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Top 25 best football stadiums around world including Bernabeu and San Mames… but Tottenham’s £1bn ground down in 21


ATMOSPHERE, capacity and the quality of the toilets are all taken into consideration when fans argue about the best stadiums in the world.

And a recent poll to determine which ground holds that honour has revealed some surprising results.

 Boca Juniors' La Bombonera home in Buenos Aires is one of the most iconic stadiums in the world

Boca Juniors’ La Bombonera home in Buenos Aires is one of the most iconic stadiums in the worldCredit: Getty

 Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium is also one of the most well known

Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium is also one of the most well knownCredit: Getty

Tottenham recently splashed out a staggering £1BILLION on their new North London home which only ranks 21st despite being the most expensive stadium ever built.

And surprisingly at No1 spot is a stadium in Egypt.

Here SunSport reveals the results of the poll conducted by Marca.

1 CAIRO INTERNATIONAL STADIUM

Home team: Al Ahly

Capacity: 75,000

Location: Cairo, Egypt

 Cairo International Stadium

Cairo International StadiumCredit: Getty – Contributor

2 SANTIAGO BERNABEU

Home team: Real Madrid

Capacity: 81,044

Location: Madrid, Spain

 Santiago Bernabeu stadium

Santiago Bernabeu stadiumCredit: Getty – Contributor

3 NOU CAMP

Home team: Barcelona

Capacity: 99,354

Location: Barcelona, Spain

 Nou Camp

Nou CampCredit: Getty

4 MOUNUMENTAL DE CHILE

Home team: Colo Colo

Capacity: 47,347

Location: Santiago, Chile

 Monumental de Chile

Monumental de ChileCredit: Getty

5 SAN MAMES

Home team: Athletic Bilbao

Capacity: 53,289

Location: Bilbao, Spain

 San Mames stadium

San Mames stadiumCredit: Getty – Contributor

6 WANDA METROPOLITANO

Home team: Atletico Madrid

Capacity: 68,456

Location: Madrid, Spain

 Wanda Metropolitano

Wanda MetropolitanoCredit: Getty – Contributor

7 ANFIELD

Home team: Liverpool

Capacity: 54,074

Location: Liverpool, England

 Anfield

AnfieldCredit: Getty

8 LA BOMBONERA

Home team: Boca Juniors

Capacity: 49,000

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

 Boca Juniors' La Bomonera

Boca Juniors’ La BomoneraCredit: Getty

9 SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Home team: Borussia Dortmund

Capacity: 81,360

Location: Dortmund, Germany

 Westfalenstadion

WestfalenstadionCredit: Getty – Contributor

10 MOHAMED V

Home team: Raja and Wydad Casablanca

Capacity: 52,000

Location: Casablanca, Morocco

 Mohamed V Stadium - Casablanca

Mohamed V Stadium – CasablancaCredit: Africa Cup of Nations

11 STADE OLYMPIQUE DE RADES

Home team: Tunisian national team

Capacity: 60,000

Location: Rades, Tunisia

 Stade Olympique de Rades

Stade Olympique de RadesCredit: Getty

12 WEMBLEY

Home team: England national team

Capacity: 90,000

Location: London, England

 Wembley Stadium

Wembley StadiumCredit: Alamy

13 OLD TRAFFORD

Home team: Manchester United

Capacity: 76,000

Location: Manchester, England

 Old Trafford

Old TraffordCredit: PA:Press Association

14 MARACANA

Home team: Brazil national team, Flamengo, Fluminense

Capacity: 78,838

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Maracana stadium

Maracana stadiumCredit: Getty

15 SAN SIRO

Home team: AC Milan, Inter Milan

Capacity: 80,018

Location: Milan, Italy

 San Siro

San SiroCredit: Getty

16 ALLIANZ ARENA

Home team: Bayern Munich

Capacity: 75,024

Location: Munich, Germany

 Allianz Arena

Allianz ArenaCredit: Getty – Contributor

17 STADE VELODROME

Home team: Marseille

Capacity: 67,394

Location: Marseille, France

 Stade Velodrome

Stade VelodromeCredit: Getty – Contributor

18 ESTADIO DA LUZ

Home team: Benfica

Capacity: 65,647

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon

Estadio da Luz, LisbonCredit: Getty

19 JOHAN CRUYFF ARENA

Home team: Ajax

Capacity: 54,990

Location: Amsterdam, Holland

 Johan Cruyff arena

Johan Cruyff arenaCredit: Getty – Contributor

20 MOUNUMENTAL

Home team: River Plate

Capacity: 70,074

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

 Monumental, Buenos Aires

Monumental, Buenos AiresCredit: AFP

21 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

Home team: Tottenham Hotspur

Capacity: 62,303

Location: London, England

 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur StadiumCredit: Getty

22 ESTADIO AZTECA

Home team: Mexico national team, Club America and Cruz Azul

Capacity: 87,523

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

 Estadio Azteca

Estadio AztecaCredit: Getty

23 SOCCER CITY STADIUM

Home team: South Africa national team, Kaizer Chiefs

Capacity: 94,736

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

 Soccer City Stadium

Soccer City StadiumCredit: Getty – Contributor

24 CELTIC PARK

Home team: Celtic

Capacity: 60,411

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

 Celtic Park

Celtic ParkCredit: PA:Press Association

25 AZADI STADIUM

Home team: Iran national team

Capacity: 78,116

Location: Tehran, Iran

 Azadi Stadium

Azadi StadiumCredit: Getty

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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