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Caledonian Stadium
Location	Inverness, Scotland
Opened	1996
Owner	Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
Surface	Grass
Tenants
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. (Scottish Premier League)
Capacity
7,500+

The Caledonian Stadium, currently known as the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium for sponsorship reasons is a football stadium situated in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League team Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

The club was formed in 1994 by the merging of two Highland Football Leaque clubs, Caledonian F.C. and Inverness Thistle F.C. Originally, Caley Thistle (as Inverness Caledonian Thistle are also known) played their home matches at Telford Street Park. However, one of the conditions of their acceptance into the Scottish Football League was that they would move to a newly-built ground in within their first few seasons. Constructions on the ground begun in 1995 and in November 1996, the ground hosted its first SFL match: a 1-1 draw between Caley Thistle and Albion Rovers.

When the club won the First Division in 2004, they faced a problem in that the Caledonian Stadium did not meet the SPL's rules on stadium criteria. As a result, the club groundshared with Aberdeen at Pittodrie for the first half of the 2004-05 season, while redevelopment works were carried out at the Caledonian Stadium.

The redevelopment included the construction of two new stands at either end of the ground, which made the stadium all-seater and increased its capacity to over 7,500. These stands were built in a remarkable 47 days by the Tulloch Construction Company who are also the club's biggest shareholder. As Tulloch also paid part of the development cost, the stadium had the Tulloch name added to it on completion of the work.

Highest Attendance: 7,522 set on 27th Dec 2006, ICT 2 Glasgow Rangers 1

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Competitions in Scottish Football
Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division East League Highland League South League Junior Leagues Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup
Scottish Premier League venues 2006-2007 v • d • e
Caledonian Stadium • Celtic Park • East End Park • Easter Road • Falkirk Stadium • Fir Park • Ibrox Stadium • Pittodrie Stadium • Rugby Park • St Mirren Park • Tannadice Park • Tynecastle Stadium

Football venues in Scotland
Scottish Premier League
Caledonian Stadium • Celtic Park • East End Park • Easter Road • Falkirk Stadium • Fir Park • Ibrox Stadium • Pittodrie Stadium • Rugby Park • St. Mirren Park • Tannadice Park • Tynecastle Stadium
First Division
Broadwood Stadium • City Stadium • Dens Park • Firhill Stadium • New Broomfield • New Douglas Park • McDiarmid Park • Palmerston Park • Raydale Park • Victoria Park
Second Division
Balmoor • Cappielow • Central Park • Forthbank Stadium • Glebe Park • Recreation Park • Somerset Park • Stair Park • Stark's Park • Station Park
Third Division
Bayview Stadium • Borough Briggs • Cliftonhill • Firs Park • Gayfield Park • Hampden Park • Links Park • Ochilview Park • Shielfield Park • Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Stadiums no longer in use
Boghead Park • Brockville Park • Broomfield Park • Cathkin Park • Douglas Park • Muirton Park • Shawfield Stadium

Coordinates: 57°29′41″N, 4°13′03″W