Stadio Euganeo is a football stadium in

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, Italy. It is also used for athletics, concerts, rugby league and rugby union. It replaced the old and historical Appiani stadium. From 1994 to the present, it is the home of

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. It has a total capacity of 32,420. Due to strict Italian laws about security in football matches, for football only the stadium capacity can be reduced to 18,060 places. It also played temporary host to

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for their first few matches in

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in the 2005–06 season, as their ground,

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, was deemed unfit; and to

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, when playing her first two

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championships in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. By 2010–2011 season it has been used also for the home matches of the second football team of the city,

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, playing in

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. Euganeo hosted the international rugby match

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- Australia (20–30) on 8 November 2008, with an attendance of about 30,000 people, likely being the most attended rugby match in Italy. On 22 November 2014, it hosted Italy's end-of-year rugby union international against

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who won 22–6. The original Stadio Euganeo had previously hosted a

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international between

and Australia on 23 January 1960. Played as part of the 1959-60 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, the Kangaroos defeated the home side 37–15 in front of a modest crowd of 3,500 curious fans.1959-60 Kangaroo Tour - Italy vs Australia
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