Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Sclessin
Stade Maurice Dufrasne: Standard Liège playing against UN Käerjeng 97
Full nameStade Maurice Dufrasne
LocationLiège, Belgium
Capacity27,670[1] (limited capacity),
30,023 (maximum capacity)
Opened1909
Tenants
Standard Liège

The Stade Maurice Dufrasne (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis dyfʁan]) is a football stadium in Liège, Belgium. The stadium holds 27,670 people.[2] It is also known as Stade de Sclessin, from the name of the district of Liège where it is located, and is the home stadium of Standard Liège. Belgium have also played here, notably against Estonia in September 2008 in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier and against Gibraltar on 31 August 2017 in a World Cup Qualifier. The stadium hosted one match at Euro 1972 and three matches at Euro 2000.

The stadium's namesake, Maurice Dufrasne, was Chairman of Standard Liège from 1909 (when the stadium was built) until 1931. He was known to take players to his home and cook them a meal if they played well, especially at home fixtures.

Euro 1972 match

DateResultRound
17 June 1972 Hungary1–1 BelgiumThird-place play-off

Euro 2000 matches

DateResultRound
12 June 2000 Germany1–1 RomaniaGroup A
18 June 2000 Norway0–1 YugoslaviaGroup C
21 June 2000 Denmark0–2 Czech RepublicGroup D

References

  1. ↑ Stade Maurice Dufrasne standard.be (last view on 19/10/2017)
  2. ↑ Stade Maurice Dufrasne standard.be (last view on 19/10/2017)
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