* Address: Sunderland
* Country: United Kingdom
* Capacity: 49,000
* Opened: 30 July 1997
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Sunderland AFC (football)
Extra stadium info – Stadium of Light
The construction costs of the venue, which opened in 1997 with a capacity of 42,000, were £24 million. A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance of the Stadium of Light to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to Sunderland. The national football team of England played its first match at the stadium in 1999. Tenants Sunderland Association Football Club were founded in 1879 under a different name. They won the English top division several times. Sunderland AFC, also known as The Black Cats, drew an average home attendance of 33,000 in their first-ever domestic league season at the venue.
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* Address: Al-Waab Street, Doha
* Country: Qatar
* Capacity: 48,000
* Opened: 3 March 1976
* Main use: Football
* Tenants:
Extra stadium info – Khalifa International Stadium
In 2011, the venue hosted its first-ever AFC Asian Cup final. The match was won by the national football team of Japan after defeating Australia. 37,000 people attended the game.
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* Address: Llanelli
* Country: United Kingdom
* Capacity: 14,000
* Opened: 15 November 2008
* Main use: Rugby union
* Tenants: Llanelli RFC (rugby union), Scarlets (rugby union)
Extra stadium info – Parc y Scarlets
The construction costs of the stadium were £23 million.
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* Address: Warwick Road, Carlisle
* Country: United Kingdom
* Capacity: 17,000
* Opened: 2 September 1909
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Carlisle United (football)
Extra stadium info – Brunton Park
The venue opened with a match between Carlisle United Football Club and Newcastle United. The stadium’s record attendance of 27,000 was set in a match of Carlisle United. Carlisle United made their debut in the English top-flight football league in 1974.
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* Address: Chernivtsi
* Country: Ukraine
* Capacity: 12,000
* Opened:
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Bukovyna Chernivtsi (football)
Extra stadium info – Bukovyna Stadium
In 1992, Bukovyna Chernivtsi played in the inaugural Ukrainian top-flight football league season.
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* Address: St. Petersburg
* Country: Russia
* Capacity: 68,000
* Opened: 2017
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Zenit (football)
Extra stadium info – Krestovsky Stadium
The construction of the venue started in 2007. Tenants Zenit, the first Russian sports club with 1 million followers on their main social media page, won the top-flight league of Russia several times. In 2008, they won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.
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* Address: Montevideo
* Country: Uruguay
* Capacity: 40,000
* Opened: 28 March 2016
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Peñarol (football)
Extra stadium info – Estadio Campeón del Siglo
Tenants Club Atlético Peñarol, one of the first football clubs from the Pampas with 100,000 followers on their main social media page, became the second club with five Copa Libertadores titles. In 1974, the Argentine side Independiente became the first club with five titles.
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* Address: Rue al-Azrak Ahmed, Casablanca
* Country: Morocco
* Capacity: 45,000
* Opened: 6 March 1955
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Raja (football), Wydad (football)
Extra stadium info – Stade Mohammed V
Raja Club Athletic and Wydad Athletic Club use the venue for home games. Raja were crowned African football champions in 1989 for the first time in their history. Their arch-rivals Wydad won their first African championship title in 1992. Raja became the first Moroccan sports club with 1 million followers on their main social media page. In 2013, they also became the first Moroccan football club in a FIFA Club World Cup final. They lost the match against the German side Bayern München.
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