Tenni Stadium
Treviso, Veneto, Italy
Tenni Stadium, Treviso, Italy — opened 8 October 1933, inaugurated as Stadio del Littorio; renamed Stadio Omobono Tenni on 5 October 1963, three years after the recorded 1960 match, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of Treviso Football Club (now Treviso FBC 1993), continuously since the 1930s; briefly also A.S. Cittadella during the 2008-09 season.
Ground facts
| Opened | 8 October 1933, inaugurated as Stadio del Littorio; renamed Stadio Omobono Tenni on 5 October 1963, three years after the recorded 1960 match (At the time of the January 1960 match, the ground was not called 'Tenni Stadium'. It opened in 1933 as the fascist-era 'Stadio del Littorio', was likely known simply as the municipal stadium through the 1940s-50s, and was only dedicated to motorcycle racer Omobono Tenni on 5 October 1963. Rugby League Project's venue name reflects the modern, post-1963 name rather than the name in use at the time of the match; the exact name used in January 1960 is not confirmed.) |
| Home club | Treviso Football Club (now Treviso FBC 1993), continuously since the 1930s; briefly also A.S. Cittadella during the 2008-09 season |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 3,105 |
| Capacity | Around 12,000 in the 1940s-1950s, the era closest to the 1960 match; later reduced through successive rebuilds to 7,500 today |
| Floodlights installed | Not confirmed in sources checked |
| Surface | Grass, pitch dimensions 105m x 68m; a running/athletics track is reported to surround the pitch today, though its presence in 1960 is not confirmed |
| Years used | 1960 |
| Location | Treviso, Veneto |
Name history
- Stadio del Littorio — 1933 to the fall of Fascism, around 1943
- Stadio Comunale (di Treviso), likely — mid-1940s to 1963, exact usage and dates not fully confirmed
- Stadio Omobono Tenni — since 5 October 1963, named for motorcycle road racer Omobono Tenni of Treviso, who died in a 1948 racing accident
Rugby league history
This ground hosted the 37th and final match of the Australian Kangaroos' 1959-60 tour: on 24 January 1960, the day after their first Padua fixture, Australia beat Italy 67-22 in front of 3,105 fans, the only match Rugby League Project records at the venue. It is a notable case of a rugby league international staged at a ground built for and primarily used by Italian football, in one of the earliest attempts to establish the code in Italy - and the venue's modern name, honouring a motorcycle racer, was not adopted until three years after this match was played.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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