Tunavallen

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Tunavallen
Tunavallen 2011.jpg
Tunavallen in 2011
Data
place SwedenSweden Eskilstuna , Sweden
Coordinates 59 ° 22 '14.4 "  N , 16 ° 29' 42"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 22 '14.4 "  N , 16 ° 29' 42"  E
opening 1924
Renovations 2002
surface artificial grass
capacity 7,800 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
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The Tunavallen is a football stadium in the Swedish city ​​of Eskilstuna . It is the home ground of the football clubs IFK Eskilstuna , Eskilstuna City FK and Eskilstuna United .

The stadium was initially a normal sports stadium with only one grandstand, which, in addition to a lawn for soccer games, also had athletics facilities. During the Football World Cup in 1958 , Tunavallen was the smallest stadium, the group game Paraguay against Yugoslavia (3: 3) took place here.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the old stadium was completely demolished and the Eskilstuna community built a new football stadium. This was inaugurated in August 2002. The stadium now has grandstands on all sides of the pitch (long sides: seats; short sides: standing room).

Facts

  • The audience capacity today is 7,800 people. There are 6,000 seats.
  • The attendance record comes from the old stadium, where the 1963 game IFK Eskilstuna against GAIS Göteborg was followed by 22,491 visitors.
  • Dimensions of the playing field: 105 × 68 meters

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