Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

20 venues across 2 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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

20 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.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
2.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
161 m
cap 44,918
3.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
159 m
cap 78,011
4.
Mordovia Arena
Saransk, Russia
144 m
cap 44,442
5.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
125 m
cap 45,360
6.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
7.
Volgograd Arena
Volgograd, Russia
94 m
cap 45,568
8.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
74 m
cap 44,899
9.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
10.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1966, 2018

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
3.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
4.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
5.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
6.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
7.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
8.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
5 matches
2018 (5)
9.
Rostov Arena
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
5 matches
2018 (5)
10.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
11.
Volgograd Arena
Volgograd, Russia
4 matches
2018 (4)
12.
Mordovia Arena
Saransk, Russia
4 matches
2018 (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

2 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)

2.71g/m

249 goals · 92 matches · 19 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.25g/m

9 goals · 4 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
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
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
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
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018