, currently known as for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of club Kashima Antlers. The stadium has a capacity of 40,728.Stadium Equipment Outline
In 2025, e-commerce company Mercari, the owner of the Kashima Antlers since 2019, acquired the naming rights to the stadium and gave it the "nickname" Mercari Stadium, by which it would be referred in matches and events, while the official name remained unchanged.
Before the creation of the J. League, Kashima's forerunner, Sumitomo Steel S.C., played at the nearby Sumitomo Steel plant's athletic grounds.
2002 FIFA World Cup Kashima Soccer Stadium hosted the following three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
DateTime (JST)Team 1ResultTeam 2RoundAttendance2 June 200214.301–0Group F34,0505 June 200220.301–1Group E35,8548 June 200218.001–2Group G36,472
Football at the 2020 Olympic Games +Men's TournamentDateTime (JST)Team 1ResultTeam 2RoundAttendance22 July 202117.001–0Group B022 July 202120.000–1Group B025 July 202117.002–3Group B025 July 202120.000–4Group B031 July 202118.000–0(a.e.t.)(4–2 pen)Quarter-finals03 August 202117.000–0(a.e.t.)(1–4 pen)Semi-finals0
+Women's TournamentDateTime (JST)Team 1ResultTeam 2RoundAttendance27 July 202120.001–1Group E027 July 202117.000–0Group G030 July 202118.003–4(a.e.t.)Quarter-finals02 August 202117.000–1Semi-finals05 August 202117.003–4Bronze Medal match0
Other uses In 2023, the girl group Hinatazaka46 released the music video for "Tomo yo, Ichibanboshi da", filmed primarily at the stadium.
See also List of football stadiums in Japan Lists of stadiums
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