While modern football often leans toward shiny, bowl-shaped arenas that all look somewhat similar, EA FC 26 still features some grounds that break all the rules.
These “strange” stadiums are packed with character, history, and architectural quirks that make playing in them a truly unique experience.
Whether it’s due to limited space or bold artistic visions, these four venues stand out as the most eccentric in the game.
If you are looking to escape the standard stadium designs, here are the strangest grounds to visit in your next match.
EA FC 26 Strangest Stadiums
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera)
If a stadium had a personality, La Bombonera would be loud, narrow and impossible to forget. You should try this amazing stadium in career mode.
Opened in 1940 and holding about 54,000 fans, Buenos Aires’ famous ground is built into its urban footprint — which is why one side rises into a tall, narrow stand with VIP boxes instead of a continuous tier.
The result is an asymmetrical cauldron where the crowd presses in so close to the pitch that players feel the supporters on their shoulders.
That spatial oddity, combined with Boca Juniors’ ferocious fan culture, makes La Bombonera one of football’s most intense and oddly beautiful arenas.
Olympiastadion
Berlin’s Olympiastadion is a study in grand ambition and architectural eccentricity. When I’m in this stadium, I feel like I’m in a Roman battlefield.
Opened in 1936 with room for 74,475 fans, its sweeping roof and asymmetric silhouette were designed to create drama at every angle.
The partially covered stands and the way the roof’s acrylic panels arc over only part of the bowl give the stadium a slightly theatrical feel — part modern arena, part colossal marquee — and you sense that every wide-angle camera shot was planned to show the place off.
It’s elegant, a bit quirky, and it leaves you with the impression that the stadium itself is part of the performance.
St. James’ Park
One reason St. James’ Park is instantly recognisable is that it doesn’t quite look like any other top-flight stadium: opened in 1892 and seating 52,305, it somehow reads like two different arenas stitched together.
Constrained by city streets and the dramatic drop toward the River Tyne, the ground combines the tight, claustrophobic feel of a smaller terrace with the soaring presence of a much larger bowl — and that visual mismatch creates a theatrical effect on matchday.
The result is one of Britain’s most characterful venues: historic, loud and impossible to ignore. England has other strange and beautiful stadiums on the big English list.
Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road still smells of old-school football: opened in 1905, it squeezes 10,356 fans into a compact bowl that bleeds straight into the surrounding neighbourhood.
Walk to the turnstiles and you’ll pass terraced houses so close you can see people’s gardens from the stands — an intimacy that makes every game feel like a community event.
That closeness also gives Kenilworth Road its famously irregular stands and awkward sightlines, a patchwork of terraces and seated sections that tell the story of a ground rebuilt over a century.
In fact, not all of these things were represented well in the game, but we hope that it will have distinctive cinematic scenes that illustrate these features in the game.
It’s charming, noisy and absolutely unique — though it’s destined to be a memory once Luton moves to their new stadium.
Final Whistle
These venues prove that a stadium doesn’t need to be perfect to be legendary. Their flaws and quirks are exactly what give them their soul.
Kenilworth Road, Olympiastadion, St. James’ Park and La Bombonera each prove that architectural quirks and tight urban sites produce some of football’s most memorable atmospheres.
These stadiums are fully licensed in the EA FC 26, and the teams that play in these stadiums are also licensed, as are the leagues, which increases the excitement and realism, especially in career mode.
These are just a few of the strangest stadiums in the game. Tell us in the comments about other stadiums that you find strange, elegant, or different in shape—we’d love to hear your favorites!
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