Kuopio Football Stadium
( fi, Kuopion keskuskenttä), also known as Väre Areena (formerly ''Savon Sanomat Areena'', ''Magnum Areena'') is a multi-use
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
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
,
Finland. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches and is the home stadium of
KuPS
Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga.
KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...
and
Pallokissat
Pallokissat is a women's association football club from Kuopio, Finland, playing in the Finnish women's premier division Naisten Liiga
The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was p ...
. The stadium holds 5,000 and was built in 2005.
Gallery
File:KuPS vs JIPPO soccer draw.jpg, KuPS Kuopio vs. JIPPO Joensuu
File:Magnum Areena Kuopio 2007.jpg, KuPS Kuopio vs. JIPPO Joensuu
References
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Football venues in Finland
Football Stadium
Kuopion Palloseura
Buildings and structures in North Savo
Sports venues completed in 1939
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