1. Rungrado May Day Stadium (150,000)
The Rungrado May Day Stadium is located in Pyongyang, North Korea, and is actually a multi-purpose stadium which is also used for other sports including athletics. With a capacity of 150,000 it is not only the largest football stadium in the world but also the largest non auto-racing stadium in the world. It is currently used by the North Korean National football team.2. Salt Lake Stadium (120,000)
The
Salt Lake Stadium in West Bengal, India, is also a multi-use stadium
and has a capacity of 120,000. It is, like the Rungrado Stadium, also
used for athletics. The stadium was completed in 1984 and consists of a
three tier configuration. The Salt Lake Stadium is primarily used as a
football stadium with three of the big clubs in Indian football using
the stadium, these clubs being Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal FC and
Mohammedan SC. The stadium is also often used by the Indian national
team and important national games, such as cup finals.
3. Estadio Azteca (105,000)
The Estadio Azteca is located in Mexico City, Mexico, and is the official home stadium of both the Mexican National Team and Mexican league team Club America. The first game in the stadium was played on May 26th 1966 and it originally had a capacity of 114,000, this had to be reduced later to 105,000 for safety reasons. The stadium has been used for a wide variety of major events, including the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup4. GELORA SOEKARNO HATTA STADIUM (100,000)
The GBK Stadium is located in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is the official home stadium of the Indonesian National Team. it originally had a capacity of 110,00, this had to be reduced later to 100,000 for safety reasons. The stadium has been used for a wide variety of major events, including the Olympics Asean and DAVID BECHAM with Galaxy Fc, Rio Ferdinand Giovanni van Bronckhorst has come for play.
5. Melbourne Cricket Ground (100,000)
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is located in... err, well.. Melbourne of course. The stadium is remembered internationally for being the centrepiece of the 1956 Summer Olympics and more recently the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and holds 100,000 people. It is used primarily for Cricket and Australian Rules Football but makes this list due to the Australian National Football Team using it for many of its competitive games6. Azardi Stadium (100,000)
The Azardi Stadium in Tehran is home to the Iran national football team as well as two professional Iranian teams, Persepolis F.C. and Esteghlal F.C. It was completed in 1971 and holds 100,000 people. It was originally built for the 1974 Asian games which Iran hosted and had a capacity of 110,000, this was reduced to 90,000 following the installation of seats in the lower tiers of the stadium in 2003.7. Bukit Jalil National Stadium (100,000)
Bukik Jalil National Stadium is located in the Malaysian city of, well Bukik Jalil! It was opened in 1998 to coincide with the 1998 Commonwealth games which was hosted in the country. The stadium holds 100,000 people, is all seated, and is multi-purpose. It is primarily used now as the home of the Malaysian National Football Team, but is also used for a variety of other sporting events and concerts; Gwen Stefani amongst the major acts to play there.8. Maracana (96,000)
The Maracana is a stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, which holds 96,000 people. It was first opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup but has mainly been used since to host the matches between the largest clubs in Rio De Janeiro (including Flamengo, Botafogo, Vasco De Gama and Fluminese). The stadium once held an astonishing 200,000 people and the attendance at the 1950 FIFA World Cup final was 199,854. Despite the reduction in capacity the stadium is still the largest in South America and is due to hold the World Cup Final in the 2014 World Cup; it will become only the second stadium to host the World Cup Final twice.9. Beijing National Stadium (91,000)
The Beijing National Stadium, also affectionally known as 'The Bird's Nest' is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was built to host the 2008 Summer Olympics and is the world's largest steel structure. Since the Olympics the stadium has had trouble attracting events so there are plans to incorporate a shopping mall and a hotel, it remains to be seen whether this development will reduce the capacity of 91,000. Technically the stadium should probably not be on this list, as no football team has a tenancy, although the ground did hold the 2009 Italian Supercoppa final and the 2008 Olympic Men's Soccer tournament.10. Wembley Stadium (90,000)
Wembley
Stadium, which is located in London, was completed in 2007 and replaced
the previous famous 'Wembley Stadium'. Wembley is primarily a football
stadium and is owned by The Football Association (FA). The stadium hosts
England's home international matches and the main English domestic cup
finals. It is also used for various other sporting events and concerts.
Its capacity of 90,000 makes it the second largest in Europe and is the
largest stadium in the world to have every seat covered. In 2011 Wembley
will host the UEFA Champions League Final. It will also be used to host
many of the events at the forthcoming 2012 London Summer Olympics. For a
further look at English football stadiums, visit 'The 10 Largest English Football Stadiums'
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