Elland Road
Elland Road has not moved or been renamed since the football club arrived in 1919. It opened in 1897 on a plot owned by Bentley's Brewery, next to a pub called the Old Peacock. A first official football match was played there on 23 April 1898.
The stadium has been rebuilt in stages rather than once. Fire destroyed the West Stand on 18 September 1956; its £180,000 replacement went up the following year. The South Stand was doubled in height in 1974 for £500,000. The old Lowfields terrace was replaced by the two-tier East Stand between 1992 and 1994, built for £5.5 million and later extended in 2011–12 for a further £7.5 million.
Capacity has swung with those works. The record attendance, 57,892, dates from the FA Cup fifth-round replay against Sunderland on 15 March 1967.
A hybrid HT Pro pitch went in during February 2021. A redevelopment of the West and North stands, planned for 2026 to 2030 and costed at up to £200 million, is intended to bring the ground up to UEFA Category 4 and lift capacity toward 53,000.
Who plays here
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Leeds
147 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug | Leeds — Brentford | 1:1 |
| 15 Aug | Leeds — FC Augsburg | 4:0 |
| 8 Aug | Leeds — RB Leipzig | 2:0 |
| 17 May | Leeds — Brighton | 1:0 |
| 1 May | Leeds — Burnley | 3:1 |
| 18 Apr | Leeds — Wolves | 3:0 |
| 21 Mar | Leeds — Brentford | 0:0 |
| 8 Mar | Leeds — Norwich City | 3:0 |