Jan Breydel Stadium (, ) is a

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

Sint-Andries Sint-Andries () is a sub-municipality of the city of Bruges located in the province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1971. On 1 January 1971, it was merged into Bruges. The Jan Breydel Stadium, whe ...

Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. The city-owned stadium is the home stadium of two top-flight association football clubs and rivals,

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

and

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. Their matricule number is 12. The club plays home games at the 29 ...

. It is used mainly for football matches, which cost between €5 and €60/seat/match. The stadium was built in 1975. It currently has 29,042 seats. It is named after

Jan Breydel Jan Breydel (; between 1328 and 1333) is credited with leading the Bruges Matins (''Brugse Metten''), a violent uprising against Philip the Fair. He is said to have played a major role in the Franco-Flemish War, even though his authenticity h ...

, an instigator of the Bruges Matins, the insurgency that led to the 1302

Battle of the Golden Spurs The Battle of the Golden Spurs (; ) or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of Kingdom of France, France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flem ...

. Prior to 1999 and the Euro 2000 Championship, the stadium was known as Olympiastadion and had 18,000 seats. During December 2015, the pitch was resurfaced with an Italian proprietary hybrid grass (a mix of natural and artificial grass) called Mixto.

Average attendances

Below are the average season attendances from league matches held at the Jan Breydel for Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge. Attendance for matches of the latter has been much higher than those of Cercle Brugge.

Euro 2000 Matches

References

External links

www.clubbrugge.be

www.cerclebrugge.be

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