Stade du Pays de Charleroi is a football 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...

 in the city of Charleroi

Charleroi

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...

, Belgium

Belgium

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. It was built for the 2000 UEFA European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 in replacement of the old stadium known as Mambourg. It is the home of Sporting Charleroi

R. Charleroi S.C.

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season...

. Its capacity was 30,000 for Euro 2000 but was reduced shortly after to 25,000 in line with Charleroi's average attendances.

Important matches

• 2000 UEFA European Championship Group Stage
  • Yugoslavia 3 - 3 Slovenia
    Slovenia national football team
    The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played their first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991....
    
    
  • England
    England national football team
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     1 - 0 Germany
    Germany national football team
    The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
    
    
  • England 2 - 3 Romania
    Romania national football team
    The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...
    
    
• 2003-04 UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup
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  • R.A.A. Louviéroise
    R.A.A. Louviéroise
    R.A.A. Louviéroise, sometimes referred to as La Louvière or RAAL, was a Belgian football club located in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It had been playing its latest run in the Belgian First Division from 2000-01 to 2005-06 included...
    
     0 - 0 S.L. Benfica
• Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Groups
  • Belgium 1 - 1 Lithuania
    Lithuania national football team
    The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...
    
    

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