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Milan's Stadio San Siro will host the 2016 UEFA Champions League final on 28 May. It will be the fourth time the European Cup has been decided at the stadium after 1965, 1970 and 2001.
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has an all-seater capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe, and the largest in Italy.
On 3 March 1980, the stadium was named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Inter Milan and briefly for Milan in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
The San Siro is a UEFA category four stadium. It hosted six games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and three European Cup finals, in 1965, 1970 and 2001, and will host the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final. The stadium is also used for concerts and other sporting events
Construction of the stadium commenced in 1925 in the district of Milan named San Siro, with the new stadium originally named Nuovo Stadio Calcistico San Siro (San Siro New Football Stadium). The idea to build a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track belongs to the man who then was the president of AC Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a private stadium only for football, without the athletics tracks which characterized Italian stadiums built with public funds. The inauguration was on 19 September 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter Milan defeat Milan 6–3. Originally, the ground was home and property of AC Milan. Finally, in 1947, Inter, who used to play in the classy Arena Civica downtown, became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since.
As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national team also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 1965, 1970, and 2001 UEFA Champions League finals. The stadium was also used for Inter Milan's UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997–98. The stadium has been chosen by UEFA to host the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final.
The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60 million being spent, bringing the stadium up to UEFA category four standard. As part of the renovations, the stadium became all seated, with an extra tier being added to three sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers were being located at the corners to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.
In 1996 inside the stadium was opened a museum about AC Milan and Internazionale's story with historical shirts, cups and trophies, shoes, art objects and souvenirs of all kinds.
On 2 March 1980 the stadium was entitled to Giuseppe Meazza (1910-1979), one of the most famous Milanese footballer. The stadium was further overhauled as an all-seater with its impressive concrete towers for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979), also known as il Balilla, was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Internazionale in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the club. He led Italy to win two consecutive World Cups: in 1934 on home soil, and in 1938 as captain, winning the Golden Ball Award
in 1934. He is widely considered one of the best players of his
generation, and among the greatest of all time, as well as being the
greatest Italian player of all time to some.
Due to his technical skill, prolific goalscoring, and creative ability,
he was often given the nickname "il genio" (the genius) by the Italian
press during his career. He has been ranked fourth-best player in the history of the World Cup. A prolific forward, with 33 goals, Meazza is also the second highest goalscorer for the Italian national team, and with 216 goals in Serie A, he is the fourth all-time highest goal scorer in Serie A, alongside José Altafini. With 338 goals, he is the third-highest goalscoring Italian player in all competitions.[7]
He played his last match for the national nine years after his debut,
on the 20 July 1939 at the Olympiastadion in Helsinki, when he
captained Italy to a 3–2 win over Finland. In total, he played 53 times for Italy between 1930-1939, losing
only six matches, and scoring 33 goals. Meazza died in 1979 in Rapallo, Italy, and is buried at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan.
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Milan's Stadio San Siro will host the 2016 UEFA Champions League final on 28 May. It will be the fourth time the European Cup has been decided at the stadium after 1965, 1970 and 2001.
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has an all-seater capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe, and the largest in Italy.
On 3 March 1980, the stadium was named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Inter Milan and briefly for Milan in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Construction of the stadium commenced in 1925 in the district of Milan named San Siro, with the new stadium originally named Nuovo Stadio Calcistico San Siro (San Siro New Football Stadium). The idea to build a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track belongs to the man who then was the president of AC Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a private stadium only for football, without the athletics tracks which characterized Italian stadiums built with public funds. The inauguration was on 19 September 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter Milan defeat Milan 6–3. Originally, the ground was home and property of AC Milan. Finally, in 1947, Inter, who used to play in the classy Arena Civica downtown, became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since.
As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national team also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 1965, 1970, and 2001 UEFA Champions League finals. The stadium was also used for Inter Milan's UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997–98. The stadium has been chosen by UEFA to host the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final.
The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60 million being spent, bringing the stadium up to UEFA category four standard. As part of the renovations, the stadium became all seated, with an extra tier being added to three sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers were being located at the corners to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.
In 1996 inside the stadium was opened a museum about AC Milan and Internazionale's story with historical shirts, cups and trophies, shoes, art objects and souvenirs of all kinds.
On 2 March 1980 the stadium was entitled to Giuseppe Meazza (1910-1979), one of the most famous Milanese footballer. The stadium was further overhauled as an all-seater with its impressive concrete towers for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979), also known as il Balilla, was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Internazionale in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the club. He led Italy to win two consecutive World Cups: in 1934 on home soil, and in 1938 as captain, winning the Golden Ball Award
in 1934. He is widely considered one of the best players of his
generation, and among the greatest of all time, as well as being the
greatest Italian player of all time to some.
Due to his technical skill, prolific goalscoring, and creative ability,
he was often given the nickname "il genio" (the genius) by the Italian
press during his career. He has been ranked fourth-best player in the history of the World Cup. A prolific forward, with 33 goals, Meazza is also the second highest goalscorer for the Italian national team, and with 216 goals in Serie A, he is the fourth all-time highest goal scorer in Serie A, alongside José Altafini. With 338 goals, he is the third-highest goalscoring Italian player in all competitions.[7]"I also saw Pelé playing. He did not achieve Meazza's elegant style of playing. One day, at the Arena, I witnessed him doing something astonishing: he stopped the ball with a bicycle kick, elevating himself two meters from the ground. Then he landed with the ball glued at his foot, dribbled over an astonished defender, and then went on scoring a goal with one of his hallmark shots, sardonic and accurate to the millimeter."
— Luigi Veronelli
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