Roker Park
Roker Park is a multi purpose in Sunderland, United Kingdom that opened in 1898. Its recorded capacity is 22,500.
Key facts
Roker Park is a multi purpose in Sunderland, United Kingdom that opened in 1898. Its recorded capacity is 22,500. It is owned by Sunderland A.F.C. and Sunderland A.F.C.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland A.F.C..
- Location
- Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 22,500
- Opened
- 1898
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland A.F.C.
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Roker Park is at latitude 54.9213, longitude -1.375481, in Sunderland, 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 | 54.9213 |
| Longitude | -1.375481 |
| City | Sunderland |
| Region | Sunderland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Sunderland A.F.C. | 1898 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Sunderland A.F.C. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland A.F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Sunderland A.F.C. | Not mapped | 1898 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
8 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1072 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33188 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33187 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1709 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372225968 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Roker_Park | Roker Park | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6042 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6041 | 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: