Nea Smyrni Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Smyrni, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Panionios, which plays for the Gamma Ethniki. The all seated stadium holds 11,700 spectators and was built in 1939. Before full seating was installed in 1998 for the participation of Panionios in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup its capacity was close to 19,000. The stadium is eligible to host UEFA Europa League matches and its football pitch dimensions are about average at 105x72m.
Nea Smyrni Stadium
Panionios FC playing a home game in Nea Smyrni Stadium
View from the stadium's East Wing
Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 catastrophe of Asia Minor and the Great fire of Smyrna, as a result of the Greco-Turkish war.
The Nea Smyrni Estia Hall
The Iosifogleion building, used as a child shelter since the 1930s, at Nea Smyrni
Belfry of Agia Foteini church, Nea Smyrni