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Essex Park Randers
Essex Park
Full name Essex Park Randers
Former names Randers Stadion
Location Viborgvej 92A
8920 Randers NV
Coordinates 56°27′57″N 10°00′37″E / 56.46594°N 10.010262°E / 56.46594; 10.010262
Built 1961
Renovated 2006
Owner Randers Municipality
Operator Randers FC
Surface Grass
Scoreboard 2
Architect Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
Structural engineer Rambøll
General Contractor A. Enggaard
Capacity 12,000 (6,114 seats)
Record attendance 17,000 (Randers Freja vs. 1.FC Köln, 1969)
Field dimensions 102 X 65 m
Tenants
Randers FC (Danish Superliga) (2002-present)
Randers Freja (1961-2002)

Essex Park Randers (former Randers Stadion) is a football stadium, located in Randers, Denmark and is the home ground of Randers FC.

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Rebuilding

Randers Stadion was totally rebuilt in 2005-06. The new stadium was designed by Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, while Rambøll was the engineer and A. Enggaard contractor.[1]

The pitch was also renovated in 2006 installing under-pitch heating, and automatic watering systems.

In October 2007 Randers FC installed a 37 sqm jumboscreen at the top of the North Stand.

Essex Park has a capacity of 12,000 of which 6,114 are seats, which is the maximum capacity for international matches.

The stadium consists of 4 stands:

  • Two long-side stands:
    • The Sparekassen Kronjylland stand (2,697 seats)
    • The Energi Randers stand (2,407 seats)
  • Two end stands:
    • The Marcus stand (1,011 seats and 2,886 standing places)
    • The north stand (3,000 standing places)

The north stand was the only stand, not to be renovated in the 2006 rebuild.

Other activities

In October 2006 the newly renovated stadium hosted the WUSV 2006 Schutzhund World Championship.
The stadium hosted a concert in 2007 with the rock band, Aerosmith. Twenty-three thousand people watched the show at the stadium.

National games

Essex Park Arena has never been used as home ground for the Danish national team, but it has been venue of several youth national matches:[2]

Date Home team Res. Away team Competition Spectators
5 October 1952 Denmark B 2-0 Finland B Friendly match 14,000
10 October 1954 Denmark U-21 1-3 Sweden U-21 Friendly match 9,876
26 October 1958 Denmark B 3-3 Sweden B Friendly match 17,200
6 September 1964 Denmark U-21 3-2 Finland U-21 Friendly match 5,100
21 June 1966 Denmark U-21 1-2 Netherlands U-21 Friendly match 4,300
24 June 1970 Denmark U-21 1-1 Sweden U-21 Friendly match 3,000
8 May 1973 Denmark U-23 0-2 West Germany U-23 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Football Championship qualifying 4,500

References

  1. ^ "Randers Stadion - ombygning" (in Danish). Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller. http://www.cfmoller.com/siteCFM/projectDetail.asp?x=&detail=2032. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 
  2. ^ "Landsholdsdatabasen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=5641. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 

See also

External links

Danish Superliga venues · 2009–10







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