Stadio San Nicola

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Stadio San Nicola
Location Bari, Italy  Flag of Italy
Opened 1990
Owner Municipality of Bari
Surface Grass
105x68m
Tenants
A.S. Bari
Capacity
58,248

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 AS Bari. It hosted the 1991 European Cup Final, won by Red Star Belgrade. The stadium holds 58,248.

It was built in 1990 for the 1990 World Cup, during which it hosted four matches: USSR-Romania, and Cameroon-USSR in group B action, round of 16 match Czechoslovakia-Costa Rica, and the third place match Italy-England.

The stadium hosted the European Championship Qualifier between Italy and Scotland in March 2007, which Italy won 2-0, and was also a deciding match for the Unofficial World Football Championships.

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Preceded by
Praterstadion
Vienna
European Cup
Final Venue

1991
Succeeded by
Wembley Stadium
London

Coordinates: 41°5′5.05″N, 16°50′24.26″E