Stadio San Filippo

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Stadio San Filippo - Franco Scoglio [1]
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Stadio San Filippo
Location Messina, Sicily, Italy
OwnerMunicipality of Messina
Capacity 38,722 [2]
Surface Grass
105 x 70 m
Construction
Broke ground2003
OpenedAugust 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.

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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 Flag of Italy.svg Messina 4–0 Acireale Flag of Italy.svg 2004–05 Coppa Italia
First Coppa Italia Match
17:30 CEST Zampagna Soccerball shade.svg7'
Parisi Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen)
Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Rafael Soccerball shade.svg79'
Referee: Antonio Dattilo
19 September 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Messina 4–3 Roma Flag of Italy.svg 2004–05 Serie A
First Serie A Match
15:00 CEST Parisi Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen)
Sullo Soccerball shade.svg46'
Giampà Soccerball shade.svg74'
Zampagna Soccerball shade.svg78'
Montella Soccerball shade.svg36', 64', 68'Referee: Pierluigi Collina

National team matches

17 November 2004 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–0 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg Friendly match
20:30 CET Miccoli Soccerball shade.svg33'Attendance: 7,043
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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References

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  2. "Stadio - Acr Messina". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. "ACR Messina - Sito Web Ufficiale - stadio". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

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