Stade Chaban-Delmas

Bordeaux, France

Formerly: Parc des Sports, Parc Lescure

On the map

Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delamas ancien Stade Lescure 1938 Vases du céramiste René Buthaud Langladure · CC BY-SA 3.0

Bordeaux Stade Lescure entrée Langladure · CC BY-SA 3.0

Football Ligue1 Bordeaux vs Marseille (2005) Stade Chaban-Delmas, Classé Monument Historique en 2022, Bordeaux, France Hervé Simon · CC BY-SA 2.0

The ground in Bordeaux carries the weight of its own history rather than the aura of modern convenience. Built for the 1938 World Cup, it has watched the city's football life unfold for decades, long before the new arena was constructed for the 2016 European Championship. What remains is a structure that refuses to look like anything built in the last twenty years.

It is not a sterile bowl; it is a place with edges.

Inside, the crowd presses close. It is a surface that has seen everything from the third-place match of 1938 to the final game of the 2014–2015 season.

There is nothing flashy about this stadium. It holds its matches with a simple dignity.

Who plays here

Bordeaux Begles 108 matches

Recent matches here

Date	Match	Score
3 Oct	Bordeaux Begles — Lyon	51:28
20 Sep	Bordeaux Begles — Stade Français Paris	40:10
5 Sep	Bordeaux Begles — Racing 92	64:5
6 Jun	Bordeaux Begles — Clermont	31:34
16 May	Bordeaux Begles — USA Perpignan	37:32
3 May	Bordeaux Begles — Bath	38:26
25 Apr	Bordeaux Begles — Montpellier	21:23
12 Apr	Bordeaux Begles — Stade Toulousain	30:15