Buraufosse stadium, Football stadium in Montegnée, Liège, Belgium
Buraufosse stadium is a football ground in Montegnée, near Liège, with two covered stands along the pitch's long sides: a seated main stand by the entrance and a long standing terrace opposite. Trees line the stands and terraces, and the ground sits in a built-up area close to the Arcelor steelworks.
The ground opened in 1960 following FC Tilleur's relocation from their previous home. This move represented a turning point in the club's development and its relationship with the local area.
The name Buraufosse comes from the hamlet where the ground was built, near Saint-Nicolas. Since 2003 the ground has been home to RFC Tilleur-Saint-Gilles, formed by merging R. CS St-Gilles (matricule 2878) and FC Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas (matricule 9405). The club now playing here, matricule 2913, is called Royal Football Club Tilleur and was promoted to Division 2 amateur in 2018.
The ground lies in a densely built area of Tilleur, a few hundred metres from Standard de Liège's Stade Maurice Dufrasne, close to the Arcelor steelworks. The main entrance is on one long side, where the covered seated stand faces the covered standing terrace across the pitch. The site is reached by road from Liège; no dedicated match-day transport is documented.
The stadium was built on a hillside near the village of Saint-Nicolas: part of the slope was excavated to make room for the pitch, and another part served as the base for the stands. It once held 24,000 spectators, a figure reduced to 11,000 for safety reasons and after renovations.
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