Kaftanzoglio Stadium ( el, Καυτανζόγλειο στάδιο) is a sports

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Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

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. The stadium was built with money donated by the Kaftanzoglou Foundation, in honour of

Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (Greek: Λύσανδρος Καυτανζόγλου, 1811 – 1885) was a Greek architect of the 19th century and Chancellor of the National Technical University of Athens. He was born in Thessaloniki. During the massacre ...

, hence its name. At the time of its opening on 27 October 1960, the stadium was one of the highest quality stadiums in the

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.FACILITIES – KAFTANZOGLIO STADIUM
.

IAAF World Athletics Final The IAAF World Athletics Final was an annual track and field competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was inaugurated in 2003 to replace the IAAF Grand Prix Final. The competition was part of the ...

Thessaloniki. Retrieved on 2009-09-08. It currently has 27,770 seats, owing to a comprehensive renovation before reopening to host

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matches for the

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, which was centered in

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.2004 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. p. 324. It was the largest stadium in

until 1982, but has since been surpassed in capacity by the

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in Athens. Is has been the home stadium of Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. since 1960. On 15 October 1969, the attendance record was set with 47,458 fans present for a

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qualifying match, witnessing

defeat

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by a 4–1 score. In 1973 it hosted the European Cup Winners Cup Final, which resulted in a 1–0 victory for A.C. Milan over

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Athletics events

The stadium regularly hosts

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events. It hosted the Greek national championships in 2009 and it has been used for both athletics at the Mediterranean Games and the European Cup in athletics. It was the host stadium for the

2009 IAAF World Athletics Final The 7th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece on September 12 and September 13, 2009. The competition represented the culmination of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour, a selection of athletics mee ...

References

External links

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General Secretariat for Sports
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