List of eponyms of stadiums

This is a list of eponyms of stadiums.

Argentina

• Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, named for José Amalfitani (former chairman of Vélez Sársfield, the football club that owns the stadium)
• Estadio Alberto J. Armando (aka La Bombonera), Buenos Aires, named for Alberto J. Armando (former chairman of Boca Juniors, the stadium's owner)
• Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, named for Mario Kempes (star of the 1978 World Cup-winning Argentina national team, and a native of the province)
• Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (aka El Monumental de Núñez), Buenos Aires, named for Antonio Vespucio Liberti (former chairman of CA River Plate, the stadium's owner)
• Estadio Brigadier Estanislao López, Santa Fe, named for Estanislao López
• Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta, named for Father Ernesto Martearena (Catholic priest and social activist in the Salta region)

Austria

• Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium (now UPC-Arena) in Graz, named for Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, named for Ernst Happel
• Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Hütteldorf, named for Gerhard Hanappi

Canada

• Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, named for Claude Robillard (first director of the city's urban planning department)
• Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa, named for Frank Clair (former coach and general manager of the Ottawa Rough Riders, which occupied the stadium at its renaming in 1993)
• Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, named for Ivor Wynne (Hamilton civic leader)
• McMahon Stadium, Calgary, named for donors Frank and George McMahon
• Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, Regina, named for Neil "Piffles" Taylor (World War I hero, and past player and coach for the stadium's main occupant, the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• Percival Molson Memorial Stadium (Stade Percival-Molson), Montreal, named for Percival Molson (star athlete killed in World War I whose will funded much of the original stadium construction)
• Saputo Stadium (Stade Saputo), Montreal, named either for the Saputo family or the company founded by family member Lino Saputo
• Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, named for Nat Bailey (Vancouver restaurateur and promoter of baseball in the city)
• Terry Fox Stadium, Ottawa, named for Terry Fox (iconic athlete and cancer treatment activist)

Chile

• Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica, named for Carlos Dittborn

Costa Rica

• Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, named for Ricardo Saprissa (early financial backer of the stadium's owner, Deportivo Saprissa)

Côte d'Ivoire

• Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, named for Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Cuba

• Calixto García Íñiguez Stadium, Holguín, named for Calixto García
• Estadio Augusto César Sandino, Santa Clara, named for Augusto César Sandino
• Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba, named for Guillermón Moncada
• Nguyen Van Troi Stadium, Guantánamo, named for Nguyen Van Troi

Dominican Republic

• Estadio Julian Javier, San Francisco de Macorís, named for Julián Javier
• Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte, Santo Domingo, named for Juan Pablo Duarte
• Estadio Tetelo Vargas, San Pedro de Macorís, named for Tetelo Vargas

Finland

• Paavo Nurmi Stadion, Turku, named for Paavo Nurmi

France

• Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris, named for Philippe Chatrier (former head of French Tennis Federation)
• Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, named for Marcel Michelin (executive for the Michelin company who founded the multisport club AS Michelin, now known as AS Montferrand; the stadium's main occupant is Montferrand's rugby union section, ASM Clermont Auvergne)
• Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, named for Father Ernest-Théodore Valentin Deschamps (Catholic priest who founded the stadium's owner and occupant, AJ Auxerre)
• Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan, named for Aimé Giral (captain of the USA Perpignan rugby union team, who died in World War I)
• Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde, named for Amédée Domenech (France rugby union international who starred for the stadium's owner, CA Brive, in the 1950s and 1960s)
• Stade André-Moga, Bègles, named for André Moga (former player and president of CA Bègles, one of the two clubs that form the Union Bordeaux Bègles professional side)
• Stade Auguste-Bonal, Montbéliard, named for Auguste Bonal (former president of the stadium's main tenant, FC Sochaux Montbéliard, and figure in the French resistance during World War II)
• Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, named for Jacques Chaban-Delmas (politician and mayor of Bordeaux for almost 50 years)
• Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse, named for Ernest Wallon (founding president of Stade Toulousain, the rugby union club that owns this facility)
• Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, named for Félix Bollaert (commercial director of a local mining company who died shortly before the stadium was completed)
• Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, named for Geoffroy Guichard (founder of Groupe Casino, who donated the stadium site)
• Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan, named for Gilbert Brutus (rugby player, executive, and coach for USA Perpignan, and also referee) He was a famous resistance fighter during WWII, tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, Perpignan
• Stade Guy Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan, named for Guy Boniface (France rugby union international and star for Stade Montois, the stadium's owner, in the 1950s and 1960s)
• Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, named for Jean Bouin
• Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, also named for Jean Bouin
• Stade Jean-Pierre Papin, Lesquin, named for Jean-Pierre Papin
• Stade Mayol, Toulon, named for Félix Mayol (entertainer and native of Toulon who purchased and donated the stadium site)
• Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, named for Yves du Manoir (French rugby international who died in a 1928 plane crash)
• Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier, also named for Yves du Manoir

Georgia

• Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi – Boris Paichadze
• Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi – Mikheil Meskhi

Germany

• Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion, Sinsheim, named for Dietmar Hopp
• Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, named for Gottlieb Daimler
• Karl Liebknecht Stadion, Potsdam-Babelsberg, named for Karl Liebknecht
• Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, named for Rudolf Harbig

