Studenternas IP is a multi-use stadium in Uppsala, Sweden and the home arena for the football club IK Sirius Fotboll[1] on the men's side and IK Uppsala Fotboll on the women's and in bandy for IK Sirius in Elitserien and several other bandy teams.[2] It was inaugurated on 21 March 1909.[3]

Studenternas IP
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Photo from July 2019. Football game played during the rebuilding of Studenternas.
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Full nameStudenternas idrottsplats
LocationUppsala, Sweden
OwnerUppsala Municipality
OperatorUppsala Municipality
Capacity10,522
Record attendance25,560
SurfaceArtificial grass (since 2019) and ice.
Construction
Built1908–1909
Opened21 March 1909
Rebuilt2017–2020
Tenants
IK Sirius
IK Sirius Fotboll

The summer arena has a total capacity of 10,522 spectators and the winter arena 4,700.[4] The bandy finals were played here from 1991 until 2012. From 2018 until 2023, the finals were once again played at Studenternas.[5] The arena has a much bigger capacity during that weekend, for example 25,560 spectators saw the 2010 men's final. The summer arena underwent a major upgrade between 2017 and 2020.[6] The "new Studenternas" has a capacity of 10,522 spectators. The record attendance under the new capacity is 10,054, which was set when AIK won the Allsvenskan clash on July 31 2023.[7]

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The former main stand of the football section of Studenternas IP. It was demolished in 2018 to make place for the new stadium.
 
The former entrance to the smaller standing section of Studenternas IP. It was demolished in 2017.
 
The winter part of the arena after Hammarby IF Bandy won their first national bandy title.

References

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  1. ^ Studenternas – Sirius Fotboll
  2. ^ Uppsala kommun – Studenternas IP
  3. ^ "För besökare" (in Swedish). Uppsala Municipality. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ I [1]
  5. ^ I [2]
  6. ^ Wikström, Håkan (8 June 2016). "Bildextra: Här är nya Studenternas". SVT Nyheter.
  7. ^ "Sirius - AIK, July 31 2023" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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