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 department ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. ''Roazhon'' is the

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

name of Rennes. The stadium was inaugurated on 15 September 1912. It is located at 111 route de Lorient, in west-central

. 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 pl ...

. 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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roazhon Park 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