Stade Vélodrome

The biggest club ground in France, with a roof added for Euro 2016; the Virage Sud is the loudest end in Ligue 1.

Stade Vélodrome has been the home of Olympique de Marseille since 1937, and holds 67,394 spectators for football. The playing surface is hybrid grass, and the record attendance of 65,000 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Marseille.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Marseille and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.