Barclays Hampden Tickets

Stadium facts

Barclays Hampden key facts

Home team

Scotland

Capacity

51,866

Opened

1903

Owner

Scottish Football Association (bought from Queen’s Park; ownership taken by August 2020)

Record attendance

149,415 — Scotland 3–1 England, British Home Championship, 17 April 1937 (before the 1990s rebuild)

Pitch size

105 × 69 m

Postcode

G42 9BA

• Hampden hosted the 1960 European Cup final, in which Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3.
• The 136,505 crowd for Celtic v Leeds United in the 1970 European Cup semi-final is a record for a UEFA competition match.
• The Scottish Football Museum, including the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, opened inside the stadium in 2001.
• It hosted the 2002 Champions League final, the 2007 UEFA Cup final and the athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
• The stadium is due to host matches at Euro 2028.

History

About Barclays Hampden

The present Hampden Park opened on 31 October 1903, when Queen’s Park beat Celtic 1–0; it was the club’s third ground of that name. It was the largest stadium in the world until the Maracanã overtook it in 1950, and capacity peaked at about 150,000 between 1927 and 1937. Capacity was cut to 81,000 in 1977 under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act, and a final £59 million redevelopment, funded by the National Lottery, replaced the South Stand and reopened the stadium for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final. The Scottish FA bought the ground from Queen’s Park, taking ownership by August 2020, and in December 2025 sold the naming rights to Barclays.

Seating layout

Barclays Hampden seating plan & capacity

The stadium is all-seated, with the two-tier South Stand as the main stand and single-tier ends. A car park sits directly behind the South Stand.

• North Stand

  About 9,100 seats in 46 rows, with a small gallery of 290 seats above it.

• East Stand

  A single tier of about 12,800 seats, commonly called the Celtic end.

• South Stand

  The two-tier main stand, holding the dressing rooms, executive boxes and media facilities; it was rebuilt in the 1990s redevelopment.

• West Stand

  The end commonly called the Rangers end.

Getting there

How to get to Barclays Hampden

Barclays Hampden is at G42 9BA, Glasgow, Scotland.

Train

Mount Florida and King’s Park stations are about a five-minute walk away, with trains from Glasgow Central on the Cathcart Circle lines.

Bus

First Glasgow runs services from the city centre, including routes 5, 6, 7, 7A, 31, 34 and 90.

Drive

About five minutes from Junction 1a of the M74, via Polmadie Road (A728).

Parking

Parking is restricted on event days, and the stadium car park behind the South Stand is open only to permit holders for major events.

FAQ

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