Ramat Gan Stadium

Length: 105 m
Width: 68 m
Surface: grass

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Ramat Gan Stadium אצטדיון רמת-גן
The National Stadium האצטדיון הלאומי

Location	Ramat Gan, Israel
Broke ground	early 1950
Opened	late 1951
Closed	Open
Owner	Israel Football Association
Surface	Grass
Tenants
Israel national football team
Capacity
41,583 (Football)

Ramat Gan Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון רמת-גן, Etztadion Ramat Gan), also known as the The National Stadium (Hebrew: האצטדיון הלאומי‎, Etztadion haLeumi), is situated, as the name implies, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Completed in 1951 (Architect was Ivor Shaw FRIBA born London 1907) and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the time the stadium went through a major refurbishing process.

The stadium is mixed-use, fit for athletic competitions alongside its more popular usage as a football stadium. The pitch dimensions are 105 m x 68 m, with a 10,500 m² lawn. The stadium's plot area is 36,000 m².

The stadium also contains 6 dressing rooms, meeting halls, a conference center, press rooms, referees' room and medical and drug-test clinics. It is sided by 2 training fields, large athletes clinic, a cafe-restaurant, and a 3,900 space open-air car park.

The artificial lighting conditions in the stadium are on the same level with the world's top stadiums, offering a max 1,550 lux on every part of the pitch.

This is the only stadium in Israel which is in a world-class standard, and the only one to host official FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and UEFA Champions League games.