Association football venue

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

Spain Seville
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
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The Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán; [esˈtaðjo raˈmon ˈsantʃeθ piθˈxwan]) is a football stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla, and is named after the club's former president, Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán (1900–1956). It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua București and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup semi-final game between West Germany and France. It was also the venue for the 2022 Europa League final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers. With a capacity of 42,714 seats, Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán is the ninth-largest stadium in Spain and the third-largest in Andalusia.

The stadium is nicknamed " La Bombonera " ( pronounced [la βomboˈneɾa] ; more commonly used to refer to Estadio Alberto J. Armando, the home stadium of Boca Juniors ) or "La Bombonera de Nervión" [la βomboˈneɾa ðe neɾˈβjon] due to the Nervión neighbourhood where the stadium is situated.

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

The Spain national team has never lost a game against an international team in this stadium.

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

In May 2018, the club announced an expansion project for the stadium that will eventually increase its seating capacity up to 47,000.

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

The stadium was one of the venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:

The stadium has held the following finals in UEFA competitions: