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Stadion Feijenoord (), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (, the Tub), is a
stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
,
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. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the
Feijenoord district Feijenoord (), not to be confused with the Feijenoord neighbourhood (which is located in the Feijenoord district), is a district in Rotterdam and is located south of the Nieuwe Maas. As of 1 January 2004 there were 72,320 inhabitants. The area is ...
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 An all-seater stadium is a sports stadium in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in professional association football stadiums in nations such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. Most association football and Ame ...
. In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium prior to its use as a venue in the
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tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.


History

Leen van Zandvliet, Feyenoord's president in the 1930s, came up with the idea of building an entirely new stadium, unlike any other on the continent, with two free hanging tiers and no obstacles blocking the view. Contemporary examples were
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, where the West and East stands had been recently built as a double deck, and
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in New York.
Johannes Brinkman Johannes Andreas Brinkman (22 March 1902 – 6 May 1949), also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of '' Nieuwe Bouwen'', modern architecture in the Netherlands. Biography Brinkman was born in Rotterdam, Neth ...
and
Leendert van der Vlugt Leendert Cornelis van der Vlugt (13 April 1894 – 25 April 1936) was a Dutch architect in Rotterdam. In the architects office Brinkman & Van der Vlugt he was responsible for the architecture of the Van Nelle Factory, a listed monument of t ...
, the famous designers of the
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in Rotterdam were asked to design a stadium out of glass, concrete and steel, cheap materials at that time. The stadium was co-financed by the billionaire
Daniël George van Beuningen Daniël George van Beuningen (4 March 1877, Utrecht, – 29 May 1955, Arlesheim) was a Dutch businessman who became iconic in the city of Rotterdam. DG (as he was generally known) was born in Utrecht. He was the son of Hendrik Adriaan van Beunin ...
, who made his fortune in
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, exporting
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from Germany to Britain through neutral Netherlands. In
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, the stadium was nearly torn down for scrap by German occupiers. After the war, the stadium's capacity was expanded in 1949; stadium lights were added in 1958. On 29 October 1991, De Kuip was named as being one of Rotterdam's monuments. In 1994 the stadium was extensively renovated to its present form: It became all-seater, and the roof was extended to cover all the seats. An extra building was constructed for commercial use by Feyenoord, it also houses a restaurant and a museum, The Home of History.


Facilities and related buildings

Next to De Kuip and Feyenoord's training ground there is another, but smaller, sports arena, the
Topsportcentrum Rotterdam Topsportcentrum Rotterdam is an indoor arena located in Rotterdam next to the Feijenoord Stadion. The arena opened in 2000 and has a capacity of 2,500 seats. It holds many sports events in various sports and levels, such as international World and ...
. This arena hosts events in many sports and in various levels of competition. Some examples of sports that can be seen in the topsportcentrum are
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,
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and
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.


Commercial uses


Football history

De Kuip is currently the home stadium of football club
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...
, one of the traditional top teams in the Netherlands. It has also long been one of the home grounds of the
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, having hosted over 150 international matches, with the first one being a match against
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on 2 May 1937. In 1963, De Kuip staged the
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of the
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, with
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becoming the first British club to win a European trophy, defeating
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5–1. A record ten European finals have taken place in the stadium, the last one being the 2002 UEFA Cup Final in which Feyenoord, coincidentally playing a home match, defeated
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3–2. As a result, Feyenoord holds the distinction of being the only club to win a one-legged European final in their own stadium. In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the
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of
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, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, where
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defeated
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2–1 in extra time.


Concerts

The stadium has hosted concerts since 1978. Among the first performers at De Kuip were
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and
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.
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held his dress rehearsals and subsequently opened his 1987
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at the stadium.


New stadium

Since 2006, Feyenoord has been working on plans for a new stadium, initially planned for 2017 completion and an estimated capacity for 85,000 people. In 2014, Feyenoord decided to renovate the stadium, making it a 70,000 seater with a retractable roof. Building was planned to start in summer 2015, and finish in 2018 with total costs of an estimated €200 million. Part of the plan was a new training facility, costing an extra €16 million. In March 2016, Feyenoord announced that they instead preferred building a new stadium. In May 2017, the city of Rotterdam agreed with a plan to build a new stadium with a capacity of 63,000 seats. In December 2019, Feyenoord announced that if construction of the new stadium was given in the final go-ahead in 2020 the stadium will open its doors in the summer of 2025. On 21 of April 2022 managing director Dennis te Kloesse announced that the club (for now) will not proceed with either renovating nor building a new stadium.


Euro 2000


Average attendance numbers per season, 1937–2007


Gallery

File:De Kuip Rotterdam The Netherlands.jpg, De Kuip from above File:DeKuipdak2006.jpg, Inside the stadium File:De Kuip2006.jpg, Another view inside the stadium File:Feyenoord Helicopter 05.jpg, Feyenoord
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entering the stadium File:Detail, belettering - Rotterdam - 20349852 - RCE.jpg File:Overzicht vanaf de straat - Rotterdam - 20349853 - RCE.jpg File:Overzicht - Rotterdam - 20349854 - RCE.jpg File:Stadion Feijenoord plattegrond.svg


See also

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List of stadiums The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included, because those are not stadiums but sports venues. Combined lists * List of sports attendance figures * List of sports venues ...
*
UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...


References


External links


De Kuip Official Website

De Kuip at Footballmatch.de



3D format on Google Earth
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