Baku Olympic Stadium

Baku Olympic Stadium
Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu
Map
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Public transitBaku Metro Koroğlu
OwnerAssociation of Football Federations of Azerbaijan[citation needed]
Capacity69,870[1]
Record attendance67,200 (Qarabağ-Roma 1-2, 27 September 2017)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground6 June 2011
Opened6 March 2015
ArchitectTOCA (Concept Design), Heerim, ROSSETTI (Sports Architect)
Structural engineerThornton Tomasetti
General contractorTekfen Construction, Turkey
Tenants
Azerbaijan national football team
Qarabağ FK (European competitions matches)
Website
Official website

Baku Olympic Stadium (Azerbaijani: Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu) is a stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards for stadiums set by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Having seating capacity for 69,870 people, it is the largest stadium in Azerbaijan. Despite the name, it has never hosted and is not scheduled to host any competition of the Olympic Games.

Construction of the 205,000-square-meter stadium on a 500,000-square-meter site was completed in February 2015. The six-storey, 60 meter structure near Boyukshor Lake, Baku, Azerbaijan, opened on 6 March 2015.[2] The main tenant of the stadium is Azerbaijan's national football team, who moved from their previous home at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium. In June 2015, the stadium served as the main venue for the European Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, and the athletic games. The venue hosted opening match of UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 2016, final match of 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, three group games and a quarterfinal at the UEFA Euro 2020 and Baku concert of Mercury World Tour. A green area is being developed around the stadium, which is accessible via public transport.

  1. ^ "First Division Clubs in Europe 2022/23" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ "БАКИНСКИЙ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ СТАДИОН СДАН В ЭКСПЛУАТАЦИЮ". rekord.az (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.