Known as \u2018Soccer\u2019 in North America and \u2018Football\u2019 in most other parts of the world, few sports can draw attendances to the same awesome capacity and atmosphere as some of the largest soccer stadiums in the world. Soccer or \u2018the beautiful game\u2019 as it is known, is the most popular sport on the planet with at least 3.5 billion fans worldwide. With Soccer \u2018leagues\u2019 in virtually every country in the world as well as country specific tournaments and International tournaments such as the World Cup (the largest sporting event in the world), large crowds are normal and big stadiums are needed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crowd sizes throughout Soccer\u2019s history have always been huge. Indeed even back in 1950, Brazil\u2019s famed \u2018Maracana\u2019 stadium saw nearly 200,000 fans packed into its famous stands to witness the World Cup Final between Brazil and Uruguay. An event which set a world record for the largest attendance at a Soccer stadium ever! A record which remains to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Times have changed however and as the game grew safety came to the fore and modern stadiums were changed to \u2018all seater\u2019 as opposed to the stadiums of old which had \u2018terraces\u2019 where people could stand and thereby allowed for a greater number of fans. Whilst this initially lowered crowd capacities in stadiums, the growth of the game has meant stadiums have improved and the new all seater stadiums can and do now hold huge amounts of people. Let\u2019s take a look at the top 10, largest Soccer stadiums in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Capacity 86,000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Completed in 2007 and located in Egypt, the Borg El Arab Stadium<\/a> is the second largest soccer stadium in Africa and can hold up to 86,000 fans. Built as part of Egypt\u2019s unsuccessful bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals, the Borg El Arab Stadium was notably filled to capacity in the 2018 World Cup qualifying match between Egypt and Congo<\/p>\n\n\n\n