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Asito Stadion, formerly the Erve Asito () and the Polman Stadion, is a multi-use 
The stadium was opened on 10 September 1999 followed by the opening match against
stadiumguide.com, retrieved 2013-06-07 On 1 July 2019, the name of the stadium was changed to Erve Asito as part of a 10-year sponsorship agreement. Since the 2024-25 season the name is changed to Asito Stadion.
stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
in Almelo
Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek.
Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...
, Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
matches. The stadium has a capacity of 12.080 spectators and was built in 1999. It is the official stadium of Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
side Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...
.
The stadium was opened on 10 September 1999 followed by the opening match against FC Zwolle
Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...
. Heracles player Job ten Thije scored the first goal in the Polman Stadium. In 2005 the capacity of the stadium was expanded from 6,900 to 8,500 seats of which 400 are available for the supporters of the visiting team. In 2015 the capacity was expanded to 12,080 seats.Polman Stadionstadiumguide.com, retrieved 2013-06-07 On 1 July 2019, the name of the stadium was changed to Erve Asito as part of a 10-year sponsorship agreement. Since the 2024-25 season the name is changed to Asito Stadion.
See also
*List of football stadiums in the Netherlands
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* Lists of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
*List of stadiums by capacity
* List of c ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asito stadion Football venues in the Netherlands Heracles Almelo Sports venues in Overijssel