Stade Francis-Le Blé Tickets

Stadium facts

Stade Francis-Le Blé key facts

Home team

Brest

Capacity

15,220

Opened

1922

Owner

City of Brest (Ville de Brest)

Record attendance

21,842 — Brest Armorique v Olympique de Marseille, Division 1, 8 August 1986 (before the 2010 rebuild)

Postcode

29200

• About 2.5 tonnes of Second World War bombs were found under the Pen Huel stand during the 2010 works.
• It hosted the first Trophée des Champions on 3 January 1996: Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Nantes, PSG winning 6–5 on penalties.
• Its UEFA category (2) is below the level required for Champions League matches.
• US Concarneau played their 2023–24 Ligue 2 home matches there while their own ground was being rebuilt.

History

About Stade Francis-Le Blé

The ground opened in the early 1920s as the Stade de l’Armoricaine. In 1982 the city acquired it, the Foucauld stand was built and capacity was increased, and it was renamed after Francis Le Blé, the former mayor of Brest who died that year. It was renovated for Ligue 1 in 2010: the Pen Huel stand was demolished and replaced by the Crédit Mutuel Arkéa stand, the Foucauld stand was refurbished and a new stand was built opposite. The Route de Quimper stand was rebuilt in 2022. A new stadium for the club, Arkéa Park, was approved in December 2024.

Seating layout

Stade Francis-Le Blé seating plan & capacity

Four stands; Brest’s most vocal support, including the Ultras Brestois 1990 and Celtic Ultras 2001, gathers in the Route de Quimper stand.

• Tribune Foucauld

  Main stand, 4,850 places plus 208 in boxes.

• Tribune Crédit Mutuel Arkéa

  The largest stand, 6,548 places, built in 2010 on the site of the old Pen Huel stand.

• Tribune Route de Quimper

  1,105 places; known as the RDK, it is the home stand of Brest’s ultras groups.

• Tribune Top Atlantique

  2,021 places plus a 696-place visitors’ section; formerly called Plein Ciel.

Getting there

How to get to Stade Francis-Le Blé

Stade Francis-Le Blé is at 29200, Brest, France.

Metro / Tram

Tram line A to Place de Strasbourg, about 500 metres from the stadium.

Bus

Bus lines 17 and 19 stop at “Stade Francis-Le Blé” on route de Quimper; lines 15 and 16 stop at Pen ar Creac’h.

Parking

A free shuttle runs on match nights from the Océanopolis car park.

FAQ

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