Stade Henri-Jooris was a sports stadium in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...

, France. The stadium, used mostly for football matches was able to hold 15,000 people and was home stadium of

Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC. Honours Championnat de France *Champion: 1914, 1933 *Runner-up: 1936 Events Jan ...

and Lille OSC. Originally it was known as ''Stade de l'avenue de Dunkerque''; from 1907 to 1943, the stadium's name was the ''Stade Victor Boucquey''. That year it was renamed after the former president of Olympique Lillois Henri-Jooris (who died four years before). The stadium suffered a roof collapse during the Lens-Lille derby in February 1946. 53 spectators were injured as the structure partially collapsed during a 19th minute counterattack. The game was only delayed 20 minutes. During the

1938 World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

, it hosted one game.

1938 FIFA World Cup

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Stade Henri-Jooris Defunct football venues in France Sports venues completed in 1902 Stade Henri-Jooris Football venues in France 1938 FIFA World Cup stadiums Stade Henri-Jooris Olympique Lillois {{France-sports-venue-stub