Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
El Bernabéu Nuevo Chamartín | |
UEFA | |
| Full name | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
|---|---|
| Former names | Estadio Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (1947–1955)[1] |
| Location | Chamartín, Madrid, Spain |
| Public transit | at Santiago Bernabéu |
| Executive suites | 245[5] |
| Capacity | 83,186
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| Record attendance | 129,690 (Real Madrid v. AC Milan, 19 April 1956)[4] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Mixto hybrid grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | October 1944 – December 1947 |
| Opened | 14 December 1947 |
| Renovated | 1982, 2001, 2019–2024 |
| Expanded | 1952, 1992, 1994, 2011 |
| Reopened | 23 December 2023 |
| Construction cost | 288,342,653 Ptas (€1,732,943) Renovations: 1982: $4.7 million[2] 2000: €127 million[2] 2024: €1.76 billion[3] |
| Architect | Manuel Muñoz Monasterio Luis Alemany Soler Antonio Lamela (expansion) |
| Tenants | |
| Real Madrid (1947–2020, 2021–present) Spain (selected matches) | |
| Website | |
| www.realmadrid.com | |
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, [esˈtaðjo sanˈtjaɣo βeɾnaˈβew] ⓘ) is a retractable roof football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a seating capacity of around 83,186[6] following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain. It has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947.
Named after footballer and Real Madrid legendary president Santiago Bernabéu (1895–1978), the stadium is one of the world's most famous football venues. It has hosted the final of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League on four occasions: in 1957, 1969, 1980, 2010.[7] The stadium also hosted the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, making Santiago Bernabéu the only stadium to host the two most important premier continental cup finals (UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores).[8]
The final matches for the 1964 European Nations' Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup were also held at the Bernabéu, making it the first stadium in Europe to host both a UEFA Euro final and a FIFA World Cup final.
- ^ Acuerdos de la Junta del Real Madrid (Real Madrid's Board Agreements), www.abc.es, 5 January 1955 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 11 February 2020
- ^ a b "The History of Estadio Santiago Bernabéu". tfcstadiums.com. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium renovation costs stand at €1.76bn". The New York Times. 25 March 2024.
- ^ "The Bernabeu: Back to the future". CNN. 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Estadio". Real Madrid. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "LaLiga bate record histórico de asistencia a los estadios con más de 15 millones de espectadores". Página web oficial de LALIGA | LALIGA (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Madrid and Hamburg awarded 2010 finals". UEFA. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "Historia del Santiago Bernabéu, estadio del Real Madrid | LALIGA". Página web oficial de LALIGA | LALIGA (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2025.