Cegeka Arena – stadium description

The stadium lies in the north-eastern outskirts of Genk and was established in 1990, replacing former André Dumontstadion. This means it shared the fate of local clubs – KRC Genk was set in 1988 as a merger of two other ones and was the entity to make use of new stands.

When the club started reaching success after less than a decade, time to expand came. New double-tiered stands surrounded the pitch from three sides, leaving the western stand with skybox-packed corners to corporate clients.

Initial name was Fenix Stadion (still used as nickname often), but was sold to beer brand Cristal in 2007. Originally the deal was to last 5 years, but was then prolonged.

Interestingly, eastern stand has is conjoined with side pitch’s stand, merging two stadiums together.