Ullevi
- Football World Cup 1958
- European Football Championship 1992
- World Athletics Championships 1995
- Finals of the UEFA Cup in 2004
- European Athletics Championships 2006
- Speedway Grand Prix 2002-2004, 2008-2010
- Gothia Cup
The Ullevi Stadium is a football stadium with track and field facility in Gothenburg. It has claimed the Friends Arena, the second largest capacity of the Swedish stages, namely 43,200 seats at football and athletics events and about 59,000 seats for concerts and similar events, with 25,000 standing places account for the lawn and the arena.
Stadium
The constructed by Fritz Jaenecke and Sten Samuelsson stadium was inaugurated as Nya Ullevi ( German New Ullevi ) for the Football World Cup 1958 in Sweden; now the name was changed to Ullevi. 1958 here was the semi-final match between Germany and Sweden held (1:3), as well as the match for third place between France and Germany ( 6-3 ).
In the European Football Championship in 1992 and the final between Denmark and Germany took place, among others, which Denmark won 2-0. 1995 IAAF World Championships and 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi stadium.
2005, a reconstruction of the stadium was completed in which the audience capacity was reduced to the above values . After the demolition of the Gamla Ullevi in 2007 contributed to the completion of the new football stadium in early 2009 the clubs IFK Göteborg and GAIS play their home games here, but at peak playing or city derbies, the teams play at Ullevi. Rarely, the Games of the Swedish national football team will be held. The opening ceremony and the final match of the annual youth football tournament Gothia Cup will be held here.
The record attendance holds before rebuilding a Bruce Springsteen concert in 1985 with 64 312 people, after rebuilding a U2 concert with 60 099 persons in 2009.
Gallery
Ullevi Stadium under floodlights
The local derby against GAIS IFK in September 2008