- Address: 111 route de Lorient, Rennes
- Country: French Republic
- Capacity: 29,000
- Opened: 15 September 1912
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Stade rennais (football)
Extra stadium info – Roazhon Park
The Roazhon Park was named Stade de la Route de Lorient. Roazhon is the Breton name of Rennes. The venue, which was renovated several times, hosted seven FIFA Women’s World Cup matches in 2019. The first one took place on 8 June 2019. The women’s national football team of Germany won the game against China 1-0. Giulia Ronja Gwinn scored the only goal of the match, which attracted a crowd of 15,000. The women’s national football teams of Chile, the French Republic, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Scotland, Sweden and Thailand also played at the Roazhon Park during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Stade rennais
Stade rennais, one of the first sports clubs from the French Republic with 100,000 followers on its main social media page, use the Roazhon Park for home matches. The club was founded in 1901. In 1965, they won the French cup tournament for the first time in their history after beating the club which is currently known as CS Sedan Ardennes. Stade rennais drew an average home attendance of 11,000 during that domestic league season. In 1971, they won the French cup tournament for the second time in their history after beating Olympique lyonnais. In 2019, Stade rennais won the French cup tournament for the third time in their history. They won the cup after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in front of 75,000 spectators.
The UEFA Champions League
In 2020, Stade rennais played their first-ever UEFA Champions League group stage match. The game between Stade rennais and the Russian side FC Krasnodar ended in a 1-1 draw. Serhou Yadaly Guirassy, who played various matches for the national football team of Guinea, scored the first-ever UEFA Champions League goal for Stade rennais. Stade rennais lost their second UEFA Champions League match against the Spanish side Sevilla FC. They faced Chelsea from the United Kingdom in their third UEFA Champions League game. The club from London won the match. Stade rennais finished below Chelsea, Sevilla FC and FC Krasnodar in the group stage of the European championship for football clubs.
