The biggest football event on the planet, the 2018 World Cup, will be held in Russia. This is the first time the tournament has been held in a Eastern European country and also the first time it has been held in Russia. The World Cup is expected to take place at 12 stadiums in this country.
1. Luzhniki Stadium
Luzhniki Stadium is the largest stadium in Russia with 81,000 seats. This will be the stadium where the 2018 World Cup final will take place
Luzhniki Stadium is located in Khamovniki District, the center of Moscow
2. Kaliningrad Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. This is the home stadium of FC Baltika Volgograd in the Russian National Championship
Kaliningrad Stadium is built on Oktyrssky Island, Kaliningrad
3. Saint Petersburg Stadium
Saint Petersburg Stadium was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurosawa. Shaped like an airport boat
Saint Petersburg Stadium was officially opened in April 2017, a feature of this stadium is that it always has a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius regardless of the weather outside and has a capacity of 68,134 people.
4. Ekaterinburg Center Stadium
The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 seats, and will be used to compete in 4 matches in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers
The Central Stadium will be called Ekaterinburg throughout the 2018 World Cup
5. Fisht dynamic field
Fisht Stadium was built to serve the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Fisht Stadium has 47,000 seats and will be reduced to only 40,000 after the 2018 World Cup
6. Rostov Stadium
With a capacity of 45,000 people, after the 2018 World Cup season, the stadium will reduce its capacity to 42,000 people
Rostov Stadium is located on the banks of the East River.
7. Kazan Stadium
Kazan Stadium is the stadium with the largest outer fence in Europe
The stadium has a capacity of 45,479 seats
8. Mordovia Arena Stadium
Mordovia Arena is a football stadium built in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia to prepare for the 2018 World Cup.
This stadium has a capacity of 44,442. After the 2018 World Cup ends, the upper floor will be removed, leaving the stadium with a capacity of only 28,000 people
9. Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
With a capacity of about 45,000 seats with 902 seats for wheelchairs and those accompanying them
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium is a new football stadium and is built in Novgorod, Russia
10. Volgograd Stadium
Volgograd Stadium has a capacity of 45,568 people
11. Samara Arena Stadium
Samara Arena is the home stadium of FC Krylia Sovetov Samara club in the Russian Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 44,918 people
Samara Arena Stadium is in the final stages to serve the 2018 World Cup
12. Spartak Stadium
Spartak Stadium is the home stadium of Spartak Moscow club. The stadium was officially opened in May 2014
Spartak Stadium is designed with a capacity of about 45,360 people