The Joseph Marien Stadium (french: Stade Joseph Marien, nl, Joseph Marienstadion) is a multi-use stadium located within

Duden Park Duden Park (french: Parc Duden, nl, Dudenpark) is a public park located in the municipality of Forest in Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic ...

in the municipality of

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Jos ...

. The stadium holds 9,400 since 2018 and was opened in 1919. Its entrance is at one end of the Rue du Stade/Stadionstraat.

History

Early construction

In 1909,

was offered a site in Duden Park in

, Brussels. Construction started in 1915, during

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, and ended in 1919. On 14 September 1919, the stadium opened with a friendly game between Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and

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1920 Summer Olympics

The stadium hosted some of the football events for the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

1926 renovation

In 1926, the stadium was renovated after a design by architect Albert Callewaert. On this occasion, it was given an

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facade that holds

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s by Oscar De Clercq.

References

Notes

External links

Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics football.

{{Belgian First Division A venues Sports venues completed in 1919 Venues of the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Multi-purpose stadiums in Belgium Football venues in Brussels Forest, Belgium Royale Union Saint-Gilloise