St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity was increased to 42,500 for Euro 2008, which was hosted by Austria and Switzerland.www.fcb.ch After the tournament, a number of seats were removed, thus creating more space between them. The capacity was therefore reduced to 38,512 for Swiss Super League matches or 37,500 seats for international matcheswww.baselunited.ch The maximum capacity for concerts is 40,000.

The stadium is named after the village of St. Jakob an der Birs, which stood on the site. The name "Joggeli" is the diminutive of "Jakob" in the local dialect, making it the equivalent of "Jake".

Overview The stadium is divided into four main blocks, A, B, C and D, each block covering one side of the stadium, and block G, consisting of the upper balcony added later. St. Jakob Park is a fairly modern stadium; construction started on 13 December 1998, replacing the former St. Jakob Stadium. The re-opening game took place on 15 March 2001.

The "Genossenschaft S.J.P" officially owns the stadium, while the stadium itself is managed by "Basel United". The stadium cost around CHF 220 million to build (US$132 million, €143 million in March 2001).

Within the stadium, there are 32 shops on three different floors, as well as two restaurants (the "Restaurant UNO" and "Hattrick Sports Bar"). It has parking spaces for 680 cars on two different floors.

The stadium can be reached either by bus, tram or train (the stadium has its own train station).

The stadium has been awarded 4 stars by UEFA, which is the highest number of stars that can be awarded to a stadium of that size.

In 2006, there was a riot after a match between FC Basel and FC Zürich. See 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident for more details.

UEFA Euro 2008

For UEFA Euro 2008, St. Jakob Park hosted six games – three group games involving Switzerland (including the opening match), two quarter-finals, and one semi-final. Torrential rain during the 11 June match left the pitch in such a poor state that the entire grass surface was re-laid, the first time such a decision was made at a tournament of this size.

DateTime (CET)Team #1ResultTeam #2RoundSpectators7 June 200818:000–139,73011 June 200820:451–215 June 200820:452–019 June 200820:452–339,37421 June 200820:451–3 38,37425 June 20083–239,374

UEFA Europa League Final 2016

The stadium hosted the 2016 final of the Europa League. Sevilla beat Liverpool 3–1.

This was the first European club final hosted at the stadium, although the previous stadium of the same name, the St. Jakob Stadium, which opened in 1954 for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and closed in 1998, hosted four European Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1969, 1975, 1979 and 1984.

UEFA Women's Euro 2025

For UEFA Women's Euro 2025, St. Jakob Park hosted five games – three group games (including Switzerland in the opening match), one quarter-final, and the final.

DateTime (CET)Team #1ResultTeam #2RoundSpectators2 July 202521:00 1–2 34,0638 July 202518:00 2–1 34,16513 July 202521:00 2–5 34,133 19 July 202521:00 1–1(5–6 pen.) 34,12827 July 202518:001–1 (3–1 pen.) 34,203

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International matches

Date Result Competition 21 August 2002 3–2 Friendly 8 September 2002 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 7 June 2003 2–2 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 11 October 2003 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 2 June 2004 0–2 Friendly 4 September 2004 6–0 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification 8 September 2004 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification 3 September 2005 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification 1 March 2006 3–2 Friendly 27 May 2006 1–1 Friendly 2 September 2006 1–0 Friendly 6 September 2006 0–1 Friendly 15 November 2006 1–2 Friendly 2 June 2007 1–1 Friendly 17 October 2007 0–1 Friendly 26 March 2008 0–4 Friendly 12 August 2009 0–0 Friendly 5 September 2009 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification 14 October 2009 0–0 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification 7 September 2010 1–3 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 12 October 2010 4–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 6 September 2011 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 11 October 2011 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 26 May 2012 5–3 Friendly 14 August 2013 1–0 Friendly 8 September 2014 0–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 5 September 2015 3–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 6 September 2016 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 7 October 2017 5–2 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 12 November 2017 0–0 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 26 March 2019 3–3 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 6 September 2020 1–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League 14 November 2020 1–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League 1 September 2021 2–1 Friendly 5 September 2021 0–0 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification 18 November 2023 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 5 September 2025 4–0 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification 8 September 2025 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification 27 March 2026 3–4 Friendly

Concerts AC/DC performed as the first act at the stadium on 6 July 2001, as part of their Stiff Upper Lip tour. Metallica also performed at the venue on 4 July 2014, as part of their By Request tour. The stadium hosted a public screening of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on 17 May 2025.

See also List of football stadiums in Switzerland Lists of stadiums

References

External links

St. Jakob-Park