The San Marino Stadium (formerly Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle) is a

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in Serravalle,

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

. First opened in 1969, it is currently used mostly for

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matches. It is the national stadium of San Marino.

Overview

The stadium was named "olympic" in 1985, on the occasion of the first

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sponsored by the

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. From 1969 till 2019, the stadium was used by

ASD Victor San Marino Associazione Camachista San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino Calcio, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted i ...

for its home games. It was also used by Serravalle-based football club A.C. Juvenes/Dogana for its home games in the Italian league until the side withdrew in 2007 to concentrate only on the Sammarinese Championship. It is an all-seater stadium with a maximum capacity of 4,798. It has hosted teams such as

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, the

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and

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. The San Marino national team's three biggest defeats at the stadium are 13–0 to Germany in September 2006, 10–0 to England in 2021, and joint third are two 8–0 defeats in 2013 to both England and Ukraine. The national team's only wins were also in this stadium — a friendly 1–0 beating of

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in April 2004, and a win over the same opponents by the same scoreline in the

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in September 2024. San Marino's first official international match, which was a 4–0 defeat to

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, was also played here. In 2014, at the stadium, the San Marino national team earned its first ever point in European Championship qualifying, in a 0–0 draw with

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. It is home to the youth teams of San Marino, some of which have worse records on the international stage than the senior team; though their Under-21 side did record a shock 1–0 win over their Welsh counterparts in 2013. On 2 September 2014, the stadium was renamed ''San Marino Stadium'' in the presence of San Marino football officials, who presented improvements and additions to the facility, including new changing rooms, a gym, and a TV studio. The stadium hosted matches at the

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. The final of the San Marino domestic cup, the

Coppa Titano The Coppa Titano is the national football (soccer), football cup of San Marino. It was first awarded in 1937. Cup Winners *1937 : A.C. Libertas, Libertas ''not played from 1938 to 1949'' *1950 : A.C. Libertas, Libertas ''not played from 1951 to 19 ...

, is also played here each year. The stadium typically hosts home matches for San Marino teams in

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competitions.

References

External links

World Stadium article
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San Marino Calcio Multi-purpose stadiums in San Marino

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