Wankdorf Stadium
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Key facts
- Location
- Papiermühlestrasse 71, CH-3014 Bern
- Capacity
- 22,000–64,000 ( football )
- Surface
- Grass
- Opened
- 18 October 1925
- Closed
- 7 July 2001
- Demolished
- 3 August 2001
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Bern
- Followed by
- Stadion Wankdorf
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Jack Metzger – Stadion Wankdorf 1959 (Com M08-0275-0002).jpg
- Significant event
- 1954 FIFA World Cup
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- maximum capacity
- 64000
- Commons category
- Wankdorf Stadium (1925)
- occupant
- BSC Young Boys
- date of official opening
- 1925-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2001-07-07
- street address
- Papiermühlestrasse 71, 3014 Bern
- inception
- 1925-01-01
- date of official closure
- 2001-07-07
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Encyclopedic overview
Wankdorf Stadium (German: Wankdorfstadion, pronounced [ˈvaŋkdɔʁfˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] ) was a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland, and the home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. Built in 1925, it hosted the finals of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the 1960–61 European Cup, and the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup.
The stadium was demolished in 2001, and replaced in 2005 by the Stadion Wankdorf on the same site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wankdorf Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.