Estadi Ciutat de València

Ciutat de València

The venue in 2021
Former names	Estadio Antonio Román (1969–1972) Nou Estadi del Llevant (1972–1999)
Location	Valencia, Spain
Coordinates	39°29′41″N 0°21′51″W
Public transit	Estadi del Llevant (Line 6)
Owner	Levante UD
Operator	Levante UD
Capacity	26,354 [1]
Field size	107 metres (117 yd) x 68 metres (74 yd)
Construction
Opened	1969
Renovated	2020
Tenants
Levante UD (1969–present) Villarreal (September-November 2022) Spain national football team (selected matches)

Estadi Ciutat de València^[2] (Valencian: [esˈtaði siwˈtad de vaˈlensia]; Spanish: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia [esˈtaðjo θjuˈðað ðe βaˈlenθja]; English: City of Valencia Stadium) is a football stadium in Valencia and is the home ground of Levante UD. Built in 1969 and holding up to 26,354 spectators, it is the 23rd-largest stadium in Spain and the 4th-largest in the Valencian Community.

The stadium hosted an international friendly between Spain and Scotland on 4 September 2004. The game was abandoned with half an hour to play as lightning struck out the floodlights shortly after Raúl had made the score 1–1.^[3]

On 8 September 2014, the ground hosted Spain's first match of UEFA Euro 2016 qualification, a 5–1 victory over North Macedonia.^[4]

The stadium was renovated in 2020, with a new roof, video scoreboards and ambient lighting installed.^[5]

In late 2022, Villarreal CF temporarily played at the ground due to works at their Estadio de la Cerámica.^[6]

References

1. "Levante: Paco López es el hombre de moda tras vencer al Barça". AS.com (in Spanish). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. Estadi Ciutat de València Archived 9 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, at the Levante UD web (in Spanish)
3. "Lights go out on Scotland". BBC Sport. 3 September 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
4. "Sergio Ramos happy with new-look Spain's start". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
5. The new-look Estadi Ciutat de València stadium brightens Levante UD’s future, La Liga, 26 November 2020
6. Vázquez, Antonio (18 September 2022). "Por qué el Villarreal juega sus partidos en el estadio del Levante Ciudad de Valencia" [Why are Villarreal playing their games at Levante's Ciutat de València stadium] (in Spanish). Goal. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

External links

• Estadios de Espana (in English)