"Cardiff City" (Cardiff City) - the stadium of one of thetwo football clubs of Wales, performing at the championship of England. Since its introduction into operation for three years, the arena has been home to the rugby club "Cardiff Blues".
Intelligence
Construction of the stadium lasted for two yearsand ended in the spring of 2009. Two teams began to split the arena at once. The first was the Cardiff City football club, who moved from the Ninian Park stadium, which was home to the capital club for 99 years. The second owners of the stadium are the rugby club "Cardiff Blues".
The cost of building the arena was about 50millions of pounds sterling. The architect was Arup. Capacity - 25 thousand seats. Stadium "Cardiff City" is the second arena of the country in terms of the number of seats, second only to the "Millennium", which is designed for 74.5 thousand spectators. In the summer "Cardiff City Stadium" was reconstructed, and then began to accommodate up to 33.5 thousand fans.
First Games
In mid-July 2009, Cardiff and Celticplayed a friendly match in the arena. The official debut of the Cardiff City stadium took place in August 2009, when the Scunthorpe Football Club came to visit the hosts. The fight ended with a devastating Welsh victory with a score of 4-0.
In November of the same year, the stadium first visitedthe national team of Wales, who played a friendly match with the team of Scotland. The game ended with a victory of the Welsh with a score of 3-0. Almost a year later, Wales played the first official game at the Cardiff City Stadium. It was a match in the framework of the selection for the Euro-2012. The rival of the British was the national team of Bulgaria.
Famous matches
One of the first big clubs that cameon a visit to the new arena of the Welsh club, became "Manchester City". It was a game within the framework of the 2nd round of the Premier League. The match ended with a sensational victory, "Cardiff City" with a score of 3-2. At the beginning of the second half, the "townspeople" came forward, but after a few minutes the Welsh evened the score, and at the end of the half, Campbell's double gave the team a great advantage. In the added time Negredo set the final score in the game.
In the 12th round in Wales came "Manchester United.The match ended in a draw. In the 13th round, the opponent of Cardiff City was the London Arsenal. This time, the Welsh football players could not make a surprise to the grandee. Double Ramsey and goal Flamini brought the "Gunners" a confident victory.
In March, the Cardiff City Stadium visited"Liverpool". The match was held within the 31st round of the Premier League. "Merseyside" were one of the best teams of the championship and the contenders for the title. Debut Game Match opened the scoring. A few minutes later, Saures restored the status quo. In the middle of the first half, Campbell's goal again brought the Welsh forward, but before the match for a break, Skrtel again equalized the score. The second half, "Liverpool" won with a score of 4-1 and won in the match 6-3.
In the final round of the 2013/14 season,"Cardiff City" came to Chelsea, who lost the chances for the championship in several matches before the end of the championship of England. London Grand became the last great club to visit the Welsh stadium. The game ended in victory wards Jose Mourinho 2-1. At the end of the season, "Cardiff City", the head coach of which was appointed Ole Gunnar Solskher during the championship, flew to the Championship and for three seasons never went to the English Premier League.
UEFA Super Cup
After the 20th place in the Premier League in the 2013/14 season"Cardiff" went to the second division of English football. Since then, no team with a world name has come to the arena of the club. The situation was to change after the Cardiff City stadium was chosen as the venue for the 2014 UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Sevilla.
The game was visited by 30 854 spectators, which is still a record of the arena. The arbitrator was appointed by the English judge Mark Klattenburg. The victory with a score of 2-0 thanks to the double Cristiano Ronaldo scored "Real".
