The Antalya Stadium, officially branded as Corendon Airlines Park for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Antalya, Turkey. It is used mostly for football matches, hosting Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor home matches. It has a capacity of nearly 32,537 (all seated) and is totally covered. The stadium has solar panels on its rooftop which generates, on average 7,200 kWh a day, enough to produce its total monthly electricity usage.[5]

Antalya Stadium
Corendon Airlines Park
The stadium at the final phase of construction in June 2015
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Full nameCorendon Airlines Park
LocationAntalya, Turkey
Coordinates36°53′17.8″N 30°40′06.4″E / 36.888278°N 30.668444°E / 36.888278; 30.668444
OwnerMinistry of Youth and Sports (Turkey)
OperatorAntalyaspor
Executive suites42[4]
Capacity32,537[3]
Record attendance32,537 (Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe, 26 May 2016)
Field size105 × 68 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground23 June 2013
Built2013–2015
Opened25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
Construction cost103 million ($53 million in 2013)[1]
ArchitectAzaksu Architecture Office [2]
Tenants
Antalyaspor (2015–present)
Turkey national football team (selected matches)
Antalya Stadium from outside.

Matches

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Turkish National Team

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Antalya Stadium is one of the main home stadiums of the Turkish national Football team

Date Time (CEST) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
24 March 2016 20:45   Turkey 2–1   Sweden Friendly 33,000
29 May 2016 19:00   Turkey 1–0   Montenegro Friendly 30,000
31 August 2016 21:30   Turkey 0–0   Russia Friendly 31,000
12 November 2016 20:00   Turkey 2–0   Kosovo 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying 26,555
24 March 2017 20:00   Turkey 2–0   Finland 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying 28,990
13 November 2017 20:30   Turkey 2–3   Albania Friendly 8,000
23 March 2018 20:30   Turkey 1–0   Republic of Ireland Friendly 32,000
20 November 2018 20:30   Turkey 0–0   Ukraine Friendly 30,420
30 May 2019 21:00   Turkey 2–1   Greece Friendly 30,000
31 May 2021 20:00   Turkey 0–0   Guinea Friendly 0

References

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  1. ^ "T.C. GENÇLİK ve SPOR BAKANLIĞI | 23 ŞEHİR, 25 SÜPER STADYUM". Gsb.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. ^ "antalya 100.yıl stadyumu" (in Turkish). azaksu. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  3. ^ "Stat Arama Detay TFF". Tff.org. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  4. ^ "Dr. Cem Oğuz yeni statla ilgili önemli bilgiler verdi | Antalyaspor Haber Merkezi". Antalyasporum.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  5. ^ "Antalya Arena dünyada bir ilki başardı!". Aksam.com.tr. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-21.