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 Football Stadiums
| A quick boat across the North Sea and we are in the Faeroe Islands. These tiny islands most famous result was when they held Scotland to a 2-2 draw in 2002. In which town did the national side play its home games? | European Football Stadiums
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Torshavn. It is also the nation's capital. The stadium is called T?rsv?llur and was built in year 2000. It is a 10,000, state of the art all-seater stadium.
| Heading south and Scotland is where we land next. Football here is dominated by two clubs; Rangers and Celtic, both Glasgow clubs. The national stadium is Hampden Park and is actually home to which Scottish club? | European Football Stadiums
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Queen's Park. Hampden Park is a 50,000 all seater stadium. Celtic Park houses 60,000 seats and is Scotland's largest stadium. Ibrox, the home of Rangers, houses 50,000 seats.
| A trip over the border and we are in England. Manchester United are famous for playing at Old Trafford and, up until 2003, Manchester City called Maine Road their home. They moved to a new state of the art stadium, though originally built for the Commonwealth games. What is the name of their new stadium? | European Football Stadiums
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City of Manchester Stadium. The stadium is a 48,000 capacity all-seater. Maine Road was only 34,700 capacity. Old Trafford, however, is a massive 68,174 all-seater.
| Heading off into Wales now and we find Cardiff's Millenium Stadium with a 74,500 capacity, where Wales play their home games. Which League of Wales team, though, had the largest capacity stadium in the early 2000s? | European Football Stadiums
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Cwmbran Town. Cardiff City's Ninian Park has a 22,000 seater capacity but they play their football in the English football league. Cwmbran's Cwmbran Stadium is the largest League of Wales stadium with a 13,200 capacity.
| To the edge of mainland Europe now and Portugal. The largest stadium here is by far Benfica's Estadio de Luz. It had a 77,000 capacity in the early 2000s, but by what name is it better known? | European Football Stadiums
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Stadium of Light. Estadio de Luz literally translates as stadium of light. The next largest stadium was Sporting Lisbon's Jose de Alvalade Stadium which has a 52,000 capacity.
| Across the border and into Spain, home of the greatest football club in the world, Real Madrid. But which of Madrid's football clubs had the largest stadium in the late 1990s and early 2000s? | European Football Stadiums
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Real Madrid. Real's Santiago Bernabeu had a 75,000 capacity, Atletico's Vicente Calderon was 57,500, Rayo's Teresa Rivero was 15,500 and Moscardo's Roman Valero just 10,000.
| North from Andorra and you are in France. The nation's capital, Paris, houses the 80,000 seater Stade de France. The city's largest club, Paris-St. Germain turned down the opportunity of playing there in 1998 and remained at their old stadium: _________ ? | European Football Stadiums
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Parc des Princes. The Parc des Princes had a capacity of almost 50,000, but PSG considered the Stade de France much too informal for a close-knit club like theirs.
| Moving away from Italy and we come to a country that has an 8,000 seater stadium, Rheinpark Stadium, that is home to the national squad. Which country is this? | European Football Stadiums
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Liechtenstein. The stadium is also home to league side FC Vaduz.
| Into Germany and to the area of Nordrhein-Westfalen. There are many clubs in this industrial area. Which one of them played at the Westfalenstadion in the late 1990s and early 2000s? | European Football Stadiums
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Borussia Dortmund. It was the largest in the area with a 83,000 capacity. Schalke's newer Arena auf Schalke was next largest with 61,000 capacity (Schalke Amateurs, who played in the old Parkstadion with a 62,000 capacity actually had the bigger stadium).
| Germany's neighbour Holland (Netherlands), was home to the world's first sliding pitch stadium. Built in 1998 and since copied in Japan and elsewhere, which team played their home games here? | European Football Stadiums
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Vitesse Arnhem. The stadium, the Gelredome, is a 30,000 capacity and the pitch can be removed for concerts, exhibitions or just to weather the grass outside of the dome.
