Curva (stadia)
Encyclopedia
Curva is an Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 term or name for curved stands of seating located at sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

s stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

s, particularly in Italy
Italy
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; so named, originally, due to their curved or bending shape. The curva plays an integral part in the culture of Ultras and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an football.

Composition

The majority of stands referred to as a "curva" are located behind the goals in their respective stadiums and contain the most vocal supporters within them, often known as Ultras
Ultras
Ultras are a type of sports fans renowned for their fanatical support and elaborate displays. They are predominantly European followers of football teams...

. They are usually curved in shape, in some form whether minor or major, often due to the presence of a running track around the pitch. The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...

 provides an example of two prominent stands referred to as "curva", "Curva Nord" and "Curva Sud", which contain only minor curves at their corners, while the Stadio Olimpico
Stadio Olimpico
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...

 provides an example of two completely curved stands. A curva may extend from one corner flag to another or be located centrally behind the goal, bordered by two separate corner sections for ticketing or organizational purposes.

Significance

Being home to the most openly passionate supporters in a stadium, the curva is usually the focal point of a club's support. It is often the scene of dramatic choreographed displays
Tifo
Tifo, originally the Italian word for the phenomenon of supporting a sport team, is mostly used as a name for any spectacular choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium in connection with a sport event, mostly a football match....

 of support and occasionally, disapproval for a team or club. These displays often take on an importance of their own, particularly in games involving rivals
Major football rivalries
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 where both sets of supporters aim to outdo each other. In certain countries, particularly those where sports clubs and supporters are extremely reflective of the local culture, the curva can become quite politicized in nature. Therefore, it's not uncommon for a curva to be split into individual factions or groups, either solely or partially, based on politics, and for one group to hold significant control of the curva and its inhabitants on match days. Ultrà
Ultras
Ultras are a type of sports fans renowned for their fanatical support and elaborate displays. They are predominantly European followers of football teams...

 groups within a curva often benefit from this degree of relative uniformity, when there are issues regarding supporters' rights and the commercialization
Commercialization
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 of sports and football in particular.

Italy

Stadium Club Stand
Arena Garibaldi Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...

Curva Nord Maurizio Alberti
San Siro
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...

Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Curva Nord
San Siro
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...

Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

Curva Sud
Stadio Artemio Franchi Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

Curva Fiesole
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Atleti Azzurri d'Italia is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy, used by the Atalanta and Albinoleffe football teams. The field is 120 m long, and 70 m wide...

Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...

Curva Pisani
Stadio Ennio Tardini
Stadio Ennio Tardini
Stadio Ennio Tardini, commonly referred to as just Il Tardini, is a football stadium in Parma, Italy, located near the centre of Parma, between the town centre and the city walls. It is currently the home of Parma F.C.. The stadium was built in 1923 and was named after one of Parma's former...

Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

Curva Nord
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.Hosts since its birth the inside of Genoa,...

Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

Gradinata Nord
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.Hosts since its birth the inside of Genoa,...

Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

Gradinata Sud
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Hellas Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

Curva Sud
Stadio Olimpico
Stadio Olimpico
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...

Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

Curva Nord
Stadio Olimpico
Stadio Olimpico
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...

Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

Curva Sud
Stadio Olimpico (Torino) Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

Curva Filadelfia
Stadio Olimpico (Torino) Torino Curva Maratona
Stadio San Paolo
Stadio San Paolo
Stadio San Paolo is a multi-purpose stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta in Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after the San Siro and Stadio Olimpico. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, it hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for...

Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

Curva A/Curva B
Stadio San Nicola
Stadio San Nicola
The Stadio San Nicola is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Associazione Sportiva Bari. It hosted the 1991 European Cup Final, won by Red Star Belgrade. The stadium itself resembles a...

Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....

Curva Nord
Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Stadio Nicola Ceravolo is a multi-purpose stadium in Catanzaro, Italy. The stadium was built in 1919 and holds 14,650. It is currently the home of F.C. Catanzaro....

