Randers Stadium
Randers Stadium, known as Cepheus Park Randers for sponsorship reasons is a football stadium, located in Randers, Denmark. It is the home ground of Randers FC.
Rebuilding
Randers Stadion was totally rebuilt in 2005–06. The new stadium was designed by Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, while Rambøll was the engineer and A. Enggaard contractor.The pitch was also renovated in 2006 installing under-pitch heating, and automatic watering systems.
In October 2007 Randers FC installed a 37-square metre jumboscreen at the top of the North Stand.
Randers Stadium official capacity are 10,300 of which 9,000 are seats.
The north stand was the only stand, not to be renovated in the 2006 rebuild, but in 2012 Randers FC announced that the North Stand would be renovated. The North Stand would be finished in the start of the season 2013–14. The North Stand was designed by Friis & Moltke, while Grontmij was the consultative engineers and Einar Kornerup contractor.
The stadium consists of 4 stands:
- Two long-side stands:
- *The Sparekassen Kronjylland stand
- *The Energi Randers stand
- Two end stands:
- *The Marcus stand
- *The North stand
Other activities
Aerosmith performed at the stadium during their 2007 World Tour on June 6, 2007, with 23,000 people in attendance.
National games
Bionutria Park Randers has never been used as home ground for the Danish national team, but it has been venue of several youth national matches:Date | Home team | Res. | Away team | Competition | Spectators |
5 October 1952 | Denmark B | 2–0 | Finland B | Friendly match | 14,000 |
10 October 1954 | Denmark U-21 | 1–3 | Sweden U-21 | Friendly match | 9,876 |
26 October 1958 | Denmark B | 3–3 | Sweden B | Friendly match | 17,200 |
6 September 1964 | Denmark U-21 | 3–2 | Finland U-21 | Friendly match | 5,100 |
21 June 1966 | Denmark U-21 | 1–2 | Netherlands U-21 | Friendly match | 4,300 |
24 June 1970 | Denmark U-21 | 1–1 | Sweden U-21 | Friendly match | 3,000 |
8 May 1973 | Denmark U-23 | 0–2 | West Germany U-23 | 1974 UEFA European U-23 Football Championship qualifying | 4,500 |
27 March 2017 | Denmark U-21 | 0-4 | England U21 | Friendly match | 5,367 |