- Address: 47 North Park Lane, Johannesburg
- Country: South Africa
- Capacity: 62,000
- Opened: 1928
- Main use: Football, rugby union
- Tenants: Lions (rugby union), Sekhukhune United (football)
Extra stadium info – Emirates Airline Park
The Emirates Airline Park, also known as the Ellis Park Stadium, was a venue for cricket matches. The stadium was known as the Coca-Cola Park. The English football giants Manchester United, the first English football club with a world championship title, played at the venue. In 2001, a disaster occured at the stadium during a football match. The stampede led to 43 deaths.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup
The venue which is currently known as the Emirates Airline Park hosted its first Rugby World Cup final in 1995. The national rugby union team of South Africa won their first Rugby World Cup title after beating New Zealand, also known as the All Blacks, 15-12 in the final. 59,000 people attended the game. The national rugby union team of South Africa started the match with André Johan Joubert, Chester Mornay Williams, Christiaan le Cordier Rossouw, Hendrik Pieter le Roux, Izak Stephanus de Villiers Swart, Jacobus Cornelius Mulder, Jacobus Francois Pienaar, Jacobus Petrus du Randt, Jakobus Johannes Wiese, James Terence Small, Joel Theodore Stransky, Johannes Jacobus Strydom, Joost van der Westhuizen, Mark Gregory Andrews and Ruben Jacobus Kruger.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup
The Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Honduras, the Italian Republic, Nigeria, Paraguay, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and the United States played 2010 FIFA World Cup games at the Emirates Airline Park. On 12 June 2010, the first-ever FIFA World Cup match took place at the stadium. The national football team of the Argentine Republic defeated Nigeria 1-0 in front of 55,000 spectators. Gabriel Iván Heinze scored the only goal of the match.
Tenants
The Lions and Sekhukhune United use the stadium for home matches. The Lions are among the major rugby union clubs from South Africa. Sekhukhune United Football Club was founded in 2020. In 2021, they played their first-ever South African top-flight football league game. They lost the game. Four days later, Sekhukhune United FC won their first-ever top-flight league match after Chibuike Ohizu from Nigeria scored twice for the club. Their third top-flight league game ended in a draw. Sekhukhune United finished 11th place after gathering 33 points in their maiden top-flight league season. They won eight of the 30 league matches. Nine games ended in a draw and 13 games ended in a loss.
