Bloomfield Stadium
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| Bloomfield Stadium אצטדיון בלומפילד |
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| Location | Jaffa |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Renovated | 2000 |
| Owner | Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
| Operator | Hevrat Heikhalei haSport |
| Surface | Grass |
| Tenants | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv (Ligat ha'Al) (1962-present) Maccabi Tel Aviv (Ligat ha'Al) (1968-present) Bnei Yehuda (1962-1970, 2004-present) |
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| Capacity | |
| 15,700 | |
Bloomfield Stadium is a football stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv FC, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. The stadium seats 15,700 seats for sporting events.
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[edit] History
Bloomfield Stadium was built on the land where Basa Stadium once stood. Basa was previously home to Hapoel Tel Aviv since 1950 so it was only natural for Hapoel to continue playing matches in the area. Money for the stadium project came from the Bloomfield fund and the stadium opened on October 12, 1962. Invited to play a celebratory friendly match against Hapoel was Dutch club FC Twente.
In 1968, Hapoel's city rivals, Maccabi moved into Bloomfield after hosting many of their matches at the national stadium. In 2004, Bnei Yehuda moved into Bloomfield making it the only stadium in the top three divisions of Israeli football to have three tenants.
[edit] Today
Bloomfield serves as one of the few stadium accepted by FIFA and UEFA to host matches because of it's geography[1]
[edit] Gates
- Gate 1 - VIP section, media stand and seating area of all gold tier season ticket holders for all three tenants.
- Gates 2,13 - General seating areas. One of the few areas where seats are numbered.
- Gates 4,5 - Home to Hapoel's most fervent supporters. When another club is hosting a match, this becomes the visitors stand.
- Gates 6,7 - Hapoel stand used for visiting fans when the other clubs host matches.
- Gates 8,9 - Home stand for Maccabi and Bnei Yehuda. During Hapoel matches, this stand is used for visiting supporters.
- Gates 10,11 - Stand generally used for Maccabi's ultras and other supporters groups. Also used for visiting fans.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Matches must be played in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area due to rules imposed by UEFA and FIFA.
[edit] External links
- (Hebrew) Adom Loheit's Bloomfield Page
http://www.ultrashapoel.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=football pictures from bloomfield's gate 5
- (English) Bloomfield information on Maccabi Tel Aviv's official site
- (English) Bloomfield Stadium on Worldstadiums.com
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