İzmir Atatürk Stadium
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Full name | İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu |
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Built | 1964 |
Opened | 1964 |
Renovated | January 21, 2005 |
Surface | Grass |
Capacity | 64,000 |
Tenants | |
Göztepe A.Ş. Karşıyaka S.K. Altay S.K. |
İzmir Atatürk Stadium is a multi-use stadium in İzmir, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 64,000. It was built in 1964, and most recently refurbished in January 2005. İzmir football teams Karşıyaka S.K. and Göztepe A.Ş. occasionally use the stadium for high attendance matches.
The stadium hosted the 1971 Mediterranean Games and the 2005 Summer Universiade.
Coordinates: 38°26′5.50″N 27°10′40.33″E / 38.4348611°N 27.1778694°E