Stadio Luigi Ferraris

The Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the neighbourhood where it is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. The home of Genoa C.F.C. and U.C. Sampdoria football clubs, it opened in 1911 and is the oldest stadium still in use for football and other sports in Italy. Aside from football, the stadium has hosted meetings of rugby in the Italian national rugby team and, more rarely, some concerts.

The stadium is named after Luigi Ferraris (1887–1915), an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died during WWI.

Notable matches

The stadium was inaugurated on 22 January 1911 with a football match between Genoa and Internazionale, and had a capacity of 20,000. On 22 December 1912, it hosted its first international, in which Italy lost 3–1 to Austria in a friendly.

It also hosted the 1934 World Cup round-of-16 match between Spain and Brazil, and by then its capacity had been expanded to 30,000.

The stadium was dismantled and rebuilt before the 1990 FIFA World Cup, for which it hosted three Group C matches (between Costa Rica, Scotland and Sweden) and a round-of-16 match between the Republic of Ireland and Romania.

The highest attendance at the Luigi Ferraris was 60,000 on 27 February 1949, for a match between Italy and Portugal.

On 12 October 2010, a Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia was abandoned after Serbia fans continued to throw flares onto the pitch and light fireworks. When the game finally began, more flares and fireworks were thrown onto the field and the referee stopped the match after only six minutes of play.

On 29 February 2012, the United States defeated Italy 1–0 in a friendly played at the stadium. It was the first time in almost 100 years that Italy had been defeated in Genoa after 22 December 1912 defeat against Austria, and the first time that the US had ever defeated Italy.

On 14 November 2014, it hosted Italy's end-of-year rugby union international against Argentina who won 20–18.

File:Sampdoria‘s „Curva Sud“.jpg

Sampdoria's "Gradinata Sud"

Average attendances

Season	Genoa		Sampdoria
	Average	Tier	Average	Tier
1970–71	?	C1	23,177	A
1971–72	15,357	B	22,527	A
1972–73	30,166	B	21,344	A
1973–74	29,510	A	23,837	A
1974–75	18,840	B	18,724	A
1975–76	24,357	B	22,457	A
1976–77	34,327	A	23,300	A
1977–78	34,300	A	15,133	B
1978–79	19,709	B	13,348	B
1979–80	24,304	B	18,060	B
1980–81	18,894	B	15,802	B
1981–82	34,767	B	21,254	B
1982–83	34,290	A	34,504	A
1983–84	26,706	A	30,162	A
1984–85	11,405	B	32,544	A
1985–86	14,878	B	26,296	A
1986–87	20,002	B	26,655	A
1987–88	9,856	B	17,586	A
1988–89	17,292	B	17,959	A
1989–90	26,789	A	26,120	A
1990–91	31,063	A	31,372	A
1991–92	31,063	A	31,372	A
1992–93	27,803	A	30,856	A

Season	Genoa		Sampdoria
	Average	Tier	Average	Tier
1993–94	26,391	A	30,616	A
1994–95	21,717	A	27,550	A
1995–96	11,229	B	26,070	A
1996–97	13,084	B	26,187	A
1997–98	12,848	B	24,482	A
1998–99	12,961	B	20,463	A
1999–2000	12,928	B	16,709	B
2000–01	15,512	B	16,476	B
2001–02	16,159	B	13,069	B
2002–03	12,371	B	21,802	B
2003–04	17,347	B	26,224	A
2004–05	21,449	B	23,669	A
2005–06	17,577	C1	22,688	A
2006–07	19,934	B	19,036	A
2007–08	24,745	A	21,888	A
2008–09	26,583	A	23,323	A
2009–10	27,007	A	25,240	A
2010–11	23,446	A	23,330	A
2011–12	20,898	A	20,854	B
2012–13	19,740	A	23,123	A
2013–14	20,055	A	22,158	A
2014–15	19,074	A	20,746	A
2015–16	21,025	A	21,350	A

1990 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:

