Sarpsborg Stadion

{{Short description|Football stadium in Sarpsborg, Norway}}

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| stadium_name = Sarpsborg Stadion

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| location = Sarpsborg, Norway

| coordinates = {{coord|59|17|10|N|11|5|51|E|source:nowiki_region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| opened = 1930

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| operator = Sarpsborg municipality

| surface = Artificial turf

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| tenants = Sarpsborg 08

| seating_capacity = 8,022

| record_attendance = 7042{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/naBxQm/sarpsborg-kapteinen-hyller-hjemmefansen-det-blir-litt-som-europa-league|title = Sarpsborg-kapteinen hyller hjemmefansen: – Det blir litt som Europa League| date=3 August 2019 }}

| dimensions = {{convert|105|×|68|m|abbr=on}}

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The Sarpsborg Stadion is a football stadium in Sarpsborg, Norway. It is the home ground of Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08.

The former multi-use venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1954 and 1960.{{cite web |url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/amnm.htm |title=Main Championships Men |publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association |language=no |access-date=25 November 2011 |archive-date=15 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215133151/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/amnm.htm |url-status=dead }} The venue hosted one Norway national under-21 football team match, where Norway lost 1–3 against Sweden on 3 October 1972.{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/System-pages/TabellTermin/?tournamentId=39901 |title=Norge Menn U21 |publisher=Football Association of Norway |language=no |archive-date=12 May 2012 |access-date=26 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512234353/http://www.fotball.no/System-pages/TabellTermin/?tournamentId=39901 |url-status=dead }} The stadium has been repeatedly modernised in recent years; a modernisation which began in 2000, when a new main stand were built. In 2009, new floodlights were installed and the grass pitch was replaced with an artificial turf. New stands were built in both the south and north end of the pitch between 2010 and 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.sa.no/sarpsborg-08/fotball/sport/s08-ma-betale-tribunen-selv/s/5-46-107923 |title=S08 må betale tribunen selv |website=sa.no |publisher=Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad |language=no |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=10 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sarpsborg08.no/kort-om-sarpsborg-stadion |language=no |title=Sarpsborg Stadion |publisher=Sarpsborg 08 FF |access-date=12 March 2018 }} Sarpsborg 08's success in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League led to further upgrades and improvements.

The stadium's attendance record dates from 14 October 1945, when Fredrikstad and Lyn met in the first of two replays of the final of the 1945 Norwegian Cup. 18,000 spectators visited the match that ended with a 1–1 draw.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.no/1945/Cup.html |title=Norwegian cup 1945 |publisher=RSSSF Norway |archive-date=24 May 2008 |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524093448/http://www.rsssf.no/1945/Cup.html |url-status=live }} This was the penultimate Norwegian Cup final to be played outside Oslo.