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\"Toumba<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: PAOK FC | Opening: 1959 | Capacity: 28,703 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Toumba Stadium was built in the late 1950s after PAOK\u2019s ground in the centre of Thessaloniki had become too small for the club.<\/p>\n

Toumba Stadium officially opened on 6 September 1959 with a friendly between PAOK and AEK (0-1).<\/p>\n

Initially the stadium counted with 20,000 places, but this was soon expanded to a total of about 45,000, and on 19 December 1976 the stadium recorded its highest attendance when 45,252 people attended a match between PAOK and AEK.<\/p>\n

In the mid-1990s, capacity of the stadium decreased again as a result of the installation of seats in place of the terraces. A last series of renovations, including the addition and improvement of VIP facilities, were performed in 2004.<\/p>\n

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