Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

8 venues across 1 host nation for the selected year. 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
1923
Newest
Wembley Stadium (old)

Stadium map

Venues used in 1966 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
8 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.
    Villa Park
    Birmingham, England
    103 m
    cap 42,918
  2. 2.
    Hillsborough Stadium
    Sheffield, England
    69 m
    cap 39,732
  3. 3.
    Wembley Stadium (old)
    London, England
    60 m
    cap 98,600
  4. 4.
    Goodison Park
    Liverpool, England
    46 m
    cap 39,414
  5. 5.
    Old Trafford
    Manchester, England
    45 m
    cap 74,310
  6. 6.
    Roker Park
    Sunderland, England
    30 m
    cap 40,310
  7. 7.
    White City Stadium
    London, England
    13 m
    cap 76,567
  8. 8.
    Ayresome Park
    Middlesbrough, England
    11 m
    cap 40,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1966
  1. 1.
    Wembley Stadium (old)
    London, England
    9 matches
    1966 (9)
  2. 2.
    Goodison Park
    Liverpool, England
    5 matches
    1966 (5)
  3. 3.
    Roker Park
    Sunderland, England
    4 matches
    1966 (4)
  4. 4.
    Hillsborough Stadium
    Sheffield, England
    4 matches
    1966 (4)
  5. 5.
    Old Trafford
    Manchester, England
    3 matches
    1966 (3)
  6. 6.
    Villa Park
    Birmingham, England
    3 matches
    1966 (3)
  7. 7.
    Ayresome Park
    Middlesbrough, England
    3 matches
    1966 (3)
  8. 8.
    White City Stadium
    London, England
    1 match
    1966 (1)
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

1 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)
2.78g/m
89 goals · 32 matches · 8 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Wembley Stadium (old)
London · demolished 2003
England98,60060 m19231966
White City Stadium
London · demolished 1985
England76,56713 m19081966
Old Trafford
Manchester
England74,31045 m19101966
Villa Park
Birmingham
England42,918103 m18971966
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