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De Kuip

Football stadium in Rotterdam

Football stadium in Rotterdam

FieldValue
nameStadion Feijenoord
imageFeyenoord Rotterdam's De Kuip stadium in 2022 before a match against FC Emmen.jpg
captionUEFA
fullnameStadion Feijenoord
nicknameDe Kuip
logo_imageDe_Kuip_logo.png
locationRotterdam, Netherlands
coordinates
built1935–1937
opened
renovated1994
seating_capacity{{Plainlist
* 47,500<ref name"capacity" (limited capacity)
* 51,117<ref>{{cite weburlhttps://www.stadionfeijenoord.nl/title = Stadion Feijenoord – Het mooiste voetbalstadion van Nederland}}
tenantsFeyenoord (1937–present)
Netherlands national football team (selected matches)
architectLeendert van der Vlugt
Broekbakema (renovation)
dimensions105 m × 68 m
website
  • 47,500 (limited capacity)
  • 51,117
  • 50,000 (concerts) Netherlands national football team (selected matches) Broekbakema (renovation) Stadion Feijenoord (), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (, the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973). The stadium has also hosted the Dutch national football team. Beginning in the late 1970s, it also became a concert venue, including for international touring musical acts, though the local government stopped allowing concerts after mid-2025.

The stadium's original capacity was 64,000. In 1949, it was expanded to 69,000, and in 1994 it was converted to a 51,117-seat all-seater. In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium before its use as a venue in the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.

History

Leen van Zandvliet, Feyenoord's president in the 1930s, came up with the idea of building an entirely new stadium, unlike any other on the continent, with two free hanging tiers and no obstacles blocking the view. Contemporary examples were Highbury, where the West and East stands had been recently built as a double deck, and Yankee Stadium in New York. Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, the famous designers of the Van Nelle factory in Rotterdam were asked to design a stadium out of glass, concrete and steel, cheap materials at that time. The stadium was co-financed by the billionaire Daniël George van Beuningen, who made his fortune in World War I, exporting coal from Germany to Britain through neutral Netherlands.

In World War II, the stadium was nearly torn down for scrap by German occupiers. After the war, the stadium's capacity was expanded in 1949; stadium lights were added in 1958. On 29 October 1991, De Kuip was named as being one of Rotterdam's monuments. In 1994 the stadium was extensively renovated to its present form: It became all-seater, and the roof was extended to cover all the seats. An extra building was constructed for commercial use by Feyenoord, it also houses a restaurant and a museum, The Home of History.{{Panorama

Failed new stadium plans

From 2006, Feyenoord began working on plans for a new stadium, initially planned for completion in 2017 and with an estimated capacity of 85,000 seats. In 2014, Feyenoord decided to renovate the existing stadium, expanding its capacity to 70,000, as well as adding a retractable roof. Construction was planned to start in summer 2015 and finish in 2018, with an estimated €200 million cost. Plans included a new training facility costing an extra €16 million.

In March 2016, Feyenoord announced that they instead preferred building a new stadium. In May 2017, the city of Rotterdam agreed with a plan to build a new stadium with a capacity of 63,000 seats. In December 2019, Feyenoord announced that if construction of the new stadium was given the final go-ahead in 2020 the stadium would open in the summer of 2025. On 21 April 2022, managing director Dennis te Kloesse announced that the club would not proceed with renovating the existing stadium or building a new one.

Commercial uses

Football history

De Kuip is currently the home stadium of football club Feyenoord, traditionally one of the top teams in the Netherlands. It has also long been one of the home grounds of the Netherlands national football team, having hosted over 150 international matches, the first international match at the stadium was a match against Belgium on 2 May 1937. In 1963, De Kuip staged the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, with Tottenham Hotspur becoming the first British club to win a European trophy, defeating Atlético Madrid 5–1. The stadium has hosted a record ten European finals, the last being the 2002 UEFA Cup Final in which Feyenoord, coincidentally playing a home match, defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–2. In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the final of Euro 2000, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, where France defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time. The stadium also hosted the 2023 UEFA Nations League Final.

