Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

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The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy, located at geographical coordinates [45.28'41.46° N 9.07'22.41° E]. It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League teams: A.C. Milan and Internazionale, and one of the most famous soccer stadia in the world. Although it has been officially renamed Giuseppe Meazza in honour of the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called the San Siro.

The stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district of the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of A.C. Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on 19 September, 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter defeat A.C. Milan 6-3. Actually, during the first years the stadium was property of A.C. Milan and only A.C. Milan played its home matches there. Then in 1935 the "Comune di Milano" (city council) bought the stadium and this allowed the stadium itself to be renovated. Internazionale started to play its home matches in the San Siro stadium only in 1947.

San Siro is one of the top 28 European football stadiums rated "" by UEFA.

Contents

1 Average attendances
2 Renovations
3 Most famous matches
4 San Siro Photo Gallery
5 External links

Average attendances

! Season ! A. C. Milan average ! Internazionale average ! Trophies

1986/87 66,210 53,215
1987/88 73,284 47,812 Milan Serie A winners
1988/89 73,209 58,175 Inter Serie A winners, Milan UEFA Champions League winners
1989/90 59,054 50,142 Milan UEFA Champions League winners
1990/91 77,488 54,946 Inter UEFA Cup winners
1991/92 77,868 48,783 Milan Serie A winners
1992/93 75,830 45,126 Milan Serie A winners
1993/94 65,708 49,469 Milan Serie A winners and UEFA Champions League winners, Inter UEFA Cup winners
1994/95 56,659 40,523
1995/96 60,973 46,873 Milan Serie A winners
1996/97 55,894 50,806
1997/98 54,432 67,825 Inter UEFA Cup winners
1998/99 57,760 68,459 Milan Serie A winners
1999/2000 58,522 66,546
2000/01 52,304 55,582
2001/02 58,616 62,434
2002/03 61, 534 61, 943 Milan Coppa Italia winners and UEFA Champions League winners
2003/04 63,245 58,352 Milan Serie A winners
2004/05 63,595 57,295 Inter Coppa Italia winners
2005/06 59,993 51,371 Inter Coppa Italia winners

1986/87	66,210	53,215
1987/88	73,284	47,812	Milan Serie A winners
1988/89	73,209	58,175	Inter Serie A winners, Milan UEFA Champions League winners
1989/90	59,054	50,142	Milan UEFA Champions League winners
1990/91	77,488	54,946	Inter UEFA Cup winners
1991/92	77,868	48,783	Milan Serie A winners
1992/93	75,830	45,126	Milan Serie A winners
1993/94	65,708	49,469	Milan Serie A winners and UEFA Champions League winners, Inter UEFA Cup winners
1994/95	56,659	40,523
1995/96	60,973	46,873	Milan Serie A winners
1996/97	55,894	50,806
1997/98	54,432	67,825	Inter UEFA Cup winners
1998/99	57,760	68,459	Milan Serie A winners
1999/2000	58,522	66,546
2000/01	52,304	55,582
2001/02	58,616	62,434
2002/03	61, 534	61, 943	Milan Coppa Italia winners and UEFA Champions League winners
2003/04	63,245	58,352	Milan Serie A winners
2004/05	63,595	57,295	Inter Coppa Italia winners
2005/06	59,993	51,371	Inter Coppa Italia winners

Renovations

1939 End stands enlarged and corners filled in. A crowd of 55,000 for Italy 2 England 2.
1940 65,000 for Italy v Germany.
1956 Completion of two tiers giving a claimed capacity of 150,000 but actually around 100,000. Opened in April 25, in front of 125,000 spectators for Italia - Brasil 3-0 (Goals: Virgili 2, De Sordi). After the Heysel tragedy the capacity was reduced to 90,000 in the mid 80's.
1987, as a preparation for the 1990 World Cup the Italian government gave the Milanese council $30 million for its modernization, but in the end, the cost was more than double that. Project 1990 by Ragazzi e Hoffner e Salvi: 11 concrete towers of 50 meters high.
1990 Third tier completed on three sides giving an all seated capacity of 88,500.
2002 Sky Box: 20 for 200 seats. 400 all-seats for journalists.
2003 85,700 all-seats

Length: 105 metres
Width: 68 metres
*Surface: Grass
Inauguration: September 19 1926
Address: Via Piccolomini 5, 20151 Milan

Most famous matches

1934 Italy - Austria 1-0 (semi-final World Cup)
1949 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 6-5 (Serie A)
1958 A.C. Milan - Manchester United 4-0 (SF European Cup)
1963 A.C. Milan - Santos 4-2 (Intercontinental Cup)
1964 Internazionale - Independiente Avellaneda 2-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
1965 Internazionale - Liverpool 3-0 (SF European Cup)
1965 Internazionale - Benfica 1-0 (European Cup Final)
1965 Internazionale - Independiente Avellaneda 3-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
1969 A.C. Milan - Manchester United 2-0 (SF European Cup)
1969 A.C. Milan - Estudiantes La Plata 3-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
1970 Feyenoord - Celtic 2-1 (European Cup Final)
1989 A.C. Milan - Real Madrid 5-0 (SF European Cup)
1990 Cameroon - Argentina 1-0 (World Cup Partita Inaugurale)
1991 Internazionale - A.S. Roma 2-0 (UEFA Cup Final)
1994 Internazionale - SV Salzberg 1-0 (UEFA Cup Final)
1995 Juventus - Parma 1-1 (UEFA Cup Final)
1997 Internazionale - Schalke 04 1-0 [1-4 on penalties] (UEFA Cup Final)
2001 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 0-6 (Serie A)
2001 Bayern Munich - Valencia 5-4 (pen) (UEFA Champions League Final)
2003 A.C. Milan - Internazionale 0-0 (UEFA Champions League semifinal, first leg)
2003 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 1-1 (UEFA Champions League semifinal, second leg)
2005 A.C. Milan - Internazionale 2-0 (UEFA Champions League quarterfinal, first leg)
2005 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 0-1 (UEFA Champions League quarterfinal, second leg) - (Match abandoned due to crowd violence after 73 minutes)

San Siro Photo Gallery

External links

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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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