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
6
Host countries
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Oldest
Olympia2018
Newest
Nizhny Novgorod StadiumStadium map
Venues used in 1954, 1958, 1990, 2002, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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.
Stade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanne, Switzerland614 mcap 15,850 - 2.Wankdorf StadiumBern, Switzerland560 mcap 64,000
- 3.Stade des CharmillesGeneva, Switzerland432 mcap 35,000
- 4.HardturmZürich, Switzerland401 mcap 35,000
- 5.Cornaredo StadiumLugano, Switzerland364 mcap 6,330
- 6.
Stadio delle AlpiTurin, Italy278 mcap 67,229 - 7.Yekaterinburg ArenaYekaterinburg, Russia277 mcap 35,696
- 8.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland262 mcap 60,000
- 9.Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)Milan, Italy176 mcap 75,923
- 10.Samara ArenaSamara, Russia161 mcap 44,918
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1954, 1958, 1990, 2002, 2018
- 1.Råsunda StadiumSolna, Sweden8 matches1958 (8)
- 2.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 3.Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 4.UlleviGothenburg, Sweden7 matches1958 (7)
- 5.Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)Milan, Italy6 matches1934, 1990 (6)
- 6.Stadio OlimpicoRome, Italy6 matches1990 (6)
- 7.
Seoul World Cup StadiumSeoul, South Korea6 matches2002 (6) - 8.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland6 matches1954 (6)
- 9.Fisht Olympic StadiumSochi, Russia6 matches2018 (6)
- 10.Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)Kazan, Russia6 matches2018 (6)
- 11.Samara ArenaSamara, Russia6 matches2018 (6)
- 12.Nizhny Novgorod StadiumNizhny Novgorod, Russia6 matches2018 (6)
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)
2.67g/m
536 goals · 201 matches · 51 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.49g/m
157 goals · 35 matches · 8 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| 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 |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | Russia | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 |
Stadio Olimpico Rome | Italy | 73,603 | 37 m | 1953 | 1990 |
International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama |  Japan | 72,327 | 38 m | 1998 | 2002 |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | Russia | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 |
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 |
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001 | Switzerland | 64,000 | 560 m | 1925 | 1954 |
Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama | Japan | 63,700 | 11 m | 2001 | 2002 |
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998 | Switzerland | 60,000 | 262 m | 1954 | 1954 |
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 |
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013 | Sweden | 50,000 | 22 m | 1937 | 1958 |
Miyagi Stadium Rifu | Japan | 49,000 | 56 m | 2000 | 2002 |
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi | Russia | 47,659 | 1 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Yanmar Stadium Nagai Osaka | Japan | 47,000 | 13 m | 1996 | 2002 |
Volgograd Arena Volgograd | Russia | 45,568 | 94 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan | Russia | 45,379 | 49 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow | Russia | 45,360 | 125 m | 2014 | 2018 |
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 45,000 | 0 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Samara Arena Samara | Russia | 44,918 | 161 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 44,899 | 74 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Mordovia Arena Saransk | Russia | 44,442 | 144 m | 2017 | 2018 |
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 |
Ullevi Gothenburg | Sweden | 43,000 | 8 m | 1958 | 1958 |
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 |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | Russia | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 |
Jeju World Cup Stadium Seogwipo | South Korea | 35,657 | 72 m | 2001 | 2002 |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | Russia | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008 | Switzerland | 35,000 | 401 m | 1929 | 1954 |
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003 | Switzerland | 35,000 | 432 m | 1930 | 1954 |
Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe | Japan | 30,132 | -1 m | 2001 | 2002 |
Malmö Stadion Malmö | Sweden | 30,000 | 12 m | 1958 | 1958 |
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 |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne | Switzerland | 15,850 | 614 m | 1904 | 1954 |
Örjans Vall Halmstad | Sweden | 15,500 | 7 m | 1922 | 1958 |
Eyravallen Örebro | Sweden | 13,000 | 35 m | 1923 | 1958 |
Tunavallen Eskilstuna | Sweden | 7,800 | 15 m | 1921 | 1958 |
Jernvallen Sandviken | Sweden | 7,500 | 0 m | 1938 | 1958 |
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano | Switzerland | 6,330 | 364 m | 1951 | 1954 |