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A complete dream. Travelling to the opening match to cheer on Norway and see how they won. Heia Norge!
St. Jakob-Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. Joggeli, as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The stadium is named after the village of St. Jakob an der Birs, which stood on the site. The name Joggeli is the diminutive of Jakob in the local dialect, making it the equivalent of Jake.
The stadium is divided into four main blocks, A, B, C and D, each block covering one side of the stadium, and block G, consisting of the upper balcony added later. St. Jakob Park is a fairly modern stadium; construction started on 13 December 1998, replacing the former St. Jakob Stadium. The re-opening game took place 15 March 2001.
The Genossenschaft S.J.P officially owns the stadium, while the stadium itself is managed by Basel United.
Within the stadium, there are 32 shops on three different floors, as well as two restaurants. It has parking spaces on two different floors.
The stadium can be reached either by bus, tram or train (the stadium has its own train station).
The stadium has been awarded 4 stars by UEFA, which is the highest number of stars that can be awarded to a stadium of that size.
For UEFA Euro 2008, St. Jakob Park hosted six games -three group games involving Switzerland (including the opening match), two quarter-finals, and one semi-final.
More information: UEFA
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt.
Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 21 times, Swiss Cup winners 14 times, and Swiss League Cup winners once.
Basel competed in UEFA competitions for 25 consecutive seasons between 1999–2000 and 2023–2024. They have qualified for the group stage of the Champions League more times than any other Swiss club -a total of seven times- and are the only Swiss club to have ever qualified to the said phase directly.
In 2021, they set the new record for a Swiss team with the most successful international group stage campaign by reaching 14 points in their Europa Conference League group.
Since 2001, the club has played its home games at St. Jakob-Park, built on the site of their previous home, St. Jakob Stadium.
Their home colours are red and blue, leading to a nickname of RotBlau.
More information: FCB
It should be exciting.
When a child plays football outside,
he doesn't need to worry.
Professionals should be the same.
Johan Cruyff
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