Catanzaro Curva Massimo Capraro

Australia

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|style="text-align:left;"|Sydney Football Stadium||Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

||The Cove
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|style="text-align:left;"|AAMI Park||Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

||North Terrace
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|style="text-align:left;"|MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

||Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

||Bay 13
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Austria

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!Stadium
!Club
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|style="text-align:left;"|Gerhard Hanappi Stadium
Gerhard Hanappi Stadium
The Gerhard Hanappi Stadion is a football stadion in Hütteldorf, in the west of Vienna, Austria. It is the home ground of Rapid Vienna. It was officially opened in 1977 as "Weststadion" . In 1980 it was renamed, to honor its architect, Austrian football player Gerhard Hanappi...

||SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

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Bulgaria

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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Bulgarian Army Stadium||CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...

||Sektor G / North Stand
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!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Georgi Asparuhov Stadium , also known as Gerena , is a football stadium situated in the Suhata reka neighbourhood of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It has been the home of PFC Levski Sofia since 1963....

||Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...

||Sektor B
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Bosnia

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadion Grbavica
Grbavica Stadium
Grbavica Stadium is located in Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The football stadium has terraces close to the pitch and it is the home of FK Željezničar. The stadium has a capacity to hold 12,000 spectators, with 9,000 places that are seated...

||Željezničar||Sektor C / Jug
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Chile

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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Nacional de Chile
Estadio Nacional de Chile
The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the national stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago). It is the largest stadium in Chile with an official capacity of 47,000, and is part of a 62 ha sporting complex which also features tennis courts, an aquatics center, a...

||CF Universidad de Chile||Gate 14
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Colombia

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Deportivo Cali
Estadio Deportivo Calì
Estadio Deportivo Cali / Estadio del Deportivo Cali or Palma Seca Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium home of the Deportivo Cali Association, a football club from Santiago de Cali, Colombia . It is the biggest football stadium in Colombia...

||Deportivo Cali||
Frente Radical Verdiblanco]]
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Denmark

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Energi Nord Arena||Aalborg BK||Vesttribunen
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|style="text-align:left;"|Brøndby Stadion||Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

||Sydsiden (earlier Faxetribunen)
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|style="text-align:left;"|Parken||FC Copenhagen||Sektion 12
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tre-For Park||Odense BK
Odense BK
Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...

||Stiften
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Egypt

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Cairo Stadium||Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...

||Curva Nord / Talta Chimal
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|style="text-align:left;"|Cairo Stadium||Zamalek
Zamalek
Zamalek Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt that plays in the Egyptian Premier League....

||Curva Sud / Talta Yemeen
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|style="text-align:left;"|Ismailia Stadium
Ismailia Stadium
The Ismailia Stadium is located in Ismailia, Egypt and has a total capacity of 18,525, after the remodelation in 2009. It is used by Ismaily SC, and was one of six stadiums to be used in the 2006 African Cup of Nations, held in Egypt....

||Ismaily||Curva Nord / Curva Giallo
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|style="text-align:left;"|Port Said Stadium
Port Said Stadium
Port Said Stadium or "Stad Būr Sa'īd", is a multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 18,000. Located in Al-Manakh district in Port Said, Egypt, it was completed in 1955, and was inaugurated by Hussein el-Shafei the Egyptian minister of social affairs on behalf of President Gamal Abdel Nasser...

||Al-Masry Club||Curva Sud / Talta Yemeen
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|style="text-align:left;"|Ismailia Stadium
Ismailia Stadium
The Ismailia Stadium is located in Ismailia, Egypt and has a total capacity of 18,525, after the remodelation in 2009. It is used by Ismaily SC, and was one of six stadiums to be used in the 2006 African Cup of Nations, held in Egypt....

||Ismaily||Curva Sud
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Finland

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...

||Finland national football team
Finland national football team
The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

||Pohjoiskaarre
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France

{| class="wikitable"
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!Stadium
!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade Chaban-Delmas
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Stade Chaban-Delmas is a sporting stadium located in the city of Bordeaux, France. It is the home ground of FC Girondins de Bordeaux.Until 2001, the stadium's name was the Stade du Parc Lescure...

||Girondins de Bordeaux
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

||Virage Sud
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade Vélodrome
Stade Vélodrome
The Stade Vélodrome is a football stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1, and was a venue in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. It is the largest club-football ground in France, with a capacity of 60,031 spectators,...

||Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

||Virage Nord/Sud
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|style="text-align:left;"|Parc des Princes
Parc des Princes
The Parc des Princes is an all-seater football stadium located in the southwest of Paris, France. The venue, with a seating capacity of 48,712 spectators, has been the home of French football club Paris Saint-Germain since 1974. The current Parc des Princes was inaugurated on 4 June 1972, endowed...

||Paris Saint-Germain FC
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club , also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG , is a professional association football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded on 12 August 1970, thanks to the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain...

||Kop of Boulogne
Kop of Boulogne
The Kop of Boulogne is a stand in the Parc des Princes which mainly housed the Boulogne Boys, a supporters group associated with the club. It is known as the "most notorious stand in French football" due to its links with violence and far-right political groups...


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Germany

{| class="wikitable"
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!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Olympiastadion
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....

/Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season...

||Bayern München
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

||Südkurve
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|style="text-align:left;"|Volkswagen Arena
Volkswagen Arena
Volkswagen Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and serves as the home stadium for 2008/09 Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg. The Volkswagen Arena replaced the former stadium of VfL Wolfsburg, the VFL Stadion.- History :...

||Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...

||Nordkurve
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|style="text-align:left;"|Waldstadion
Commerzbank-Arena
The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...

||Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

||Nordwestkurve
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|style="text-align:left;"|Weserstadion
Weserstadion
The Weserstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The stadium is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks . The city center is only about a kilometer away...

||Werder Bremen||Ostkurve
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|style="text-align:left;"|Veltins-Arena
Veltins-Arena
Veltins-Arena is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 2001, as the new home ground for German Bundesliga club Schalke 04....

||FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

||Nordkurve
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Greece

{| class="wikitable"
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!Club
!Stand
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|style="text-align:left;"|Karaiskaki Stadium||Olympiacos F.C.||Gate 7
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|style="text-align:left;"|Apostolos Nikolaidis
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....

||Panathinaikos||Gate 13
Gate 13
Gate 13 is a group of supporters of Greek club Panathinaikos. Officially founded on November 19, 1966, Gate 13 is the oldest supporters' group in Greece...


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|style="text-align:left;"|Toumba Stadium
Toumba Stadium
Toumba Stadium is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece, owned by the multisports club A.S. PAOK. It was built in 6 September 1959 as the club's prime sporting venue and served the home ground for the club's football team, which was participating in the then national football league. The...

||PAOK F.C.||Gate 4
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|style="text-align:left;"|Nikos Goumas Stadium
Nikos Goumas Stadium
Nikos Goumas Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Filadelfeia , a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of AEK Athens FC. It was named after a one-time club president, Nicholas Goumas, who contributed to its building and later...

||AEK Athens F.C.||Gate 21
Original 21
Original 21 is the largest AEK Athens supporters club. The first attempt to organise AEK supporters was Gate 21 , which took its name from the gate in the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, where the most hardcore fans gathered...


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|style="text-align:left;"|Kautatzogleio Stadium||Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.||Gate 10
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Indonesia

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|style="text-align:left;"|Bung Karno Stadium
Bung Karno Stadium
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, officially Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It is named after Sukarno, Indonesia's first President...

||Persija
Persija Jakarta
Persija Jakarta is an Indonesian football club from Jakarta. It is one of Indonesia's most successful clubs and the most popular sports club in the city. The club's patron is Sutiyoso, the governor of Jakarta until 2007. Persija Jakarta was founded on November 28, 1928, with the embryo called...

||Sektor 5
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|style="text-align:left;"|Si Jalak Harupat Stadium||Persib Bandung
Persib Bandung
Persib, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung is an Indonesian football club based in Bandung, West Java. In most of the media, a tautology Persib Bandung is often used...

||Tribun Barat
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|style="text-align:left;"|Siliwangi Stadium
Siliwangi Stadium
Siliwangi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bandung, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is owned by the Siliwangi Regional Military Commando . The stadium holds 20,000 people. It is the home stadium of Persib and Bandung F.C.....

||Persib Bandung
Persib Bandung
Persib, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung is an Indonesian football club based in Bandung, West Java. In most of the media, a tautology Persib Bandung is often used...

||Tribun Barat
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|style="text-align:left;"|Haji Agus Salim Stadium
Haji Agus Salim Stadium
----Haji Agus Salim Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Padang, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Semen Padang F.C....

||Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang FC is an Indonesian professional football club, based in Indarung, Padang, Indonesia, that plays in the Indonesian Premier League. Was established on 30 November 1980.-History:...

||Tribun Selatan SPARTACK
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|style="text-align:left;"|Haji Agus Salim Stadium
Haji Agus Salim Stadium
----Haji Agus Salim Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Padang, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Semen Padang F.C....

||Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang FC is an Indonesian professional football club, based in Indarung, Padang, Indonesia, that plays in the Indonesian Premier League. Was established on 30 November 1980.-History:...

||Tribun UTARA The Kmers

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|style="text-align:left;"|Kaharuddin Nasution Stadium||PSPS Pekanbaru||CURVA NORD
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|style="text-align:left;"|Maguwoharjo Stadium
Maguwoharjo Stadium
Maguwoharjo Stadium is a football stadium in Sleman, Indonesia. It was proposed in 2003. It is the home of PSS Sleman and it has capacity of 30,000. The stadium is being upgraded, so it will have a capacity up to 50,000. It is one of the focused stadium in Indonesia.- See also :* PSS Sleman...

||PSS Sleman
PSS Sleman
PSS Sleman is an Indonesian football club based in Sleman. The club was founded in 1976. They play in the top division in Indonesian football, Liga Indonesia. Last season they finished in last position, because of an earthquake. Their home stadium is Maguwoharjo Stadium.-Current roster:-External...

