TheStade Maurice Dufrasne (French pronunciation:[mɔʁisdyfʁan]) is afootballstadium inLiège,Belgium. The stadium holds 27,670 people.[2] It is also known asStade de Sclessin, from the name of thequarter of Liège where it is located, and is the home stadium ofStandard Liège.Belgium have also played here, notably againstEstonia in September 2008 in a2010 World Cup Qualifier and againstGibraltar on 31 August 2017 in aWorld Cup Qualifier. The stadium hosted oneEuro 1972 match and threeEuro 2000 matches.
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Full name | Stade Maurice Dufrasne |
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Location | Liège,Belgium |
Capacity | 27,670[1] (limited capacity), 30,023 (maximum capacity) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1909 |
Renovated | 1985, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2012 |
Tenants | |
Standard Liège |
The stadium's namesake, Maurice Dufrasne, was Chairman of Royal Standard de Liège from 1909 (when the stadium was built) until 1931. He was known to take players to his home and cook them a meal if they played well, especially at home fixtures.

Euro 1972 match
editDate | Result | Round | ||
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17 June 1972 | Hungary | 1–1 | Belgium | Third-place play-off |
Euro 2000 matches
editDate | Result | Round | ||
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12 June 2000 | Germany | 1–1 | Romania | Group A |
18 June 2000 | Norway | 0–1 | FR Yugoslavia | Group C |
21 June 2000 | Denmark | 0–2 | Czech Republic | Group D |
References
edit- ^Stade Maurice Dufrasne standard.be (last view on 19/10/2017)
- ^Stade Maurice Dufrasne standard.be (last view on 19/10/2017)
External links
edit- Stade de Sclessin stadiumguide.com
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