Stade Josy Barthel

• Games of the Luxembourg national football team
• European games Luxembourgish clubs

The Josy Barthel Stadium (French Stade Josy Barthel, formerly Municipal Stadium ) in the city of Luxembourg is the national football stadium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is the venue of the home matches of the Luxembourg national football team and, lack of own UEFA -compliant venues in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg European games clubs.

History

The National Stadium is one of Luxembourg City. It was opened in 1931 and completely renovated in 1989-1990. Today, the sports facility offers viewers 8,054 seats, of which only the spaces are covered in the main stand. In addition to the football field with natural turf, it has a six-lane track and field facility. It is located in the west of the capital on the Arloner road that leads behind the main rank along. Behind the back straight is a training ground with floodlights and a tennis facility with several places. The other surrounding development extends as far closer to the stadium, except that the paying spectators, many local residents have a good look at the pitch.

The stadium bears since July 1993 the name of, who died in July 1992, Luxembourg athletes and politician Joseph " Josy " Barthel, the Olympic champion in 1952 in the 1500 -meter run.

Remodeling plans

In November 2012 it was announced that a speedy renovation of the stadium was planned as the UEFA may exclude the Luxembourg clubs and the national team in 2014 from the European competitions else.

After there was no concrete progress on the stadium until September 2013 to UEFA President Michel Platini expressed on 25 September 2013 at a press conference in Luxembourg on the issue. He was invited by the Luxembourg Football Federation ( FLF ), to give a boost to the necessary renovations. The renovation of the stadium would have to start immediately, otherwise Luxembourg would get big problems, so Platini. He further said that the Josy Barthel stadium was one of the most run-down stages, he had ever seen. The stadium should follow the two -year conversion offer 9,000 places. The cost of the work should be between 30 to 40 million euros.

In January 2014 they finally announced that the renovation of the stadium was definitely off the table and you prefer a new building elsewhere. After the completion of the new building the Josy Barthel Stadium is to be demolished.