There are many beautiful and huge football stadiums in the world. These are used for popular competitions like World cup, champion trophy, league matches and Euro cup. Almost every country where soccer/ football has been played, can count playgrounds with pitches. There are approximately 410 football stadiums in the world. Although it is a rough estimate but we can understand the number of people who like to watch matches. According to FIFA there are 1.3 million spectators who are all time interested to see sports in the grounds.
The largest football stadiumRungrado May is in North Korea. It has capacity of 150 million people to sit. It is 197ft above the ground.
The second largest is Camp Nou in Spain. It has 99,354 seats. It was used in 1992 Olympics for the hosting event.
The third largest is Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico City. It is designed for 95 thousands spectators.
The fourth one is Azadi stadium in Iran. It has space for 95,225 spectators.
The fifth largest is FNB Soccer City Stadium in South Africa. There 94,736 fans can enjoy football match. In 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held in this stadium.
There was another stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. It was used for Commonwealth Games in 1998. It had capacity of 110 million seats at that time.
The complete list of 15 largest stadiums has been given below.
1- Rungrado May Day Stadium 150,000 in North Korea
2- Camp Nou99,354 in Spain
3 Estadio Azteca 95,500 in Mexico
4 Azadi Stadium 95,225 in Iran
5 FNB Stadium 94,736 in South Africa
6 The Rose Bowl 92,542 in USA
7 Wembley Stadium90,000 in UK
8 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium 88,083 in Indonesia
9 Bukit Jalil National Stadium 87,411in Malaysia
10 Borg El Arab Stadium 86,000 in Egypt
11 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 81,044 in Spain
12 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza 80,018 in Italy
13 Allianz Arena 75,024 in Germany
14 Cairo International Stadium 74,100 in Egypt
15 EstadioOlímpicoUniversitario 68,954 in Mexico