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Pankritio Stadium

Heraklion, Greece

26,240

recorded capacity

1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Olympic Stadium, Athens, 69,618

Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion is the southernmost of the 16 listed stadiums in Greece. It was a venue of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

It opened in 2004. It is the 7th-largest of the 16 listed stadiums in Greece. The nearest listed stadium is Nea Smyrni Stadium, 316 km away.

Listed for
Athletics and football
Tenants
Greece national football team
Surface
Grass
Position
35.34° N, 25.11° E

Compare with another stadium

Where it stands in Greece

  1. Olympic Stadium, Athens43,378 more69,618
  2. 2 more listed stadiums
  3. Agia Sophia Stadium4,860 more31,100
  4. Toumba Stadium2,463 more28,703
  5. Kaftanzoglio Stadium1,320 more27,560
  6. Pankritio Stadium26,240
  7. Pampeloponnisiako Stadium2,652 fewer23,588
  8. Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium3,440 fewer22,800
  9. Panthessaliko Stadium4,051 fewer22,189
  10. 6 more listed stadiums

All 16 listed in Greece

From the record

Construction began
1990
Operator
City of Heraklion
Architect
Vassilis Floudas & Associates
Recorded construction cost
€ 50,000,000
Record attendance
27,950 (2005)
Opening order in Greece
joint 13th of 16, earliest first
Share of listed capacity in Greece
6.3%
Latest renovation or expansion
2025, more recent than 10 of the other 11 listed stadiums in Greece with such a year
Compared with the median in Greece
1.1 times the median capacity of 23,194 across its 16 listed stadiums
Opened in the 2000s in Greece
2 of the 16 listed stadiums, this one included
Also opened in 2004 in Greece
Panthessaliko Stadium
Nearest larger listed stadium
Panathenaic Stadium, 317 km

Chronology

  1. 2004 Opened, Summer Olympics venue
  2. 2025 Renovated

Nearest listed stadiums

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  1. Nea Smyrni Stadium · north-west11,700 places, opened 1939315.5 km
  2. Panathenaic Stadium · north50,000 places, completed 1896316.9 km
  3. Karaiskakis Stadium · north-west33,334 places, opened 1896317.4 km
  4. Leoforos Alexandras Stadium · north16,003 places, opened 1922318.4 km
  5. Olympic Stadium, Athens · north69,618 places, opened 1982322.4 km

Source: Wikipedia, Pankritio Stadium.