| Toumba Stadium |
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| Capacity: 28,701 (seated) |
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The stadium is located in Thessaloniki, 500 km north of Athens. Thessaloniki
has an international airport, but you may also get there by train.
The stadium itself is located in the Toumba district, an eastern quarter
of Thessaloniki.
Access by car (Egnatia Street, then left into Gregoriou Lambraki Street) or by bus: - #12 from central Mitropoleos Street, get off at "Gipedo PAOK", or - either #14 or #37 from Egnatia Street, get off at "Agia Varvara". |
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| Built in: 1959 (Latest redevelopment in 2004) |
| Record attendance: 45,252 (PAOK FC vs AEK FC - on 19/12/1976) |
| Home of: PAOK FC (Superleague) |
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data: Its official name is simply "PAOK Stadium". However,
everyone refers to it with the name of the district in which it is
built: Toumba (it is an idiom meaning "small round hill").
Toumba has hosted a few games of the Greek National Team. It has also been the venue for 3 Greek Cup finals. The capacity of the stadium was for years over 40,000. In 1998 seats were installed on all stands, reducing it to 32,000. The introduction of security zones in 2000 further reduced capacity to 28,701. See what Toumba Stadium looked like until 2003: 1 2 3 4 5 6. |
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Toumba
Stadium was selected as one of the training venues for the football
tournament of the 2004 Olympic Games. This meant that it had to be
upgraded. The relevant works commenced in 2003 and the stadium was
again ready to be used in the summer of 2004, boasting a brand new
look. If you want to get inside Toumba Stadium, click on the next
icon ->
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The most important modification was the construction of a new four-storey
building behind the main west stand (gates 1-2). This houses a number
of VIP boxes and a VIP lounge, service areas for the TV and the Press,
new club offices etc. A new roof was also installed over the west
stand. Other works that took place included new seats, upgrading of
dressing rooms, new pitch and re-enforcement of the concrete pillars
below the north curved stand (gates 4-4a).
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| Toumba Stadium is owned by AS PAOK amateur club. |
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