Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

49 venues across 5 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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Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1978, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

49 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.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
3.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
4.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
5.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000
6.
Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac, United States
296 m
cap 80,338
7.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
292 m
cap 49,850
8.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
9.
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, United States
247 m
cap 92,800
10.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1978, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2018

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
3.
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, United States
8 matches
1994 (8)
4.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
5.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
6.
Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, United States
7 matches
1994 (7)
7.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
8.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
9.
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, United States
6 matches
1994 (6)
10.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
11.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
12.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (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

5 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)

2.54g/m

568 goals · 224 matches · 39 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.81g/m

146 goals · 52 matches · 9 venues

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
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
Rose Bowl Pasadena	United States	92,800	247 m	1922	1994
Cotton Bowl Dallas	United States	92,100	149 m	1932	1994
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac · demolished 2018	United States	80,338	296 m	1975	1994
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Giants Stadium East Rutherford · demolished 2010	United States	75,338	23 m	1976	1994
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Camping World Stadium Orlando	United States	65,000	37 m	1936	1994
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
Soldier Field Chicago	United States	61,500	187 m	1924	1994
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
RFK Stadium Washington · demolished 2025	United States	56,692	6 m	1961	1994
Foxboro Stadium Foxborough · demolished 2002	United States	53,644	83 m	1971	1994
Stanford Stadium Stanford	United States	50,424	14 m	1921	1994
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
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
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
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998