List of football stadiums in France

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The exterior of the Parc des Princes, the home of Paris Saint-Germain. Parc des Princes - Avenue du Parc des Princes, Paris.jpg
The exterior of the Parc des Princes, the home of Paris Saint-Germain.

The following lists of football stadiums in France are ordered by capacity. Currently association football stadiums with a capacity of 5,000 or more are included.

Contents

Stadiums with a capacity of at least 20,000

#ImageStadiumCapacityCityRegionHome team(s)OpenedNotes
1 StadeFranceNationsLeague2018.jpg Stade de France 81,338 Paris (Saint-Denis) Île-de-France 1998 UEFA Category 4 stadium
2 Stadion Marseille Stade Velodrome (204787669).jpeg Stade Vélodrome 67,394 Marseille Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Olympique de Marseille 1937UEFA Category 4 stadium
3 Groupama Stadium OL.jpg Parc Olympique Lyonnais 59,186 Lyon (Décines-Charpieu) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Olympique Lyonnais 2016UEFA Category 4 stadium
4 Le Stade Pierre Mauroy lors de l'Euro 2016.jpg Stade Pierre-Mauroy 50,157 Lille (Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Hauts-de-France Lille OSC 2012UEFA Category 4 stadium
5 2016-06-17 Paris-Parc des Princes.jpg Parc des Princes 47,929 Paris Île-de-France Paris Saint-Germain FC 1972UEFA Category 4 stadium
6 Matmut Atlantique Wales vs Fiji.jpg Matmut Atlantique 42,115 Bordeaux Nouvelle-Aquitaine FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2015UEFA Category 4 stadium
7 Match ASSE x OL - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard - 6 octobre 2019 - St Etienne Loire 27.jpg Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 41,965 Saint-Étienne Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes AS Saint-Étienne 1931
8 Stade Bollaert Delelis.JPG Stade Bollaert-Delelis 38,223 Lens Hauts-de-France RC Lens 1932
9 Match Football FC Nantes x RC Lens Stade Beaujoire - Nantes (FR44) - 2022-09-18 - 46.jpg Stade de la Beaujoire 37,473 Nantes Pays de la Loire FC Nantes 1984
10 Allianzcoupdenvoi.jpg Allianz Riviera 35,624 Nice Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur OGC Nice 2013UEFA Category 3 stadium
11 Stade Chaban-Delmas.jpg Stade Chaban-Delmas 34,462 Bordeaux Nouvelle-Aquitaine Union Bordeaux Bègles 1938
12 Stadium-Lory.jpg Stadium Municipal 33,150 Toulouse Occitanie Toulouse FC 1937
13 Australie-Fidji.4.JPG Stade de la Mosson 32,939 [1] Montpellier Occitanie Montpellier HSC 1972
14 Match Football FC Metz x FC Nantes - Stade Saint Symphorien - Longeville-les-Metz (FR57) - 2022-02-27 - 16.jpg Stade Saint-Symphorien 30,000 [2] Metz Grand Est FC Metz 1923
15 Staderennais-routelorient.JPG Roazhon Park 29,778 Rennes Brittany Stade Rennais FC 1912
16 Stade de la Meinau fassade2.JPG Stade de la Meinau 26,109 Strasbourg Grand Est RC Strasbourg 1914
17 Interieur stade Oceane.jpg Stade Océane 25,178 Le Havre Normandy Le Havre AC 2012
18 20110514163046089 ULM.jpg MMArena 25,064 Le Mans Pays de la Loire Le Mans UC 2011
19 Stade-Gerland-RWC2007.JPG Stade de Gerland 25,000 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon OU 1926
20 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, panorama.JPG Stade du Hainaut 24,926 Valenciennes Hauts-de-France Valenciennes FC 2011
21 StadeLouisDugauguez.JPG Stade Louis Dugauguez 23,189 Sedan Grand Est Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes 2000
22 Stade Auguste-Delaune 2 Tribunen.JPG Stade Auguste-Delaune 21,684 Reims Grand Est Stade Reims 1935
23 Vue densemble dornano.JPG Stade Michel d'Ornano 21,500 Caen Normandy Stade Malherbe Caen 1993
24 Stade de l'Aube.jpg Stade de l'Aube 20,400 Troyes Grand Est Troyes AC 1924
25 Mpicotnancy.jpg Stade Marcel Picot 20,087 Tomblaine Grand Est AS Nancy 1926
26 GF38-CLERMONT001.jpg Stade des Alpes 20,068 Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Grenoble Foot 38,
FC Grenoble Rugby
2008
27 Stade Bonale Sochaux 06.jpg Stade Auguste Bonal 20,025 Montbéliard Bourgogne-Franche-Comté FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2000
28 Stade Charlety 705.jpg Stade Sébastien Charléty 20,000 Paris Île-de-France Paris FC 1938

Stadiums below 20,000 capacity

Stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are included.