Greece

• Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens, named for Apostolos Nikolaidis
• Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus named for Georgios Karaiskakis
• Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki named for Kleanthis Vikelidis

India

• Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, named for Jawaharlal Nehru
• Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Ludhiana, named for Guru Gobind Singh
• Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, named for Jawaharlal Nehru

Iraq

• Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil, named for Franso Hariri

Ireland

• Croke Park, Dublin, named for Thomas Croke
• FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney, named for Dick FitzGerald (Gaelic games athlete)
• MacHale Park, Castlebar, named for John MacHale (19th-century Catholic archbishop and Irish nationalist)
• Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, named for Padraig Ó Chaoimh (builder of the modern Gaelic Athletic Association)
• Semple Stadium, Thurles, named for Tom Semple (hurling star of the early 20th century who later led the committee that developed the aforementioned stadium)

Italy

• Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, named for Alberto Braglia
• Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, named for Alberto Picco
• Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania, named for Angelo Massimino
• Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno, named for Armando Picchi
• Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, named for Artemio Franchi
• Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena, named for Artemio Franchi
• Stadio Carlo Speroni, Busto Arsizio, named for Carlo Speroni
• Stadio Danilo Martelli, Mantua, named for Danilo Martelli
• Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, named for Ennio Tardini
• Stadio Erasmo Iacovone, Taranto, named for Erasmo Iacovone
• Arena Garibaldi - Romeo Anconetani, Pisa, named for Giuseppe Garibaldi and Romeo Anconetani
• Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea, named for Gino Pistoni
• Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples, named for Giorgio Ascarelli
• Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, named for Giuseppe Meazza
• Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano, named for Guido Biondi
• Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, named for Luigi Ferraris
• Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, named for Marcantonio Bentegodi
• Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia, named for Mario Rigamonti
• Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, named for Nereo Rocco
• Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro, named for Nicola Ceravolo
• Stadio Omobono Tenni, Treviso, named for Omobono Tenni
• Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria, named for Oreste Granillo
• Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, named for Pino Zaccheria
• Stadio Pio XII, Albano Laziale, named for Pope Pius XII

Japan

• Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo – named for Prince Chichibu, member of the Imperial House of Japan and patron of rugby union in the country

Netherlands

• Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen, named for Abe Lenstra (former player of SC Heerenveen)
• Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven, named for Jan Louwers (former player of FC Eindhoven and PSV Eindhoven)
• Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, named for King William II of the Netherlands

Nicaragua

• Estadio Dennis Martinez, Managua, named for Dennis Martínez

Nigeria

• Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, named for Sani Abacha

Paraguay

• Estadio Roberto Bettega, Asunción, named for Roberto Bettega

Peru

• Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez, Lima, named for Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez

Puerto Rico

• Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan, named for Hiram Bithorn
• Juan Pachín Vicéns Auditorium, Ponce, named for Juan "Pachín" Vicéns
• Estadio Roberto Clemente, Carolina, named for Roberto Clemente

Russia

• Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow, named for Eduard Streltsov

South Africa

• Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg – named for J. D. Ellis, who provided the land on which the stadium sits
• Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria – named for Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organised sport in Pretoria
• Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth – indirectly named for Nelson Mandela. The stadium is directly named for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which includes Port Elizabeth.

Spain

• Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, named for Lluís Companys i Jover
• Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, named for Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
• Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, named for Vicente Calderón

Trinidad and Tobago

• Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, named for Hasely Crawford

Turkey

• Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul, named for Ali Sami Yen
• Antalya Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Atatürk Olympic Stadium, İstanbul, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Atatürk Stadyumu, Denizli, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Atatürk Stadyumu, Eskişehir, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• BJK İnönü Stadium, İstanbul, named for İsmet İnönü
• Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu, Bursa, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Cemal Gürsel Stadyumu, Erzurum, named for Cemal Gürsel
• Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium, Diyarbakır, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Kayseri Atatürk Stadyumu, Kayseri, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Konya Atatürk Stadium, Konya, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Rize Atatürk Stadium, Rize, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Sakarya Atatürk Stadyumu, Sakarya, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, named for Şükrü Saracoğlu

Ukraine

• Bannikov Stadium, Kiev, named for Viktor Bannikov
• Butovsky Vorskla Stadium, Poltava, named for Oleksiy Butovsky
• Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, named for Valeri Lobanovsky
• Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv, named for Yuri Gagarin

United Kingdom

• Boleyn Ground (more commonly known as Upton Park), London, England, named for Anne Boleyn
• Casement Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, named for Roger Casement (humanitarian and Irish nationalist)
• Kassam Stadium, Oxford, England, named for Firoz Kassam
• Madejski Stadium, Reading, England, named for John Madejski
• Walkers Stadium, Leicester, named for sponsors Walkers (snack foods), originally founded by Henry Walker.

United States

Uruguay

• Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo, named for José Nasazzi
• Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo, named for Luis Franzini

Venezuela

• Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel, Puerto la Cruz, named for Chico Carrasquel
• Estadio José Pérez Colmenares, Maracay, named for José Pérez Colmenares
• Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande, Maracaibo, named for Luis Aparicio, Sr.

Zambia

• Dag Hammerskjold Stadium, Ndola, named for Dag Hammarskjöld