UD Almería Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in

Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...

, Spain. It is the home ground of

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

, and holds 17,400 people.

History

Inaugurated on 31 July 2004 and originally built for the

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, the stadium cost around

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21 million, which was paid by the '' Ayuntamiento de Almería''. It subsequently became

's home stadium, replacing Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas, with the latter being used by the reserve team. The stadium was expanded from 15,000 to 21,350 after Almería's promotion to

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. Since 2012, the club uses extra seats behind the goals to avoid the use of the part of the stadium which is the furthest of the pitch. With this configuration, the capacity is reduced to 15,274. In August 2021, the Ayuntamiento de Almería agreed to grant the operation of the stadium to UD Almería for a 25-year period. On 11 August 2022, the stadium was renamed to Power Horse Stadium after Almería reached a sponsorship agreement with ''Power Horse Energy Drinks GmbH''. On 7 August 2024, after the partnership ended, it was renamed to UD Almería Stadium.

Access

Located two kilometers near the main railway station of the city and a little further of the centre, the stadium can be accessed through the station or the bus Line 7, despite car access.

Spain national team matches

On 9 February 2005, it hosted

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's 5–0 win over

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in qualification for the

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Gallery

File:PXL 20230211 Power Horse Stadium 02.jpg, The stadium in 2023 File:Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Almeria Andalusien Spanien - Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann P1110335.jpg, Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos File:PXL 20230211 Power Horse Stadium 04.jpg, External view File:Estad.almeria.mediterraneum.jpg, View from the north stand File:Estadiomediterrenioe.jpg, Almería vs. Las Palmas in 2011 File:Almeria Osasuna 0708.JPG, Almería vs. Osasuna in 2007 File:Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.JPG, Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos 2013

Panorama

References

External links

Patronato Municipal de Deportes de Almería profile

Estadios de España profile
{{Authority control Football venues in Andalusia UD Almería Athletics (track and field) venues in Spain Multi-purpose stadiums in Spain Sports venues in Andalusia Sports venues completed in 2004 Buildings and structures in Almería 2004 establishments in Spain