Albi Stadium
Albi, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Albi Stadium, Albi, France — opened 1964, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of Racing Club Albi XIII played here historically before relocating to the smaller Stade Mazicou; occasional French national-team and European Championship fixtures continue here.
Sourcing caveat: Rugby League Project's "Albi Stadium" and "Stade Municipal d'Albi" venue pages very likely describe the same physical ground under a split database record rather than two distinct venues -- see opened_caveat. Separately, one of the four matches recorded here (France vs Lebanon, October 2024) was cancelled and never played; readers should not assume all four were completed fixtures.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1964 (Opened 1964 as "Le Stadium", renamed Stadium Municipal d'Albi in 1977; capacity approx. 13,058 following a 2007 renovation. Rugby League Project carries this ground under two separate venue records -- "Albi Stadium" (this entry, 4 matches 2014-2024) and a much larger "Stade Municipal d'Albi" record (19 matches, 1938-2025) -- that all available evidence indicates are the same physical stadium rather than two different grounds: Wikipedia's own article on the ground describes matches from both RLP lists under one single venue, and the French rugby league federation's own site refers to a 2024 fixture recorded here under RLP's "Albi Stadium" listing simply as being at "Stadium Municipal", Albi. This is flagged as a probable database-splitting quirk rather than a genuine second ground.) |
| Home club | Racing Club Albi XIII played here historically before relocating to the smaller Stade Mazicou; occasional French national-team and European Championship fixtures continue here |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 5,225 |
| Capacity | approx. 13,058 (8,000 seated) |
| Years used | 2014–2024 |
| Location | Albi, Midi-Pyrénées |
Name history
- Le Stadium — 1964-1977
- Stadium Municipal d'Albi — 1977-present (also recorded by Rugby League Project under a separate "Albi Stadium" venue entry)
Rugby league history
The four matches recorded under Rugby League Project's "Albi Stadium" entry are recent international fixtures: France beat Wales 42-22 on 25 October 2014 in the Rugby League European Championship (attendance 5,225, this entry's top crowd, independently confirmed via Wikipedia), France beat Ireland 31-14 in the 2015 European Championship (4,681), and France beat Wales 34-10 in a 2022 World Cup warm-up. A fourth fixture, France vs Lebanon scheduled for 19 October 2024, was cancelled -- Lebanon's Australian NRL-based players were not released by their clubs, confirmed by the French federation's own announcement -- and never actually played, despite appearing in this venue's recorded match count.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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