De Kuip

Stadion Feijenoord
De Kuip
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Full nameStadion Feijenoord
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Capacity47,500[1](limited capacity) 51,117[2]
50,000 (concerts)
Construction
Built1935–1937
Opened27 March 1937; 87 years ago (1937-03-27)
Renovated1994
ArchitectLeendert van der Vlugt
Broekbakema (renovation)
Tenants
Feyenoord (1937–present)
Netherlands national football team (selected matches)
Website
www.dekuip.nl

Stadion Feijenoord (pronounced [ˌstaːdijɔɱ ˈfɛiənoːrt]), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (pronounced [də ˈkœyp], the Tub),[3] is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973).

The stadium's original capacity was 64,000. In 1949, it was expanded to 69,000, and in 1994 it was converted to a 51,117-seat all-seater. In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium prior to its use as a venue in the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.

  1. ^ "Stadion Feijenoord" (in Dutch). dekuip.nl. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Stadion Feijenoord – Het mooiste voetbalstadion van Nederland".
  3. ^ "Some of the world's scariest places to play or watch football". BBC News. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.