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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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54
Stadiums
5
Host countries
1892
Oldest
Goodison Park
2014
Newest
Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1958, 1966, 1970, 1982, 2014 — 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. 1.
    Estadio Nemesio Díez
    Toluca, Mexico
    2,666 m
    cap 30,000
  2. 2.
    Estadio Azteca
    Mexico City, Mexico
    2,287 m
    cap 87,000
  3. 3.
    Estadio Cuauhtémoc
    Puebla, Mexico
    2,124 m
    cap 51,726
  4. 4.
    Estadio León
    León, Mexico
    1,808 m
    cap 31,297
  5. 5.
    Estadio Jalisco
    Guadalajara, Mexico
    1,538 m
    cap 55,020
  6. 6.
    Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    1,119 m
    cap 72,788
  7. 7.
    Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    910 m
    cap 40,502
  8. 8.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    850 m
    cap 58,170
  9. 9.
    Neo Química Arena
    São Paulo, Brazil
    785 m
    cap 49,205
  10. 10.
    Santiago Bernabéu
    Madrid, Spain
    720 m
    cap 81,044
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1958, 1966, 1970, 1982, 2014
  1. 1.
    Estadio Azteca
    Mexico City, Mexico
    10 matches
    1970 (10), 1986, 2026
  2. 2.
    Wembley Stadium (old)
    London, England
    9 matches
    1966 (9)
  3. 3.
    Estadio Jalisco
    Guadalajara, Mexico
    8 matches
    1970 (8), 1986
  4. 4.
    Råsunda Stadium
    Solna, Sweden
    8 matches
    1958 (8)
  5. 5.
    Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    7 matches
    1950, 2014 (7)
  6. 6.
    Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    7 matches
    2014 (7)
  7. 7.
    Ullevi
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    7 matches
    1958 (7)
  8. 8.
    Estadio León
    León, Mexico
    7 matches
    1970 (7), 1986
  9. 9.
    Arena Castelão
    Fortaleza, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  10. 10.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  11. 11.
    Arena Fonte Nova
    Salvador, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  12. 12.
    Neo Química Arena
    São Paulo, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (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

5 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)
2.98g/m
414 goals · 139 matches · 38 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.48g/m
62 goals · 25 matches · 6 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.65g/m
45 goals · 17 matches · 3 venues
High (1500-2200m)
3.22g/m
58 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues
Very high (≥2200m)
2.64g/m
37 goals · 14 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City
Mexico87,0002,287 m19661970, 1986, 2026
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil78,83821 m19501950, 2014
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara
Mexico55,0201,538 m19601970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla
Mexico51,7262,124 m19681970, 1986
Estadio León
León
Mexico31,2971,808 m19671970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca
Mexico30,0002,666 m19541970, 1986
Camp Nou
Barcelona
Spain99,35462 m19571982
Wembley Stadium (old)
London · demolished 2003
England98,60060 m19231966
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid
Spain81,044720 m19471982
White City Stadium
London · demolished 1985
England76,56713 m19081966
Old Trafford
Manchester
England74,31045 m19101966
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília
Brazil72,7881,119 m20132014
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid · demolished 2019
Spain65,695583 m19661982
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza
Brazil64,84629 m19732014
Estadio Benito Villamarín
Seville
Spain60,72120 m19291982
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte
Brazil58,170850 m19652014
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador
Brazil51,90055 m20132014
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre
Brazil50,1289 m19692014
Råsunda Stadium
Solna · demolished 2013
Sweden50,00022 m19371958
Mestalla
Valencia
Spain49,50020 m19231982
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo
Brazil49,205785 m20142014
San Mamés (old)
Bilbao · demolished 2013
Spain46,20030 m19131982
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata
Brazil44,24826 m20132014
Estadio Sarriá
Barcelona · demolished 1997
Spain44,00095 m19231982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Seville
Spain43,88319 m19581982
Ullevi
Gothenburg
Sweden43,0008 m19581958
Villa Park
Birmingham
England42,918103 m18971966
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá
Brazil41,390173 m20142014
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus
Brazil40,54941 m20142014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba
Brazil40,502910 m19142014
Roker Park
Sunderland · demolished 1997
England40,31030 m18981966
Ayresome Park
Middlesbrough · demolished 1997
England40,00011 m19031966
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield
England39,73269 m18991966
Goodison Park
Liverpool
England39,41446 m18921966
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
Elche
Spain33,73279 m19761982
Estadio La Romareda
Zaragoza
Spain33,608229 m19571982
Estadio Riazor
A Coruña
Spain32,66028 m19441982
Arena das Dunas
Natal
Brazil31,37534 m20142014
Estadio La Rosaleda
Málaga
Spain30,04423 m19411982
Malmö Stadion
Malmö
Sweden30,00012 m19581958
Estadio José Rico Pérez
Alicante
Spain30,00079 m19741982
El Molinón
Gijón
Spain29,5385 m19081982
Estadio de Balaídos
Vigo
Spain29,00010 m19281982
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid
Spain26,512719 m19821982
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
Oviedo · demolished 2003
Spain23,500245 m19321982
Ryavallen
Borås
Sweden21,000138 m19411958
Arosvallen
Västerås
Sweden20,00018 m19321958
Idrottsparken
Norrköping
Sweden17,23439 m19031958
Rimnersvallen
Uddevalla
Sweden17,0005 m19231958
Olympia
Helsingborg
Sweden16,50034 m18981958
Örjans Vall
Halmstad
Sweden15,5007 m19221958
Eyravallen
Örebro
Sweden13,00035 m19231958
Tunavallen
Eskilstuna
Sweden7,80015 m19211958
Jernvallen
Sandviken
Sweden7,5000 m19381958