Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

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The Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (French: Stade Constant Vanden Stock; Dutch: Constant Vanden Stockstadion), also known as the Lotto Park for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. It is home to RSC Anderlecht. It also hosted the UEFA Euro 1972 semi-final between Hungary and the Soviet Union, as well as several games of the Belgium national football team. The capacity todays is 21,500 spectators. The former amount of 40,000 seats and standing places was gradually reduced due to safety measures. The stage is located at 2, avenue Théo Verbeeck/Théo Verbeecklaan, on the border of Astrid Park. It can be accessed from the metro stations Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide on line 5.

Early history: Until briefly after the First World War, the home games of Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht were played on a football pitch in the Rue Verheyden/Verheydenstraat. In 1917, R.S.C. Anderlecht installed, on the border of Meir Park (later renamed Astrid Park), a new stage with only one wooden stand. In 1918, the complex was named the Émile Versé Stadium (French: Stade Émile Versé, Dutch: Émile Verséstadion...