| Into Scandinavia and Norway, where the national team play their home games in the nation's capital, Oslo. The Ullevaal stadium was also home to club sides Lyn and Valerenga: when was the 25,600 capacity stadium built? | European Football Stadiums
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1926. One of the oldest stadiums still in use in Europe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The country's most successful club, Rosenborg, played their football at the Lerkendal stadium in the city of Trondheim.
| Norway's neighbour Sweden has the Idrottsplats stadium. Built in 1896, with a capacity of 7,000, the stadium was still in use in the late 1990s. Which club side played at this stadium? | European Football Stadiums
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IFK Malmo. Malmo's other club, Malmo FF, played at the slightly more modern Malmo Stadion (built in 1958) with a 26,000 capacity.
| The former Russian state of Estonia, now a country on it's own, has a brand new national stadium built in 2003. The Lillekula Stadium is also home to Estonia's most successful club. What is the club's name? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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FC Flora Tallinn. The stadium is a 15,000 all-seater.
| Heading south from Estonia and into Latvia, we encounter FK Skonto's stadium and also the national stadium. This is Latvia's capital city and houses the majority of the nation's club sides. What is the name of the city? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Riga. The stadium was built in 2000 and is all-seater. Riga's other club sides include; FK Riga, Daugava, and Jurnieks.
| Poland once had one of Europe's best football sides back in the 60s and 70s. Although a resergence in the 2000s, the country is suffering from lack of funding. Most of the stadiums were built before the second world war. In which city is one of the oldest stadiums, LKS Stadium, built in 1908? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Lodz. Home to LKS Lodz, it is 28,000 capacity stadium with 10,000 seats. The oldest is home to Zaglebie Sosnowiec and was built in 1906.
| Down a bit from Poland and we come to a country with a near 70,000 capacity stadium in it's capital. The stadium was named after the country's most famous football player, Puskas. Which country is this in? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Hungary. Puskas Ferenc Stadium, named after world class player Ferenc Puskas, is housed in Budapest. Most of the rest of the nation's stadiums house less than 20,000 people.
| Overlooking Italy and the Adriatic Sea, we come to a country whose three most successful clubs all play in the capital city. SK, Partizan, and Dinamo all play in the Selman Stermasi Stadium. Which country is this? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Albania. They all played in the capital Tirana. The national stadium is a 19,500 all-seater stadium named Qemal Stafa, also in Tirana.
| Neighbouring Albania is Greece. The big 75,000 capacity national stadium is located in Athens, the capital. Built in 1982, what is the name of this all-seater stadium? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Spyros Louis. The big club in the capital, AEK Athens has a 32,000 all-seater cauldron.
| Over to the Mediteranean island of Cyprus now. Although not known for its footballing finesse, the island does have a big stadium, built in 2000. It is home to the national team and the three big clubs on the island. In which city is it? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Nicosia. Apoel, Omonia, and Olympiakos Nicosia all play in the capital, at the Neo G.S.P. stadium. It is a 25,000 all-seater stadium.
| To Turkey now and the Ali Sami Yen stadium. This 22,500 capacity stadium is home to the nation's most successful and famous club. The stadium is always an intimidating place for any club to go and play. Which club is it that plays here? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Galatasaray. Turkey's national team play at the Atatürk Olimpiyat in Istanbul, and is a massive 82,000 all-seater stadium.
| Finish off in Turkey's neighbouring country Bulgaria, whose most famous player is the great Hristo Stoitchkov. National team manager for a time, he started out his career playing at one of the big four Sofia clubs, CSKA. Of the other 3 there are Lokomotiv and Slavia that both play in the capital. What is the name of the other of the big four clubs, playing at the Georgi Asparoukhov stadium? | European Football Stadiums: Part 2
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Levski. Georgi Asparoukhov stadium is a 45,000 all-seater. The national team play at the 45,000 all-seater Vassil Levski stadium.
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