Turkey
Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Home of Turkey national team in Istanbul: nominal capacity 77,563, opened 2002, in the Başakşehir district.
Istanbul77,563
Opened 2002Football grounds in Turkey
Turkey's grounds combine vast national-stadium capacity with some of the most intense club atmospheres in Europe, all on the European side of Istanbul.
Turkey
Rams Park (Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex)
Home of Galatasaray in Istanbul: nominal capacity 53,387, opened 2011, in the Sarıyer district.
Istanbul53,387
Opened 2011Cities
Cities with a ground in Turkey
Planning
Travelling in Turkey
Grounds in Turkey sit inside cities with their own transport networks, so the useful planning question is rarely how to reach the country and almost always how to reach the ground on matchday. Each city page sets out the lines and stations, and each stadium page adds the stand layout, the away sector and the matchday rules in force.
Away supporters travelling within Turkey follow the same routine everywhere in this guide: go early, keep the bag small, and expect the nearest station to the ground to be the slowest part of the journey home.