Football Stadiums in Athens & Greece
See a listing of football club grounds in Athens and Greece including history, club details and stadium capacities.
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The Athens/Piraeus conglomeration is home to three of Greece's biggest clubs, AEK, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos as well as several smaller teams such as Atromitos, Egaleo, Ionikos, and Kallithea.
PAOK and Iraklis play in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
The Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (Γήπεδο Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης) is the home ground of Panathinaikos, a large, successful club in Greek football. The 16,000 capacity soccer-specific stadium is the oldest soccer stadium currently active in Greece. The venerable stadium is also known as the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium or Leoforos Stadium. The ground has also been used by Super League 2 club Athens Kallithea.
Panathinaikos are seeking to move to a new ground in the Votanikos district but, as is often the case in Greece, things have moved slowly. The latest timetable is for the new 40,000 capacity arena to open for the 2027/28 season.
OPAP Arena
The Agia Sophia Stadium (Αγιά Σοφιά) is the home ground of AEK Athens, a large, successful club in Greek football. The 32,500 capacity soccer-specific stadium is the third largest soccer stadium in Greece after the Olympic Stadium of Athens and Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus. For sponsorship reasons the stadium is known as the OPAP Arena; OPAP is a major Greek betting company. Agia Sophia Stadium is the newest stadium in Greece.
Karaiskakis Stadium
Karaiskakis Stadium (Στάδιο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης) is the home ground of Olympiacos FC, the most successful club in Greek football. The 33,334 capacity soccer-specific stadium is the second largest soccer stadium in Greece after the Olympic Stadium of Athens, which is not soccer-specific. Now Olympiacos' new stadium is named after Georgios Karaiskakis (1782-1827), a hero of the Greek War of Independence, who was killed during a battle inside the Acropolis by Ottoman forces.
Olympic Stadium
With a seating capacity of 75,000, the Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spyros Louis" is the largest sports venue in Greece. Located within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), it is named in honor of Spyros Louis, the first modern Olympic marathon champion in 1896. The stadium, which opened in 1982, served as the primary venue for the 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, hosting both the opening and closing ceremonies. Today, it also functions as the home ground for Panathinaikos during UEFA competition matches. It hosted the 2007 Champions League Final between Liverpool and AC Milan, won 2-1 by the Italian club.
Indeed, the Olympic Stadium of Athens has served as the home ground of the big 3 clubs in the Greek capital. Panathinaikos, AEK and Olympiacos, who were tenants of the Olympic Stadium from 1984 to 1989.
Takis Charalampidis Stadium
The Takis Charalampidis (Δημοτικό Γήπεδο Τάκης Χαραλαμπίδης) is a municipal stadium in the Haidari area of western Athens in Greece. The ground is the home ground for various clubs in this area of Athens including AE Lykoi Chaidariou, who play in the amateur A EPS Athens Group 1 and AO Haidari (AO Chaidariou / Α.Ο. Χαϊδαρίου), who compete in the Athens Football Clubs Association, the fifth tier of Greek football.
Dimotiko Gipedo Voulas
The Dimotiko Gipedo Voulas (Δημοτικό Γήπεδο Βούλας)) is a 1,000 seat municipal stadium in a pleasant suburb of Athens about 16 km south of the center with a population of over 31,000 inhabitants. Take the Athens Tram T7 to get there from the center of the Greek capital. The playing surface is artificial turf and the ground is home to Aris Voulas (Άρης Βούλας), formed in 1952.
Panathenaic Stadium
Although it never was and is not now a soccer stadium, the Panathenaic Stadium does have a football connection as it hosted a victory ceremony for the Greek national team after their unexpected triumph at Euro 2004. An estimated 100,000 supporters filled the historic stadium, with tens of thousands more lining the streets from the airport to welcome manager Otto Rehhagel and his team.
Built completely of marble, the stadium is a 19th century reconstruction of a second century stadium on the site by the Roman senator Herodes Atticus. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was the venue for 4 of the 9 contested sports. The stadium was used for various purposes in the 20th century and served once again as an Olympic venue in 2004.
PAOK Stadium (Toumba Stadium)
PAOK Stadium (aka Toumba Stadium) is the home of PAOK in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki in the northeast of the country. The ground dates from 1959 and has a capacity of 28,703. There are plans to demolish the exisiting PAOK Stadium and build a modern replacement. Rivals Iraklis are the other big club in the city and play at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.
Pankritio Stadium
The Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion, Crete is a multi-purpose stadium with a running track. It was completed in 2003 and has a capacity of 26,240. It is the home ground of OFI and also presently hosts lower league team Ergotelis. The ground hosted both men's and women's soccer matches during the 2004 Olympic Games.
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