Stade Raymond Kopa
| Stade Jean-Bouin | |
 | |
| Location | Boulevard Pierre de Coubertin, Angers, Maine-et-Loire |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 47°27′38″N 0°31′51″W / 47.460458°N 0.530741°W |
| Capacity | 18,752[1] |
| Record attendance | 22,989 (April 26, 1969) vs. Olympique de Marseille |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Tenants | |
| SCO Angers | |
Raymond Kopa Stadium (formerly Stade Jean-Bouin) is a football stadium in Angers, France. It is the home ground of Angers SCO. The stadium holds 18,752 people, a capacity which was reached in with the reconstruction of one of the stands.[2]
The name was officially changed from Stade Jean-Bouin to Stade Raymond Kopa on 27 March 2017, to honour French football legend Raymond Kopa who made his professional debut with the club and died in the city 3 weeks previously.[3][4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stade Jean-Bouin (Angers).
- ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/sco-nouveautes-projets-et-precisions-5578281
- ^ "Stadiums in France Pays de la Loire". Worldstadiums.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Le Stade d'Angers officiellement renommé en hommage à Kopa" (in French). sport24.com. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Angers : Le stade Jean-Bouin devient Raymond-Kopa" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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