Porin Stadion is a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Pori

Pori

Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....

, Finland

Finland

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. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches and is the home stadium of PoPa

Popa

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, FC Jazz

FC Jazz

FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland.- History :The club was founded in 1934. They played 19 seasons in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga between 1984 and 2004. The club was dissolved in 2005, as a result of financial difficulties. The club won the Finnish championship title in...

 and NiceFutis

NiceFutis

NiceFutis is a woman's football club from Pori, Finland.It was established in 1989. The club made its debut in the Finnish women's league, Naisten Liiga, in the season 2008.Attendance record is 982, NiceFutis vs HJK in August 2010....

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History

The first official soccer match was played in May 1963. The stadium was completed two years later when stands and other facilities were built. During its history, the stadium has been renovated three times. The latest uplift in 1999 was made to implement new stands and lights.

Finland national football team

Finland national football team

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 has played one cap in Porin Stadion. 27th of May 1984 Finland beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

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In 1967, 1983 and 2005 the stadium hosted Kalevan kisat-games, the Finnish championships in athletics. Games of 2015 will also be arranged in Pori.

Attendance record 12,050 was made in Kalevan kisat 1967. Attendance record in football matches is 11,193 on october 1993. The former Finnish top flight

Veikkausliiga

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 soccer club FC Jazz

FC Jazz

FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland.- History :The club was founded in 1934. They played 19 seasons in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga between 1984 and 2004. The club was dissolved in 2005, as a result of financial difficulties. The club won the Finnish championship title in...

played its season's last game against Myllykosken Pallo with the national title on the line.

Eternal wind

Stadium's nickname (in Finnish: Ikuisen Tuulen Stadion) is as widely known as its official name. Stadium was built approx. a kilometer off the town centre and its surroundings were and still are relatively empty, thus increasing the effect of wind. Pori is a coastal town and therefore also quite windy. It has also been stated that new stands built in 1999 only made the wind worse because they intensify wind's whirl effect.

Football caps on Porin Stadion http://www.splsatakunta.fi/porinmaaottelutkokoonpano.htm

• 10.9.1968 U18: Finland-Sweden 1-1 (attendance 600).
• 27.6.1978 U21: Finland-Sweden 0-2 (1506).
• 27.5.1984 World Cup qualification: Finland-Northern Ireland 1-0 (8155).
• 24.8.1985 Women: Finland-Belgium 1-0 (2352).
• 12.5.1987 Olympic teams: Finland-Austria 2-1 (3912).
• 28.8.1990 U16: Finland-Sweden 2-2 (3300).
• 12.5.1993 U21 UEFA qualification: Finland-Austria 2-0 (3682).
• 9.10.2004 U21 UEFA qualification: Finland-Armenia 0-1 (1300).
• 27.7.2009 Women: Finland-Sweden 1-3 (2712).
• 3.9.2010 U21 UEFA qualification: Finland-Poland 2-0 (1651).
• 10.8.2011 U21 UEFA qualification: Finland-Slovenia 1-0 (2318).