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The Netanya Stadium[2] (Hebrew: אצטדיון נתניה), commonly known as The Diamond Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Netanya, Israel. It is used as the permanent home ground of Maccabi Netanya, and it has been used as the temporary homeground of Hapoel Hadera. The stadium also serves the Israel national football team for some select home matches, as well as the main home ground of the Israel national under-19 football team as of 2021.

Netanya Stadium

The Diamond Stadium
UEFA
Location	Netanya, Israel
Public transit	Coastal Railway Line at Netanya Sapir
Owner	Netanya Municipality
Operator	Netanya Municipality
Capacity	13,610
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	2005
Opened	30 October 2012
Construction cost	₪ 240 million [1] € 55 million
Architect	GAB Architects
Tenants
Maccabi Netanya (2012–present) Hapoel Hadera (2018–present; temporary) Israel national football team (selected matches) Israel national under-19 football team Major sporting events hosted 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2018 World Lacrosse Championship 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

History

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Financing of the stadium came from the sale of the land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium was on before being demolished to be used for a housing project.

On 30 September 2003 Minister of Internal Affairs Avraham Poraz approved the plan to build the stadium in an area called Birkat Hanoun.[3] The plan was for a 24,000-seat stadium, consisting of four separate stands. The first two stands under construction will be the main east and west grandstands. It will house 36 private boxes, a VIP section and the press areas. This will be followed by construction of the remaining stands, along with training grounds.

Spread out over 163 dunams (16.3 hectares), the entire complex was planned to be connected by train and have a parking lot for around 1,000 cars. The architects of the stadium were from GAB (Goldschmidt Arditty Ben Nayin) Architects, one of Israel's leading sport architecture firms based in Jerusalem.[4] Construction was managed by the Netanya Development Company, who handled planning of the project for three years before construction.[5]

Construction began in 2005 and the stadium officially opened on October 30, 2012. The first game was played on November 4, 2012, in front of a sold-out crowd as Maccabi Netanya defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1. Netanya's Ahmad Saba'a became the first player to score a goal in the new stadium.[6] The stadium hosted the 2012–13 Israel State Cup finals in front of 8,621 people.[7] A week later the Youth State Cup finals were held in the stadium in front of 4,600 people.[8]

It was one of four venues for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, holding three group matches and a semi-final. It was also one of four stadiums to host the 2015 UEFA European women's under-19 Football Championship and the final of the tournament.

The stadium played host to two open day and the championship game of the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.

The first friendly match of the Israel national football team was played on February 6, 2013. Israel hosted the Finland national football team and won the match by a score of 2–1.

Average attendance

Team	Average Attendance	Season
Maccabi Netanya	5,046[9]	2012–13
	3,742	2013–14
	5,978[10]	2014–15
	4,705[11]	2015–16
	2,890	2016–17
	7,390[12]	2017–18
	5,836[13]	2018–19
	5,614[14]	2019–20
	1,412 (due to COVID-19) [15]	2020–21
	6,993[16]	2021–22

International matches

Date		Result		Competition	Attendance
6 February 2013	Israel U-21	0-0	Serbia U-21	Under-21 Friendly	100
6 February 2013	Israel	2-1	Finland	Friendly	6,150
5 June 2013	Israel U-21	2-2	Norway U-21	2013 Euro U-21	10,850
9 June 2013	Germany U-21	0-1	Spain U-21	2013 Euro U-21	11,750
12 June 2013	Russia U-21	1-2	Germany U-21	2013 Euro U-21	8,134
15 June 2013	Spain U-21	3-0	Norway U-21	2013 Euro U-21	12,048
5 March 2014	Israel	1-3	Slovakia	Friendly	7,200
6 June 2017	Israel	1-1	Moldova	Friendly	5,000
24 March 2018	Israel	1-2	Romania	Friendly	7,925
15 November 2018	Israel	7-0	Guatemala	Friendly	5,900
7 September 2020	Israel	1-1	Slovakia	2020–21 UEFA Nations League	0
18 November 2020	Israel	1-0	Scotland	2020–21 UEFA Nations League	0
15 November 2021	Israel	3-2	Faroe Islands	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	6,800
29 March 2022	Israel	2-2	Romania	Friendly	6,970
25 May 2022	Netherlands U-17	2-1	Italy U-17	2022 Euro U-17
25 May 2022	Spain U-17	1-2	Portugal U-17	2022 Euro U-17
29 May 2022	France U-17	2-2 (6–5 p)	Portugal U-17	2022 Euro U-17
29 May 2022	Netherlands U-17	2-2 (5–3 p)	Serbia U-17	2022 Euro U-17
1 June 2022	France U-17	2-1	Netherlands U-17	2022 Euro U-17

See also

• Sports in Israel

References

На других языках

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[de] Netanja-Stadion

Das Netanja-Stadion (hebräisch .mw-parser-output .Hebr{font-size:115%}איצטדיון נתניה) ist ein Fußballstadion im israelischen Netanja, das ab der Saison 2012/13 das Sar-Tov-Stadion als Heimstätte des israelischen Fußballerstligisten Maccabi Netanja ersetzt.

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- [en] Netanya Stadium

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[fr] Stade de Netanya

Le stade de Netanya (en hébreu : איצטדיון נתניה), est un stade de football, situé à Netanya, en Israël. Le stade est utilisé par le club du Maccabi Netanya. Cet équipement d'une capacité de 13 610 places remplace l'ancien stade Sar-Tov. Le stade de Netanya est l'un des stades hôtes de l'Euro espoirs 2013.

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