Stade de Penvillers

About

The Penvillers Stadium is an omnisport stadium located in the Kerfun district of Quimper in the Finistère department. Owned by the town of Quimper, it was built between 1963 and 1968 and inaugurated on August 25, 1968, replacing the old Kerhuel stadium of the hippodrome district. From then on, he hosted the games of Stade Quimperois, football team playing in CFA (first amateur level).

It is located in the district of Kerfunteun, former commune before the creation of the Grand-Quimper, in 1960, north of the city. It is a sports complex since it consists of several other football fields (a synthetic, a stabilized and a grassy one) as well as equipment for the practice of athletics. It was for a long time the largest stadium in the city, the second largest stadium in the Finistère behind the Stade Francis-Le Blé, the sixth largest stadium in Brittany in capacity.

The compound had 7,758 seats until December 2022. As a result of the demolition of all its stands, capacity was reduced to 1,000 places during a future reconstruction planned for 2026-2027. His main resident club is the Quimper...