Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is a stadium in Owlerton, United Kingdom that opened in 1899. Its recorded capacity is 39,732.
Key facts
Hillsborough Stadium is a stadium in Owlerton, United Kingdom that opened in 1899. Its recorded capacity is 39,732. It is owned by Hillsborough 1899 Limited and Arise Capital Partners and Sheffield Wednesday F.C.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Eagles, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., UEFA Euro 1996, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Academy.
- Location
- Owlerton, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 39,732
- Opened
- 1899
- Status
- Active
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Hillsborough Stadium is at latitude 53.411389, longitude -1.500556, in Owlerton, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 53.411389 |
| Longitude | -1.500556 |
| City | Owlerton |
| Region | Owlerton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Hillsborough Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Owlerton Stadium (until 1914) (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owlerton Stadium (until 1914) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | 1899 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Hillsborough 1899 Limited | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Owner | Arise Capital Partners | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Sheffield Eagles | Not mapped | 1899 to present | Current | Source |
| Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | Not mapped | 1899 to present | Current | Source |
| UEFA Euro 1996 | Not mapped | 1899 to present | Current | Source |
| Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Academy | Not mapped | 1899 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372186816 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Hillsborough_Stadium | Hillsborough Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Owlerton Stadium (until 1914) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18293 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18292 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18291 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5158 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5157 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5156 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5155 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5154 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: