List of Premier League stadiums

Since the inception of the Premier League, England's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 59 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of Premier League matches took place on 15 August 1992 with eleven clubs hosting the opening fixtures.[1] Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 1994–95 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums.[2] However, following Fulham's promotion from Division 1 in the 2000–01 season, terraces returned temporarily to the Premier League as The Football Association allowed the club extra time to complete renovations.[3] The club were forced to play at Loftus Road after inadequate progress was made in converting Craven Cottage, but they returned to their home ground after building work was completed in time for the 2004–05 season.[4]

Burnley's Turf Moor stadium became the 50th Premier League stadium when it hosted Burnley's first ever home Premier League fixture, against champions Manchester United, on 19 August 2009.[5][6]

Stadiums

Stadiums listed in bold indicate that they are the home grounds of teams participating in the 2020–21 Premier League season, while those stadiums listed in italics have now been demolished.

Stadium	Image	Club	Location	Opened	Closed	Capacity †	Coordinates	Ref.
Anfield		Liverpool	Liverpool	1884		53,394	53°25′51″N 002°57′39″W	[7]
Arsenal Stadium (also known as Highbury)		Arsenal	London	1913	2006	38,419†	51°33′28″N 000°06′10″W	[8]
Ayresome Park		Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	1903	1995	26,667†	54°33′51″N 001°14′49″W	[9]
Baseball Ground	—	Derby County	Derby	1892	2004	18,300†	52°54′17″N 001°28′07″W	[10][11]
bet365 Stadium Formerly Britannia Stadium		Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	1997		27,740	52°59′18″N 002°10′32″W	[12]
Bloomfield Road		Blackpool	Blackpool	1899		16,220	53°48′17″N 3°2′53″W
Boleyn Ground (also known as Upton Park)		West Ham United	London	1904	2016	35,345	51°31′55″N 000°02′22″E	[13]
Boundary Park		Oldham Athletic	Oldham	1904		13,309	53°33′19″N 002°07′43″W
Bramall Lane		Sheffield United	Sheffield	1855		32,125	53°22′13″N 001°28′15″W	[7]
Burnden Park		Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	1895	1997	22,616†	53°34′08″N 002°24′58″W	[14]
Cardiff City Stadium		Cardiff City	Cardiff	2009		33,280	51°28′22″N 003°12′11″W	[15]
Carrow Road		Norwich City	Norwich	1935		27,359	52°37′20″N 001°18′33″E	[7]
City Ground		Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	1898		30,602	52°56′24″N 001°07′58″W	[16]
City of Manchester Stadium		Manchester City	Manchester	2003[17]		55,017	53°28′59″N 002°12′01″W	[7]
County Ground		Swindon Town	Swindon	1895		14,700	51°33′52″N 001°46′14″W	[18]
Craven Cottage		Fulham	London	1896		25,700	51°28′30″N 000°13′18″W	[4]
Dean Court		Bournemouth	Bournemouth	1910		11,364	50°44′07″N 1°50′18″W	[7]
The Dell		Southampton	Southampton	1898	2001	15,200†	50°54′53″N 001°24′47″W	[19][20]
DW Stadium Formerly JJB Stadium		Wigan Athletic	Wigan	1999		25,138	53°32′51″N 002°39′15″W	[21]
Elland Road		Leeds United	Leeds	1897		37,792	53°46′40″N 001°34′20″W
Emirates Stadium		Arsenal	London	2006		60,704	51°33′18″N 000°06′31″W	[7]
Ewood Park		Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	1890		31,367	53°43′43″N 002°29′21″W	[22]
Falmer Stadium		Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer	2011		30,750	50°51′42.56″N 00°04′59.8″W	[7]
Filbert Street		Leicester City	Leicester	1891	2002	22,000†	52°37′25″N 001°08′26″W	[23]
Fratton Park		Portsmouth	Portsmouth	1898		20,978	50°47′47″N 001°03′50″W	[24]
