Stade Vélodrome

Stade Vélodrome

Football stadium in Marseille, France

The Stade Vélodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Orange Vélodrome since June 2016, is a multi-purpose stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 since it opened in 1937 and has been a venue in the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups; the 1960, 1984 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Championship and the 2007 and 2023 Rugby World Cup and football at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It occasionally hosts RC Toulon rugby club of the Top 14. It is the second largest stadium in France, behind Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris) with a capacity of 67,394 spectators. The stadium is also used regularly by the France national rugby union team.

Also known as...Stade Velodrome, Velodrome, and Orange Velodrome
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