Makedonikos Stadium (

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: Γήπεδο Μακεδονικού / Gipedo Makedonikou) is a

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located in

Efkarpia Efkarpia () is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the mu ...

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

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. It is home to Makedonikos football club. The stadium was also used by Iraklis FC for two seasons when the

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was under renovation for Athens 2004 Olympics. For that reason, during 2002, it was upgraded to meet Greece 1st division standards. On 5 June 1983, its record attendance was set with ''9,422'' attendants for the match

Makedonikos FC Makedonikos Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Neapoli and most of its fans come from this area, though the club is famous in all westside areas of Thessaloniki. History Th ...

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. It has also been used for live concerts by

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