Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

54 venues across 5 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

2005

Newest

Allianz Arena

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Venues used in 1938, 1958, 1966, 1990, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

54 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.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
2.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000
3.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
292 m
cap 49,850
4.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
5.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
6.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
7.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
8.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
9.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
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 1938, 1958, 1966, 1990, 2006

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
3.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
4.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
5.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
6.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
7.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
8.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
9.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
10.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
11.
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
12.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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

Stadiums by host country

5 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)

2.84g/m

485 goals · 171 matches · 45 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.37g/m

64 goals · 27 matches · 5 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
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
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
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
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
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
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
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
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
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