Via del Mare stadium

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Ettore Giardiniero Stadium - Via del Mare
The Via del Mare stadium in Lecce
View into the stadium during Serie B 2007/08
Data
place ItalyItaly Lecce , Italy
Coordinates 40 ° 21 '55 "  N , 18 ° 12' 31"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 21 '55 "  N , 18 ° 12' 31"  E
owner City of Lecce
opening 2nd October 1966
First game US Lecce - Spartak Moscow 1-1
Renovations 1976, 1985
surface Natural grass
architect Costantino Rozzi
capacity 31,533
playing area 105 m × 68 m
Societies)
Events
The Via Del Mare stadium during a US Lecce home game
The Stadio Via Del Mare during a Serie A match between US Lecce and SPAL Ferrara in February 2020

The Stadio Via del Mare , officially Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare is a football stadium with athletics facility in the Italian city ​​of Lecce in the Apulia region .

It is the home of the US Lecce football club . The stadium got its name because the road that runs alongside the stadium meets the sea at San Cataldo (a member of the Vernole municipality ). It has space for 31,533 spectators. The home of the traditional fan scene is, in this stadium, the Curva Nord with the Ultrà Lecce . However, there is also an active fan group in the Curva Sud with the Gioventù (it .: youth). The seats in the stadium are colored yellow-red (club colors of US Lecce). The lettering “US Lecce” is colored in the east stand of the stadium. The press room of the stadium was named after the local journalists Sergio Vantaggiato, he died under tragic circumstances in the first days of the Championship in 2007/08, when US Lecce in Serie B played. The memorial plaque was presented by his son Martino in the presence of various local authorities, the US Lecce administration and some journalists, various newspapers.

history

The “Stadio Via del Mare” replaced the Stadio Carlo Pranzo , which until 1966 was the home of the US Lecce. The “Via del Mare” was inaugurated on September 11, 1966 with the game between US Lecce and Spartak Moscow . This game ended 1-1 and was watched by around 13,000 spectators. At that time the stadium offered space for 16,000 spectators. In 1976 the capacity was increased to 20,500. In 1985, US Lecce rose to Serie A for the first time . For this reason, the capacity was increased to 55,000 seats, but was later reduced again to 33,876 seats. In 1990 it was planned for the soccer World Cup , but it was decided in Apulia to rebuild the Stadio San Nicola in Bari .

Further information

  • In 1994 Pope John Paul II gave a speech in the stadium.
  • In 2002 the stadium was officially named after Ettore Giardiniero, the mayor who approved the reconstruction.
  • On November 1, 2007, during a regular training session, lightning struck the damp floor of the stadium and instantly killed the football club's equipment manager, Antonio De Giorgi.
  • In the 2009/10 season, the football club Gallipoli Calcio also played in the stadium, because renovation work was being carried out in its Stadio Antonio Bianco .
  • In 2011 it was the venue for the Italia Wave rock festival , which featured Lou Reed and the Kaiser Chiefs, among others .

Web links

Commons : Stadio Via del Mare  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Via del Mare pronto per il 18". Lecce-Salernitana si gioca in casa: incredibile risultato - Leccenews24. In: leccenews24.it. August 13, 2019, accessed August 15, 2019 (Italian).