Rosenaustadion
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| Address | Stadionstraße 21, 86159 Augsburg, Germany |
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| Location | Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°21′19″N 10°52′34″E / 48.35528°N 10.87611°E |
| Owner | City of Augsburg |
| Capacity | 32,354 5,911 (Seats) |
| Record attendance | 64,856 9 November 1952 Germany vs Switzerland |
| Field size | 105 x 70 m |
| Surface | grass |
| Scoreboard | yes (one) |
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| Broke ground | 1949 |
| Built | 1951 |
| Opened | 16 September 1951 |
| Renovated | 2006−2007 |
| Construction cost | DM 1.1–1.8 million |
| Architect | First plans: Thomas Wechs Final plans: Georg Werner and Walther Schmidt Collaborators: Hans Bruckner, Jakob Heichele and Heinz Hilten |
| Tenants | |
| FC Augsburg Women (2006−Present) FC Augsburg II (1969−Present) FC Augsburg (1951−2009) | |
Rosenaustadion is a
History
The stadium was built from 1949, using debris from the aerial bombings of the
The Rosenaustadion was opened on 16 September 1951 with a Germany versus Austria football match, a B-international, drawing a crowd of 51,000.
From 1951 to 1972 the Rosenaustadion possessed an outstanding meaning for German sport, particularly in the disciplines of football and
The record attendance of FC Augsburg dates from 1973 with the game against the 1. FC Nürnberg with 42,000 spectators. The highest attendance at a football game was nearly 65,000 spectators on 9 November 1952 with the international match Germany – Switzerland.
The total record is from the year 1958, as 85.000 came to see the athletics team of Germany defeating the Russian team.
The record crowd for the home side FC Augsburg is 45,000, which attended the game in the
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 121.
- 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 359.
- Official website (in German)
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