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Pankritio Stadium

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Location
  
Heraklion, Greece

Field size
  
105 x 68 m

Broke ground
  
1990

Capacity
  
26,240

Phone
  
+30 281 026 4574

Construction cost
  
50 million EUR

Operator
  
City of Heraklion

Surface
  
Grass

Address
  
Heraklion 713 03, Greece

Opened
  
31 March 2004

Team
  
Ergotelis F.C.

Pankritio Stadium

Scoreboard
  
Yes LED monochrome with clock

Owner
  
Hellenic Olympic Committee

Similar
  
Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Koules Fortress, Panthessaliko Stadium, Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Kaftanzoglio Stadium

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Pankritio Stadium (Greek: Παγκρήτιο Στάδιο, Pagkritio Stadio literally:Pancretan Stadium) is a sports stadium located in Heraklion on the island of Crete. It was completed on December 31, 2003, and officially opened on August 11, 2004, just before the beginning of the 2004 Summer Olympics to host the football match Greece vs. Switzerland. It has a capacity of 27,000 seats. It will be host the 1st league of European Team Championships 2015.

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Tenants

The stadium has been used as the home ground of Football League football team Ergotelis, since its opening in 2004. Between 2006 and 2009, the stadium was also used by Ergotelis' rival OFI, before the latter returned to its original home ground at the neighboring Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium.

Records

Τhe stadium attendance record and first ever sold-out event was set on 20 February 2005, in a Superleague match between local club Ergotelis and reigning champions Olympiacos with 27,950 tickets being sold. The result was a 2−1 victory for the home team.

References

Pankritio Stadium Wikipedia