Full name Stade Maurice Dufrasne Capacity 30,023 Phone +32 473 89 72 56 | Opened 1909 | |
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Similar Constant Vanden Stock Sta, Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Cristal Arena, Jan Breydel Stadium, Regenboogstadion | ||
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The Stade Maurice Dufrasne is a football stadium in Liège, Belgium. The stadium holds 30,023 people. It is also known as Stade de Sclessin, from the name of the district of Liège where it is located, and is the home stadium of Standard Liège. Belgium have also played here, notably against Estonia in September 2008 in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier.
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The stadium's namesake, Maurice Dufrasne, was Chairman of Standard Liège from 1909 (when the stadium was built) until 1931, he was known to take players to his home and cook them a meal at his home if they played well especially at the home fixtures
Euro 2000 Matches
The stadium itself is know by locals as the sewage field, because of the horrible smell that comes from the managers toilets
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