Pankritio Stadium
Location
Heraklion , Greece
Owner
Hellenic Olympic Committee
Operator
City of Heraklion
Capacity
26,240[ 1]
Field size
105 x 68 m
Surface
Grass
Scoreboard
Yes LED monochrome with clock
Construction
Broke ground
1990
Opened
August 11, 2004
Construction cost
€ 50,000,000
Architect
Vassilis Floudas and associates
Tenants
Ergotelis
Pankritio Stadium (Greek : Παγκρήτιο Στάδιο , Pagkritio Stadio literally:Pancretan Stadium ) is a sports stadium located in Heraklion on the island of Crete . It was completed on December 31, 2003, and officially opened on August 11, 2004, just before the beginning of the 2004 Summer Olympics to host the football match Greece vs. Switzerland .[ 2] It has a capacity of 27,000 seats. It will be host the 1st league of European Team Championships 2015.
Tenants
The stadium has been used as the home ground of Football League football team Ergotelis , since its opening in 2004. Between 2006 and 2009, the stadium was also used by Ergotelis ' rival OFI , before the latter returned to its original home ground at the neighboring Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium .
Records
Τhe stadium attendance record and first ever sold-out event was set on 20 February 2005, in a Superleague match between local club Ergotelis and reigning champions Olympiacos with 27,950 tickets being sold.[ 3] The result was a 2−1 victory for the home team.
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Coordinates : 35°20′12″N 25°06′22″E / 35.33667°N 25.10611°E / 35.33667; 25.10611
History
Stadium
Pankritio Stadium
Martinengo Stadium
Traiining Ground
Martinengo Athletic Center
Other teams
Ergotelis Academy
Ergotelis FC (women)
Rivalries
Related
Seasons
1900
Vélodrome de Vincennes
1904
Francis Field
1908
White City Stadium
1912
Råsunda IP , Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats
1920
Jules Ottenstadion , Olympisch Stadion (final), Stade Joseph Marien , Stadion Broodstraat
1924
Stade Bergeyre , Stade de Colombes (final), Stade de Paris , Stade Pershing
1928
Monnikenhuize , Olympic Stadium (final), Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
1936
Hertha-BSC Field , Mommsenstadion , Olympiastadion (final), Poststadion
1948
Arsenal Stadium , Champion Hill , Craven Cottage , Cricklefield Stadium , Empire Stadium (medal matches), Green Pond Road , Griffin Park , Selhurst Park , White Hart Lane
1952
Helsinki Football Grounds , Kotka , Lahti , Olympic Stadium (final), Tampere , Turku
1956
Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium
1960
Florence Communal Stadium , Grosseto Communal Stadium , L'Aquila Communal Stadium , Livorno Ardenza Stadium , Naples Saint Paul's Stadium , Pescara Adriatic Stadium , Stadio Flaminio (final)
1964
Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium , Mitsuzawa Football Field , Nagai Stadium , Tokyo National Stadium (final), Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium , Ōmiya Football Field , Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field
1968
Estadio Azteca (final), Estadio Cuauhtémoc , Estadio Nou Camp , Jalisco Stadium
1972
Drei Flüsse Stadion , ESV-Stadion , Jahnstadion , Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion , Urban Stadium
1976
Lansdowne Park , Olympic Stadium (final), Sherbrooke Stadium , Varsity Stadium
1980
Dinamo Stadium , Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena , Grand Arena (final), Kirov Stadium , Republican Stadium
1984
Harvard Stadium , Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium , Rose Bowl (final), Stanford Stadium
1988
Busan Stadium , Daegu Stadium , Daejeon Stadium , Dongdaemun Stadium , Olympic Stadium (final)
1992
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta , Camp Nou (final), Estadio Luís Casanova , La Romareda , Estadi de Sarrià
1996
Florida Citrus Bowl , Legion Field , Orange Bowl , RFK Memorial Stadium , Sanford Stadium (both finals)
2000
Stadium Australia , Brisbane Cricket Ground , Bruce Stadium , Hindmarsh Stadium , Melbourne Cricket Ground , Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final)
2004
Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium , Pankritio Stadium , Panthessaliko Stadium
2008
Beijing National Stadium (men's final), Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium , Shanghai Stadium , Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium , Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium , Workers' Stadium (women's final)
2012
City of Coventry Stadium , Hampden Park , Millennium Stadium , St James' Park , Old Trafford , Wembley Stadium (both finals)
2016
Estádio Nacional de Brasília , Arena Fonte Nova , Mineirão , Arena Corinthians , Arena da Amazônia , Estádio Olímpico João Havelange , Maracanã (both finals)