The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( Spanish: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu ) is a football stadium located in Madrid, the capital of Spain . It is the home arena of the Real Madrid football club, and sometimes the Spanish national team also plays on it. The stadium has the 4th, highest category of UEFA . Accommodates 81 044 spectators. The stadium, built in 1947, was later named after the president of Real Madrid Santiago Bernabeu , during the reign of which the club won six European Cups and many domestic trophies. Santiago Bernabeu hosted the finals of the 1964 European Championship and the 1982 World Cup . Also, the finals of the most prestigious club competition in Europe , the Champions League, were held four times in the arena: in 1957 , 1969 , 1980 and 2010 [2] .
| Santiago Bernabeu | |
|---|---|
 UEFA Category 4 Stadium  | |
| original name | Estadio santiago bernabéu |
| Former names | "Nuevo Estadio Chamartin" (until 1955) |
| Location |  Madrid , Spain |
| Pledged | 1944 |
| Built | 1947 |
| Open | December 14, 1947 |
| Remodeled | 1982, 2001 |
| Construction cost | 288 million pesetas (1.7 million € ) |
| Architect | Munoz Monasterio, Aleman Soler |
| Owner | FC Real Madrid |
| Capacity | 81 044 [1] |
| Home team | RealMadrid Spain national team |
| Field dimensions | 105x68 m |
| Website | |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Panorama of the stadium
- 3 Events
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
In the mid-1940s, the capacity of the old Chamartin stadium, Real Madrid was not enough. On June 22, 1944, the bank allocated a loan to Santiago Bernabéu and Rafael Salgado to purchase land near the old stadium. On September 5, 1944, an exhibition of models and designs of the new stadium was held. Architects Manuel Monasterio and Luis Soler joined in the work. On October 27 of the same year, construction work began.
The new stadium, called "Nuevo Chamartin" ("New Chamartin") was opened on December 14, 1947 by the match of Real Madrid against the Portuguese Belenenses [3] ; the hosts won 3: 1. the first goal was scored by Sabino Barinaga . The initial capacity of the stadium was 75,145 spectators, of which 27.5 thousand seats and 47.5 thousand standing places.
The first major reconstruction of the arena took place already in 1954: on June 19, the number of seats was expanded to 102,000 by erecting two standing stands, connecting the first and second amphitheaters of the stadium into a ring. On January 4, 1955, the commission decided that the stadium would be named after the president of the club Santiago Bernabeu. In May 1957, the match between Real and Sport Recife was held, for the first time electric lighting was used at the stadium.
The next reconstruction of the “Santiago Bernabeu” took place for the 1982 World Cup held in Spain. The work lasted 16 months and cost 704 million pesetas, of which 530 million were allocated by the municipality of Madrid. At the request of FIFA, at least 2/3 of all seats in the stadium were supposed to be seated, so the capacity of the stadium fell from 102,000 to 90,800, 24,550 of which were located under the new roof. The facade was also reconstructed and two new electronic displays were installed. Four matches of the World Cup were held at the stadium: three games of the second stage of Group B and the final .
In 1992, the reconstruction of the arena began again: the height of the stadium increased from 22 to 45 meters, a stronger lighting system was installed, and a hot water circulation system was laid under the field. But already in the summer of 1998, under the presidency of Lorenzo Sansa, all seats in the stadium became seated, and the capacity dropped to 75,328 people.
In 2000, Florentino Perez became president of Real Madrid; in five years (2001-2006), he invested $ 127 million in the stadium: he erected a facade on the eastern side stand, which housed new office premises, a press room, and VIP lodges. October 27, 2007 the arena received the status of "elite" according to the classification of UEFA .
Before resigning as president in 2005, Perez proposed a project for a retractable roof over the stadium. However, after his return to this post in 2009, it was announced that this project was too expensive and was unlikely to be implemented. According to the Spanish sports newspaper Marca, Perez still wants to do the reconstruction: the Spaniard Santiago Calatrava and the Pritzker Prize winner Rafael Moneo , as well as Bay Yumin can become architects .
The 1500th game of Real Madrid was played at Santiago Bernabeu on November 22, 2011, as a match against Dynamo Zagreb as part of the Champions League group stage [3] .
In 2015, Real Madrid President Florentino Perez entered into an IPIC agreement with the Abu Dhabi oil company, which provides for the renaming of the stadium in Abu Dhabi Bernabeu and the sponsorship of much of the reconstruction of the stadium by an Arab company.
Stadium Panorama
Events
- 1957 - Final of the European Cup (“ Real ” - “ Fiorentina ” - 2: 0)
- 1964 - Final of the European Football Championship ( Spain - USSR - 2: 1)
- 1969 - Final of the European Cup ( Milan - Ajax - 4: 1)
- 1980 - European Cup Final ( Nottingham Forest - Hamburg - 1-0)
- 1982 - Final of the World Cup ( Italy - Germany - 3: 1)
- 1985 - UEFA Cup Final ( Real Madrid - Videoton - 1: 0)
- 1986 - UEFA Cup Final ( Real Madrid - Cologne - 5: 1)
- 2010 - UEFA Champions League Final ( Bayern - Inter - 0: 2)
Notes
- ↑ Santiago Bernabéu Stadium & 124; Real Madrid CF
- ↑ Madrid and Hamburg will host the 2010 Finals (English) (unavailable link) . UEFA (March 28, 2008). Date of treatment April 24, 2012. Archived March 31, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Real Madrid played their 1,500th game at Santiago Bernabeu (English) (inaccessible link) . realmadrid.com. Date of treatment April 23, 2012. Archived June 4, 2012.