Stadion de Goffert
- NEC Nijmegen
- U-21 European Football Championships 2007
- Games of NEC Nijmegen
The Goffertstadion is a football stadium in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, Gelderland, the home ground of Ehrendivisionärs NEC Nijmegen.
History
The stadium with 32,000 spectators at that time was opened on July 8, 1939 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
Since 1952, the traditional opening of the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse, called Vlaggenparade, celebrated in Goffertstadion.
Ajax achieved with 32,000 spectators the highest number of audience - in 1968 was in the game NEC Nijmegen.
De Goffert was the scene of three games of the Dutch national team, of which the last one is a qualifying match for the 1980 European on September 20, 1978 against Iceland was that the Icelanders lost with 0:3.
On October 19, 1983, a European Cup Winners' Cup match between NEC and FC Barcelona at De Goffert took place, what is today referred to as the most important discharged in the stadium game. The U -21 Football Championship in 2007 claimed, inter in Goffertstadion station.
Reconstruction measures
On 25 January 2000, the stadium was reopened after extensive renovations with a spectacular laser show. The subsequent friendly match between the NEC and the RSC Anderlecht won Nijmegen 3-1. The stadium now has a seating capacity of 12,500 seats, which are not separated by fences but by ditches from the field. In addition, include a complete canopy and soil heating on the equipment features after conversion.
The U -21 Football Championship in 2007 in Nijmegen
- . 7768657287511 June 2007 Group B: Serbia Serbia - Italy 1-0 Italy
- . 7768685195014 June 2007 Group B: Czech Republic Czech Republic - Serbia Serbia 0:1
- . 7768713102517 June 2007, Group B: England England - Serbia Serbia 2-0
- . 7768750312521 June 2007 playoff for the Olympic Games: Portugal - Italy Italy 0:0 nV 3:4 iE
Gallery
In a game
The stadium in June 2007