Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

42 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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Host countries

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1938, 1958, 1966, 1990 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

42 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 delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
3.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
4.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
5.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
6.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652
7.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
8.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
9.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
10.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938, 1958, 1966, 1990

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
3.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
4.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
5.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
6.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
7.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
8.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
9.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
10.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
4 matches
1934, 1990 (4)
11.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
12.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (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

4 countries have hosted matches

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

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

Sea level (<200m)

3.02g/m

383 goals · 127 matches · 37 venues

Low (200-800m)

1.60g/m

8 goals · 5 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
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
Wembley Stadium (old) London · demolished 2003	England	98,600	60 m	1923	1966
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
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
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Roker Park Sunderland · demolished 1997	England	40,310	30 m	1898	1966
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 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
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
Arosvallen Västerås	Sweden	20,000	18 m	1932	1958
Idrottsparken Norrköping	Sweden	17,234	39 m	1903	1958
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla	Sweden	17,000	5 m	1923	1958
Olympia Helsingborg	Sweden	16,500	34 m	1898	1958
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
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
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958