Stade Louis II

Club: AS Monaco FC

Opening: 1985

Capacity: 18,523 seats

The stadium is named after Louis II, Prince of Monaco, who was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco when the original stadium was built.

Stade Louis II has been the host of annual UEFA Super Cup since it became a single match in 1998. However, this will end in 2013 when the match will start to get spread out over other venues.

Stade de France

Club: none

Opening: 1998

Capacity: 80,000 seats

Stade de France is the largest stadium in France and the stadium where the French national team plays its most important home matches.

it the sixth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for international competition.

Stade de France is expected to again host the final of a major tournament when in 2016 the European Championships are played in France.

Architect: Michel Macary, Aymeric Zublena, Michel Regembal, Claude Constantini.

Parc des Princes

Club: Paris Saint-Germain FC

Opening: 1972

Capacity: 48,527 seats

Parc de Princes was built to provide the city of Paris with a modern venue for important rugby and football matches. The stadium replaced the old Vélodrome, that had stood in its place since 1897.

Paris Saint-Germain’s new ownership initially contemplated a large expansion or even rebuilding of the stadium, however have since decided to postpone major redevelopments until after the European Championships. Instead, the stadium will only receive a minor refurbishment, leaving capacity as it is.

Architect Roger Taillibert, Siavash Teimouri

Amsterdam Arena

Club: AFC Ajax

Opening: 1996

Capacity: 53,052 seats

The Amsterdam Arena was built between 1993 and 1996. It replaced Ajax’s previous home De Meer, which with a capacity of 19,000 seats, had become too small for the club.

The construction of the Amsterdam Arena cost €140 million.

The stadium combines a retractable roof with a grass surface. This caused some problems in the beginning: the grass rolls would not grow in the shade of the open roof and had to be replaced up to four times a year.

In recent years plans were made to increase the capacity of the arena, but these were attached to a Dutch-Belgian 2018 World Cup bid, and now this bid has failed they are unlikely to get executed.

San Siro

Clubs: AC Milan and FC Internazionale
Opening: 1926
Capacity: 80,018 seats

Stadio San Siro was a project of AC Milan president Piero Pirelli.
The 80,000 capacity San Siro is the home of two of Europe’s greatest football clubs.
In 1945, Milan had been the sole occupant of San Siro, but were then joined by Inter, who had before played at the Arena Civica.
In early 2012, Inter announced the intention to build a new club-owned stadium, which they hope to move into in 2016. Further details are expected later in 2012. AC Milan is likely to stay at San Siro.

Santiago Bernabéu

Club: Real Madrid CF

Opening: 1947

Capacity: 85,454 seats

El Bernabéu, renamed in honour of their former chairman Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, is one of the world's most famous and prestigious football venues.

All seating in the stadium is covered.

Real Madrid recently presented plans to further upgrade the stadium with commercial and corporate facilities, and to increase capacity to over 90,000 seats. This will be done by renovating the stand facing the Paseo de la Castellana avenue, a move that will make the Bernabeu the largest covered football stadium on Earth. The club hopes to conclude the works in 2015

The architects : Manuel Muñoz Monasterio, Luis Alemany Soler, Antonio Lamela (Expansion)

Nou Camp

Club: FC Barcelona

Opening: 1957

Capacity: 99,354 seats

Nou Camp was built between 1954 and 1957, and officially opened on the 24th of September 1957 with a match between FC Barcelona and a selection of players from the city of Warsaw.

Nou Camp initially consisted of two tiers that could hold 93,000 spectators. It was first called Estadi del FC Barcelona, but got soon referred to as Nou Camp.

With a capacity of close to 99,000, the Nou Camp is the largest club-owned stadium on the planet, and is frequently packed to capacity for football matches featuring the Barcelona team.

The architects were a team made up of Francesc Mitjans, Josep Soteras, and Lorenzo García-Barbón.