St. Jakob-Park

For the previous stadium, see St. Jakob Stadium.

St. Jakob Park
Construction
Joggeli

Location	Basel, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°32′29.67″N 7°37′12.65″E / 47.5415750°N 7.6201806°E / 47.5415750; 7.6201806Coordinates: 47°32′29.67″N 7°37′12.65″E / 47.5415750°N 7.6201806°E / 47.5415750; 7.6201806
Owner	Genossenschaft Stadion St. Jakob-Park
Operator	Basel United AG
Capacity	38,512 (Football)^[1] (37,500 for international matches)^[2] 60,000 (Concerts)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	1998
Opened	15 March 2001
Construction cost	CHF 220 million (2001)
Architect	Herzog & de Meuron
Tenants
FC Basel (Super League) (1998–present)

St. Jakob Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity was increased to 42,500 for Euro 2008, which was hosted by Switzerland and Austria.^[3] After the Euro 2008 a number of seats were removed, thus creating more space between them. The capacity was therefore reduced to 38,512^[1] for Swiss Super League matches or 37,500 seats for international matches^[4] The maximum capacity for concerts is 60,000.

The stadium is named after the village of St. Jakob an der Birs, which stood on the site. The name "Joggeli" is the diminutive of "Jakob" in the local dialect, making it the equivalent of "Jake".

Overview

The stadium is divided into four main blocks, A, B, C and D, each block covering one side of the stadium, and block G, consisting of the upper balcony added later. St. Jakob Park is a fairly modern stadium; construction started on 13 December 1998, replacing the former St. Jakob Stadium. The re-opening game took place 15 March 2001.

The "Genossenschaft S.J.P" officially owns the stadium, while the stadium itself is managed by "Basel United". The stadium cost around CHF 220 million to build (US$132 million, €143 million in March 2001^[5]).

Within the stadium, there are 32 shops on three different floors, as well as two restaurants (the "Restaurant UNO" and "Hattrick Sports Bar"). The stadium has parking spaces for 680 cars on two different floors. The stadium can be reached either by bus, tram or train (the stadium has its own train station).

The stadium has been awarded 4 stars by UEFA, which is the highest number of stars that can be awarded to a stadium of that size.

In 2006, there was a riot after a match between FC Basel and FC Zürich. See 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident for more details.

UEFA Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

For Euro 2008, the St. Jakob Park hosted 6 games – 3 group games (including the opening match), two quarter-finals and one semi-final. Torrential rain during the June 11 match left the pitch in such a poor state that the entire grass surface was re-laid, the first time such a decision was made at a tournament of this size. ^[6]

Date	Time (CET)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Spectators
7 June 2008	18.00	Switzerland	0 – 1	Czech Republic	Group A	39,730
11 June 2008	20.45	Switzerland	1 – 2	Turkey	Group A	39,730
15 June 2008	20.45	Switzerland	2 – 0	Portugal	Group A	39,730
19 June 2008	20.45	Portugal	2 – 3	Germany	quarter-finals	39,374
21 June 2008	20.45	Netherlands	1 – 3 aet	Russia	quarter-finals	38,374
25 June 2008	20.45	Germany	3 – 2	Turkey	semi-final	39,374

UEFA Europa League Final 2016

Main article: 2016 UEFA Europa League Final

The St. Jakob-Park was announced as the venue of the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 September 2014.^[7] This will be the first European club final hosted at the stadium, although the previous stadium of the same name, the St. Jakob Stadium, which opened in 1954 for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and closed in 1998, hosted four European Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1969, 1975, 1979 and 1984. The stadium will see Liverpool F.C. vs Sevilla FC on Wednesday 18th May 2016.

Panorama

References

1 2 "Figures and facts". FC Basel 1893. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
↑ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
↑ www.fcb.ch
↑ www.baselunited.ch
↑ Approximate exchange rates sourced from www.oanda.com
↑ uk.reuters.com
↑ UEFA.com (2014). "Basle awarded 2016 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2014-09-18.

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Preceded by National Stadium Warsaw	UEFA Europa League Final Venue 2016	Succeeded by Friends Arena Solna

UEFA Euro 2008 stadiums

Austria	Tivoli-Neu (Innsbruck) Wörthersee Stadion (Klagenfurt) Stadion Wals-Siezenheim (Salzburg) Ernst-Happel-Stadion (Vienna)

Switzerland	St. Jakob-Park (Basel) Stade de Suisse (Bern) Stade de Genève (Geneva) Letzigrund (Zurich)

FC Basel

History Players

Stadiums	Landhof St. Jakob Stadium St. Jakob Park

Seasons	1932–33 1941–42 1946–47 1952–53 1962–63 1966–67 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73... 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Other	Superleague Formula team

Football venues in Switzerland (2015–16)

Super League	AFG Arena Cornaredo Letzigrund Rheinpark St. Jakob-Park Stade de Suisse Stockhorn Arena Swissporarena Stade Tourbillon

Challenge League	Breite Brügglifeld IGP Arena Maladière Niedermatten Pontaise Schützenwiese Sous-Ville Stadio Comunale Tissot Arena

1. Liga Promotion	Colovray Linthstrasse Paul-Grüninger-Stadion Stade de la Fontenette Stade de Genève Stadion Kleinfeld Stadion Schützenmatte Utogrund

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