Wals Siezenheim Stadium
History
In 2011 the stadium hosted a friendly tournament known as the Salzburgerland Cup of four clubs. It features four teams: FK Austria Wien, FC Rapid București, Maccabi Haifa F.C. and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. To which Shaktar was declared the champions.
Overview
Its current seating capacity is 30,188. The stadium's original capacity was 18,200, but it was heavily expanded to over 30,000 so as to accommodate the 2008 European Football Championships.
The "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim" was the only stadium in the Austrian Bundesliga which used artificial turf. Polytan's FIFA 2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005, but since summer 2008 natural lawn has been used.
From the 2018-19 Austrian Football Bundesliga season onwards, the majority of the upper stand remains closed, therefore limiting capacity to 17,218. This was done in order to improve the atmosphere, which was often considered as “weak“ during Salzburg‘s national home games. This reduction in capacity only applies for Bundesliga matches.
Euro 2008 Matches
Date | Result | Round | ||
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10 June 2008 | Greece | 0–2 | Sweden | Group D |
14 June 2008 | Greece | 0–1 | Russia | |
18 June 2008 | Greece | 1–2 | Spain |
References
- ^ "UEFA Europa League - Salzburg-Krasnodar". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Salzburgerland Cup 2010/11 (Int/nal Tournaments) : Overview". Scorespro. 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Stadium official website
External links
- Media related to Red Bull Arena (Wals-Siezenheim) at Wikimedia Commons
- Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)
- Stadium Guide Article