Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu
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-->Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu (Atatürk Olympic Stadium) is located in İkitelli, an outskirt of İstanbul, and is the highest-capacity stadium of Turkey. It was built for Turkey's Olympic Games bid and cost about 130 million TRY (100 million USD).
With its 80,600 seats and Olympic size, it was granted the "5-star sport complex" title by UEFA in 2004, enabling it to host finals of UEFA events.
Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu has hosted some European athletic competitions. Galatasaray SK played its home games at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu during the 2003-2004 football season, due to the bad condition of their own venue, Ali Sami Yen Stadium, and this was criticized by other teams. Galatasaray eventually returned to Ali Sami Yen for the 2004-2005 season, although the renovation of its ground into a modern facility is still in progress.
The 2005 Champions League final between A.C. Milan and Liverpool F.C. was played on May 25, 2005 at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu. In the match, Liverpool were trailing 3-0 at half time but made one of the most dramatic come backs in the tournament's history, scoring 3 goals in just 6 minutes to bring the game to 3-3 by the end of normal time. No more goals were scored in extra time, bringing the game to penalties. Liverpool went on to win the shoot-out 3-2.
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Austria|width="33%"|Ernst Happel Stadion |width="17%" rowspan="3"|
Portugal|width="33%"|Estádio da Luz
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England|Old Trafford |Estádio do Dragão
|- style="text-align:left;" |Wembley Stadium |Estádio José Alvalade
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France|Stade de France |style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
Russia|Luzhniki Stadium
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Germany|Allianz Arena |rowspan="3"|
Scotland|Hampden Park
|- style="text-align:left;" |AOL Arena |Celtic Park
|- style="text-align:left;" |Olympiastadion, Berlin |Ibrox Stadium
|- style="text-align:left;" |Olympiastadion, München | rowspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
Spain|Camp Nou
|- style="text-align:left;" |Signal Iduna Park |Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
|- style="text-align:left;" |Veltins-Arena |Estadio Olímpico
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Greece|Olympic Stadium, Athens |Estadio Vicente Calderón
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Italy|San Siro |Santiago Bernabéu
|- style="text-align:left;" |Stadio Olimpico | rowspan="2"|
Turkey|Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu
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Netherlands|Amsterdam ArenA |Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
|- style="text-align:left;" |Feijenoord Stadion | style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
Wales|Millennium Stadium |
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