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| Full name | Råsunda Fotbollstadion |
| Location | |
| Built | ?–1937 |
| Opened | 17 May 1937 |
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| Tenants | Sweden national team AIK |
| Capacity | 35,000–36,608 |
| Field dimensions | 105 x 68 m |
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. AIK, pron. 'ɑikɔː Abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. A national stadium is a Stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm. Solna Municipality ( Solna kommun or Solna stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or in Swedish "Storstockholm") is a Metropolitan area surrounding the It was opened in 1937 although there had already existed stadiums at the site; the earliest opened in 1910. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Råsunda has a capacity of 35,000–36,608 depending on usage. [1] The stadium is the home stadium for AIK, and is used for many derbies between Stockholm clubs. AIK, pron. 'ɑikɔː Abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (pronounced 'dur-bee' in American English and 'dar-bee' in British English after the city of Derby It also hosts the headquarters of the Swedish Football Association, and stages 75% of the home matches of the national football team each year, with most other matches being played at Ullevi in Gothenburg. The Swedish Football Association ( SvFF) ( Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet) is the governing body of Football in Sweden. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Ullevi or Ullevi Stadium, formerly named Nya Ullevi, meaning New Ullevi, to distinguish it from Gamla Ullevi, is a Stadium in Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. These two stadiums are UEFA 4-star rated football stadiums.
The record attendance is 52,943 and was set 26 September 1965, when Sweden played West Germany. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since
Råsunda is the first of two stadiums to have hosted the World Cup finals for both men and women. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football It hosted the men's final in the 1958 World Cup and the women's final in the 1995 Women's World Cup. The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup was hosted by Sweden from June 8 to June 29. The FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team. The other stadium with this honor is the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, USA (men in 1994 World Cup, women in 1999 Women's World Cup). The Rose Bowl is an outdoor football Stadium in Pasadena California, near Los Angeles. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 was held on in the United States and won by the host team.
Råsunda is also the name of a large part of Solna. To get to the stadium one can take the Blue line of the Stockholm Metro to Solna centrum. The Stockholm Metro (Stockholms tunnelbana is the metro system in Stockholm, Sweden.
On April 1, 2006 the Swedish Football Association announced a plan to switch to a newly built stadium in Solna. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The new arena will be completed and ready for sporting events at 2011, and by then Råsunda Stadium is to be demolished. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. The new stadium will have a capacity for 50,000 spectators. The name of the new arena will be Swedbank Arena, who bought the name for 150 million kronor. The Swedbank Arena is a new football Stadium set to be built in Solna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. [2]
| Preceded by Wankdorf Stadium Bern |
FIFA World Cup Final Venue 1958 |
Succeeded by Estadio Nacional Santiago |
| Preceded by Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou |
FIFA Women's World Cup Final Venue 1995 |
Succeeded by Rose Bowl Pasadena (Los Angeles) |
| Preceded by De Kuip Rotterdam |
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final Venue 1998 |
Succeeded by Villa Park Birmingham |
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