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Football stadium in Torshavn, Faroe Islands
Torsvøllur
is a
football
stadium on the sport site of
Gundadalur
in
Torshavn
, the capital of the
Faroe Islands
. The
stadium
holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's
national stadium
to provide an
artificial grass
surface on which
international football
matches could be played. Previously, the
Faroe Islands national team
played its home matches in the town of
Toftir
at
Svangaskarð
stadium.
In August 2011,
floodlights
were introduced; these were first officially used for the football match between
Faroe Islands
and
Italy
on 2 September 2011.
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62°1′9″N
6°46′41″W
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62.01917°N 6.77806°W
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62.01917; -6.77806