MirrorThe Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname de Kuip (the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name.
Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: 69,000 (1949). Present day capacity: 51,177.
It is the home stadium of football club Feyenoord, one of the traditional top teams in the Netherlands. It has also long been one of the home grounds of the Dutch national team, having hosted over 150 international matches, with the first one being a match against Belgium on 2 May 1937. Also, a record number of ten European finals has taken place in the Feijenoord stadium. The last one was the 2002 UEFA Cup final in which Feyenoord, accidentaly playing a home match, defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2.
In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the final of Euro 2000, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, with France beating Italy in extra time. [1]
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