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Stadion Feijenoord
de Kuip
Full name	Stadion Feijenoord
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Built	1935–1937
Opened	July 23, 1937
Renovated	1994
Architect	Leendert van der Vlugt Broekbakema (renovation)
Capacity	51,577 (49,000 for KNVB matches)
Website	www.dekuip.nl
Tenants
Feyenoord (Eredivisie) KNVB

Inside the stadium.

Another view inside the stadium.

De Kuip from above

Feyenoord helicopter entering the stadium.

The Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname De Kuip (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈkœyp]) (the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973).

Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: 69,000 (1949). Present day capacity: 51,177 (49,000 for KNVB matches).

It is the home stadium of football club Feyenoord, one of the traditional top teams in the Netherlands. It has also long been one of the home grounds of the Dutch national team, having hosted over 150 international matches, with the first one being a match against Belgium on 2 May 1937. Also, a record ten European finals have taken place in the Feijenoord stadium. The last one was the 2002 UEFA Cup Final in which Feyenoord, coincidentally playing a home match, defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–2.

In 2000, the Feijenoord stadium hosted the final of Euro 2000, played in the Netherlands and Belgium, where France defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time.^[1]

History[link]

Leen van Zandvliet, Feyenoord's president in the 1930s, came up with the idea of building an entirely new stadium, unlike any other on the continent, with two free hanging tiers and no obstacles blocking the view. The great examples at that time were Highbury, where the West and East stands had been recently built as a double deck, and Yankee Stadium in New York City. Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, the famous designers of the van Nelle factories in Rotterdam were asked to design a stadium out of glass, concrete and steel, cheap materials at that time. They came up with a design that is modern even in this era. In fact, "de Kuip" acted as an example for many of the greatest stadia we know today, e.g. Camp Nou. The stadium was co-financed by the billionaire Daniël George van Beuningen, who made his fortune in World War I, exporting coal from Germany to England through neutral Netherlands. In World War II, the stadium nearly got torn down, because the German occupiers needed the materials. Fortunately it didn't come to that. After the war the stadium got extra seats (1949) and stadium lights (1958). On 29 October 1991 De Kuip was named as being one of Rotterdam's monuments.^[1] In 1994 the stadium was extensively renovated to its present form.^[1] It became an all seater and the roof was extended to cover all the seats. An extra building was constructed for commercial use by Feyenoord, it also houses a restaurant and a museum, The Home of History.^[2] The stadium has hosted concerts since 1978. The first ones were Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton.^[1] Since 1996, the stadium hasn't hosted many concerts, because of the competition of the Amsterdam ArenA. As of January 2007, the stadium can be found in 3D format on Google Earth.^[3]

Facilities and related buildings[link]

Adjacent to De Kuip inside the Maasgebouw (Maas building) is a restaurant, Brasserie “De Kuip Eten en Drinken”, which a sporty decoration combined with a cosy atmosphere.^[4] The brasserie can host 180 customers during dinner times and 300 customers for business meetings. The brasserie is closed when Feyenoord plays at home.^[4] A visit to the brasserie is often combined with a stadium tour in De Kuip, or a visit during a Feyenoord training.^[5] Next to De Kuip and Feyenoord's training ground there is another, but smaller sports arena, the Topsportcentrum Rotterdam. This arena hosts events in many sports and in various levels of competition. Some examples of sports that can be seen in the topsportcentrum are judo, volleyball and handball.^[6]

De Nieuwe Kuip[link]

A new stadium for Feyenoord is currently being designed. Already nicknamed 'De Nieuwe Kuip', it will be located a few hundred meters from the current Feijenoord Stadion, on the shores of the river Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse). Feyenoord officials have expressed a desire for the new stadium to have a similar atmosphere as the current one. The projected capacity will be 80,000–100,000.^[7] The new stadium must be completed in 2016, and could possibly also be Rotterdam's main weapon in a bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics. A definitive design is expected in the following years. The outlook for the new Feyenoord stadium doesn't look good as one political party from the Netherlands (PVDA) has already said it would not support the build. The PVDA considers it irresponsible to spend hundreds of millions of euros on the new stadium which they don't consider important and thus don't treat it as a priority.^[8]

Average visitor numbers per season, 1937–2007[link]

See also[link]

• List of stadia
• UEFA

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Feijenoord Stadion

• Aerial photo (Google Maps)
• 3D format on Google Earth

Coordinates: 51°53′38.02″N 4°31′23.71″E / 51.8938944°N 4.5232528°E / 51.8938944; 4.5232528

Włodzimierz Smolarek

Personal information
Full name	Włodzimierz Smolarek
Date of birth	(1957-07-16)16 July 1957
Place of birth	Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Date of death	7 March 2012(2012-03-07) (aged 54)
Place of death	Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Włókniarz Aleksandrów Łódzki
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1978	Widzew Łódź
1978–1980	Legia Warsaw	18	(4)
1980–1986	Widzew Łódź	181	(55)
1986–1988	Eintracht Frankfurt	63	(13)
1988–1990	Feyenoord	46	(13)
1990–1996	Utrecht	165	(33)
National team
1980–1992	Poland	60	(13)
Teams managed
2000–2009	Feyenoord (youth coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Włodzimierz Smolarek (16 July 1957 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish footballer who was one of the most highly regarded Polish football players.

Career[link]

Born in Aleksandrów Łódzki, Smolarek played for clubs such as Widzew Łódź, Legia Warsaw, Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany), Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) and FC Utrecht (Netherlands).^[1]

He played 60 matches for the Polish national team.^[2] Smolarek was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

After ending his career, Smolarek worked for Feyenoord, coaching youth. In October 2009 he was hired by the Polish Football Association to oversee the Polish youth program.^[4]

Włodzimierz Smolarek (behind the flag)

Personal[link]

His son Euzebiusz Smolarek is also a footballer.

References[link]

v t e Poland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Młynarczyk 2 Dziuba 3 Kupcewicz 4 Dolny 5 Janas 6 Skrobowski 7 Jałocha 8 Matysik 9 Żmuda(c) 10 Majewski 11 Smolarek 12 Wójcicki 13 Buncol 14 Pałasz 15 Ciołek 16 Lato 17 Szarmach 18 Kusto 19 Iwan 20 Boniek 21 Kazimierski 22 Mowlik Coach: Piechniczek

v t e Poland squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Młynarczyk 2 Przybyś 3 Żmuda 4 Ostrowski 5 Wójcicki 6 Matysik 7 Tarasiewicz 8 Urban 9 Karaś 10 Majewski 11 Smolarek 12 Kazimierski 13 Komornicki 14 Kubicki 15 Buncol 16 Pałasz 17 Zgutczyński 18 Pawlak 19 Wandzik 20 Boniek (c) 21 Dziekanowski 22 Furtok Coach: Piechniczek

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