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Club: RC Lens | Opening: 1934 | Capacity: 38,223 seats<\/p>\n
Stade Bollaert-Delelis, earlier known as Stade F\u00e9lix-Bollaert, officially opened in 1934 after a two-year construction period.<\/p>\n
The oval-shaped stadium initially consisted of one covered grand stand and small terraces on the other sides. It could hold about 12,000 spectators.<\/p>\n
Stade Felix-Bollaert remained largely unchanged until the 1970s, when a new main stand got built and the stadium lost its oval shape in favour of a rectangular one. Next, new stands got erected on the other sides.<\/p>\n
The stadium got further enlarged in preparation of the 1984 European Championships. New stands and additional second tiers raised capacity from 39,000 to 51,000 places, making it for a short moment the largest stadium in France.<\/p>\n
During Euro 1984, Stade Felix-Bollaert hosted two matches in the first group stage.<\/p>\n
The stadium set its record attendance in 1992 when 48,912 spectators attended a league match between Lens and Marseille.<\/p>\n
Soon after, Stade Felix-Bollaert got again selected to be a playing venue at a major tournament, this time the 1998 World Cup<\/a>. The resulting redevelopment works involved the reconstruction of three of the four stands.<\/p>\n During the World Cup, the stadium hosted five first round group matches and the round of 16 match between France and Paraguay (1-0).<\/p>\n In 2004, the addition of further corporate facilities reduced capacity to just over 40,000. \u00a0The stadium got renamed Stade Bollaert-Delelis in 2012 in honour of long-time major of the city Andr\u00e9 Delelis, who had died in the same year.<\/p>\n Stade Bollaert-Delelis once again got selected to be one\u00a0of the playing venues of a big tournament, this time\u00a0Euro 2016<\/a>. Its status as one of the hosts was long uncertain\u00a0due to a lack of funding for the required redevelopment of the stadium, but they eventually received the go-ahead.<\/p>\n Works were performed during the 2014-15 season, which forced Lens to play their home matches at Stade de la Licorne<\/a> in Amiens.<\/p>\n During Euro 2016, Stade Bollaert-Delelis hosted three first round group stage matches and the\u00a0round of 16 match between Portugal and Croatia (1-0).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n
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