- Address: Spiridon-Louis-Ring 27, Munich
- Country: Germany
- Capacity: 69,000
- Opened: 26 May 1972
- Main use: Football
- Tenants:
Extra stadium info – Olympiastadion München
The construction of the stadium started in 1968. It is known as a venue for several events, like American football, athletics, concerts, football and motorcycle speedway. 75,000 people attended the 1974 FIFA World Cup final at the stadium named Olympiastadion München. In 1988, the UEFA European Football Championship final took place at the venue. 62,000 spectators attended the game. The national football team of the Netherlands played in both finals. They lost the final in 1974 and they won the final in 1988.
Dutch football players
In 1988, 10 football players who played for the Netherlands in the UEFA European Football Championship final also played for PSV from Eindhoven. Those 10 players are Adrianus Andreas van Tiggelen, Erwin Koeman, Gerald Mervin Vanenburg, Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus van Aerle, Jan Jacobus Wouters, Johannes Franciscus van Breukelen, Johannes Jacobus Bosman, Ronald Koeman, Ruud Gullit and Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft.
PSV in 1988
PSV from the Netherlands were crowned European football champions in 1988. They also played in a decisive world championship game that year. Adick Koot, Eric Maria Gerets, Gerald Mervin Vanenburg, Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus van Aerle, Jan Heintze Larsen, Johannes Franciscus van Breukelen, Juul Ellerman, Romário de Souza Faria, Ronald Koeman, Søren Lerby and Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft started for PSV in that world championship match.
Football clubs from Munich
FC Bayern München and TSV 1860, the most popular football clubs from Munich, played numerous home games at the venue named Olympiastadion München. Bayern München, nicknamed FC Hollywood, won several European championship titles. They won the European championship for football clubs three consecutive times in the 1970s. Bayern also won several world championship titles. In 2006, FC Hollywood became the first German football club with 20 top-flight football league titles. They won their 20th German cup title in 2020. Werder Bremen won six German cup titles before FC Bayern won their 20th German cup title. All other German football clubs won less than six German cup titles before Bayern won their 20th German cup title.
