Østerbro Stadium is a combined football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 and athletics 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 Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. It is the home of the football clubs Boldklubben af 1893 and BK Skjold

BK Skjold

Boldklubben Skjold af 1915 is a Danish football club from Østerbro, Copenhagen founded in 1915. They currently play in the Danish 2nd Division West. The club has over 1,400 members making it one of Denmark's greatest populated football clubs...

 and it is also the home stadium of the athletics clubs Københavns Idræts Forening

Københavns Idræts Forening

Københavns Idræts Forening is a Danish athletics club based in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen.The club is based at the Østerbro Stadium and the indoor Club Danmark Hallen in Valby...

 and Sparta

Sparta (Athletic club)

Sparta Atletik is a Danish track and field club, and one of the leading clubs in Denmark.The club is known for winning the major part of the individual medals at the Danish championships, and having the most athletes represented on the different national teams.The most famous athlete ever to have...

. It has a capacity of approximately 7,000. The stadium is currently being renovated, to meet the demands from the Danish Football Association

Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...

. The field will be made both longer and wider and a new track will be laid for athletics. The stadium will be used for the 2009 World Outgames

2009 World Outgames

The 2009 World Outgames, the 2nd World Outgames, was hosted by Copenhagen, Denmark from July 25 to August 2, 2009. It was one of the largest international sports and cultural event ever held on Danish soil, with 8,000 people from all corners of the world expected to participate. The World...

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