Söderstadion ''(translated in English as Southern Stadium)'' was a football and

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in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened in 1966 and closed in 2013, being replaced by nearby

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. Söderstadion had a capacity of 12,800 depending on usage. A record attendance of 22,000 was set on 31 October 1982, when

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faced

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. There had already existed stadiums at the site, the earliest opened in 1918 under the name

Johanneshovs Idrottsplats Johanneshovs IP was a football stadium in Stockholm, Sweden and the former home stadium for the football team Hammarby IF before the construction of Söderstadion. It was founded in 1928 and was demolished in 1964 when Söderstadion was built o ...

. After the stadium was closed, the site will now be used for new apartment buildings.

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

was played at Söderstadion wintertime until 1989 and the Swedish championship final was traditionally played there. The

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final was played at the arena (2nd half of the video). The last bandy match at the stadium was the Swedish final of 1989. The home team Hammarby, the 2010 and 2013 Swedish champions, now plays at

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. The arena has also been used for

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Replacement

Before the Stockholm municipal elections of 2006, the centre-right parties of Stockholm promised that a new stadium would be built if the municipal elections were won. On 28 June 2007 plans for a new stadium were officially announced. The last football game at Söderstadion was played on the 23 June 2013 when

played against Ängelholms FF in the 13th round of

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. The game ended 1–1 with Hammarby securing a late draw when

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scored the last goal at Söderstadion.

Communication

The stadium was located just next to the

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. It was most easily reached from the

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stations

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Globen Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockho ...

Trivia

The stadium is mentioned by its old name in the movie

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(1985), where the main character tells the audience of a motorcycle

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that occurred during a motorcycle show performed there.

External links

Söderstadion
- official site
Hammarby IF presentation

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstadion Bandy venues in Sweden Football venues in Sweden Sports venues in Stockholm Football venues in Stockholm Swedish Bandy Final venues Bandy World Championships stadiums Sports venues completed in 1966 1966 establishments in Sweden Sports venues demolished in 2015 2013 disestablishments in Sweden Defunct football venues in Sweden

Replacement

Communication

Trivia

See also

External links

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