Stadio Olimpico di Torino
- Juventus (1934-1990 & 2006-2011)
- FC Turin
- Football World Cup 1934
- Fairs Cup Final 1964/65
- Final first leg Fairs Cup 1970/71
- Final first leg UEFA Cup 1976/77
- European Football Championship 1980
- Final first leg UEFA Cup 1989/90
- Winter Olympics 2006
The Olympic Stadium Turin (Italian Torino Stadio Olimpico, previously Stadio Comunale and Stadio Benito Mussolini ) is a multifunctional stadium in the Italian city of Turin.
It is located in the southern district of Santa Rita, between Corso and Via Filadelfia Sebastopoli, right next to the sports hall Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Expositions exhibition center.
History
The stadium was built in 1933 and was initially Stadio Benito Mussolini. The first is discharged events were the Giochi Littoriali dell'anno XI, the Campionati Internazionali Studenteschi and the European Athletics Championships 1934.
During the Football World Cup 1934, it hosted two games. From the 1934/35 season, the arena was the home of Juventus, which is celebrated 16 title. The local rivals AC Torino took until the late 1950s from the ailing Stadio Filadelfia to the stadium.
After the end of World War II it was renamed Stadio Comunale.
On May 11, 1947 Italian football history was written in Comunale. At the meeting of the Italian national team against Hungary ( 3-2 ) ten players of the Grande Torino were chosen, ironically, was the eleventh man in the Juve player Lucidio Sentimenti. Never again were more players in a single club in the starting of the Squadra Azzurra.
In the years 1959 and 1970, the Comunale hosted the Universiade. In addition, many concerts were mainly in the 1980s held in the stadium, as played, for example, AC / DC, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Vasco Rossi and Zucchero
After the opening of the Stadio delle Alpi, the two football clubs changed in the new stadium, then was the Comunale long time training ground of Juventus.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Comunale for about 30 million euros has been thoroughly renovated. It was completely covered and received new bleachers and a third rank, further single seats were installed, thus the capacity dropped to about 27,000 seats. The stadium received its present name Stadio Olimpico and has hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, plus the capacity was briefly expanded to 35,000 seats.
For the 2006/07 season both Turin football club changed from the unpopular Stadio delle Alpi back into the arena. Since the season 2011/12 Juventus play in the newly opened Juventus Stadium and the Stadio Olimpico is the sole home of FC Turin.
Major football matches
- Eighth - and quarter -finals of the FIFA World Cup 1934
- Finals of the exhibition Cup 1965 between Juventus and Ferencvaros Budapest
- Final first leg of Fair Cup 1971 between Juventus FC and Leeds United
- Final first leg of the UEFA Cup in 1977 between Juventus FC and Athletic Bilbao
- Three group matches of the European Football Championship 1980
- Final first leg of the UEFA Cup in 1990 between Juventus and Fiorentina