Soccer City (FNB Stadium)

2010 World Cup Stadiums – Soccer City (Johannesburg)

Soccer city (also called the FNB Stadium) is undoubtedly the cream of the crop as far as South African soccer stadiums go. It is here, in the largest stadium in Africa, that the opening and final matches of the 2010 Soccer World Cup will take place.

South Africa can be exceptionally proud of the work that has gone into the upgrading of this mammoth stadium. The seating capacity of Soccer City (previously 80 000) is now 94 700, there has been some aethstetic remodeling, to give the stadium a more African feel, new floodlights have been installed to improve the quality of viewing at night matches and new changing rooms have been installed to better accommodate the greatest players that the world ha

s to offer.

Soccer City was recently award top honours at the bi-annual Fulton Awards, which reward constructions for their excellent and innovative use of concrete. The Fulton’s are considered to be the benchmark by which members the Built Environment and Construction Industry compare themselves with their peers. Soccer City also won the award for Concrete in Architecture.

Soccer City World Cup Fixtures

Friday, 11 June 2010 – Opening Match
Monday, 14 June 2010 – Group E Match
Thursday, 17 June 2010 – Group B Match
Sunday, 20 June 2010 – Group G Match
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 – Group D Match
Sunday, 27 June 2010 – First Knockout Round
Friday, 2 July 2010 – Quarter Final Match
Sunday, 11 July 2010 – World Cup Final

Soccer City Location (Johannesburg)

Soccer City is situated 10 kilometers South-West of the city of Johannesburg in a town called Diepkloof.