Kashima Soccer Stadium
Home of the Kashima Antlers in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Kashima Soccer Stadium (カシマサッカースタジアム, Kashima Sakkā Sutajiamu), currently known as Mercari Stadium (メルカリスタジアム) for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of J1 League club Kashima Antlers. The stadium has a capacity of 40,728.
Quick Facts
- Public transit
- JR East:; Kashima Line at Kashima Soccer Stadium, x
- Location
- Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan
- Groundbreaking
- March 1992
- Opened
- May 1993
- Expanded
- 2001
- Owner
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Operator
- Kashima Antlers
- Surface
- Grass
Lore & Background
Before the creation of the J. League, Kashima's forerunner, Sumitomo Steel S.C., played at the nearby Sumitomo Steel plant's athletic grounds. In 2025, e-commerce company Mercari, the owner of the Kashima Antlers since 2019, acquired the naming rights to the stadium and gave it the "nickname" Mercari Stadium, by which it would be referred in matches and events, while the official name remained unchanged. The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 2023, the girl group Hinatazaka46 released the music video for "Tomo yo, Ichibanboshi da", filmed primarily at the stadium.
Reader's Guide
Kashima Soccer Stadium has a capacity of 40,728. It is located in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The stadium is the home of J1 League club Kashima Antlers. For the 2002 FIFA World Cup, it hosted three matches. It also hosted football at the 2020 Olympic Games. In 2023, the girl group Hinatazaka46 filmed the music video for "Tomo yo, Ichibanboshi da" primarily at the stadium. The stadium is currently known as Mercari Stadium for sponsorship reasons, a nickname acquired by Mercari in 2025.
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