Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip) - Feyenoord - The World Stadium Tour

Stadion Feyenoord, more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip, is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
It was completed in 1937.
The stadium's original capacity was 64,000.
In 1949, it was expanded to 69,000, and in 1994 it was converted to a 51,117-seat all-seater.
In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium prior to its use as a venue in the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.
In World War II, the stadium was nearly torn down for scrap by German occupiers.
After the war, the stadium's capacity was expanded in 1949 stadium lights were added in 1958.
On 29 October 1991, De Kuip was named as being one of Rotterdam's monuments.
In 1994 the stadium was extensively renovated to its present form It became all-seater, and the roof was extended to cover all the seats.
An extra building was constructed for commercial use by Feyenoord, it also houses a restaurant and a museum, The Home of History.

Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional association football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football.
Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its neighbourhood in 1912 as SC Feyenoord Rotterdam, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, and then to Feyenoord in 1978, when it split from the amateur club under its wing, SC Feyenoord.
Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football, winning 16 Dutch football championships, 13 KNVB Cups, and 4 Johan Cruyff Shields. Internationally, it has won one European Cup, two UEFA Cups, and one Intercontinental Cup.
Feyenoord is known as a people's club with large national support.
Its most successful period was the 1960s and 1970s, when Coen Moulijn, Willem van Hanegem and Ove Kindvall led the club to six league titles, two European trophies, and an Intercontinental Cup, thereby becoming the first Dutch club in history to win both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
In the 21st century, Feyenoord ended an 18-year league title drought in 2017 and won the 2002 UEFA Cup against Borussia Dortmund in its home stadium, which makes them the only team from the Netherlands to win a European trophy this century.
Feyenoord has a longstanding rivalry with their arch rival Ajax, a clash between two teams from the two biggest cities in the Netherlands, called De Klassieker ("The Classic").
The club's anthem is "Hand in Hand".
The home shirt colours are red and white split down the middle with both the shorts and socks being black.
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