Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

19 venues across 3 host nations for the selected years. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Stadiums

Host countries

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

1933

Newest

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

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Venues used in 1930, 1934, 1966 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

19 venues

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Capacity:<25%25-45%45-65%65-85%≥85%·Marker size also scales with capacity

Highest-altitude venues

Estadio Azteca's 2,287m made 1986 famous. Toluca tops out higher.

1.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
3.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
4.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000
5.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
6.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
7.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600
8.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
51 m
cap 47,290
9.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
46 m
cap 39,414
10.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
45 m
cap 74,310

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1934, 1966

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
3.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
4.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
5.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
6.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
7.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
8.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
9.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)
10.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
11.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
12.
Ayresome Park
Middlesbrough, England
3 matches
1966 (3)

GET /matches?year=… (count grouped by stadiumId)

Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

GET /stadiums (group by floor(opened / 10) × 10)

Stadiums by host country

3 countries have hosted matches

GET /stadiums (group by country)

Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

3.37g/m

219 goals · 65 matches · 18 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.00g/m

10 goals · 2 matches · 1 venue

goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearances Capacity Altitude Opening year Name

Stadium	Country	Capacity	Altitude	Opened	WC editions
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna	Italy	38,279	64 m	1927	1934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Italy	36,599	26 m	1911	1934, 1990
Wembley Stadium (old) London · demolished 2003	England	98,600	60 m	1923	1966
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Roker Park Sunderland · demolished 1997	England	40,310	30 m	1898	1966
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Ayresome Park Middlesbrough · demolished 1997	England	40,000	11 m	1903	1966
Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield	England	39,732	69 m	1899	1966
Goodison Park Liverpool	England	39,414	46 m	1892	1966
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930