Goodison Park		Everton	Liverpool	1892		39,414	53°26′20″N 002°57′59″W	[7]
The Hawthorns		West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	1900		26,445	52°30′33″N 001°57′50″W	[25]
Highfield Road		Coventry City	Coventry	1899	2005	23,489†	52°24′43″N 001°29′24″W	[26]
Hillsborough Stadium		Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	1899		39,812	53°24′41″N 001°30′02″W
KCOM Stadium Formerly KC Stadium		Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	2002		25,400	53°44′46″N 000°22′03″W	[27]
King Power Stadium Formerly Walkers Stadium		Leicester City	Leicester	2002		32,261	52°37′13″N 001°08′32″W	[7]
Kirklees Stadium		Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	1994		24,500	53°39′15″N 1°46′6″W
Liberty Stadium		Swansea City	Swansea	2005		20,937	51°38′34″N 3°56′5″W	[28]
Loftus Road		Queens Park Rangers & Fulham	London	1904		18,439	51°30′33″N 000°13′56″W	[4][29]
London Stadium Formerly Olympic Stadium		West Ham United	London	2016[30]		60,000	51°32′19″N 0°0′59″W	[31]
Madejski Stadium		Reading	Reading	1998		24,161	51°25′20″N 000°58′58″W
Maine Road		Manchester City	Manchester	1923	2003	35,150†	53°27′04″N 002°14′07″W	[32]
Molineux Stadium		Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	1889		32,050	52°35′25″N 002°07′49″W	[7]
Oakwell		Barnsley	Barnsley	1887		23,009	53°33′08″N 001°28′03″W	[33]
Old Trafford		Manchester United	Manchester	1910		75,643	53°27′47″N 002°17′29″W	[7]
Portman Road		Ipswich Town	Ipswich	1884		30,311	52°03′18″N 001°08′41″E
Pride Park Stadium		Derby County	Derby	1997		33,597	52°54′54″N 001°26′50″W	[11]
Riverside Stadium		Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	1995		33,746	54°34′42″N 001°13′01″W	[34]
Roker Park		Sunderland	Sunderland	1898	1997	22,500†	54°55′17″N 001°22′32″W	[35]
St Andrew's		Birmingham City	Birmingham	1906		30,079	52°28′33″N 001°52′05″W	[36]
St James' Park		Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	1880		52,305	54°58′32″N 001°37′18″W	[7]
St Mary's Stadium		Southampton	Southampton	2001		32,384	50°54′21″N 001°23′28″W	[7]
Selhurst Park		Crystal Palace & Wimbledon	London	1924		25,486	51°23′54″N 000°05′08″W	[7]
Stadium of Light		Sunderland	Sunderland	1997		48,707	54°54′52″N 001°23′18″W
Stamford Bridge		Chelsea	London	1877		40,834	51°28′54″N 000°11′28″W	[7]
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium		Tottenham Hotspur	London	2019		62,214[37]	51°36′17″N 000°03′59″W	[7]
Turf Moor		Burnley	Burnley	1883		21,944	53°47′21″N 2°13′49″W	[7]
University of Bolton Stadium Formerly Reebok Stadium and Macron Stadium		Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	1997		28,723	53°34′50″N 002°32′08″W
The Valley		Charlton Athletic	London	1919		27,111	51°29′11″N 000°02′11″E
Valley Parade		Bradford City	Bradford	1886		25,136	53°48′15″N 001°45′32″W
Vicarage Road		Watford	Watford	1922		22,200	51°39′00″N 000°24′06″W	[7]
Villa Park		Aston Villa	Birmingham	1897		42,749	52°30′33″N 001°53′05″W	[7]
Wembley Stadium [nb 1]		Tottenham Hotspur	London	2007		90,000	51°33′21″N 0°16′47″W
White Hart Lane		Tottenham Hotspur	London	1899	2017	36,284†	51°36′12″N 000°03′57″W	[38]

† For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure.

Footnotes

1. Wembley Stadium is not a football club home ground. However, Tottenham Hotspur played their designated home matches at Wembley throughout the 2017–18 season and most of 2018–19 while their new stadium was under construction.

See also

• Record home attendances of English football clubs
• List of English football stadiums by capacity

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