Spain can boast of having some of the largest stadiums in Europe, and it is not surprising if we take into account the tradition and passion of our country with the king of sports. Barcelona’s Camp Nou is the stadium with the greatest capacity, 99.354 personas (Which plans to expand to 105,000). Behind is the Santiago Bernabéu capacity to 81,044, something that is not going to change despite the impressive reform that will turn the white coliseum into the best stadium on the planet. After the third place of the Civitas Metropolitano (68,000), are the Benito Villamarín del Betis (60,720 people) and the Mestalla del Valencia (55,000 people). However, if we go down to the grass, the reality is very different and the big clubs are overtaken by other modest stadiums that you may not even imagine. What is the largest pitch in Spain?
1. Martinez Valero
The Elche stadium has the largest pitch in Spain in 108 m. by 70. It hosts the home games of the first team of the Elche club, which is currently a member of the Spanish First Division. It was inaugurated on September 8, 1976 and has a capacity of 31,388 spectators. It was one of the seventeen venues for the 1982 World Cup, having hosted three games. It has also hosted six matches for the Spanish team and was the venue for the 2003 Copa del Rey final.
2. City of Valencia (107 x 70)
Despite the feeling of a small stadium, Levante has one of the largest. The Levante UD stadium was built on an area of 40,000 square meters of Valencian orchards in what was then known as Racó de Sant Llorenç, very close to the Orriols neighborhood, the old monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes and the neighboring municipality of Alboraya. . On September 9, 1969, under the presidency of Antonio Román, it was inaugurated with a match between the two teams from the city: Levante UD against Valencia CF. Levante UD previously played its matches at the Vallejo ground since its merger with Gimnástico de Valencia in 1939. It also measures 107 for 70.
3. Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez (107 x 70)
It was built on July 25, 1925 and has been the headquarters of Club Deportivo Tenerife since the same year. Since then, the Helidoro has hosted the club’s home matches, although the stadium is owned by the Cabildo de Tenerife. It measures 107 by 70, within the limits established by the regulations of the Professional Football League (LFP), which are between 90 and 120 meters long and between 45 and 90 meters wide.17 The grass is of the Magnum Roll type,18 and has an irrigation system through sprinklers of 7.5 kW of power, Real Madrid knows what it is to lose two leagues in those measures
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This is the name that the San Moix Stadium currently bears. It has capacity for 20,500 spectators and dimensions of 105 x 68 meters.
5. La Romareda (107 x 68)
Stomach 107 x 68. Its current capacity is 33,608 spectators. It is one of the stadiums with the largest capacity in Spain and with the greatest tradition of Spanish football. It has hosted three Copa del Rey finals (1982-83, 1986-87 and 1995-96), hosted the 1982 Soccer World Cup (where three first-round matches were held) and sub-hosted the Olympic Games of Barcelona 1992 in the discipline of football (where six matches of the first phase and one of the quarterfinals were held). It also hosted the 1994 FIRA Tournament match between Spain and Romania.
Behind him follow the Villamarín, El Antxo Carro, Sánchez Pizjuán or even the Alfonso Perezbut none of the greats can boast of being even in the Top 10.