Stade de la Maladière is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (F ...

. The stadium holds 12,000. It replaced the old Stade de la Maladière.

History

The stadium opened in February 2007, with Neuchatel Xamax defeating

La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city l ...

by a scoreline of 3–2 in front of a sell-out crowd of 12,000 people. The stadium complex was officially inaugurated in June 2007. The complex includes a shopping mall underneath the stadium, a fire house, and six gymnasiums. A small piece of the roof fell off in July 2007. The stadium has used a synthetic turf since its opening. The turf was replaced in 2015. Portugal used the stadium as a training base for

Euro 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of Europea ...

. The European Rugby headquarters moved to the stadium site in 2014. La Maladiere.JPG Stade.de.maladiere.sud..jpg

References

Maladiere Neuchâtel Multi-purpose stadiums in Switzerland Buildings and structures in the canton of Neuchâtel Sport in Neuchâtel 2007 establishments in Switzerland Sports venues completed in 2007 21st-century architecture in Switzerland {{Switzerland-sports-venue-stub