The Roazhon Park is a football stadium in
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...
,
Brittany
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,
France
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. ''Roazhon'' is the
Breton name of Rennes.
The stadium was inaugurated on 15 September 1912. It is located at 111 route de Lorient, in west-central
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...
. Rebuilt in 2001 and able to seat 29,778, the stadium is currently the home of
Stade Rennais
Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and p ...
.
The stadium has hosted France men's and women's national football team matches. On 19 and 20 June 2016 it hosted the semifinals of the
Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...
rugby union tournament. It was also selected as a venue for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...
, in which it hosted six matches: four in the group stage, one in the Round of 16, and one quarter final.
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup matches
References
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Buildings and structures in Rennes
Route de Lorient
Stade Rennais F.C.
Sports venues in Rennes
Sports venues completed in 1912
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums