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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Stadiums

Host countries

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

1923

Newest

Wembley Stadium (old)

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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.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
2.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
3.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600
4.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
46 m
cap 39,414
5.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
45 m
cap 74,310
6.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
30 m
cap 40,310
7.
White City Stadium
London, England
13 m
cap 76,567
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.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
3.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
4.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
5.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
6.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
7.
Ayresome Park
Middlesbrough, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
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

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
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
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