Stadio San Filippo
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| Location | Messina, Sicily, Italy |
|---|---|
| Owner | Municipality of Messina |
| Capacity | 38,722[2] |
| Surface | Grass 105 x 70 m |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2003 |
| Opened | August 17, 2004 |
| Tenants | |
| A.C.R. Messina (2004–present) Italy national football team (selected matches) | |
Stadio San Filippo - Franco Scoglio (Saint Philip Stadium) is a football stadium in Messina, Italy.[3] It is currently the home of A.C.R. Messina. It is currently the largest stadium in Europe to not have eligibility to host FIFA World Cup group matches or UEFA Europa League final.
History
The stadium was initially commissioned at the start of the 1990s, but was not finished until 2004. It was officially opened on August 17, 2004 with Messina playing host to Juventus in a match they lost 1–0. The first official match was a week later, on August 22, the Coppa Italia match Messina–Acireale (4–0). It replaced the old 11,900 seat Stadio Comunale Giovanni Celeste, which is currently the home ground of the new club of S.S.D. Città di Messina.
Structure
The total area is 114,640 sm, of which 44,300 sm reserved to car parking and 70,340 sm to a service building close to the stadium. There is no athletic track around the field, and the visibility is very good in each sector. There is a total absence of a covered seating section anywhere in the stadium, however an agreement between the team owners and the municipality aims to rectify the problem in the near future.
Trivia
The stadium name is derived from the neighborhood of Messina where it was built, but a couple of petitions hope to rename it either after the former Messina manager Franco Scoglio (1941–2005) or the Messina native, Saint Annibale Maria di Francia (1851–1927).
Milestone matches
| 22 August 2004 | Italy Messina | 4–0 | Acireale Italy | 2004–05 Coppa Italia First Coppa Italia Match |
| 17:30 CEST | Zampagna File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Parisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen) Yanagisawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Rafael File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
Referee: Antonio Dattilo |
| 19 September 2004 | Italy Messina | 4–3 | Roma Italy | 2004–05 Serie A First Serie A Match |
| 15:00 CEST | Parisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (pen) Sullo File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Giampà File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Zampagna File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' |
Montella File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 64', 68' | Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
National team matches
| 17 November 2004 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 1–0 | Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg | Friendly match |
| 20:30 CET | Miccoli File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' | Attendance: 7,043 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) |
References
- ↑ "Stadio San Filippo - MessinaCalcio.org".
- ↑ "Stadio - Acr Messina". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ↑ "ACR Messina - Sito Web Ufficiale - stadio". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-08.