Söderstadion ''(translated in English as Southern Stadium)'' was a

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and

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Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...

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. It was opened in 1966 and closed in 2013, being replaced by nearby

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. Söderstadion had a capacity of 12,800 depending on usage. A record attendance of 22,000 was set on 31 October 1982, when

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faced

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. There had already existed stadiums at the site, the earliest opened in 1918 under the name Johanneshovs Idrottsplats. After the stadium was closed, the site will now be used for new apartment buildings.

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was played at Söderstadion wintertime until 1989 and the Swedish championship final was traditionally played there. The Bandy World Championship 1987 final was played at the arena (2nd half of the video). The last bandy match at the stadium was the Swedish final of 1989. The home team Hammarby, the 2010 and 2013 Swedish champions, now plays at Zinkensdamm. The arena has also been used for

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Replacement

Before the Stockholm municipal elections of 2006, the centre-right parties of Stockholm promised that a new stadium would be built if the municipal elections were won. On 28 June 2007 plans for a new stadium were officially announced. The last football game at Söderstadion was played on the 23 June 2013 when

played against Ängelholms FF in the 13th round of

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. The game ended 1–1 with Hammarby securing a late draw when Kennedy Bakircioglu scored the last goal at Söderstadion.

Communication

The stadium was located just next to the

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. It was most easily reached from the

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stations

Gullmarsplan Gullmarsplan () is a place in Johanneshov, Stockholm. The square there was built at the same time the new city area was developed in the 1940s. The business area around the square was inaugurated in 1946. It was named after Gullmarn, a fjord in t ...

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Trivia

The stadium is mentioned by its old name in the movie

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(1985), where the main character tells the audience of a motorcycle

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that occurred during a motorcycle show performed there.

External links

Söderstadion
- official site
Hammarby IF presentation

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstadion Bandy venues in Sweden Football venues in Sweden Sports venues in Stockholm Football venues in Stockholm Swedish Bandy Final venues Bandy World Championships stadiums Sports venues completed in 1966 1966 establishments in Sweden Sports venues demolished in 2015 2013 disestablishments in Sweden Defunct football venues in Sweden

Replacement

Communication

Trivia

See also

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