Porin Stadion (Panda Turva Areena)
Pori, Finland
Formerly: Porin stadion
Locals call it Ikuisen Tuulen Stadion — the Stadium of Eternal Wind. The ground sits in the Isomäki sports district of Pori, built between 1963 and 1965 and opened in 1966, and its bowl has always been shaped as much for athletics as for football.
That dual purpose explains the attendance records. The largest crowd, 12 050, came on 13 August 1967 for the Finnish athletics championships, the Kalevan kisat, which returned in 1983, 2005 and 2015. Football's own record arrived much later: 11 193 in October 1993, when FC Jazz met MyPa in the match that decided the Finnish championship. The same year the ground staged the Finnish Cup final, won by Jazz.
International football has been occasional. Finland beat Northern Ireland 1–0 here on 12 May 1984 in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup, before 8 155 spectators; three years later, to the day, the Olympic side beat Austria 2–1, watched by 3 912.
The stands were rebuilt in stages — 1981, 1990, then 1999–2000, when covered seating and floodlights went in — and the pitch was renewed in 2014. Of the 12 300 capacity, 4 094 are seats: a 2 400-seat main stand, two side stands of 2 000 each, and the Aurinkokatsomo, the sun terrace, holding roughly 2 000, with standing room in the curves.
Since 2025 FC Jazz have played next door, on the artificial pitch opened in 2009 and carrying the Panda Turva Areena name since 2024.
Who plays here
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FC jazz 49 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | FC jazz — KPV-j | 3:0 |
| 29 Aug | FC jazz — Inter Turku II | 2:0 |
| 9 Aug | FC jazz — OLS | 1:1 |
| 30 Jul | FC jazz — KuPS Akatemia | 2:2 |
| 24 Jul | FC jazz — TPV | 4:0 |
| 2 Jul | FC jazz — KPV-j | 0:1 |
| 25 Jun | FC jazz — Tampere United | 0:1 |
| 6 Jun | FC jazz — VJS | 1:1 |