Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

26 venues across 3 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

1978

Newest

Estadio José María Minella

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Venues used in 1958, 1966, 1978 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

26 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.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
3.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
4.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
5.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
6.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600
7.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
46 m
cap 39,414
8.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
45 m
cap 74,310
9.
Idrottsparken
Norrköping, Sweden
39 m
cap 17,234
10.
Eyravallen
Örebro, Sweden
35 m
cap 13,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1958, 1966, 1978

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
3.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
4.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
5.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
6.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
7.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
8.
Estadio José María Minella
Mar del Plata, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
9.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
10.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
11.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
12.
Malmö Stadion
Malmö, Sweden
4 matches
1958 (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

3 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)

2.90g/m

258 goals · 89 matches · 23 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.00g/m

32 goals · 8 matches · 1 venue

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 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
Wembley Stadium (old) London · demolished 2003	England	98,600	60 m	1923	1966
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Roker Park Sunderland · demolished 1997	England	40,310	30 m	1898	1966
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
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
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
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
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