Featured image credit: Estadio Olimpico de la Cartuja/CC BY 3.0/Edited for size
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has today (Tuesday) presented a plan to build a new stadium that would serve as the home of the Spanish national team.
RFEF president Luis Rubiales revealed that the idea drawn up by the governing body’s board of directors proposes a stadium with a capacity of between 30,000 and 40,000.
The stadium would be built on land acquired by the RFEF and feature office space for the organisation. As well as hosting national team games, the stadium could stage the Copa del Rey final.
The Spanish national team currently plays matches at various stadiums across the country. In recent years, Seville’s Estadio de la Cartuja (pictured) has hosted the Copa del Rey final and the same stadium was selected as Spain’s venue during the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 national team tournament.
The RFEF is currently headquartered at the Ciudad del Fútbol complex in Madrid. The governing body does not own the complex and currently has a 75-year lease deal to base itself there.
The RFEF is set to present a more detailed vision for the stadium project at its assembly meeting in December.
Rubiales said: “We deserve to have a heritage and we want the assembly to support us in the idea of building a national stadium. We want a stadium with between 30,000 and 40,000 spectators that has its offices, sports and administrative land, with land belonging to the federation.”
Spain’s most recent home Euro 2024 qualifier against Norway took place at Málaga’s La Rosaleda stadium. Other venues used by the national team recently include La Romareda in Zaragoza, Seville’s Estadio Benito Villamarín, and Estadio Municipal de Riazor in A Coruña.
Spain is bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Portugal. The RFEF last year revealed a shortlist of 15 venues that are seeking to stage matches during the tournament.
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