- Address: Edinburgh
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 20,000
- Opened: 1893
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Hibernian (football)
Extra stadium info – Easter Road Stadium
The venue is also known as The Leith San Siro. On 22 April 1998, the national football team of Scotland played their first game at the Easter Road Stadium. A crowd of 14,000 showed up for the match. The game between Scotland and Finland ended in a 1-1 draw. Jonatan Lillebror Johansson scored the first goal of the match. Darren Jackson, who was born in Edinburgh, scored the equaliser. On 15 October 2002, the national football team of Scotland returned to the Easter Road Stadium. That day, they defeated Canada 3-1 in front of 16,000 spectators. Stephen Crawford scored twice for Scotland on 15 October 2002. He played various matches for Hiberian Football Club.
Hibernian Football Club
The Easter Road Stadium has been the home of Hibernian FC, one of the first Scottish sports clubs with a value of at least $10 million, since 1893. The stadium’s record attendance was set in 1950, when 65,000 people showed up for a football match between Hibernian Football Club and arch-rivals Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Heart of Midlothian FC was founded in 1874 and Hibernian FC was founded in 1875. In 1895, Heart of Midlothian FC were crowned Scottish football champions for the first time in their history. Hiberian FC won the Scottish top-flight football league in 1903 for the first time in their history. They drew an average home league attendance of 13,000 in that football season.
The European championship for football clubs
In 1955, Hibernian became the first British club in a European football championship. They reached the semi-finals of the tournament after beating the German club RW Essen in the first round and the Swedish club DIF in the quarter-finals. The French side Stade de Reims reached the final of the tournament after defeating Hibernian. The Spanish club Real Madrid won the inaugural edition of the European championship for football clubs.
