Stade Vélodrome

Stade Vélodrome is a stadium in 8th arrondissement of Marseille, France that opened in 1935. Its recorded capacity is 67,394.

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Stade Vélodrome
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Key facts

Stade Vélodrome is a stadium in 8th arrondissement of Marseille, France that opened in 1935. Its recorded capacity is 67,394. It is owned by municipality of Marseille. It is operated by Olympique de Marseille and Olympique de Marseille. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Olympique de Marseille, FC Martigues, France national rugby union team, RC Toulonnais, Olympique de Marseille, 2007 Rugby World Cup, 1960 European Nations' Cup, UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 2016, Academie Ny Antsika, Japan Actuel's FC, ASSM Elgeco Plus.

Location
8th arrondissement of Marseille, France
Type
Stadium
Capacity
67,394
Opened
1935
Status
Active
Current owner
municipality of Marseille
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Hybrid grass, Natural grass
Location of Stade Vélodrome
Stade Vélodrome

Stade Vélodrome is at latitude 43.269241, longitude 5.394907, in 8th arrondissement of Marseille, France. 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
Recorded location of Stade Vélodrome
FieldValue
Latitude43.269241
Longitude5.394907
City8th arrondissement of Marseille
Region8th arrondissement of Marseille
CountryFrance
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Stade Vélodrome
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceHybrid grassWikipedia infoboxSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikidata statementSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Stade Vélodrome, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
Ownermunicipality of Marseille1935 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorOlympique de Marseille1935 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorOlympique de MarseillePresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Stade Vélodrome and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Olympique de MarseilleLigue 1PresentCurrentSource
FC MartiguesLigue 1PresentCurrentSource
France national rugby union teamLigue 1PresentCurrentSource
RC ToulonnaisLigue 1PresentCurrentSource
Olympique de MarseilleLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
2007 Rugby World CupLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
1960 European Nations' CupLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
UEFA Euro 1984Ligue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
UEFA Euro 2016Ligue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
Academie Ny AntsikaLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
Japan Actuel's FCLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource
ASSM Elgeco PlusLigue 11935 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

27 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Stade Vélodrome
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24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)City of Marseillenot set2026-09
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23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleStade_VélodromeStade Vélodrome2026-09
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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:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Stade Vélodrome (revision 1372233509). Wikidata item: Q202150.