Jan Breydel Stadium ( nl, Jan Breydelstadion, ) is a

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Sint-Andries Sint-Andries () is a suburb of Bruges in the province of West Flanders in Belgium. The Jan Breydel Stadium, where the football teams Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional footba ...

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. The city-owned stadium is the home stadium of two top-flight association football clubs, Club Brugge and

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisi ...

. It is used mainly for football matches, which cost between €5 and €60/seat/match. The stadium was built in 1975. It currently has 29,042 seats. It is named after Jan Breydel, an instigator of the

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, the insurgency that led to the Battle of the Golden Spurs. Prior to 1999 and the Euro 2000 Championship the stadium was known as Olympiastadion , the Olympic stadium in

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, and had 18,000 seats. During December 2015 the pitch was resurfaced with an Italian proprietary hybrid grass (a mix of natural and artificial grass) called Mixto.

Average attendances

The average season attendances from league matches held at the Jan Breydel for Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge.

Euro 2000 Matches

References

External links

www.clubbrugge.be

www.cerclebrugge.be

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