MILAN - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza / San Siro (80,018)

[gruber]

AC Milan

18x League:
1901, 1906, 1907, 1951, 1955,
1957, 1959, 1962, 1968, 1979,
1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996,
1999, 2004, 2011

5x Cup:
1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003

6x Supercup: (record)
1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004,
2011

7x UEFA Champions League:
1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994,
2003, 2007

2x UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
1968, 1973

5x UEFA Super Cup (record):
1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

4x FIFA Club World Cup (record):
1969, 1989, 1990, 2007





FC Internazionale Milano

18x League:
1910, 1920, 1930, 1938, 1940,
1953, 1954, 1963, 1965, 1966,
1971, 1980, 1989, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010

7x Cup:
1934, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2006,
2010, 2011

5x Supercup:
1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

3x UEFA Champions League:
1964, 1965, 2010

3x UEFA Europa League (record):
1991, 1994, 1998

3x FIFA Club World Cup:
1964, 1965, 2010






Official Name: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
(Giuseppe Meazza, was born in Milano at the beginning of the 1900, he was the first Italian Star of the football. He played with Inter F.C. for more than 16 years, won 3 National Championship and 2 World Cups with the Italian Team; 4 times topscorer of Italian Serie A)

Old Name: San Siro (San Siro is an Eastern neighborhood of Milano)

Inauguration: 19 September 1926 (35.000 people), projectist: Ulisse Stacchini
First match: AC Milan-Internazionale Milano f.c. 3-6

Renovations:
1939 (55.000)
1955 (90.000)
1962 (85.000)
1986 (76.400)
1990 (85.700 all-seats)
2002 (82.955)
2009 (80.074)

project 1990 by Ragazzi e Hoffner e Salvi:
11 concrete towers of 50 meters high.
Top roof at 60 meters
Capacity 2003:
85,700 all-seats
Sky Box: 20 for 200 seats.
400 all-seat for journalists.

Pitch dimensions: 105*68m
Inside theres the Milano Football Museum.
The stadium dimensions are: m 275x190

Most Famous Matches:
8 June 1990 Cameroon - Argentina 1-0 (World Cup Inauguraton match)
3 June 1934 Italia - Austria 1-0 (SF World Cup)
27 May 1965 Inter Milano - Benfica Lisbon 1-0 (Champions Cup Final)
6 May 1970 Feyenoord Rotterdam - Celtic Galsgow 2-1 (Champions Cup Final)
23 May 2001 Bayern Munich - Valencia 5-4 (pen) (Champions Cup Final)
19 April 1989 A.C.Milan - Real Madrid 5-0 (SF Champions Cup)
6 Nov 1949 Internazionale Milano - A.C.Milan 6-5

[Kampflamm]

[Sparks]

Dare I say it already looks like it needs another refit.
Looks great from the outside and the roof is fantastic, but the seating looks 50 years old.

[hngcm]

that's cuz it is:P

[Mahaputra]

aahh.. what a great stadium with great clubs.. especially AC Milan..
I would love to go there one day..
FORZA MILAN

[gruber]

Bruce Springsteen 1985



Bruce Springsteen 2003





Bob Marley Live in Milano, San Siro, June 27, 1980
"...The Wailers embarked on a major European tour, breaking festival records throughout the continent. The schedule included a 100,000-capacity crowd in Milan, the biggest show in the band's history..."

[gruber]

aerial view. San Siro on the down left. in the middle the Trotte Hyppodrome, up the New Hyppodrome.

[Iain1974]

Originally Posted by gruber

Renovations:
1939 (55.000)
1947 (150.000)
1955 (reduced to 115.000 for public order troubles)
1990 (87.500 all-seats)

project 1990 by Ragazzi e Hoffner e Salvi:
11 concrete towers of 50 meters high.
Top roof at 60 meters
Capacity 2003:
85,700 all-seats
Sky Box: 20 for 200 seats.
400 all-seat for journalists.

Someone in another thread suggested that the stadium was to be expanded further. Can you tell us anything about this Gruber?

[gruber]

i never red anything about it.
also 'cause is very hard to do it.
San Siro was built near the Hyppodrome Stadium in the 30's and and today, after the expansion of the 1989 from the eastern side of the Stadium and the Hyppodrome there are only 12,13 meters!
for this reason the third ring of the stadium was built only in the north, west and south sides.
another problem is the roof that is impossible to remove cause is linked with the towers of the third ring.

one months ago Milano became one of the candidate for the Olympic Games of the the 2016. and somene wrote something about an Olympic Stadium.
San Siro is a only-football Stadium. no Atlethic field.
there are other 2 Stadiums in Milano with an atlethic field but are both small.
the Brianteo (20.000) and the Arena Civica (18.000).
here you can see the San Siro and the Hyppodrome. too much close!

[heirloom]

quite beautiful in a beastly manner i love!

[yyyves]

This is a beauty...I love it...saw the UEFA Cup final there back in 1997, will never forget the atmosphere...

[CharlieP]

Isn't it true that no part of the stadium has ever been knocked down and replaced, it's just been continually added to?

[gruber]

the first stadium was partialy demolished in the end of 30's to expand it.
then, nothing was demolished. only added.
the second level in the end of the 40's; the third level and the roff in the 80's
the last renovation was did 2 years ago when Milan and Inter (they rented the stadium from Milano Municipality) build the Skyboxes that are rented for the entire championship for 1.100.000 Euros.
now there's a project to build a "fourth level", but...outside the stadium.
will be a ring of shops, restaurants, bars and pubs, football museum that will be built around the stadium.
ciao

[CharlieP]

I think seeing the San Siro on TV for the first time in 1990 is what actually sparked my interest in stadia around the world, so it's always going to be special to me...

[skyperu34]

great stadium..........i 'd like to see this stadium increasing its spectator capacity

[gruber]

[Toadboy]

It's a place I want to go to, I'd love to see Milan play Liverpool, 2 European greats, 2 of the best sets of fans who seem to have mutual respect and dislike teams in blue!

[gruber]

ehm...i like Liverpool, is my favourite English team...but I am an Inter fan...ehm....

[Toadboy]

All are welcome Gruber! I know a lot of Liverpool based Inter fans (Italians).

The San Siro is truely one of footballs cathedrals and I'd go there for any event if I get the chance but I'd like to see Liverpool and Milan although Inter would do just fine!

[gruber]

i hope that will be for a match in next April...as a SF of Champions League: Inter-Liverpool!

....but Inter is a wanker team....with ad Idiot as owner.
11 trainers in 11 years.
more than 700 millions Euros spent for players in 11 years.
he sold Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Crespo, Peruzzi...
he didn't sold the old fat Vieri.

...in 11 years we won only the Loosers Cup (Uefa) and we arrived more time 2° in the championship and we lost an incredible numers of SF and F in all the cups, Italians and Europeans.

and Milan won...ALL!

HARD TIMES!