Stade Michel d'Ornano

Stade Michel-d'Ornano
Location Boulevard Georges Pompidou
BP 6138, 14064 Caen cedex
Owner City of Caen
Capacity 20,453 (since 2016)
Field size 105 m x 68 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground December 1991
Opened June 3, 1993 (1993-06-03)
Construction cost 149 million French francs
(22.7 million €)
Architect Cabinet LND
Tenants
SM Caen

Stade Michel d'Ornano is a multi-use stadium in Caen, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Stade Malherbe Caen. It is named after the French politician Michel d'Ornano, former president of the Basse-Normandie region.

The stadium was built in 1993 to replace the Stade de Venoix, and has a capacity of 20,453 people.[1]

International matches

France national football team played twice in this stadium:

  • France France 3–1 Russia  (July 28, 1993)
  • France France 2–0 Israel  (November 15, 1995)

France national under-21 football team also played in this stadium during the qualifications for the European Championship:

  • France France 1–1 Israel Israel (October 7, 2006)
  • France France 5–0 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (September 5, 2013)

Attendances

The average attendance largely depends on results of Stade Malherbe Caen. Matches are played regularly sold out when the club plays in Ligue 1, and average attendance is around 10,000 when SM Caen competes in second division.

The record attendance at Stade d'Ornano was of 20,972, for a match against Olympique de Marseille in 2004.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2010-07-19.

Coordinates: 49°10′46.06″N 0°23′48.36″W / 49.1794611°N 0.3967667°W / 49.1794611; -0.3967667


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