Stade Michel d'Ornano is a multi-use

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Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, Malherbe, or simply Caen) is a Football in France, French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, that competes in the Championnat Na ...

. It is named after the French politician

Michel d'Ornano Michel d'Ornano (12 July 1924 – 8 March 1991) was a French politician. Early life Count d'Ornano was born in Paris on 12 July 1924. He was a son of Count Guillaume d'Ornano, a co-founder of Lancôme in 1935 (which was acquired by L'Oreal in ...

(1924–1991), former president of the

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region. The stadium was built in 1993 to replace the

Stade de Venoix Stade de Venoix was a multi-use stadium in Caen, France. It was initially used as the stadium of SM Caen matches. It was replaced by the current Stade Michel d'Ornano Stade Michel d'Ornano is a multi-use stadium in Caen, France. It is curre ...

, and has a capacity of 20,300 people.

International matches

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played twice in this stadium: * France 3–1 (28 July 1993) * France 2–0 (15 November 1995)

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also played in this stadium during the qualifications for the European Championship: * France 1–1

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(7 October 2006) * France 5–0

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(5 September 2013)

Attendances

The average attendance largely depends on results of

. Matches are regularly sold out when the club plays in Ligue 1, and average attendance is around when SM Caen competes in second division. The record attendance at Stade d'Ornano is , for a match against

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

in 2004.

References

Stade Malherbe Caen

Buildings and structures in Caen Sports venues in Calvados (department) Sports venues completed in 1993 {{France-sports-venue-stub