The Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, currently also known as the Matmut Atlantique for sponsorship purposes, is a football

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Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

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. It is the home of

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (de ...

and seats 42,115 spectators.

History

Construction began in November 2012 and ended in April 2015. The stadium was inaugurated on 18 May 2015. The first match was

against

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

on 23 May 2015, the final day of the league season. The hosts won 2–1, with both goals by Diego Rolan. The stadium also hosted the semi-finals of the 2014–15 Top 14 season in

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, and also hosted five matches in

UEFA Euro 2016 The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe o ...

, including one quarter-final. On 7 September 2015, it hosted the France national team in a 2–1 friendly win over

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. In September 2016, the ground was chosen as the host of the

2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final The 2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, the 24th season of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (L ...

as part of plans to host the event at various venues outside of Paris. French-Canadian singer

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performed the first concert at the stadium on 29 June 2017. The

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band

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performed at the stadium during their Not In This Lifetime...Tour on June 26, 2018. The stadium was listed as one of six to host football in Paris bid for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...

, which was chosen in July 2017. In November 2017, after the French bid won, the stadium was confirmed as one of nine to host the

2023 Rugby World Cup The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the cou ...

UEFA Euro 2016 matches

2023 Rugby World Cup matches

Concerts

Gallery

File:Bordeaux Larnaca Nouveau Stade 4.jpg, Internal view

References

External links

Matmut Atlantique
{{Authority control Football venues in France Sports venues in Bordeaux FC Girondins de Bordeaux UEFA Euro 2016 stadiums Sports venues completed in 2015 Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues 2015 establishments in France