Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

37 venues across 4 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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1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1934, 1966, 1974, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

37 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
5.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
6.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
7.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
8.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
9.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390
10.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1966, 1974, 2014

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
4.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
5.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
6.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
7.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
8.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
9.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
10.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
11.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
12.
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)

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

4 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)

2.87g/m

350 goals · 122 matches · 30 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.67g/m

32 goals · 12 matches · 3 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.65g/m

45 goals · 17 matches · 3 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
MHPArena Stuttgart	Germany	60,449	224 m	1933	1974, 2006
Volksparkstadion Hamburg	Germany	57,000	25 m	1953	1974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
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
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
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
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934