Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

62 venues across 6 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

2002

Newest

Incheon Munhak Stadium

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Venues used in 1930, 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

62 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.
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
720 m
cap 81,044
2.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
719 m
cap 26,512
3.
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid, Spain
583 m
cap 65,695
4.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
5.
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
Oviedo, Spain
245 m
cap 23,500
6.
Estadio La Romareda
Zaragoza, Spain
229 m
cap 33,608
7.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
8.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
9.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
10.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
3.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
4.
Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul, South Korea
6 matches
2002 (6)
5.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
6 matches
1982 (6)
6.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
7.
Camp Nou
Barcelona, Spain
5 matches
1982 (5)
8.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
9.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
10.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
11.
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
4 matches
1982 (4)
12.
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
4 matches
2002 (4)

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

6 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)

2.86g/m

498 goals · 174 matches · 50 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.46g/m

59 goals · 24 matches · 6 venues

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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
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
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Camp Nou Barcelona	Spain	99,354	62 m	1957	1982
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Santiago Bernabéu Madrid	Spain	81,044	720 m	1947	1982
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama	Japan	72,327	38 m	1998	2002
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Seoul World Cup Stadium Seoul	South Korea	66,704	29 m	2001	2002
Daegu World Cup Stadium Daegu	South Korea	66,422	82 m	2001	2002
Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid · demolished 2019	Spain	65,695	583 m	1966	1982
Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama	Japan	63,700	11 m	2001	2002
Estadio Benito Villamarín Seville	Spain	60,721	20 m	1929	1982
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Busan Asiad Stadium Busan	South Korea	53,769	25 m	2001	2002
Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA Fukuroi	Japan	50,889	50 m	2001	2002
Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon	South Korea	50,256	38 m	2002	2002
Mestalla Valencia	Spain	49,500	20 m	1923	1982
Miyagi Stadium Rifu	Japan	49,000	56 m	2000	2002
Yanmar Stadium Nagai Osaka	Japan	47,000	13 m	1996	2002
San Mamés (old) Bilbao · demolished 2013	Spain	46,200	30 m	1913	1982
Estadio Sarriá Barcelona · demolished 1997	Spain	44,000	95 m	1923	1982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville	Spain	43,883	19 m	1958	1982
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Ulsan	South Korea	43,550	8 m	2001	2002
Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon	South Korea	43,288	68 m	2001	2002
Gwangju World Cup Stadium Gwangju	South Korea	42,880	48 m	2001	2002
Jeonju World Cup Stadium Jeonju	South Korea	42,477	13 m	2001	2002
Niigata Stadium (Big Swan) Niigata	Japan	42,300	1 m	2001	2002
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Sapporo Dome Sapporo	Japan	41,484	101 m	2001	2002
Kashima Soccer Stadium Kashima	Japan	40,728	51 m	1993	2002
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Daejeon	South Korea	40,535	61 m	2001	2002
Ōita Stadium (Big Eye) Ōita	Japan	40,000	108 m	2001	2002
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
Jeju World Cup Stadium Seogwipo	South Korea	35,657	72 m	2001	2002
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Elche	Spain	33,732	79 m	1976	1982
Estadio La Romareda Zaragoza	Spain	33,608	229 m	1957	1982
Estadio Riazor A Coruña	Spain	32,660	28 m	1944	1982
Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe	Japan	30,132	-1 m	2001	2002
Estadio La Rosaleda Málaga	Spain	30,044	23 m	1941	1982
Estadio José Rico Pérez Alicante	Spain	30,000	79 m	1974	1982
El Molinón Gijón	Spain	29,538	5 m	1908	1982
Estadio de Balaídos Vigo	Spain	29,000	10 m	1928	1982
Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid	Spain	26,512	719 m	1982	1982
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old) Oviedo · demolished 2003	Spain	23,500	245 m	1932	1982
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Stade Cavée Verte Le Havre · demolished 1970	France	10,000	9 m	1932	1938
Stade du Fort Carré Antibes	France	8,000	4 m	1928	1938
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930