# Stavanger Stadion > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stavanger_Stadion > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stavanger_Stadion.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger_Stadion > Source revision: 1329953340 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football stadium in Stavanger, Norway This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Stavanger Stadion" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Stavanger Stadion Interactive map of Stavanger Stadion Location Stavanger, Norway Coordinates 58°57′55″N 5°42′41″E / 58.96517°N 5.71138°E / 58.96517; 5.71138 Capacity 5,000 Record attendance 18,892 (Viking–Odd, 4 October 1959) Construction Opened 13 August 1917 Tenants Viking FK 1917 - 2004 **Stavanger Stadion** is a multi-use [stadium](/source/Stadium) in [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger), [Norway](/source/Norway). It was used mostly for [football](/source/Football_(soccer)) matches and hosted the home matches of [Viking FK](/source/Viking_FK). The stadium opened on 13 August 1917, and was able to hold 17,555 people at the end of its life as Viking's home ground in 2004. The west stand was the largest single-tier spectator stand in the country. The other stands were small roofless terraces without seating. ## History Stavanger Stadion in 1991, seen from the west stand Stavanger Stadion was closed in 2004 when [Viking Stadion](/source/Viking_Stadion) opened, but was reopened a few years later as a [track and field](/source/Track_and_field) stadium after a major reconstruction of the spectator stands. Some of the seats from the old main stand were donated to [Sandnes Idrettspark](/source/Sandnes_Idrettspark). Unlike Viking Stadion, which was built outside the city centre, Stavanger Stadion is located within walking distance from downtown Stavanger. The attendance record of 18,892 spectators dates from 4 October 1959, when Viking met [Odd](/source/Odds_BK) in the semi-final of the [Norwegian Cup](/source/1959_Norwegian_Football_Cup). The venue has hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1923, 1956 and 1972.[1] Between 1966 and 1990 Stavanger Stadion hosted nine [Norway](/source/Norway_national_football_team) international matches, including a 2-1 win against [England](/source/England_national_football_team) in 1971 and four 1-1 draws with [Finland](/source/Finland_national_football_team) in 1966, 1975, 1979 and 1982 respectively. The remaining four matches included a 3-0 win against [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda_national_football_team) in 1969, a 4-1 win against [Iceland](/source/Iceland_national_football_team) in 1972, a 1-1 draw against [East Germany](/source/East_Germany_national_football_team) in 1983, and a 2-1 defeat to [Sweden](/source/Sweden_men's_national_football_team) in 1990. The Sweden game was the last international Norway played at the stadium and was also the only one of the nine matches they played there that ended with a defeat. [2] The venue also hosted the [Norway national under-21 football team](/source/Norway_national_under-21_football_team) on seven occasions, playing 0–0 against the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_under-21_football_team) 5 June 1974, 6–0 against [Italy](/source/Italy_national_under-21_football_team) on 5 June 1991, 1–1 against [England](/source/England_national_under-21_football_team) on 1 June 1993, 3–1 against [Poland](/source/Poland_national_under-21_football_team) on 21 September 1993, 3–4 against the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic_national_under-21_football_team) on 15 August 1995, 2–2 against England on 10 October 1995 and 1–2 against Poland on 24 March 2001.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Main Championships Men"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111215133151/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/amnm.htm) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Athletics Association](/source/Norwegian_Athletics_Association). Archived from [the original](http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/amnm.htm) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Norge Menn Senior A - Terminliste"](https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/turnering/terminliste/?fiksId=39899) (in Norwegian). [Football Association of Norway](/source/Football_Association_of_Norway). Retrieved 6 January 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Norge Menn U21"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120512234353/http://www.fotball.no/System-pages/TabellTermin/?tournamentId=39901) (in Norwegian). [Football Association of Norway](/source/Football_Association_of_Norway). Archived from [the original](http://www.fotball.no/System-pages/TabellTermin/?tournamentId=39901) on 12 May 2012. 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