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The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy, located at geographical coordinates . It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League teams: A.C. Milan and Internazionale, and one of the most famous soccer stadia in the world. Although it has been officially renamed Giuseppe Meazza in honour of the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called the San Siro.
The stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district of the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of A.C. Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on 19 September, 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter defeat A.C. Milan 6-3. Actually, during the first years the stadium was property of A.C. Milan and only A.C. Milan played its home matches there. Then in 1935 the "Comune di Milano" (city council) bought the stadium and this allowed the stadium itself to be renovated. Internazionale started to play its home matches in the San Siro stadium only in 1947.
San Siro is one of the top 28 European football stadiums rated "UEFA 5 star stadiums" by UEFA.
Average attendances
| 1986/87 | 66,210 | 53,215 | |
| 1987/88 | 73,284 | 47,812 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 1988/89 | 73,209 | 58,175 | Inter Serie A winners, Milan UEFA Champions League winners |
| 1989/90 | 59,054 | 50,142 | Milan UEFA Champions League winners |
| 1990/91 | 77,488 | 54,946 | Inter UEFA Cup winners |
| 1991/92 | 77,868 | 48,783 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 1992/93 | 75,830 | 45,126 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 1993/94 | 65,708 | 49,469 | Milan Serie A winners and UEFA Champions League winners, Inter UEFA Cup winners |
| 1994/95 | 56,659 | 40,523 | |
| 1995/96 | 60,973 | 46,873 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 1996/97 | 55,894 | 50,806 | |
| 1997/98 | 54,432 | 67,825 | Inter UEFA Cup winners |
| 1998/99 | 57,760 | 68,459 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 1999/2000 | 58,522 | 66,546 | |
| 2000/01 | 52,304 | 55,582 | |
| 2001/02 | 58,616 | 62,434 | |
| 2002/03 | 61, 534 | 61, 943 | Milan Coppa Italia winners and UEFA Champions League winners |
| 2003/04 | 63,245 | 58,352 | Milan Serie A winners |
| 2004/05 | 63,595 | 57,295 | Inter Coppa Italia winners |
| 2005/06 | 59,993 | 51,371 | Inter Coppa Italia winners |
Renovations
- 1939 End stands enlarged and corners filled in. A crowd of 55,000 for Italy 2 England 2.
- 1940 65,000 for Italy v Germany.
- 1956 Completion of two tiers giving a claimed capacity of 150,000 but actually around 100,000. Opened in April 25, in front of 125,000 spectators for Italia - Brasil 3-0 (Goals: Virgili 2, De Sordi). After the Heysel tragedy the capacity was reduced to 90,000 in the mid 80's.
- 1987, as a preparation for the 1990 World Cup the Italian government gave the Milanese council $30 million for its modernization, but in the end, the cost was more than double that. Project 1990 by Ragazzi e Hoffner e Salvi: 11 concrete towers of 50 meters high.
- 1990 Third tier completed on three sides giving an all seated capacity of 88,500.
- 2002 Sky Box: 20 for 200 seats. 400 all-seats for journalists.
- 2003 85,700 all-seats
- Length: 105 metres
- Width: 68 metres
- Surface: Grass
- Inauguration: September 19 1926
- Address: Via Piccolomini 5, 20151 Milan
Most famous matches
- 1934 Italy - Austria 1-0 (semi-final World Cup)
- 1949 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 6-5 (Serie A)
- 1958 A.C. Milan - Manchester United 4-0 (SF European Cup)
- 1963 A.C. Milan - Santos 4-2 (Intercontinental Cup)
- 1964 Internazionale - Independiente Avellaneda 2-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
- 1965 Internazionale - Liverpool 3-0 (SF European Cup)
- 1965 Internazionale - Benfica 1-0 (European Cup Final)
- 1965 Internazionale - Independiente Avellaneda 3-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
- 1969 A.C. Milan - Manchester United 2-0 (SF European Cup)
- 1969 A.C. Milan - Estudiantes La Plata 3-0 (Intercontinental Cup)
- 1970 Feyenoord - Celtic 2-1 (European Cup Final)
- 1989 A.C. Milan - Real Madrid 5-0 (SF European Cup)
- 1990 Cameroon - Argentina 1-0 (World Cup Partita Inaugurale)
- 1991 Internazionale - A.S. Roma 2-0 (UEFA Cup Final)
- 1994 Internazionale - SV Salzberg 1-0 (UEFA Cup Final)
- 1995 Juventus - Parma 1-1 (UEFA Cup Final)
- 1997 Internazionale - Schalke 04 1-0 on penalties (UEFA Cup Final)
- 2001 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 0-6 (Serie A)
- 2001 Bayern Munich - Valencia 5-4 (pen) (UEFA Champions League Final)
- 2003 A.C. Milan - Internazionale 0-0 (UEFA Champions League semifinal, first leg)
- 2003 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 1-1 (UEFA Champions League semifinal, second leg)
- 2005 A.C. Milan - Internazionale 2-0 (UEFA Champions League quarterfinal, first leg)
- 2005 Internazionale - A.C. Milan 0-1 (UEFA Champions League quarterfinal, second leg) - (Match abandoned due to crowd violence after 73 minutes)
San Siro Photo Gallery
External links
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