Top 5 football stadiums based on seating capacity

3. Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (MEXICO)

Capacity - 87,000

Home stadium - Club América ,Cruz Azul , Mexico national football team

Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca officially opened on 29 May 1966 with a friendly match between América and Italian side Torino (2-2 result). During the 1970 World Cup, it hosted a total of 10 matches, among which a semi-final and the final between Brazil and Italy (4-1 result).

Sixteen years later, Estadio Azteca again hosted a World Cup final, and until 2014 it had been the only stadium to host two World Cup finals (now sharing the record with Maracana). The stadium had received a small renovation before the start of the World Cup and went on to host 9 matches, among which the famous quarter-final between Argentina and England (2-1), a semi-final, and the final between Argentina and Germany (3-2).

In the following decades, safety measures brought back capacity from 115,000 in 1986 to around 100,000 in the 2000s. In 2016, the stadium underwent a large refurbishment including the addition of VIP facilities, which reduced capacity to 84,000 seats.

The stadium was also the principal venue for the football tournament of the 1968 summer Olympics.