Stade Michel d'Ornano 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 Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

, France

France

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. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and is the home stadium of Stade Malherbe Caen. It is named after the French politician Michel d'Ornano

Michel d'Ornano

Michel d'Ornano was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as mayor of Deauville in 1962...

, former president of the Basse-Normandie

Basse-Normandie

Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...

 region.

The stadium was built in 1993 to replace the Stade de Venoix

Stade de Venoix

Stade de Venoix was a multi-use stadium in Caen, France. It was initially used as the stadium of SM Caen matches. It was replaced by the current Stade Michel d'Ornano in 1993. The capacity of the stadium was 11,500 spectators.-External links:*...

, and has a capacity of 21,500 people. http://www.smcaen.fr/le-club/le-stade/presentation

International matches

France national football team

France national football team

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 played twice in this stadium :

• France 3-1 Russia (July 28, 1993)
• France 2-0 Israel (November 15, 1995)

France national under-21 football team

France national under-21 football team

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 also played in this stadium during the qualification for the European Championship :

• France 1-1 Israel (October 7, 2006)

When preparing for the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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, England national football team

England national football team

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 played a friendly match against Stade Malherbe Caen :

• SM Caen 0 - 1 England (June 9, 1998).

Attendances

The average attendance largely depends on results of Stade Malherbe Caen. Matches are played regularly sold out when the club plays in Ligue 1, and average attendance is around when SM Caen competes in second division.

The record attendance at Stade d'Ornano was of , for a match against Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

in 2004.