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Karaiskakis Stadium
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football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece
Key facts
- Full name
- Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
- Former names
- Neo Phaliron Velodrome , (1895–1964)
- Location
- Piraeus , Attica , Greece
- Coordinates
- 37°56′46″N 23°39′52″E / 37.94611°N 23.66444°E / 37.94611; 23.66444
- Owner
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- Operator
- Olympiacos
- Capacity
- 33,334 , ~35,000 (old stadium)
- Type
- Stadium
- Surface
- Hybrid grass
- Scoreboard
- LED
- Record attendance
- 45,445, ( Olympiacos vs AEK , 7 April 1965)
- Field size
- 120 x 80 m
- Public transit
- Faliro , SEF
- Renovated
- 1964, 2004
- Construction cost
- € 60,000,000
- Architect
- DECATHLON S.A Stelios Agiostratitis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Named after
- Georgios Karaiskakis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Piraeus Municipality
- Owned by
- Greece
- Operator
- Olympiacos F.C.
- Location
- Piraeus
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Olympiacos-Arsenal.jpg
- Significant event
- 2023 UEFA Super Cup
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- date of official opening
- 1896-00-00
- Commons category
- Karaiskakis Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 33334
- occupant
- Olympiacos F.C.
- native label
- Γήπεδο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης
- inception
- 1896-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης), commonly referred to as the Karaiskakis Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη, [ˈstaðio karaiˈskaki]), is a football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece, and the home ground of the Piraeus football club Olympiacos. It is named after Georgios Karaiskakis, a military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence, who was mortally wounded in the area.
With a capacity of 33,334 it is the largest football-specific stadium and the second largest football stadium in Greece overall.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karaiskakis Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.