De Kuip

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Stadion Feijenoord

de Kuip
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Full name	Stadion Feijenoord
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Capacity	47,500[1] 50,000 (concerts)
Construction
Built	1935–1937
Opened	27 March 1937; 84 years ago (1937-03-27)
Renovated	1994
Architect	Leendert van der Vlugt Broekbakema (renovation)
Tenants
Feyenoord (1937–present) Netherlands national football team (selected matches)
Website
www.dekuip.nl

Stadion Feijenoord (pronounced [ˌstaːdijɔɱ ˈfɛiənoːrt]), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (pronounced [də ˈkœyp], the Tub),^[2] is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973).

The stadium's original capacity was 64,000. In 1949, it was expanded to 69,000, and in 1994 it was converted to a 51,117-seat all-seater. In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium prior to its use as a venue in the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.

History[]

Leen van Zandvliet, Feyenoord's president in the 1930s, came up with the idea of building an entirely new stadium, unlike any other on the continent, with two free hanging tiers and no obstacles blocking the view. Contemporary examples were Highbury, where the West and East stands had been recently built as a double deck, and Yankee Stadium in New York. Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, the famous designers of the van Nelle factories in Rotterdam were asked to design a stadium out of glass, concrete and steel, cheap materials at that time. In fact, De Kuip acted as an example for many of the greatest stadia we know today, e.g. Camp Nou. The stadium was co-financed by the billionaire Daniël George van Beuningen, who made his fortune in World War I, exporting coal from Germany to Britain through neutral Netherlands.

In World War II, the stadium was nearly torn down for scrap by German occupiers. After the war, the stadium's capacity was expanded in 1949; stadium lights were added in 1958. On 29 October 1991, De Kuip was named as being one of Rotterdam's monuments.^[3] In 1994 the stadium was extensively renovated to its present form:^[3] It became all-seater, and the roof was extended to cover all the seats. An extra building was constructed for commercial use by Feyenoord, it also houses a restaurant and a museum, The Home of History.^[4]

As of January 2007, the stadium can be found in 3D format on Google Earth, and partially on Google Maps, via street view.

Facilities and related buildings[]

Next to De Kuip and Feyenoord's training ground there is another, but smaller, sports arena, the Topsportcentrum Rotterdam. This arena hosts events in many sports and in various levels of competition. Some examples of sports that can be seen in the topsportcentrum are judo, volleyball and handball.^[5]

Commercial uses[]

Football history[]

De Kuip is currently the home stadium of football club Feyenoord, one of the traditional top teams in the Netherlands. It has also long been one of the home grounds of the Netherlands national football team, having hosted over 150 international matches, with the first one being a match against Belgium on 2 May 1937. In 1963, De Kuip staged the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, with Tottenham Hotspur becoming the first British club to win a European trophy, defeating Atlético Madrid 5–1. A record ten European finals have taken place in the stadium, the last one being the 2002 UEFA Cup Final in which Feyenoord, coincidentally playing a home match, defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–2. As a result, Feyenoord holds the distinction of being the only club to win a one-legged European final in their own stadium. In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the final of Euro 2000, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, where France defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time.^[3]

Concerts[]

The stadium has hosted concerts since 1978. Among the first performers at De Kuip were Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton.^[3] David Bowie held his dress rehearsals and subsequently opened his 1987 Glass Spider Tour at the stadium.^[6]

New stadium[]

Since 2006, Feyenoord has been working on plans for a new stadium, initially planned for 2017 completion and an estimated capacity for 85,000 people. In 2014, Feyenoord decided to renovate the stadium, making it a 70,000 seater with a retractable roof. Building was planned to start in summer 2015, and finish in 2018 with total costs of an estimated €200 million. Part of the plan was a new training facility, costing an extra €16 million.^[7]

In March 2016, Feyenoord announced that they instead preferred building a new stadium.^[8] In May 2017, the city of Rotterdam agreed with a plan to build a new stadium with a capacity of 63,000 seats. In December 2019, Feyenoord announced that if construction of the new stadium was given in the final go-ahead in 2020 the stadium will open its doors in the summer of 2025.^[9]

Euro 2000[]

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Round
13 June 2000	Spain	0–1	Norway	Group C
16 June 2000	Denmark	0–3	Netherlands	Group D
20 June 2000	Portugal	3–0	Germany	Group A
25 June 2000	Netherlands	6–1	FR Yugoslavia	Quarter-finals
2 July 2000	France	2–1 (asdet)	Italy	Final

Average attendance numbers per season, 1937–2007[]

Gallery[]

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  De Kuip

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  Inside the stadium

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  Another view inside the stadium

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  Feyenoord helicopter entering the stadium

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See also[]

• List of stadiums
• UEFA

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Feijenoord Stadion.

• De Kuip Official Website
• De Kuip at Footballmatch.de
• Aerial photo (Google Maps)
• 3D format on Google Earth

showEvents and tenants
Preceded by Hampden Park Glasgow	European Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1963	Succeeded by Heysel Stadium Brussels
Preceded by Städtisches Stadion Nuremberg	European Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1968	Succeeded by St. Jakob Stadium Basel
Preceded by Wembley Stadium London	European Cup Final venue 1972	Succeeded by Stadion Crvena Zvezda Belgrade
Preceded by Kaftanzoglio Stadium Salonika	European Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1974	Succeeded by St. Jakob Stadium Basel
Preceded by Parc des Princes Paris	European Cup Final venue 1982	Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Athens
Preceded by St. Jakob Stadium Basel	European Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1985	Succeeded by Stade de Gerland Lyon
Preceded by Wankdorf Stadium Bern	European Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1991	Succeeded by Estádio da Luz Lisbon
Preceded by King Baudouin Stadium Brussels	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final venue 1997	Succeeded by Råsunda Stadium Stockholm
Preceded by Wembley Stadium London	UEFA European Championship Final venue 2000	Succeeded by Estádio da Luz Lisbon
Preceded by Westfalenstadion Dortmund	UEFA Cup Final venue 2002	Succeeded by Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla Seville

Coordinates: 51°53′38.02″N 4°31′23.71″E / 51.8938944°N 4.5232528°E / 51.8938944; 4.5232528