Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

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Sánchez Pizjuán stadium
Sánchez Pizjuán stadium
Tottenham in training in the Sánchez Pizjuán prior to their UEFA Cup tie with Sevilla
Tottenham in training in the Sánchez Pizjuán prior to their UEFA Cup tie with Sevilla

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla FC. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucharest and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup Semifinal game between Germany and France.

This stadium contains a singular legend: the Spanish national team has never lost a game against an international team in this stadium. in European competition, Sevilla FC has lost only once at home, to AZ Alkmaar in the 2006-2007 UEFA Cup Group Stage.

The stadium holds 45,500 and was built in 1957. It replaced Estadio Nervion.

The stadium is nicknamed "La Bombonera" (more commonly used to refer to Estadio Alberto J. Armando, the home stadium of Boca Juniors) or "La Bombonera de Nervión" due to the Nervion neighborhood where the stadium is situated.


Preceded by
Heysel Stadium
Brussels		 European Cup
Final Venue
1986		 Succeeded by
Praterstadion
Vienna
La Liga venues, 2007–2008
v • d • e
Bernabéu• Calderón• Camp Nou• Ciudad de Valencia• Coliseum Alfonso Pérez• El Madrigal
El Sardinero• La Romareda• Mediterráneo• Mestalla• N. Condomina• N. Colombino• Olímpic
ONO Estadi• Reyno de Navarra• Riazor• Ruiz de Lopera• San Mamés• Sánchez Pizjuán• Zorrilla
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Coordinates: 37°23′2.63″N, 5°58′13.80″W