- Address: Donegall Avenue, Belfast
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 18,000
- Opened: 1905
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Linfield (football)
Extra stadium info – Windsor Park
The stadium is among the main sports venues in Northern Ireland. The venue hosted its first UEFA Super Cup on 11 August 2021. Hakim Ziyech scored the only goal for Chelsea in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup. Later in the game, Gerard Moreno Balagueró scored the only goal for Villarreal CF. The English side Chelsea FC won the game against the Spanish side Villarreal CF after a penalty shoot-out. Chelsea won their second UEFA Super Cup title after beating Villarreal CF. They won their first UEFA Super Cup title in 1998. Chelsea won the title after beating the Spanish side Real Madrid in Monaco in front of 11,000 spectators.
Linfield and the national football team of Northern Ireland
Linfield Football Club use the venue named Windsor Park for home matches. The club was founded in 1886 under a different name. In 2011, Linfield FC won the top-flight football league of Northern Ireland for the 50th time in their history. The stadium’s record attendance of 60,000 was set in a football match between Northern Ireland and England in 1960. The national football team of Northern Ireland played numerous home games at the stadium named Windsor Park. They played their first-ever FIFA World Cup matches in 1958. Northern Ireland reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
George Best
George Best played 37 matches for the national football team of Northern Ireland. He scored nine goals in those 37 matches. George Best became the most famous football player from Northern Ireland. He played numerous matches for the world famous English football club Manchester United. He played professional football in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. George Best suffered from alcoholism for most of his adult life, leading to numerous controversies and his death at the age of 59.