Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

54 venues across 4 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1974, 1982, 1998, 2006, 2018 — 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.
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
720 m
cap 81,044
2.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
719 m
cap 26,512
3.
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid, Spain
583 m
cap 65,695
4.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
5.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
6.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
7.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000
8.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
292 m
cap 49,850
9.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
10.
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
Oviedo, Spain
245 m
cap 23,500

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1974, 1982, 1998, 2006, 2018

1.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
14 matches
1974 (8), 2006 (6)
2.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
10 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (6)
3.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
10 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (6)
4.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
10 matches
1974 (5), 2006 (5)
5.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
6.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
9 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (5)
7.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
8 matches
1974 (3), 2006 (5)
8.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
9.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
10.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
11.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
12.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (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

4 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)

2.59g/m

589 goals · 227 matches · 41 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.56g/m

141 goals · 55 matches · 11 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
MHPArena Stuttgart	Germany	60,449	224 m	1933	1974, 2006
Volksparkstadion Hamburg	Germany	57,000	25 m	1953	1974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Camp Nou Barcelona	Spain	99,354	62 m	1957	1982
Santiago Bernabéu Madrid	Spain	81,044	720 m	1947	1982
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid · demolished 2019	Spain	65,695	583 m	1966	1982
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
Estadio Benito Villamarín Seville	Spain	60,721	20 m	1929	1982
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Mestalla Valencia	Spain	49,500	20 m	1923	1982
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
San Mamés (old) Bilbao · demolished 2013	Spain	46,200	30 m	1913	1982
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
Estadio Sarriá Barcelona · demolished 1997	Spain	44,000	95 m	1923	1982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville	Spain	43,883	19 m	1958	1982
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Elche	Spain	33,732	79 m	1976	1982
Estadio La Romareda Zaragoza	Spain	33,608	229 m	1957	1982
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Estadio Riazor A Coruña	Spain	32,660	28 m	1944	1982
Estadio La Rosaleda Málaga	Spain	30,044	23 m	1941	1982
Estadio José Rico Pérez Alicante	Spain	30,000	79 m	1974	1982
El Molinón Gijón	Spain	29,538	5 m	1908	1982
Estadio de Balaídos Vigo	Spain	29,000	10 m	1928	1982
Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid	Spain	26,512	719 m	1982	1982
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old) Oviedo · demolished 2003	Spain	23,500	245 m	1932	1982