Karaiskakis Stadium

Karaiskakis Stadium
The Karaiskakis Stadium during a 2009–10 UEFA Champions League match
UEFA [1]
Map
Full nameGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Former namesNeo Phaliron Velodrome
(1895–1964)
LocationPiraeus, Attica, Greece
Coordinates37°56′46″N 23°39′52″E / 37.94611°N 23.66444°E / 37.94611; 23.66444
Public transitAthens Metro Athens Metro Line 1 Faliro
Athens Tram Athens Tram Line 7 SEF
OwnerHellenic Olympic Committee
OperatorOlympiacos
TypeStadium
Executive suites200
Capacity33,334
Record attendance45,445
(Olympiacos vs AEK, 7 April 1965)
Field size120 x 80 m
SurfaceHybrid grass
ScoreboardLED
Construction
Built1895
Opened1896
Renovated1964, 2004
Construction cost 60,000,000
ArchitectStelios Agiostratitis
Tenants
Olympiacos (1925–1984, 1989–1997, 2004–present)
Ethnikos Piraeus (1924–2000)
Greece national football team (1971–1976, 2004–2009, 2010–2017, 2024–present)
Greece women's national football team (2008–2017)

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[2][3] it is the largest football-specific stadium and the second largest football stadium in Greece overall.

The stadium hosted the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, since the original venue in Kazan had to be moved due to Russia's suspension from UEFA.[4]

  1. ^ "List of UEFA Category 4 Stadiums". Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Stadium Georgios Karaiskakis" (in Greek). olympiacos.org. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Georgios Karaiskakis stadium". Archived from the original on 3 March 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Δύο ευρωπαϊκοί τελικοί για την Ελλάδα σε Γ. Καραϊσκάκης και OPAP Arena". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.