44°24′59″N8°57′9″E / 44.41639°N 8.95250°E /44.41639; 8.95250
Marassi | |
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 Interactive map of Luigi Ferraris | |
| Location | Via Giovanni De Prà 1,Genoa, Italy |
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| Owner | Municipality ofGenoa |
| Capacity | 33,205 |
| Surface | Grass 105 × 68 meters |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 22 January 1911[1] |
| Renovated | 1987–1989, 2015, 2018 |
| Architect | Vittorio Gregotti (1987–1989) |
| Tenants | |
Genoa C.F.C. (1911–present) U.C. Sampdoria (1946–present) Italy national football team (selected matches) | |
TheStadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as theMarassi from the name of the neighbourhood where it is located, is a multi-use stadium inGenoa, Italy. The home ofGenoa C.F.C. andU.C. Sampdoria football clubs, it opened in 1911 and is the oldest stadium still in use for football and other sports in Italy. Aside from football, the stadium has hosted meetings of rugby in theItalian national rugby team and, more rarely, some concerts.
The stadium is named afterLuigi Ferraris (1887–1915), an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died duringWWI.[2]
The stadium was inaugurated on 22 January 1911 with a football match between Genoa andInternazionale, and had a capacity of 20,000. On 22 December 1912, it hosted its first international, in whichItaly lost 3–1 toAustria in a friendly.[1]
It also hosted the1934 World Cup round-of-16 match betweenSpain andBrazil,[1] and by then its capacity had been expanded to 30,000.[citation needed]
The stadium was dismantled and rebuilt before the1990 FIFA World Cup, for which it hosted three Group C matches (betweenCosta Rica,Scotland andSweden) and a round-of-16 match between theRepublic of Ireland andRomania.[3]
The highest attendance at the Luigi Ferraris was 60,000 on 27 February 1949, for a match betweenItaly andPortugal.[citation needed]
On 12 October 2010, aEuro 2012qualifier betweenItaly andSerbia was abandoned after Serbia fans continued to throw flares onto the pitch and light fireworks. When the game finally began, more flares and fireworks were thrown onto the field and the referee stopped the match after only six minutes of play.[4]
On 29 February 2012, theUnited States defeated Italy 1–0 in a friendly played at the stadium. It was the first time in almost 100 years that Italy had been defeated in Genoa after 22 December 1912 defeat against Austria, and the first time that the US had ever defeated Italy.[5]
On 14 November 2014, it hostedItaly's end-of-year rugby union international againstArgentina who won 20–18.[citation needed]
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The stadium was one of the venues of the1990 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:
| Date | Team No. 1 | Res. | Team No. 2 | Round |
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| 1990-06-11 |  Costa Rica | 1–0 |  Scotland | Group C |
| 1990-06-16 |  Sweden | 1–2 | ||
| 1990-06-20 | 1–2 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1990-06-25 |  Republic of Ireland | 0–0 (5–4 onpenalties) |  Romania | Round of 16 |
