Stadionområdet (''The stadium district'') is an area in
Malmö
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,
Sweden
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. The area is the home of two major stadiums, an ice hockey arena, an indoors arena, and several training facilities for
association football
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,
ice hockey
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and
track and field
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sports.
Venues
Training facilities
The area features several training facilities for numerous sports. Most notably the area features five football fields that are located south of
Stadion. Two of these fields are fitted with
artificial turf
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and located on the south side of Stadiongatan from the rest of the area. The fields are primarily used by
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
,
IFK Malmö, and various minor football clubs. Indoor football facilities are located in
Kombihallen, which is located southeast of Stadion. Kombihallen is used by Malmö FF during the colder periods of the year when outdoor training is complicated due to snowfall.
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Neighbourhoods of Malmö
Football training grounds in Sweden