Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Iraklis
- European Cup Winners' Cup 1973 - Finale
- Mediterranean Games in 1991
- Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasiade 2006
- European Cup Bruno Zauli 2006
- IAAF Meeting 2006
- IAAF World Athletics Final 2009
The Ethniko Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Greek Εθνικό Καυτανζόγλιο Στάδιο, Kaftanzoglio National Stadium ) is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built with funding of Kaftanzoglou Foundation and is named after the founder Lysimachus Kaftanzoglou.
Built in 1960 the stadium was until the construction of the Athens 1982 Olympic Stadium, the largest sports facility in the country. The attendance record was achieved in 1969 at a football match of the national team of Greece against Switzerland, in which 47,458 people watched the game. 2000 were all standing in converted seating, resulting in a reduction in the capacity to 28,000 seats to a row. A comprehensive renovation of the stadium because of the use for the 2004 Summer Olympics was conducted from 2002. Part of football matches was played here.
The Kaftanzoglio Stadium is the main sports venue in the city. The majority of athletics clubs in the city trained here. In addition to the athletic facilities Outdoor located beneath the bleachers, several gyms and gyms. Here are the most athletic competitions are held in various sports, such as Fencing, boxing, indoor athletics, gymnastics and others.
The football team of the club Iraklis bear its home games here.