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Israel

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|style="text-align:left;"|Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium is a 14,700-seat football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Jaffa, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.-History:...

||Hapoel Tel Aviv||Gate 5 / Sha'ar Ham'esh
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|style="text-align:left;"|Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium is a 14,700-seat football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Jaffa, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.-History:...

||Maccabi Tel Aviv||Gate 11
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|style="text-align:left;"|Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
The Haifa Municipal Stadium , more commonly known as Kiryat Eliezer , is a multi-use stadium in the Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa...

||Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

||Gate 3 / Yezia Gimel
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|style="text-align:left;"|Teddy Stadium||Beitar Jerusalem F.C.||Eastern Gate / Ha'Yezia Ha'Mizrahi
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Malaysia

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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil||Malaysia National Football Team
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

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|style="text-align:left;"|Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1957.- References :...

||Kelantan FA
Kelantan FA
The Kelantan Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The team is based in the city of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. They are currently playing in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

||Gate Of Hell™ The Red Mania
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|style="text-align:left;"|Shah Alam Stadium
Shah Alam Stadium
Shah Alam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Shah Alam, Malaysia. It is used mostly for football matches but also has facilities for athletics...

||Selangor FA
Selangor FA
The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

||Gate Donkey Kong Kitty
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium also known as STAR of Paroi is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi, Seremban, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1992...

||Negeri Sembilan FA
Negeri Sembilan FA
The Football Association of Negeri Sembilan enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Negri Sembilan. The team is based in Seremban. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

||Kona 4C

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|style="text-align:left;"|Darul Aman Stadium
Darul Aman Stadium
Darul Aman Stadium is an all-seater and a multi-purpose stadium in Alor Star, the capital of state of Kedah, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1967. It has a capacity of 32,387 seats after the expansion in 1997. It was one of the venues for the...

||Kedah FA
Kedah FA
The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

||Curva T1
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|style="text-align:left;"|Perak Stadium
Perak Stadium
Perak Stadium is a stadium located in Kampung Simee in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. It is part of a large complex called the DBI Sports Complex, which houses a majority of sporting facilities used by players representing the state of Perak such as the Velodrome Rakyat , Indera Mulia Stadium and the...

||Perak FA
Perak FA
The Football Association of Perak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perak. The team currently plays in the Malaysia Super League....

||Silvermania Curva
Silvermania Curva
Silvermania Curva is the Curva for Silvermania supporters group of Perak FA at Gate A & B, Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. It's located at the north curve of the stadium. Usually Silvermania occupies the upper terrace rather than the lower terrace....

 [Gate A & B]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium||Johor FA
Johor FA
The Football Association of Johor enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Johor. The team currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League.The team won the Malaysia Cup in 1985 and 1991, and the Malaysian League in 1991....

||Kerva Laken
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasirudin Shah||Terengganu FA
Terengganu FA
The Football Association of Terengganu The Football Association of Terengganu The Football Association of Terengganu (Bahasa Melayu: Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Terengganu (PBSNT) enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Terengganu. The team is based in Kuala...

||Curva Right Scoreboard
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadium Darul Makmur ||Pahang
Pahang
Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, occupying the huge Pahang River river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.Its state...

||Gate Seven Eleven 24 Dollar Murah Murah
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadium Mini UiTM Shah Alam ||UiTM FC
UiTM FC
Universiti Teknologi MARA Football Club also known as UiTM FC is a team playing in Malaysia FAM Cup. The team is based in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. On 25th July 2010, the team won the inaugural Liga IPT by beating UKM 3-0.-Current squad:...

||Lubuk U Lions Troops
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|style="text-align:left;"|Likas Stadium
Likas Stadium
Likas Stadium is located in the area of Likas in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. It is mainly used for association football and athletics and it is located within Likas Sports Complex...

||Sabah FA
Sabah FA
The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

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Morocco

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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V
Stade Mohamed V is part of a big athletic complex situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district...

||WAC
Wydad AC Casablanca
Wydad Athletic Club is a Moroccan athletics club based in Casablanca, Morocco, best known for its football team.Wydad has the largest number of supporters in Morocco.-History:...

||Curva Nord - Frimija
Wydad AC Casablanca
Wydad Athletic Club is a Moroccan athletics club based in Casablanca, Morocco, best known for its football team.Wydad has the largest number of supporters in Morocco.-History:...


