Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

40 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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Host countries

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1954, 1962, 1966, 1998, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

40 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
3.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
4.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
5.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
6.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
7.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
8.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
9.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1962, 1966, 1998, 2018

1.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
2.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
3.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
4.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
5.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
6.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
7.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
8.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
9.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
11.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
12.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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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)

2.75g/m

453 goals · 165 matches · 30 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.87g/m

205 goals · 53 matches · 10 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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
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
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
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
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
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
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
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
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954