Südstadion
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| Location | Cologne, Germany |
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| Owner | Kölner Sportstätten GmbH |
| Capacity | 11,748 |
| Field size | 105 x 68 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1978 |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Renovated | 2012, 2014 |
| Tenants | |
| SC Fortuna Köln Cologne Centurions (ELF) (2021–present) | |
Südstadion is a football stadium in Cologne, Germany with an 11,748 capacity including 1,863 covered seats.[1]
History[]
The stadium was built in 1978 and renovated in 2012, adding a new stand roof, new floodlights, new sounds system, sanitary installations and also ticket booths. After SC Fortuna Köln promotion to 3. Liga, in 2014 it was renovated again by adding a partition between home and away fans, new emergency doors, wavebreakers, a video surveillance system and improvement of the security services. A plan to further renovate the stadium was projected for 2015.[2]
Other uses[]
SC Fortuna Köln use this stadium for their home games. Cologne Falcons and 1. FC Köln II also use it sometimes for their home games.[3]
For the inaugural season of the new European League of Football the Cologne Centurions (ELF) plan to play their home games at the stadium.
References[]
- ^ "Stadion" (in German). Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ "Südstadion wird aufgerüstet" (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Im Süden geht die Sonne auf" (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2014.
External links[]
- Südstadion at weltfussball.de
- Südstadion at europlan-online.de
- Football venues in Germany
- SC Fortuna Köln
- Sports venues in Cologne
- American football venues in Germany
- 1979 establishments in West Germany
- Sports venues completed in 1979