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Pori Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Pori, Finland. It is currently used primarily for football and stadium is the home of FC Jazz. It is also the former home ground of FC PoPa and Musan Salama.
Pori Stadium is located at Isomäki sports center some two kilometres south of the city. City of Pori (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 June 2013. Stadium is sometimes nicknamed as the Stadium of Eternal Wind due to windy conditions that are common on the stadium and its surroundings. By the main entrance is a statue by Finnish sculptor Kalervo Kallio which is inspired by Matti Järvinen's gold medal throw at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Finland national football team has played twice at Pori Stadium. May 1984 Finland beat Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualification and three years later Finnish Olympic team played against Austria. Football Internationals at Satakunta Region (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 June 2013. Pori Stadium was the venue of 1993 Finnish Cup final. The Finnish Championships in Athletics, Kalevan kisat -games, have been competed at Pori Stadium in 1967, 1983, 2005 and 2015.
Attendance record 12,050 was made at 1967 Kalevan kisat. The record in football matches is 11,193 in October 1993 as FC Jazz played its season's last game against MyPa with the national title on the line.
Football internationals at Pori Stadium
1,831 600 1,506 8,155 2,352 3,912 3,300 3,682 1,300 2,712 1,651 2,318
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