Hotels near San Siro Milan Football Stadium

A.C. Milan

Full Name — Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A

Club Colours — Red and Black

Nickname AC Milan — i Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks), il Diavolo (The Devil), Casciavit (Lombard for: Screwdrivers)

Website — AC Milan

Founded — December 16, 1899

Inter Milan

Full Name — Football Club Internazionale Milano

Club Colours — Blue and Black

Nickname FC Internazionale — I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues), La Beneamata (The Cherished One), Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake), Bauscia (Boasters in Lombard language)

Website — Inter Milan

Founded — March 9, 1908

Stadio San Siro – AC Milan and FC Internazionale

San Siro Football Stadium or Stadio Giuseppe Meazza is the home of AC Milan and Inter Milan or FC Internazionale. San Siro is named after the saint who had a chapel dedicated to him in this suburb. The stadium was a gift from the Milan president Piero Pirelli (in charge from 1909 for twenty years) to ‘his Milan’, and was designed by Ulisse Stacchini, the architect whose other major work in the city was the Milan Central Station, and renowned engineer Alberto Cugini. Stadio San Siro officially opened on the 19th of September 1926 with a friendly between Milan and Inter (3-6).

In 1980 this football temple was named after Giuseppe Meazza in memory of the former Inter and Italy legend. The stadium underwent its most recent transformation in 1990 with the addition of a third tier, completed in time for the 1990 World Cup. The fully covered, total seating capacity of the ground is 80,065.

San Siro hosted European Cup and Champions League finals between Inter and Benfica Lisbon, Feyenoord Rotterdam and Celtic Glasgow, and FC Bayern Munchen and Valencia.

There is also a museum inside the stadium about ac Milan and FC Internazionale’s story with historical shirts, cups and trophies, balls, shoes, art objects and souvenirs of all kinds. In the cinema hall of the museum is showed a fascinating movie about Milan, Inter and the history of the San Siro Stadium. The museum is opended daily from 10 to 17, but closed during match days.

Clubs — AC Milan (Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A) and FC Internazionale (Inter Milan or Football Club Internazionale Milano)

Stadium — San Siro or Giuseppe Meazza Stadium

Capacity — 80,018 seats

Opened — 1926

Location — The stadium is situated in the San Siro district in the Ovest di Milano (Western Milan) area, app. 5.5km from the city centre across from the city race course.

Address — Via dei Piccolomini 5, 20151 Milan Italy

Location of Guiseppe Meazza Stadium — San Siro football ground is situated around 6km from the historic city centre of Milan Italy and the Duomo di Milano.

Nearest main train station — the main city train station is Milan Central Station or Milano Centrale connected with major Italian cities like Rome (Termini and Tiburtina), Venice (Santa Lucia) and Florence (Santa Maria Novella). Another important railway station is Cadorna.

Other main stations are Garibaldi station, Lambrate (connected to MM2 metro line), Greco-Pirelli, Rogoredo (connected to MM3 metro line), Porta Genova (connected to MM2 metro line), Bovisa and Domodossola (located very close to the city section of the Milan Exhibition Centre fieramilanocity).

Nearest Metro Station — the closest underground station is Lotto, approximate a 20-minute walk from the stadium. Lotto lies on metro line 1 (red), which goes right through Milan’s historic centre (e.g. stops Cairoli, Duomo, and San Babila).

Nearest Airport — the closest airport is Linate Airport (LIN), located close to the city centre (7km or 4mi).

The main international airport is Malpensa MXP, situated around 45 miles north west of the city.

Milan Orio Al Serio Airport BGY is based in the city of Bergamo, some 40 miles north east of Milan.

By Public Transportation — The stadium can easily be reached by public transportation.