Pori Stadium () is a

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Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

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. It is currently used primarily for

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and stadium is the home of

FC Jazz Football Club Jazz, commonly known as just Jazz, is a Finnish Association football, football club based in Pori, which plays in the Finnish third tier, Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit. PPT changed its name to FC Jazz ...

. It is also the former home ground of

FC PoPa Porin Palloilijat or formerly FC PoPa is a Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football club, based in the city of Pori in Finland. The club currently plays in the Vitonen, the seventh highest level of Finnish football league system, Finnish fo ...

and

Musan Salama Musan Salama (), commonly abbreviated MuSa, is a Association football, football club based in Pori, Finland, playing in the Finnish fifth tier Kolmonen as of the 2024 season. It was founded in 1960 in the Musa (Pori), Musa suburb of Pori as a foo ...

. Pori Stadium is located at Isomäki sports center some two kilometres south of the city. Stadium is sometimes nicknamed as the ''Stadium of Eternal Wind'' due to windy conditions that are common on the stadium and its surroundings. By the main entrance is a

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er statue by Finnish sculptor

Kalervo Kallio Niilo Kalervo Kallio (28 March 1909 – 2 November 1969) was a Finnish sculptor. He was the son of the fourth president of Finland, Kyösti Kallio.Matti Järvinen Matti Henrikki Järvinen (18 February 1909 – 22 July 1985) was a Finnish javelin thrower. He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics ahead of two other Finns, Matti Sippala and Eino Penttilä, with a throw of 72.71 metres. Fo ...

's gold medal throw at the

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History

Pori Stadium was built in 1963–1965. It is the third main stadium in Pori replacing the 1935 opened Herralahti Stadium. The football ground was built first and the opening match was played in May 1963. Stadium was completed two years later as the stands and other facilities were finished. During its history, Pori Stadium has been renovated three times. The latest uplift in 1999–2000 was made to implement new stands and lights.Pori Football History 1960–1979
(in Finnish). Retrieved 17 June 2013.

Finland national football team The Finland national football team (, ) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body for football in Finland, which was founded in 1907. The team ...

has played twice at Pori Stadium. May 1984 Finland beat

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in the

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and three years later Finnish Olympic team played against

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.Football Internationals at Satakunta Region
(in Finnish). Retrieved 17 June 2013. Pori Stadium was the venue of 1993

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final. The

Finnish Championships in Athletics The Finnish Athletics Championships, which are known as ''Kalevan kisat'' in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. Since then, they have been held in a different location every year. In the beginning, women were not allowed to compete in t ...

, Kalevan kisat -games, have been competed at Pori Stadium in 1967, 1983, 2005 and 2015. Attendance record 12,050 was made at 1967 Kalevan kisat. The record in football matches is 11,193 in October 1993 as

played its season's last game against MyPa with the national title on the line.

Football internationals at Pori Stadium

References

External links

* {{commons category-inline, Pori Stadium
Pori Stadium in European Football Magazine
Football venues in Finland Athletics (track and field) venues in Finland Buildings and structures in Pori Sports venues completed in 1965 Porin Ässät (men's football) 1965 establishments in Finland Sport in Pori FC Jazz Musan Salama