Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy

Italy

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. It is the home of both Chievo Verona

A.C. ChievoVerona

Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

 of Serie A

Serie A

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 and Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona F.C.

Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

 of Serie B

Serie B

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.

Inaugurated as a state-of-the-art facility and as one of Italy's finest venues in 1963, the stadium appeared excessive for a team (Hellas) that had spent the best part of the previous 35 years in Serie B. For the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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 renovations included an extra tier and a roof to cover all sections, improved visibility, public transport connections, an urban motorway connecting the city centre with the stadium and the Verona Nord motorway exit and services.

The emergence of Chievo on the Serie A stage in recent years has split the city into two smaller groups of archrival fans, both very loyal to their respective cause, these days with Chievo constantly battling to survive relegation in Serie A, and Hellas Verona playing to a lower division, after having won a scudetto in 1985.

Despite playing two divisions lower than Chievo and missing out on travelling supporters from the large Serie A teams, Hellas Verona the city's traditionally bigger team still managed to maintain higher average attendances than their rival during the 2009/10 season.

Average attendances

Season	Hellas Verona	Tier	Chievo Verona	Tier
1994/95	10,015	B	4,335	B
1995/96 Serie A 1995-96 The 1995–96 Serie A title was won by A.C. Milan , with Juventus finishing as runners-up.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:24 goals* Igor Protti...	13,371	B	5,120	B
1996/97	20,456	A	5,156	B
1997/98 Serie B 1997-98 This article contains information on the 1997-1998 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...	9,846	B	4,135	B
1998/99 Serie B 1998-99 This article contains information on the 1998-1999 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...	11,376	B	3,264	B
1999/2000	18,141	A	2,680	B
2000/01 Serie A 2000-01 In the 2000-01 season, Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 13th consecutive time from season 1988-89....	17,777	A	5,139	B
2001/02 Serie A 2001-02 In the 2001-02 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988-89....	18,381	A	16,061	A
2002/03 Serie A 2002-03 In the 2002-03 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988-89....	11,163	B	16,902	A
2003/04 Serie A 2003-04 The 2003-2004 season in Italian Serie A football contained 18 teams for the 16th and last time from the 1988-89 season. With the bottom three being relegated, the 15th placed side would face the 6th highest team from Serie B, with the winner playing in the Serie A in 2004-2005.As usual, the top two...	10.667	B	14,868	A
2004/05 Serie A 2004-05 In the 2004–05 season, the Serie A, the highest professional football league in Italy, was composed of 20 teams for the first time in several years....	11,495	B	12,103	A
2005/06 Serie A 2005-06 In the 2005–06 season, Serie A, the major professional football league in Italian, was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams. The league commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006...	9,037	B	8,589	A
2006/07 Serie A 2006-07 The Serie A 2006–2007 season began September 10, 2006. It was scheduled to begin on August 26 and 27, but was then postponed due to the Serie A scandal of 2006. It is the 104th Italian championship ever held, the first without the presence of Juventus, and the 75th Serie A league, the first...	8,589	B	6,719	A
2007/08 Serie A 2007-08 The 2007-08 Serie A football season was the seventy-sixth since its establishment, and started on August 26, 2007 and ended on May 18, 2008. Internazionale successfully defended the championship on the final day of the season, finishing first with 85 points, three ahead of Roma.-Plusvalenze...	11,543	C1	7,276	B
2008/09 Serie A 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008...	10,932	C1	13,352	A
2009/10	14,331	C1	11,992	A
2010/11	10,553	C1	12,676	A

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Attendance figures taken from http://digilander.libero.it/stadiapostcardsdgl/attendance.htm