Europe’s Top Stadiums Ranked as Champions League Action Begins
- Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium takes the second spot among the best European football stadiums and will host several key group-stage matches in the 24/25 Champions League season
- Fans at the Bernabéu can enjoy a pint for just €2.50, with the stadium boasting a 4.6/5 Google rating and a capacity of 81,044
- Camp Nou, Europe’s largest stadium with a capacity of 99,354, will host three group-stage matches in the upcoming Champions League season
With the Champions League kicking off earlier this week, excitement is rising across Europe. As 96 group stage matches unfold, fans are eager to experience unforgettable moments in iconic stadiums.
Luggage storage network Stasher has ranked Europe’s top football venues, spotlighting the best places to catch the action and elevate the ultimate fan experience this season.
The top and bottom five stadiums and their scores
Of the 50 stadiums analysed, Signal Iduna Park (5.94) - home of Borussia Dortmund and site of the Euro 2024 semi-final - ranks in first position as the best stadium in Europe. Known for its famous yellow-wall and notoriously good atmosphere, this stadium ranks well in all categories, with a large capacity (81,365), reasonable average ticket price (35€), and very good public accessibility, complemented by excellent Google reviews (4.7/5).
Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium ranks second. With a high capacity (81,044) and outstanding disabled access, it also offers a very low cost of a pint (2.5€) and great Google reviews (4.6/5), making it a top choice. Barcelona’s Camp Nou ranks third, just losing out to its Spanish rival. The largest stadium in the list with a capacity of 99,354, Camp Nou also boasts great disabled access and good public transport connections.
Coming in fourth, but reigning supreme in the UK, is Manchester’s Old Trafford (5.52). Renowned for its exceptional disabled access and excellent transport links, this iconic stadium boasts a capacity of 74,140 and very positive Google reviews (4.6/5). Completing the top five is Milan’s legendary San Siro, the shared home of rival clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan. For years, rumours of its demolition have circulated, threatening to erase a piece of football history. Recently, however, these plans were halted due to arguments for its cultural significance (https://footballgroundguide.com/news/san-siro-rebuild-demolition-updates).
German stadiums top and tail this list, with Leverkusen’s Bay Arena coming 50th on the list. Expensive beers, average disabled access and weaker Google reviews (4.4) give it the lowest score of any stadium on this list.
English stadiums rank well overall, with four of them featuring in the top 10. Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium secures a strong position at 6th, surpassing its fierce North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and their new stadium since 2019, which closely follows at 7th. Meanwhile, the iconic Wembley Stadium claims the 8th spot in the rankings.
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, in Tbilisi Georgia, is the ideal destination for budget-conscious sports enthusiasts. Not only does it offer the cheapest tickets on this list at €10, but it also serves the most affordable beer, with an average pint costing €1.67. The stadium once recorded an attendance of 110,000 in 1979 when FC Dinamo played against Liverpool, but has since undergone extensive renovations, resulting in a significantly reduced seating capacity.
England has consistently the most expensive tickets - taking the 5 most expensive rankings in our table. Old Trafford’s average ticket price is a staggering €118. The stadium with the highest cost of a pint is the Emirates Stadium in London, home to Arsenal FC (7,45€).
Germany offers the cheapest tickets of any west European country - with tickets typically costing €30 - €35.
To see the full data for each stadium please visit Stasher’s dedicated webpage here.
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Notes to editors
Methodology
*Data collected from the 50 largest stadiums in Europe.
For each category, we sifted through the internet for the most recent and reputable data. Because these data sources were in a variety of different formats, min-max normalisation was used to standardise the data into a score between 0 and 10. The overall rankings are then determined by the airport's overall average score.
Each stadium is ranked based on how well it performs across eight distinct, stadium-related factors:
- Capacity
How many seated fans can attend any given event. We visited each stadium’s official website or wikipedia page to determine the actual capacity.
- Average ticket price:
The average ticket price for each stadium, including only football matches and not other events that might be held, such as concerts. To determine this, we visited every stadium’s website to find the most recent ticket prices from the last football season, and calculated the average price.
- Cost of pint:
Our data sources for this were either the stadium’s webpage, or websites like TripAdvisor. Whenever the cost of a pint couldn’t be found or the stadium didn’t offer any, we’ve added N/A.
- Ease of Access:
Looks at how accessible a stadium is based on the proximity of the closest metro or train station. In the few cases that a stadium is only accessible by bus and not a metro or train, we’ve identified its access as “Poor”. Our main source of data was Google Maps.
- Disabled Access:
This metric rates how accessible a stadium is for people with physical disabilities. Our main source of information was each website’s official homepage, and we ranked every stadium based on its accessible toilets, wheelchair-accessible seating, dedicated parking spaces, and elevators or ramps.
- Online reviews:
Our data source here was each stadium’s most recent rating on Google. Data is valid as of July 2024.
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