Allmend stadium
| Allmend stadium | |
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 Lucerne , Switzerland
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| Coordinates | 665 865 / 209 499 |
| owner | City of Lucerne |
| opening | 1934 |
| Renovations | 1957; 1981-1983; 1991 |
| demolition | 2009 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 13,000 seats |
| playing area | 103.5 × 70 m |
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The Allmend Stadium , also known colloquially as Allmend , was the city's own stadium for the FC Luzern football club . The stadium was on the outskirts of Lucerne in central Switzerland . The sports facility was opened in 1934 with a wooden grandstand and several football fields all around. Over the years there has been some renovation work; so in 1957 the grandstand was expanded to 2,500 seats. Between 1981 and 1983 the main and covered standing stands for FCL fans were renewed. In 1995, the covered north tier named LUMAG grandstand was added.
Most recently the venue had four grandstands; with three covered and one back gate uncovered. There was an athletics facility right next to the Allmend stadium . It offered a theoretical capacity of 25,000 spectators. For safety reasons, the Swiss Football Association (SFV) only allowed 13,000 spectators (4,500 covered seats; 1,400 uncovered seats and 7,100 standing places) into the stadium. The attendance record with 26,000 spectators dates from 1993 and was set up in a promotion / relegation round match against FC Basel (4: 1; victory for Lucerne).
Because the stadium was no longer suitable for the league since 2007, a new building was planned at the same location. The last game in the old stadium took place on June 13, 2009 between FC Luzern and FC Lugano (5-0). After the encounter, many fans took a souvenir , such as a piece of lawn or seats, from the stadium. In summer 2009 it was decided to demolish the old venue and construction work began in August. The new stadium was named Swissporarena and has around 17,000 seats. During the new building, which was completed in summer 2011, FC Luzern played in Emmenbrücke in the Gersag stadium .
International matches
The following international matches for the Swiss national football team were played in the Allmend stadium:
| Apr 21, 1971: |
Switzerland - Malta
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5-0 | European Championship qualification 1972 (1st international match in Lucerne) |
| 26 Sep 1973: |
Switzerland - Luxembourg
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1-0 | World Cup qualification 1974 |
| Aug 17, 1976: |
Switzerland - Bulgaria
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2: 2 | Friendly match (1st international match against Bulgaria) |
| 6 Sep 1978: |
Switzerland - United States
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2-0 | Friendly match (1st international match against the USA) |
| April 28, 1981: |
Switzerland - Hungary
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2: 2 | World Cup qualification 1982 |
| Nov 13, 1985: |
Switzerland - Norway
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1: 1 | World Cup qualification 1986 |
| Aug. 24, 1988: |
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0: 2 | Friendly match |
| Apr 3, 1990: |
Switzerland - Romania
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2: 1 | Friendly match |
| Oct 9, 1991: |
Switzerland - Sweden
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3: 1 | Friendly match |
| Apr 2, 1997: |
Switzerland - Latvia
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1-0 | Friendly match (1st international match against Latvia) |
European Cup games
The following European Cup games of FC Luzern were played in the Allmend stadium:
| 1960: |
FC Luzern - AC Florence
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0: 3 | Quarter-finals first leg of the 1960/61 European Cup winners' cup |
| 1985: |
FC Luzern - Spartak Moscow
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0: 1 | 1st round second leg UEFA Cup 1986/87 |
| 27 Sep 1989: |
FC Luzern - PSV Eindhoven
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0: 2 | 1st round second leg European Cup of National Champions 1989/90 |
| 1990: |
FC Luzern - MTK Budapest FC
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2: 1 | 1st round second leg UEFA Cup 1990/91 |
| 1990: |
FC Luzern - FC Admira Wacker Mödling
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0: 1 | 2nd round first leg UEFA Cup 1990/91 |
| 1992: |
FC Luzern - Levski Sofia
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1-0 | 1st round of the second leg of the 1992/93 European Cup winners' cup |
| 1992: |
FC Luzern - Feyenoord Rotterdam
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1-0 | 2nd round first leg of the 1992/93 European Cup winners' cup |
| Oct. 2, 1997: |
FC Luzern - Slavia Prague
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0: 2 | 1st round second leg of the 1997/98 European Cup Winners' Cup |