Stadium Presentation
CHAMPIONS
UEFA Champions League Venues.
Stadio delle Alpi
Few football grounds can have been so
controversial. Juventus decided to play
the home leg of the European Super
Cup in Palermo instead of the Stadio
delle Alpi amid fierce debate in Turin
about the club's future in the stadium.
Two seasons ago, the Italian club also
switched the home legs of the UEFA
Cup semi-final and final to Milan.
Yet the problems are purely administra
tive. The Stadio delle Alpi was one of
the two completely new venues con
structed for the 1990 World Cup finals
(the other was in Bari) and was the
stage for the dramatic semi-final
between Germany and England, deci
ded in a panalty shoot-out. The inau
gural match was played on 31 May
1990 when a Juventus/Torino select
side took on FC Porto before a crowd
of... 70,020! The eliptically-shaped sta
dium, built between the Strada
Altessano and the Viale Grande Torino
some 10 kilometres from the citycentre,
is recognised as one of the most attrac
tive in Europe and, at the start of this
season, was one of the seven venues
included in UEFA's five-star category.
As one might expect of a new stadium,
the facilities at the Stadio delle Alpi are
ultramodern, with covered parking for
4,000 vehicles, media areas designed
to cope with top-level events and a
capacity of 69,041It has been
Juventus1 home since the club left the
old Stadio Communale.
LEAGUE
Stadio delle
Alpi in Turin
PHOTO:
ENRICO
CALDERONI
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