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PLACES

National

Arena

THE NATIONAL ARENA

(Romanian: Arena Nationala)

  Ia football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, in the Lia Manoliu Sports Complex. It is replacing the former National Stadium, which was com-pleted in 1953.

  It was built for the Romania national football team, therefore is hosting its games, as well as the Romanian Cup Final and the Romanian Supercup. The 2012 UEFA Europa League Final was held at the new stadium. This was the first final of a major European football club competition hosted by Romania.

 The highest audience for a football game was achieved at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match bet-ween Romania and Netherlands, hosted on 16 October 2012, which brough 53,329 people to the stadium.

©2012 Anastick​

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