Simmeringer Had
Address | Simmeringer Hauptstraße 213, 1110 Vienna |
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Coordinates | 48°09′56″N 16°25′35″E / 48.16546°N 16.42652°E |
Capacity | I: 5,000 II: 35,000-50,000 III: 5,000 |
Surface | artificial turf |
Construction | |
Built | II: 1920 |
Opened | I: approx. 1900 II: 20 May 1920 III: 1970 |
Demolished | II: approx. 1970 |
Simmeringer Had is a stadium in Vienna, Austria with a capacity of 5,000 people. There have been three stadiums with the name, all of which have hosted the 1. Simmeringer SC Austrian football club since 1900. The largest and most important of these stadiums also hosted the Austria national team during the 1920s. The current stadium dates to the 1970s.
The name derives from the Simmeringer Haide, a low-lying region of Vienna where the Had was originally geographically located.
History
After the First World War, Austria had no large stadiums but had a growing interest in football. The second Simmeringer Had, which replaced an older stadium built in 1900, was built in a natural amphitheater next to the Sankt Marxer Friedhof.[1] The stadium housed the Austria national team and 1. Simmeringer SC.[1]
The original stadium had a capacity of about 40,000 spectators and was the largest stadium in Austria in 1920.[2] 1. Simmeringer SC opened the stadium on 30 May 1920 with a 1:0 win over Wiener Amateure SV.
The first international match in the stadium was played 26 September 1920, a
At this time, the Had also hosted larger games such as the
The Hohe Warte stadium was built after Simmeringer Sportplatz and took its title of largest stadium, but both were replaced in 1931 by the
After the
The artificial turf pitch built in the 1990s was completely refurbished in spring 2010.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Simmeringer Platz".
- ^ Mahan, Jabez Alexander (1933). Vienna Yesterday and Today. Halm and Goldman. p. 353.
- ^ "Spiele & Termine". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). November 28, 2013.
- ^ "Simmeringer Sportplatz, Vienna - football venue". eu-football.info.
- ^ "Bulgaria 1924". 6 December 2017.
- ^ Jezek, Paul Christian (2008). "Die Kraft des Sports ist wieder da!".
- ^ "Neuer Kunstraesenplatz :)". 1. Simmeringer SC. 5 May 2010.