Nissan Stadium

Nissan Stadium
International Stadium Yokohama
Full name	Nissan Stadium
Former names	International Stadium Yokohama
Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472
Opened	1 March 1998
Owner	Yokohama City
Operator	Yokohama Sports Association, Yokohama F. Marinos
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	yen ¥ 60.3 billion
Capacity	72,327
Tenants
Yokohama F. Marinos FIFA Confederations Cup (2001) FIFA World Cup (2002) Intercontinental Cup (2002-2004) FIFA Club World Cup (2005-2008, 2011-2012)

The Nissan Stadium (日産スタジアム, Nissan Sutajiamu^?) (a.k.a. International Stadium Yokohama in FIFA events) is a sports venue in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The Yokohama City Office planned multi purpose about the rest place for flood by the Tsurumi River,^[1] which included the construction of the main stadium of major sport events - the 53rd National Sports Festival of Japan (Kokutai) in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1998, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Yokohama.^[2]

The Stadium inaugurated in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League and it hosted the National Sports Festival as its main stadium, under its first planning in the opening year.

Nissan Stadium has the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan, with a total of 72,327 seats.

It hosted three first-round games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the final game between Germany and Brazil was played there on 30 June 2002 (the game was won by Brazil, 2–0).

On 28 August 2009, Nissan Motors announced that they would not renew the contract for the naming rights of the stadium, which expired on 28 February 2010.^[3] But the negotiation was continued with the city office, and they made new construction for more three years on the expired day, 1 March 2010.

Football Club World Cup

Nissan Stadium has been hosting the FIFA Club World Cup since 2003, first as European/South American Intercontinental Cup and later the Club World Cup.

The first edition held in Yokohama was the match between Real Madrid and Olimpia, where Real were crowned champions. In 2005, the old Intercontinental Cup was replaced to the new World Championship involving football teams, the FIFA Club World Cup, with more teams and matches.

The venue of two matches, including the final, from 2005 to the 2008 editions was the International Stadium Yokohama. According to FIFA, the tournament will return to Yokohama for the 2011 and 2012 editions.

International Matches

The stadium is famous for hosting several international FIFA matches. Here is a list of the most important international matches held in International Stadium Yokohama.

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

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Semi-final 7 June 2001 17:00	Japan	1 – 0	Australia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 48,699 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Nakata  43'	(Report)

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Final 10 June 2001 19:00	Japan	0 – 1	France	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,533 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
		(Report)	Vieira  30'

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2002 FIFA World Cup

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First round 9 June 2002 20:30	Japan	1 – 0	Russia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,108 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Inamoto  51'	(Report)

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First round 11 June 2002 20:30	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,320 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
		(Report)	Robbie Keane  7' Breen  61' Duff  87'

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First round 13 June 2002 20:30	Ecuador	1 – 0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Méndez  48'	(Report)

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Final 30 June 2002 20:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Germany	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 69,029 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Ronaldo  67'  79'	(Report)

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Intercontinental Cup

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2002 Edition 3 December 2002 19:20	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Olimpia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,070 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Ronaldo  14' Guti  84'

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2003 Edition 14 December 2003 19:20	Boca Juniors	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Milan	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,757 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Donnet  29'		Tomasson  23'
		Penalties
	Schiavi Battaglia Donnet Cascini	3 – 1	Pirlo Rui Costa Seedorf Costacurta

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2004 Edition 12 December 2004 19:20	Porto	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Once Caldas	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 45,748 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		Penalties
	Diego Carlos Alberto Quaresma Maniche McCarthy Costinha Jorge Costa Ricardo Costa Emanuel	8 – 7	Vanegas Alcazar Rojas de Nigris Fabbro Velásquez Díaz Cataño John García

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2005 FIFA Club World Championship

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Semi-final 15 December 2005 19:20	Deportivo Saprissa	0 – 3	Liverpool	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 43,902 Referee: Carlos Chandia (Chile)
		(Report)	Crouch  3'  58' Gerrard  32'

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Third place play-off 18 December 2005 16:20	Al Ittihad	2 – 3	Deportivo Saprissa	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 46,453 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Kallon  28' Job  53' (pen.)	(Report)	Saborío  13'  85' (pen.) Gómez  89'

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Final 18 December 2005 19:20	São Paulo	1 – 0	Liverpool	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,821 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Mineiro  27'	(Report)

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2006 FIFA Club World Cup

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Semi-final 14 December 2006 19:20	América	0 – 4	Barcelona	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 62,316 Referee: Oscar Julian Ruiz (Colombia)
		(Report)	Guðjohnsen  11' Márquez  30' Ronaldinho  65' Deco  85'

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Third place play-off 17 December 2006 16:20	Al-Ahly	2 – 1	América	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 51,641 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Aboutreika  42'  79'	(Report)	Cabañas  59'

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Final 17 December 2006 19:20	Internacional	1 – 0	Barcelona	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,128 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Adriano Souza  82'	(Report)

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2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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Semi-final 13 December 2007 19:30	Urawa Red Diamonds	0 – 1	Milan	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,005 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Seedorf  68'

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Third place play-off 16 December 2007 16:00	Étoile du Sahel	2 – 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 53,363 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Ben Frej  5' (pen.) Chermiti  75'	(Report)	Washington  35'  70'

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Final 16 December 2007 19:30	Boca Juniors	2 – 4	Milan	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 68,263 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Palacio  22' Ambrosini  85' (o.g.)	(Report)	Inzaghi  21'  71' Nesta  50' Kaká  61'

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2008 FIFA Club World Cup

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Semi-final 18 December 2008 19:30	Gamba Osaka	3 – 5	Manchester United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,618 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Yamazaki  74' Endō  85' (pen.) Hashimoto  90+1'	Report	Vidić  28' Ronaldo  45+1' Rooney  75'  79' Fletcher  78'

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Fifth place play-off 18 December 2008 16:30	Al-Ahly	0 – 1	Adelaide United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 35,154 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
		Report	Cristiano  7'

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Third place play-off 21 December 2008 16:30	Pachuca	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 62,619 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
		Report	Yamazaki  29'

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Final 21 December 2008 19:30	LDU Quito	0 – 1	Manchester United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 68,682 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Rooney  73'

Music Events

Some very popular Japanese musicians^[4] have played at this stadium. "Arena seats" are often set up on the track and ground. Due to the large size of the venue, concerts are only held about once or twice per year.

External links

• Nissan Stadium

References

1. ^ In fact, the lower base of the stadium is car parking space, but it becomes the temporally pond of when a (super) typhoon comes.
2. ^ The bid was lost for the Osaka bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in 1997. Finally, the Olympic in 2008 was held in Beijing, China.
3. ^ 「日産スタジアム」の命名権、更新見送り Nikkei Net, August 29, 2009 (Japanese)
4. ^ For examples, B'z, SMAP, Southern All Stars, X JAPAN.

Events and tenants
Preceded by Stade de France Paris	FIFA World Cup Final Venue 2002	Succeeded by Olympiastadion Berlin
Preceded by Estadio Azteca Mexico City	FIFA Confederations Cup Final Venue 2001	Succeeded by Stade de France Paris
Preceded by Olympic Stadium Tokyo	Intercontinental Cup Final Venue 2002 - 2004	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro	FIFA Club World Cup Final Venue 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008	Succeeded by Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi
Preceded by Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi	FIFA Club World Cup Final Venue 2011, 2012	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Twickenham London	Rugby World Cup Final Venue 2019	Succeeded by TBA