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There are many football stadiums all over the globe but the biggest, largest or smallest are the one's we are really interested on and this post is about the top 5 biggest football stadiums by their seating capacity in the world.
#1. Rungrado May Day Stadium - North Korea
Seating Capacity: 150,000
The biggest stadium of any non-racing sport by some margin, North Korea's gigantic Rungrado May Day Stadium puts on massive shows celebrating the country and government when it's not being used for soccer. More ominously, people use to say that the stadium was also used as the site of an execution of Military Generals accused of plotting assassination attempts against state leaders.
#2. Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
Capacity: 99,354
The second richest club team in the world also plays in the second biggest football stadium in the world. The venue also hosts a number of Catalan teams. Fans were polled in 2000 and voted to make the title "Camp Nou" official, rather than a nickname. It was previously called the Estadi del FC Barcelona.
#3. Estadio Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico
Capacity: 95,500
The first stadium to host two football World Cup Finals, Estadio Azteca was the venue of Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal in the competition's 1986 Quarter Finals. The stadium's name is a tribute to Mexico's Aztec heritage.
#4. Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran
Capacity: 95,225
Opened in 1973, the Azadi Stadium was almost the main venue for the 1984 Olympic Games until political issues forced Iran to drop the bid. Apparently the architecture is designed to heighten noise, which can be intimidating for visiting teams.
#5. FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Capacity: 94,736
Also known as "Soccer City," the FNB (First National Bank) Stadium opened in 1989 before being renovated for the 2010 World Cup. Viewers of that tournament may recall the sounds of vuvuzelas ringing through the air.
That's all for this post, will be back with another interesting topic.
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