Date	Team No. 1	Res.	Team No. 2	Round
1990-06-11	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Costa Rica	flag alias = Flag of Costa Rica.svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Costa Rica (1839-1848).svg	flag alias-1848 = Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-naval = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-navy = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	Costa Rican Coast Guard	Costa Rican Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0|| rowspan="2" |{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Scotland	flag alias = Flag of Scotland.svg	flag alias-1542 = Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg	link alias-football = Scotland men's national football team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}|| rowspan="3" |Group C
1990-06-16	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Sweden	flag alias = Flag of Sweden.svg	flag alias-army = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg	flag alias-air force =Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg	flag alias-1818 = Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg	flag alias-1844 = Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg	flag alias-1905 = Flag of Sweden (pre-1906).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg	flag alias-naval-1844 = Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg	flag alias-naval-1815 = Ensign of Sweden and Norway (1815–1844).svg	link alias-army = Swedish Army	link alias-air force = Swedish Air Force	link alias-naval = Swedish Navy	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg	link alias-navy = Swedish Navy	link alias-football = Sweden men's national football team	border-army =	border-air force =	border-naval =	border-navy =	border-naval-1815 =	border-naval-1844 =	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2
1990-06-20		1–2	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Costa Rica	flag alias = Flag of Costa Rica.svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Costa Rica (1839-1848).svg	flag alias-1848 = Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-naval = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-navy = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	Costa Rican Coast Guard	Costa Rican Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}
1990-06-25	{{safesubst: Template:Yesno	alias = Republic of Ireland	shortname alias = Ireland	flag alias = Flag of Ireland.svg	link alias-naval = Irish Naval Service	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg	link alias-air force = Irish Air Corps	flag alias-army = Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg	link alias-army = Irish Army	link alias-navy = Irish Naval Service	link alias-football = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-football = Republic of Ireland	link alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland	link alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland	flag alias-rugby union = Flag placeholder.svg	border-rugby union =	flag alias-cricket = Flag placeholder.svg	border-cricket =	link alias-netball = Republic of Ireland national netball team	name alias-netball = Republic of Ireland	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||style="text-align:center;"|0–0 (5–4 on penalties)||{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Romania	flag alias = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-1859 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg	flag alias-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg	flag alias-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg	flag alias-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg	flag alias-1952 = Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg	flag alias-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg	flag alias-naval = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-naval-1860 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg	flag alias-naval-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg	flag alias-naval-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-naval-1922 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg	flag alias-naval-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg	flag alias-naval-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg	flag alias-naval-1950 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1950–1952).svg	flag alias-naval-1952 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1952–1965).svg	flag alias-naval-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg	link alias-naval = Romanian Naval Forces	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Romanian Air Force (obverse).svg	flag alias-air force-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg	flag alias-air force-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg	flag alias-air force-1950 = Flag of Air Force of Romania (1950-1952, obverse).svg	flag alias-air force-1952 = Flag of Air Force of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg	flag alias-air force-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg	link alias-air force = Romanian Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of the Romanian Land Forces (Obverse).svg	flag alias-army-1859 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg	flag alias-army-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg	flag alias-army-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-army-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg	flag alias-army-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg	flag alias-army-1950 = Battle flag of Romania (1950-1952, obverse).svg	flag alias-army-1952 = Battle flag of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg	flag alias-army-1965 = Battle flag of Romania (1966-1989, obverse).svg	link alias-army = Romanian Land Forces	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Romanian Naval Forces (Obverse).svg	flag alias-navy-1860 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg	flag alias-navy-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg	flag alias-navy-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg	flag alias-navy-1922 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg	flag alias-navy-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg	flag alias-navy-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg	flag alias-navy-1950 = Flag of Naval Force of Romania (1950-1951, obverse).svg	flag alias-navy-1952 = Flag of terrestrial units of the Naval Force of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg	flag alias-navy-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg	link alias-navy = Romanian Naval Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||Round of 16

External links

• Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Russian Sampdoria website
• Article at stadiumguide.com