Toumba Stadium
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| Location | Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′49.82″N 22°58′20.72″E / 40.6138389°N 22.9724222°ECoordinates: 40°36′49.82″N 22°58′20.72″E / 40.6138389°N 22.9724222°E |
| Owner | A.S. PAOK |
| Operator | PAOK |
| Executive suites | 14 5-man suites each 12 |
| Capacity | 28,703 |
| Record attendance | 45,252 (19 December 1976) |
| Field size | 106 m × 71 m (348 ft × 233 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | LED |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1957 |
| Built | 1958–1959 |
| Opened | 6 September 1959 |
| Renovated | 2004, 2013 |
| Expanded | 1962, 1965, 1972 |
| Construction cost | ₯ 6,000,000 |
| Architect | Minas Trempelas |
| Structural engineer | Antonis Triglianos |
| Tenants | |
| PAOK | |
| Website | |
| PAOK FC official website | |
Toumba Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Τούμπας) is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the property of amateur A.S. PAOK. It is a family donation from Ioanni Dedeoglou and later the plot was donated to build the P.A.O.K. Sports Arena in Pylaia Thessaloniki. The Toumba Stadium started construction in 1958 and completed in 1959. Patrons on the project were part of the Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece) and paid the amount of 1,100,000 drachmas. The Hellenic National Defence General Staff owned the space and contributed decisively to expropriate it for Toumba Stadium. The then defense minister Georgios Themelis vouched for the expropriation of the area of Toumba Stadium during the Konstantinos Karamanlis government in 1958. The old stage of PAOK Fountain Square downtown was expropriated for the construction the Theological Seminary, and the surrounding area was given to Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The architect of the project was Minas Trempelas and the engineer was Antonis Triglianos. Important for its construction was the contribution and of its own group of fans, who were invited twice to assist financially through the "Special Fund for the Erection of the New Phase of PAOK", adopted by the administration of the club, while some friends of PAOK worked selflessly through personal work during the process of construction. It was finished on 6 September 1959 as the club's prime sporting venue and served as the home ground for the club's football team, which was participating in the then HFF Panhellenic Championship until today, for the needs for the Superleague Greece of Greek Football Cup, the obligations of PAOK in the European Cup UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
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