Stadiums have been mostly empty around the world for over a year as our heroes and villains play out their sports behind closed doors.
On their own, the stadiums are beautiful things. However, inside a packed house – it takes some of the best venues into another stratosphere.
That’s what France Football was getting at last year when they compiled the top 30 stadiums around the world for atmosphere.
We’re still not allowed in to Celtic Park but you better believe the first European night post pandemic is going to blow the roof off the place.
There’s something special about Celtic Park and it’s not just Celtic supporters who buy into that.
So many times over the years we have been lauded for our incredible support. We have vanquished some formidable foes with the crowd roaring the team into victory.
Celtic Park has gone down in football folklore as a place every pure football fan should experience.
It’s little wonder we find ourselves in the top 5 stadiums in the world.
When you look at the top five, some of these clubs have really struggled without their backing from the terraces.
5 | Celtic Park | Celtic | Scotland
Capacity – 60,411
4 | Rajko Mitic Stadium | Red Star | Serbia
Capacity – 53,000
3 | Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund | Germany
Capacity – 81,365
2 | Anfield | Liverpool | England
Capacity – 54,074
1 | Bombonera | Boca Juniors | Argentina
Capacity – 49,000
Hopefully Celtic Park will be rocking again in the near future.
Here’s is the full list of 30:
30 | Millerntor-Stadion | St. Pauli | Germany
Capacity – 29,546
29 | Parc des Princes | PSG | France
Capacity – 47,929
28 | Stade Olympique de Rades | Esperance Sportive de Tunis | Tunisia
Capacity – 60,000
27 | Stade du 5 Juillet | Mouloudia Club d’Alger | Algeria
Capacity – 64,000
26 | Estadio da Luz | Benfica | Portugal
Capacity – 64,642
25 | Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium | Legia Warsaw | Poland
Capacity – 31,800
24 | Estadio Pedro Bidegain | San Lorenzo | Argentina
Capacity – 47,964
23 | Stadio Olimpico | Roma | Italy
Capacity – 70,634
22 | St. James’ Park | Newcastle | England
Capacity – 52,354
21 | Campeon del Siglo | Penarol | Uruguay
Capacity – 40,000
20 | Stade Mohammed V | Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca | Morocco
Capacity – 45,000
19 | Toumba Stadium | PAOK | Greece
Capacity – 29,000
18 | Mestalla | Valencia | Spain
Capacity – 55,000
17 | Sukru Saracoglu Stadium | Fenerbahce | Turkey
Capacity – 29,000
16 | Cairo International Stadium | Al Ahly | Egypt
Capacity – 74,000
15 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Etienne | France
Capacity – 41,965
14 | Stade Velodrome | Marseille | France
Capacity – 67,394
13 | San Paolo | Napoli | Italy
Capacity – 55,000
12 | De Kuip | Feyenoord | Netherlands
Capacity – 51,117
11 | Turk Telekom Arena | Galatasaray | Turkey
Capacity – 24,354
10 | Maracana | Flamengo | Brazil
Capacity – 78,838
9 | San Mames | Athletic Bilbao | Spain
Capacity – 53,289
8 | Karaiskaki Stadium | Olympiacos | Greece
Capacity – 32,115
7 | Vodafone Park | Besiktas | Turkey
Capacity – 41,903
6 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti | River Plate | Argentina
Capacity – 70,074
