In following post I decided to gather some information regarding world’s largest football stadiums. But these are not the world largest stadiums in future I’m planning to put a post regarding that also. These stadiums are ordered by the number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
Azadi Stadium
Azadi Stadium is the world fifth largest football stadium which is situated it Teheran, Iran. It is Iran's national stadium and the largest in the country. This is house for Iran’s national football team as well as two professional Iranian teams, Persepolis F.C. and Esteghlal F.C. The Azadi stadium was built to host the 1974 Asian Games. In 1974 had a capacity of 110,000, this was reduced to 90,000 following the installation of seats in the lower tiers of the stadium in 2003.
The stadium was originally called Aryamehr Stadium but then changed to Azadi Stadium after the Iranian Revolution; "Azadi" means freedom in Persian.
Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Bukit Jalil National Stadium is the world fourth largest football stadium in the world. It is another multi purpose stadium which was opened at 1 January 1998 which is situated at the capital city of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. This was built in 1998 to host the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It can facilitate to 100,200 spectators.
Today this stadium is the home of the Malaysian national team and most recently was among the stadiums used in the 2007 Asian Cup. This stadium facilitate following facilities 68m x 105m Grass pitch, 9 laned 400m synthetic track,6m x 60m warming up track, 1,500 flux floodlights and Broadcast Studios.
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is the worlds third largest football stadium and it is situated at Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. This is the home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América. This stadium can hold 104,000 people.
This stadium was opened at May 29, 1966 and the The opening game was between Club América and Torino F.C. Most important thing on Estadio Azteca stadium is it’s only stadium in the world which had host two World Cup Finals (1970 with Brazil and Italy and 1986 with West Germany and Argentina).
Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium or Stadium of the Indian Youth is second largest football stadium in the world. It is situated in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal. It’s another multi purpose stadium. This was opened at 1984 January and holds 120,000 people in a three-tier configuration.
The stadium covers an area of 76.40 acres (309,200 m2). The salient features of the stadium are unique synthetic track for athletic meets, electronic scoreboard, main football arena measuring 105m x 70m, elevators, VIP enclosures, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, air conditioned VIP rest room and Conference Hal
Rungrado May Day Stadium
Rungrado May day stadium or May first stadium was situated in Pyongyang, North Korea. This was constructed as main stadium for 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1989.This stadium was opened at May 1, 1989 and it was multi purpose stadium but currently it uses for football. This can facilitate to 150,000 spectators and it’s the 12th largest sporting venue in the world.
It hosts events on a main pitch sprawling across over 22,500 m² Its total floor space is over 207,000 m² (2.2 million ft²) across eight stories, and the lobes of its roof peak at more than 60 m (197 ft) from the ground.