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Netherlands

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|style="text-align:left;"|Amsterdam Arena
Amsterdam ArenA
Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...

||AFC Ajax||Zuid
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|style="text-align:left;"|De Kuip||Feyenoord||Gerard Meijer Tribune
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Poland

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|style="text-align:left;"|Polish Army Stadium
Polish Army Stadium
Marshal Józef Piłsudski Polish Army Stadium is an all-seater football-specific stadium in Warsaw, Poland. It is the home of Legia Warsaw football club, which has been playing there since August 9, 1930. With space for 31,000 spectators it is the 5th biggest football stadium in Ekstraklasa...

||Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

||Żyleta
Żyleta
Żyleta is a common name of a northern stand in the Polish Army Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, traditionally occupied by the most spontaneous and fanatical fans of Legia Warsaw football club...


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Romania

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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadionul Steaua||FC Steaua Bucureşti||Peluza Nord
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu
Stadionul Dan Paltinisanu
Dan Păltinişanu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Timişoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches by the local team, Politehnica Timişoara...

||FC Timişoara||Curva Sud
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stadionul Stefan cel Mare||FC Dinamo Bucureşti||Peluza Catalin Haldan / Peluza Sud
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Scotland

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|style="text-align:left;"|Celtic Park
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...

||Celtic||Section 111
Green Brigade
The Green Brigade is an ultras group consisting of fans of Celtic Football Club. The group, formed in 2006, describes itself as a "a broad front of anti-fascist, anti-racist and anti-sectarian Celtic supporters".-Background:...


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Spain

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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Vicente Calderón||Atlético de Madrid
Atlético de Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D., commonly known as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in La Liga. Atlético have won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were...

||Fondo Sur
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Santiago Bernabéu||Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

||Fondo Sur
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
The Estadio Benito Villamarín is a football stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Real Betis.- History :Sevilla Balompié, Real Betis Balompié precursor during the years 1907-1914, initially played in the Prado de San Sebastian. In 1920, they began to play in the field of Real...

||Real Betis
Real Betis
Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín....

||Gol Sur
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla Fútbol Club. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucureşti and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup semi-final game between Germany and France.This stadium contains a singular...

||Sevilla
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

||Gol Norte
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadi RCDE
Estadi RCDE
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat is an all-seater football stadium on the outskirts of Cornellà and El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona . It took three years to build and cost approximately 60 million euros...

||RCD Espanyol
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009...

||Gol Cornellà
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|style="text-align:left;"|Estadio Mestalla||Valencia
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

||Curva Nord Mario Alberto Kempes
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Tunisia

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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade du 14-Janvier||Espérance Sportive de Tunis||Curva Sud
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade El Menzah
Stade El Menzah
Stade El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia. Built in 1967, it has a maximum seating capacity of 45,000. It also has other minor complementary athletic facilities...

||Club Africain
Club Africain
The Club Africain , also known as CA or Al Nadi Al Ifriki, is a Tunisian omnisport club founded in 1920 in Tunis. Club Africain football section is best known for its section of football...

||Curva Nord/Virage 12
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|style="text-align:left;"|Stade Taieb Mhiri
Stade Taïeb Mhiri
Stade Taïeb Mhiri is a multi-purpose stadium in Sfax, Tunisia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sportif Sfaxien. The stadium, built in 1938, holds 20,000 people and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations....

||Club Sportif Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.-History:The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947...

||Curva Nord Sfax
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Turkey

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|style="text-align:left;"|BJK İnönü Stadı
BJK Inonu Stadium
Fiyapı İnönü Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey and is the home ground of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.. Previously the ground has aso been shared with Galatasaray S.K. and Fenerbahce S.K.. The ground is located in Dolmabahçe, close to the Dolmabahçe Palace in the district of...

||Beşiktaş J.K.
Besiktas J.K.
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

||Kapalı Tribün
Çarsi (supporter group)
Beşiktaş Çarşı Grubu is the best known supporter group of BJK history.They locate themselves on Kapalı in the football matches and known for their expressed common views on up-to-date topics, organized way of acting, and genuine manner of chanting.There are lots of catch-phrases of the group,...


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|style="text-align:left;"|Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium
Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium is a football stadium in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey, and is the home venue of Fenerbahçe S.K.. It was inaugurated in 1908 and renovated between 1999 and 2006...

||Fenerbahçe SK
Fenerbahçe SK
Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )...

||Türk Telekom Tribünü
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