Pori Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Pori Stadium
Location:Pori, Finland
Opened:1965
Renovated:1981, 1990, 1999–2000
Owner:City of Pori
Surface:Grass, heated
Tenants:FC Jazz
Musan Salama (2019–2022)
Seating Capacity:12,300 (4,094 seated)
Dimensions:103 × 67 m

Pori Stadium (Finnish: Porin stadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Pori, Finland. It is currently used primarily for football and stadium is the home of FC Jazz. It is also the former home ground of FC PoPa and Musan Salama.

Pori Stadium is located at Isomäki sports center some two kilometres south of the city.[1] Stadium is sometimes nicknamed as the Stadium of Eternal Wind due to windy conditions that are common on the stadium and its surroundings. By the main entrance is a javelin thrower statue by Finnish sculptor Kalervo Kallio which is inspired by Matti Järvinen's gold medal throw at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

History

Pori Stadium was built in 1963–1965. It is the third main stadium in Pori replacing the 1935 opened Herralahti Stadium. The football ground was built first and the opening match was played in May 1963. Stadium was completed two years later as the stands and other facilities were finished. During its history, Pori Stadium has been renovated three times. The latest uplift in 1999–2000 was made to implement new stands and lights.[2]

Finland national football team has played twice at Pori Stadium. May 1984 Finland beat Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualification and three years later Finnish Olympic team played against Austria.[3] Pori Stadium was the venue of 1993 Finnish Cup final. The Finnish Championships in Athletics, Kalevan kisat -games, have been competed at Pori Stadium in 1967, 1983, 2005 and 2015.

Attendance record 12,050 was made at 1967 Kalevan kisat. The record in football matches is 11,193 in October 1993 as FC Jazz played its season's last game against MyPa with the national title on the line.[2]

Football internationals at Pori Stadium

Date Level Teams Result Attendance
12 May 1966 U-23 friendly align=center 0–2 align=center 1,831
10 September 1968 U-18 friendly align=center 1–1 align=center 600
27 June 1978 U-21 friendly align=center 0–2 align=center 1,506
27 May 1984 align=center 1–0 align=center 8,155
24 August 1985 Women's friendly align=center 1–0 align=center 2,352
12 May 1987 align=center 2–1 align=center 3,912
28 August 1990 U-16 friendly align=center 2–2 align=center 3,300
12 May 1993 align=center 2–0 align=center 3,682
9 October 2004 align=center 0–1 align=center 1,300
27 July 2009 Women's friendly align=center 1–3 align=center 2,712
3 September 2010 align=center 2–0 align=center 1,651
10 August 2011 align=center 1–0 align=center 2,318

References

  1. http://www.pori.fi/vapaa-aika/liikuntapaikat/stadion.html City of Pori
  2. http://www.jukkajoutsi.com/porifutis2.html Pori Football History 1960–1979
  3. http://www.splsatakunta.fi/suomiarmeniamaaottelut.htm Football Internationals at Satakunta Region

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