Diekman Stadion

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SC Enschede (1956-1965) FC Twente Enschede (1965-2008)

The Stadio Het Diekman was from 1965 to 1998 the football stadium of the Dutch football club FC Twente Enschede. After that, the club moved to the then Arke Stadium.

History

In 1953, the stadium in Enschede was built with a financial outlay of three million guilders. The stadium was first used by the Sport Club Enschede. The stadium was opened on August 8, 1956 with a match against Preußen Münster before 22,000 spectators.

1965 merged the Sports Club Enschede and the Enschedese Boys to FC Twente, who used the stadium in subsequent years. On August 22, 1998, the last match of FC Twente was carried out in the stadium against SC Heerenveen.

Capacity

At the opening of the stadium had a capacity of 5,500 seats and 19,000 standing places. Due to the stringent regulations of UEFA and the Dutch Association of the capacity to initially 18,000 and later 13,500 spectators was limited.

1971–72 UEFA Cup White Hart Lane 1972–73 UEFA Cup Anfield 1973–74 UEFA Cup 1974–75 UEFA Cup Rheinstadion 1975–76 UEFA Cup Jan Breydel Stadium 1976–77 UEFA Cup Stadio Olimpico di Torino 1977–78 UEFA Cup Stade Armand Cesari Philips-Stadion 1978–79 UEFA Cup 1979–80 UEFA Cup Commerzbank-Arena 1980–81 UEFA Cup Portman Road Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) 1981–82 UEFA Cup 1982–83 UEFA Cup 1983–84 UEFA Cup Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 1984–85 UEFA Cup 1985–86 UEFA Cup 1986–87 UEFA Cup Tannadice Park 1987–88 UEFA Cup BayArena 1988–89 UEFA Cup Stadio San Paolo 1989–90 UEFA Cup Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi 1990–91 UEFA Cup San Siro 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1992–93 UEFA Cup 1993–94 UEFA Cup Ernst-Happel-Stadion 1994–95 UEFA Cup Stadio Ennio Tardini 1995–96 UEFA Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Parkstadion 1997–98 UEFA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup 1999–2000 UEFA Cup Parken Stadium 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2001–02 UEFA Cup 2002–03 UEFA Cup 2003–04 UEFA Cup 2004–05 UEFA Cup 2005–06 UEFA Cup 2006–07 UEFA Cup Hampden Park 2007–08 UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup National Stadium, Warsaw
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