. In addition to the old Sant'Elia, the Sardegna Arena with 16,233 seats for eight million euros was built for the transition period . After the completion of the temporary venue, construction of the new Sant'Elia will begin. The new building should be completed in 2019.

In mid-April 2018, the winner was selected from an initial 25 designs. The Sportium / Manica Architecture design should be finalized by the end of the year. The fans and citizens were also included in the selection from the three final drafts. More than 5,000 people took part in the election. The new stadium with 25,000 seats should be completed in mid-2021.

After several delays, the obstacles to a new building now seem to have been removed. In November 2019, the city council of Cagliari approved the construction project with a large majority. The club has to wait another 60 days for final confirmation, after which the plans for the construction can be worked out precisely. The previous draft is being refined again in some places. The final appearance of the new venue should be clear by the end of 2020. Cagliari Calcio hopes that construction work will start in 2021. In 2024, the new stadium with 25,200 seats is expected to be available for an estimated 60 million euros. The design comes from a consortium called Sportium , which also includes the well-known MANICA Architecture office. A large shopping center adjoining the stadium is now to be built on another property nearby.

Return from Cagliari Calcio

Despite efforts, it was not possible to allay security concerns about the interim solution at Stadio Is Arenas. Even before the end of the 2012/13 season, Cagliari Calcio turned their backs on Is Arenas and moved back to the Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste for the final games. After negotiations in the summer of 2013 between Cagliari Calcio and the city as stadium owner, the football club returned to the Sant'Elia for the 2013/14 season . Cagliari played their first home games in Trieste, before returning to their homeland on October 19, 2013 with the league game on the eighth match day against Catania Calcio (2-1) in front of 4,798 visitors.

Games at the 1990 World Cup

  • June 11, 1990: England - Ireland 1: 1 (35,238 spectators)EnglandEngland IrelandIreland 
  • June 16, 1990: England - Netherlands 0: 0 (35,267 spectators)EnglandEngland NetherlandsNetherlands 
  • June 21, 1990: England - Egypt 1: 0 (34,959 spectators)EnglandEngland EgyptEgypt 

Web links

Commons : Stadio Sant'Elia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ unionesarda.it: Presentation of the stadium plans ( memento of the original from September 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian) Article of September 24, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unionesarda.it
  2. ↑ stadionwelt.de: From Sardinia to the Slovenian border Article March 28, 2012
  3. ↑ cagliaricalcio.net: Stadio Is Arenas is being rebuilt for Cagliari Calcio Article from May 29, 2012 (Italian)
  4. ↑ stadiumdb.com: New design: Finally a replacement for the Sardinian monster? Article from December 19, 2015
  5. ↑ stadionwelt.de: New stadium in Cagliari Article from December 10, 2015
  6. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Transitional stadium from Cagliari Calcio is named article from May 4, 2017
  7. ↑ ansa.it: Cagliari, Sardegna Arena nuovo stadio Article from May 4, 2017 (Italian)
  8. ↑ stadionwelt.de: New stadium in Cagliari Article from December 10, 2015
  9. ↑ ansa.it: Calcio: nuovo stadio Cagliari nel 2019 Article of December 2, 2015 (Italian)
  10. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Cagliari: Meet the 3 possible stadium options Article from March 1, 2018 (English)
  11. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Fans decide on the stadium design with an article from March 5, 2018
  12. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Stadium design selected Article from April 16, 2018
  13. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Stadio Cagliari (III) (English)
  14. ↑ City council votes for new stadium in Cagliari. In: stadionwelt.de. November 28, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019 .
  15. ↑ stadiumguide.com: Stadium guide Stadio Sant'Elia (English)
  16. ↑ stadiumguide.com: Stadium Guide Stadio Is Arenas (English)
  17. ↑ de.soccerway.com: Match report Cagliari Calcio - Catania Calcio from October 19, 2013