Football is the most watched sport in the world and so it is no surprise that the sport has stadiums which hold hundreds of thousands of people. This list of the 10 biggest football stadiums in the world has stadiums featuring all over the world, from Mexico to Australia to Malaysia and even Iran. Surprisingly it is national team stadiums which dominate the top 10 list with individual clubs such as Manchester United and Real Madrid are thousands short of this list.
Biggest Football Leagues and Biggest Football Stadiums
The English Premier League and Spanish La Liga are the most watched football leagues in the world and have arguably the biggest and most famous teams in the world. The likes of Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea make England and Spain the most watched and most successful football leagues.
However, although these football leagues have the biggest individual clubs neither league is home to the largest football stadium in the world. In fact in the top 10 biggest football stadiums in the world there is only 1 from Spain and 1 from England. Here is the list of the biggest football stadiums in the world and the football teams which play in them:
Biggest Football Stadiums in the World
- Stadium Name - Stadium Capacity - City/Country - Football Teams
- Rungrado May Day Stadium - 150,000 - Pyongyang, North Korea - The largest football stadium in the world is home to the North Korea national football team.
- Salt Lake City Stadium - 120,000 - Kolkata, India - Multiple club football teams and the Indian national football team play at this massive stadium.
- Estadio Azteca - 105,000 - Mexico City, Mexico - The Mexican league is one of the most watched football leagues with many large stadiums but the largest is home to the club team America and the Mexican national football team.
- Melbourne Cricket Ground - 100,000 - Melbourne, Australia - The Australian national football team play their football here and the stadium is also home to the international cricket team.
- Azadi Stadium - 100,000 - Tehran, Iran - 2 club teams and the Iran national football team play their football here.
- Camp Nou - 98,800 - Barcelona, Spain - The home of Barcelona football club and the largest club football stadium in Spain and all of Europe.
- Soccer City - 94,700 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Home to World Cup matches in the 2010 South African World Cup including the final between Spain and the Netherlands. This is also the largest stadium in all of Africa.
- Wembley Stadium - 90,000 - London, England - The home of the England national football team which was rebuilt and re-opened in 2007. If England is awarded the 2018 World Cup this is where the final will be held.
- Bung Karno Stadium - 88,306 - Jakarta, Indonesia - Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team play their football here.
- Bukit Jalil National Stadium - 87,411 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The national football team plays football here and athletics competitions such as the 1998 Commonwealth games are also held in this stadium.
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