#StadiumCityOpenedCapacitySportHome team(s)NotesRegionImage
29 Stade Raymond Kopa Angers 1912 (2022)19,800 [3] Football Angers SCO Ville d'Angers Vue panoramique stade jean bouin.jpg
30 Stade de Roudourou Guingamp 1990 (2018)19,060 [4]  · [lower-alpha 1] Football EA Guingamp Ville de Guingamp Roudourou-ensemble.JPG
31 Stade Robert Bobin Bondoufle 1994 (2022)18,850 [5] Football Paris FC (women) FC Fleury 91
Évry FC
Département de l'Essonne
32 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre 1918 (2015)18,541 [6] Football AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre Auxerre - Stade Abbe-Deschamps (41).jpg
33 Stadium Lille Métropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq
(Lille)
1975 (2010)18,500 [7]  · [lower-alpha 2] Football
Rugby union
Olympique Marcquois Rugby LOSC Lille
Wasquehal Football
Métropole européenne de Lille
34 Stade du Moustoir Lorient 1959 (2010)18,500 Football FC Lorient Ville de Lorient Stade du Moustoir.jpg
35 Stade Gaston Gérard Dijon 1934 (2017)18,376 [8] Football Dijon FCO Ville de Dijon
36 Stade Gaston-Petit Châteauroux 1962 (1997)17,072 Football LB Châteauroux Ville de Châteauroux Stage Gaston Petit le 6 janvier 2023.jpg
37 Stade Jules Deschaseaux Le Havre 1931 (1999)16,382 [9] Rugby union Le Havre AC Le Havre AC rugbyVille du Havre
38 Stade Armand-Cesari Furiani
(Bastia)
1932 (2018)16,048 [10] Football SC Bastia CA Bastia Communauté d'agglomération de Bastia Stade Armand Cesari Tribune Pierre-Cahuzac.jpg
39 Stade Marcel-Deflandre La Rochelle 1926 (2023)16,000(16,500) [11] Rugby union Stade Rochelais Ville de La Rochelle Stade Marcel-Deflandre.jpg
40 Parc des sports Annecy 1964 (2022)15,714 [12] Football FC Annecy Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Ville d'Annecy
41 Stade Francis-Le Blé Brest 1922 (2010)15,220 [13] Football Stade brestois 29 Ville de Brest
42 Stade Jean Laville Gueugnon 1939 (2003)14,753 Football FC Gueugnon Ville de Gueugnon
43 Stade Georges-Pompidou Valence 1974 14,380 Football
Rugby union
ASOA Valence
ROC La Voulte-Valence
Ville de Valence
44 Stade Gabriel-Montpied Clermont-Ferrand 1995 (2025)13,700 [14] (17,735) Football Clermont Foot 63 Ville de Clermont-Ferrand
45 Stade municipal de Beaublanc  [ fr ] Limoges 1924 (2018)13,182 [15] Rugby union USA Limoges Limoges FC Ville de Limoges
46 Stade de la Licorne Amiens 1999 12,999 Football Amiens SC RC Lens Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole Lens - Evian (14-02-2015) 36.jpg
47 Stade Pierre-Antoine Castres 1907 (2017)12,550 Football Castres olympique Ville de Castres Stade Pierre Fabre.jpg
48 Stade Parsemain Fos-sur-Mer
(Istres)
2005 12,500 [16] Football FC Istres
ES Fos-Sur-Mer
Istres-Ouest-Provence
49 Stade de l'Épopée Calais 2008 12,432 Football RC Calais Calais RUFC Ville de Calais Stade de l'Epopee (Calais), Arras - PSG.JPG
50 Stade Dominique Duvauchelle Créteil
(Paris)
1983 (2004)12,150 Football US Créteil-Lusitanos Métropole du Grand Paris Stade Dominique-Duvauchelle.jpg
51 Stade François Coty Ajaccio 1969 (2012)12,096 Football AC Ajaccio AC Ajaccio Faedda.JPG
52 Stade Robert Diochon Le Petit-Quevilly (Rouen) 1914 (2022)12,018 Football
Rugby union
FC Rouen
US Quevilly-Rouen
Rouen Normandie Rugby
Métropole Rouen Normandie
53 Stade Michel-Amand Poitiers 1989 (1995)12,000 [17] Football Stade Poitevin FC Grand Poitiers StadedelaPepiniereMichelAmand.jpg
54 Stadium Vénissieux Vénissieux
(Lyon)
2011 11,805 Football Lyon OU Ville de Lyon Venissieux - Matmut Stadium.JPG
55 Stade de la Rabine Vannes 1959 (2022)11,415 Football
Rugby union
Vannes OC
RC Vannes
Ville de Vannes Stade de la Rabine by M. Riegler.jpg
56 Stade Francis Le Basser Laval 1971 (2001)11,107 Football Stade Lavallois Laval Agglomération
57 Stade Léo Lagrange Besançon 1939 (2005)10,307 Football Racing Besançon
Besançon Football
Ville de Besançon Stade Leo-Lagrange - tribune Sud.jpg
58 Stade Pierre Brisson Beauvais 1935 (1999)10,178 Football
Rugby union
AS Beauvais Oise
Beauvais RC
FC Chambly Oise
Red Star FC
Ville de Beauvais Beauvais (3).JPG
59 Stade de la Vallée du Cher Tours 1978 (2011)10,128 [18] Football Tours FC Ville de Tours

Stadiums below 10,000 capacity

Stadiums with a capacity of at least 5,000 are included.

Stade Francis Turcan Fcm-stade01.JPG
Stade Francis Turcan
Home team(s)LocationVenueCapacity
SO Cholet Cholet Stade Pierre Blouen 9,000
US Orléans Orléans Stade de la Source 7,000
US Concarneau Concarneau Stade Guy Piriou 6,500
Rodez AF, Stade Rodez Aveyron Rodez Stade Paul-Lignon 5,955

See also

Notes

  1. Le The official site states an official capacity of 18700 places at Stade de Roudourou.
  2. The authorized capacity for football matches at the Stadium Lille Métropole in the 2000s was up to 18185 places.

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