Serie A
7th place — home opener 23.08
Stadium
New Balance Arena — 23,439
Conference League
Playoff vs Hapoel Tel Aviv — home 20.08
New coach
Maurizio Sarri — since 15.06
About the stadium
Note the name: Atalanta's stadium is no longer called the Gewiss Stadium — since September 2025 its name is the New Balance Arena, and many online still use the old name. The official registered name is Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, and locals simply call it the Bergamo stadium. It opened on 23 December 1928, and the official capacity per Serie A is 23,439 seats — a small, rectangular stadium, with no running track and stands right up against the pitch, which is exactly what makes it a cauldron. Between 2015 and 2024 all four stands were rebuilt, one at a time, while the team kept playing: the north stand, Curva Nord Pisani, was inaugurated in 2019 with over 9,000 covered seats, the south stand, Curva Sud Morosini, reopened in September 2024 with an underground car park beneath it, and the side stands were renovated in 2015 and 2020. From the north stand you get a view of Bergamo's red-tiled roofs and the hills around it. Address: Viale Giulio Cesare 18, Bergamo.
FAQ
How do you buy tickets for an Atalanta match?
Tickets for Atalanta matches are bought per single match, and they're personalized — the curvas also require a Dea Card. Season tickets sold out — within 24 hours of sales opening, at 15,200 season-ticket holders, more than sixty percent of the stadium's capacity, with a renewal rate above 91 percent. What's left for each match is just a few thousand single tickets. And there's a trap here you need to know: the two stands behind the goals — Curva Nord Pisani and Curva Sud Morosini — are only sold online when loaded onto a loyalty card called the Dea Card, which is personal and valid for five years. Without a Dea Card you can't buy a curva ticket online at all. By contrast, the Tribuna stands have no such requirement — there you just buy normally. Another thing you must know: in Serie A every ticket is personalized, by order of the Italian Interior Ministry, and at the entrance they check ID that matches the name on the ticket — for an Israeli, a passport. TikTik obtains tickets for Atalanta matches without a Dea Card and without getting tangled in the Italian system.
How do you get to the New Balance Arena?
The New Balance Arena is reached on ATB bus line 9 from the area of Bergamo's train station. The most important warning on this page: from two hours before kickoff until half an hour after the match ends, the stadium is accessible only by public transport — Bergamo's restricted traffic zone is active exactly in this window. Don't plan to arrive by car in the hour before the match. The official line the club points to is ATB company bus line 9, which connects the train station area directly to the stadium. Bergamo's train station is about two and a half kilometers from the pitch, about half an hour's walk, and from the old town it's also about a half-hour walk — mostly downhill, and recommended in its own right. A single city bus ticket costs €1.60 and is valid for 75 minutes.
Is there parking at the New Balance Arena?
There's an underground car park at the New Balance Arena, but on matchday it's closed to the general public. The car park is located beneath the square next to the south stand, with 348 spaces and a maximum height of 2.20 meters — but on matchday it's reserved exclusively for event staff and closed even to regular car park members, from eight hours before the event until four hours after. Combined with the restricted traffic zone that closes two hours before the match, the conclusion is simple: there's no point coming here by car. On regular days the car park is open around the clock, the first fifteen minutes are free and the daily cap is ten euros. The solution for matchday is bus 9 from the train station.
How do you get from Israel to an Atalanta match?
For Atalanta you fly directly from Tel Aviv to Bergamo Airport, which is about six kilometers from the city. This is one of the most convenient arrivals anywhere in Europe, and most Israelis don't know it: Bergamo Airport, Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio, receives direct flights from Tel Aviv and sits about six kilometers from the city — meaning you land right next to the stadium, without going through Milan at all. From the terminal, Airport Bus number 1 runs to Bergamo's train station in about 15 to 20 minutes, every 20 minutes from morning until after midnight, and from there you continue on line 9 to the stadium. An alternative: fly to Milan and take a direct train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo — 48 minutes, about 15 trips a day.
Does an Israeli need a visa to fly to the match?
No. Israelis enter Schengen-area countries visa-free for stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, and all that's required is a valid passport. Worth knowing what's coming: the European Union is launching the ETIAS authorization system in the last quarter of 2026. Once it takes effect, an online authorization will be required in advance, at a cost of €7, valid for three years or until the passport expires — whichever comes first. As of today the system is not active and no action is required from you. Important warning: the EU warns that many sites impersonate the official site, use the EU logo and charge inflated fees or steal passport and credit card details. There is only one official site — europa.eu/etias — and any address not on the europa.eu domain is not official.
Where should you sit at the New Balance Arena?
Atalanta's loud end is Curva Nord Pisani, where the organized supporter groups sit. It's the beating heart — a steep north stand right against the pitch, over 9,000 covered seats, and this is where the organized supporter groups sit, responsible for the pyrotechnics, the giant flags and the choreography through all ninety minutes. The stand is named after Federico Pisani, an Atalanta striker who died in a car accident in 1997 at age 22. Opposite it is Curva Sud Morosini, which reopened in September 2024. The main stand offers something rare: a parterre area right along the touchline, about 400 seats just a few meters from the benches. Remember the Dea Card rule — both curvas require it, the tribunas don't. Away fans sit in the southwest corner, with an allocation of just 1,304 seats.
What's special about Atalanta?
Atalanta is the great success story of modern Italian football, and the 2024 Europa League champions. This is a club from a city of 120,000 people that became a fixture in Europe, won the Europa League in 2024 and reached the Champions League again and again, against budgets many times its own. Its small stadium is considered one of the loudest in Italy relative to its size, and European nights in Bergamo are truly something special. This season opens a new chapter: Maurizio Sarri — one of the most recognizable coaches in Italian football — was appointed on 15 June 2026 on a three-year contract until 2029, replacing Raffaele Palladino. At the same time Cristiano Giuntoli arrived as sporting director, reuniting the pair who worked together at Napoli between 2015 and 2018. The city of Bergamo itself, with its hilltop old town, is one of the most beautiful in northern Italy.
What's Atalanta's big match of the 2026/27 season?
Atalanta's big match is the Conference League playoff against Hapoel Tel Aviv in Bergamo, on Thursday 20 August 2026. And this match has special Israeli interest: seventh place in Serie A sent Atalanta into the playoff round, and in the draw held on 3 August 2026 in Nyon, the opponent was set to be the winner between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Poland's GKS Katowice — and it was Hapoel Tel Aviv who advanced, after winning the first leg by two goals and losing by one goal in Poland on 12 August. So an Israeli club will play at the New Balance Arena, on Thursday 20 August at 20:30 Central European Time. The return leg will be played on Thursday 27 August at a neutral venue — at the DVTK Stadium in Miskolc, Hungary, not in Israel. In the league: Atalanta open at home against Sassuolo on 23 August 2026, and the big home matches are Inter in late November, Napoli in mid-December, Roma in mid-January, Milan in late March and Juventus in early May 2027. Atalanta close the season away at Napoli.