DateWinnersResultRunners-upRoundAttendance
15 May 1963ENG Tottenham Hotspur5–1ESP Atlético Madrid1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final49,000
23 May 1968ITA Milan2–0GER Hamburger SV1968 European Cup Winners' Cup Final53,000
31 May 1972NED Ajax2–0ITA Inter Milan1972 European Cup Final61,354
8 May 1974GDR Magdeburg2–0ITA Milan1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final6,461
26 May 1982ENG Aston Villa1–0GER Bayern Munich1982 European Cup Final46,000
15 May 1985ENG Everton3–1AUT Rapid Wien1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final38,500
15 May 1991ENG Manchester United2–1ESP Barcelona1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final43,500
14 May 1997ESP Barcelona1–0FRA Paris Saint-Germain1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final36,802
2 July 2000UEFA Euro 2000 Final50,000
8 May 2002NED Feyenoord3–2GER Borussia Dortmund2002 UEFA Cup Final45,611
18 June 20230–0 (5–4 pen)2023 UEFA Nations League Final41,110

Concerts

The stadium has hosted concerts since 1978. The first show was headlined by Bob Dylan, with special guest Eric Clapton, on 23 June 1978. David Bowie held his dress rehearsals and subsequently opened his 1987 Glass Spider Tour at the stadium. In 1995, René Froger became the first Dutch artist to headline at De Kuip, and he sold out two shows. In 2008, Kane became the first Dutch band to headline the stadium. In 2019, Marco Borsato held five concerts at De Kuip to increase his total to 14, breaking The Rolling Stones' past venue record of 10.

In April 2024, the municipality of Rotterdam announced that with the construction of new houses nearby concerts would no longer take place at De Kuip beginning in 2026, to eliminate noise pollution in the area. De Kuip will receive 12 million euros from Rotterdam as compensation. Three concerts from the Dutch band Di-rect from 12 to 14 June 2025 are scheduled to be the final shows in the stadium.

Euro 2000

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2Round
13 June 2000Group C
16 June 2000Group D
20 June 2000Group A
25 June 2000Quarter-finals
2 July 2000Final

2023 UEFA Nations League Finals

One of the venues of the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.

DateTeam #1ResultTeam #2RoundAttendance
14 June 2023Semi-finals39,359
18 June 2023Final41,110

Average attendance numbers per season, 1937–2007

References

References

  1. "Stadion Feijenoord". dekuip.nl.
  2. "Stadion Feijenoord – Het mooiste voetbalstadion van Nederland".
  3. (9 November 2018). "Some of the world's scariest places to play or watch football". [[BBC News]].
  4. "Home of History". stadionfeijenoord.nl.
  5. http://www.feyenoord.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/feyenoord-kiest-voor-vernieuwbouwde-kuip-ffc. Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch)
  6. http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/139913/Feyenoord-wil-nieuwe-Kuip-langs-de-Maas. Rijnmond.nl (in Dutch)
  7. (10 December 2019). "Bij groen licht opent het nieuwe stadion in 2025". Feyenoord.
  8. (21 April 2022). "Feyenoord gaat niet door met bouw nieuw stadion". Feyenoord.
  9. "Topsportcentrum Rotterdam". topsportcentrum.nl.
  10. "Feijenoord – historie". vasf.nl.
  11. "40 jaar muziek in De Kuip".
  12. Currie, David. (1987). "David Bowie: Glass Idol". Omnibus Press.
  13. (2011-01-06). "René Froger: van de kroeg naar de Kuip".
  14. "Rediscover het jaar 2008 - KANE Official".
  15. (2019-12-31). "Vanavond op televisie: Borsato in De Kuip {{!}} Conference Claudia de Breij".
  16. (2018-11-06). "Marco Borsato kondigt twee extra optredens in De Kuip aan".
  17. Eersel, Dennis van. (2024-04-17). "Nooit meer concerten in De Kuip, stadion krijgt miljoenen compensatie".
  18. Vriend, Herman. (2024-06-20). "Mogelijk toch nog popconcerten in De Kuip vanaf 2026".
  19. (2024-06-22). "DI-RECT verkoopt 100.000 kaarten binnen uur, 3e concert toegevoegd".
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