EURO 2016 venue guides ... Marseille at a glance
Saturday, December 26, 2015
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England v Russia and France v Albania are just two of the UEFA EURO games set to be staged in Marseille next summer. Applying for tickets? Check out our city guide.
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UEFA EURO 2016 matches (kick-off times CET)
Group stage
11/06/16, 21.00: England v Russia
15/06/16, 21.00: France v Albania
18/06/16, 18.00: Iceland v Hungary
21/06/16, 18.00: Ukraine v Poland
Quarter-finals
30/06/16, 21.00: W37 v W39
Semi-finals
07/07/16, 21.00: W47 v W48
Stade Vélodrome
UEFA capacity: 67,000
Tenants: Olympique de Marseille
Reopened: October 2014 (originally opened June 1937)
Jean-Claude Gaudin, Marseille Mayor
UEFA EURO 2016 is an important 'Rendez-Vous' for Marseille which everyone is impatiently waiting for. The match between France and Albania will be very interesting as it will be Les Bleus' second game and could be decisive. Let us assume – and I dearly hope this is the case – that this encounter proves to be France's second win so the door to the knockout phase is wide open. The Stade Vélodrome will also be the venue for one of the biggest matches of the group stage: England v Russia on 11 June.
Distance from Stade Vélodrome to ...
City centre: 4km
Airport: 30km
Distances to other UEFA EURO 2016 venues*
Nice – 215km
Lyon – 315km
Saint-Etienne – 335km
Toulouse – 405km
Bordeaux – 650km
Paris – 780km
Saint-Denis – 790km
Lens – 985km
Lille – 1000km
*Distances between city centres, by motorway where possible
Source: mappy – viamichelin
Useful links
www.marseille.fr – Marseille city website
www.rtm.fr/en – Marseille transport
www.marseille-provence.com – Marseille urban municipality site
www.cartreize.com – long-distance bus company
www.om.net – Olympique de Marseille official website
www.marseille-tourisme.com/en – tourist information office
