Leimbachstadion

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• Sportfreunde Siegen

• Match of the German amateur national team against England on May 27, 1959
• European Football Championship Women 1989
• International football match between the women on September 25, 2005 compared Russia (5:1)

The Leimbach Stadium is a football stadium with track and field facility in Siegen and the home of the football division side Sportfreunde Siegen.

It is located in the area Winchenbach at the foot of Mount roster. In addition to a natural grass pitch, the stadium also includes an artificial turf field. Owner is the city of Siegen.

History

Twelve years after the war, the largest Siegerländer sports arena was opened on 22 September 1957, the Leimbach Stadium. The new stadium was at the time in West Germany as exemplary. The lawn was not designed as a football pitch, but created by a horticultural as Nutzrasen. The " Leimbach " flows still piped through under the stadium. The opening match was held between Sportfreunde Siegen and the Hombrucher FV 09.

His international debut saw the stadium on 27 May 1959 a game of German amateur national team against England. Germany won the Siegen Captain Herbert Schäfer, Peter Kunter, Heinz Higher, Werner Olk, among others 2-0. Around 25 000 spectators in the stadium and millions of viewers watching television experienced on August 28, 1968 the game without limits an entertainment show under the GM Camillo rims. 35 participants competed for wins, cost the city the spectacle of 8,500 DM However flowed TV funds in the amount of $ 100,000 back to the region. For the absolute Siegerländer record crowd attended on October 3, 1982 at Nostalgie game of the 1974 World Cup team with Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Sepp Maier & Co 24 728 paying spectators, who saw a 10:2 victory of Altinternationalen against a winning country selection.

The audience record for a soccer championship game dated August 6, 1972. At that time victories came after the rise of sports fans in the Regional League West for the first home meeting of sports enthusiasts against the Bundesliga relegation Borussia Dortmund 22,339 visitors. BVB won 1-0. 1975, a covered stand was inaugurated. In the catacombs are the areas for the players and the technical equipment, such as heating and electricity. The date last football match of women in the September 25, 2005 won the DFB team against Russia 5:1. The best-attended game of the season so far only the Sportfreunde Siegen in professional football was the second league game against VfL Bochum on 6 November 2005, which were able to win in front of 17,745 spectators 3-0 Sportfreunde.

The stadium today

The stadium has after the last expansion a capacity of 19,400 seats, of which 2,108 covered seats and 17,292 standing places. It has been approved for 18,716 spectators. The stadium is one of the largest in the Regionalliga West, in which the Sportfreunde Siegen play. Since the 2003/2004 season, the stadium has floodlights with a light output of 850 lux. An emergency generator ensures the failure of the mains supply on the field 15 lx. In 2004 the interior was separated by a 2.50 m high fence in accordance with the requirements of the DFB and installed a new speaker system. For the security forces is an operational center with cutting-edge video technology.

After the modernization of the west curve and back straight, the stadium had to be renovated again in the 2nd Bundesliga in the summer of 2005 as a result of the rise of Sportfreunde Siegen. In the first step, the East Stand was equipped with new levels and breakwaters, and a security fence. In addition, the inputs and cash were modernized. To meet the DFL requirements completely, the roof of the back straight is slated to be there to provide the required media spaces. These are currently under the grandstand. Also, think about the construction of a soil heating to meet today's demands on a modern stadium. By descent to the Oberliga these plans are put on hold for the time being.

The artificial turf was completely renovated in the summer of 2010.

Panoramic image

Accessibility

The Leimbach stadium is accessible via the Leimbach road linking the stadium to the city center and the exit Siegen -south on the A45. In addition, the stadium is approached by the bus line C102 of VWS, during home games of sports fans in addition by the special line M 1

Others

Earlier plans for a British investor for the construction of a covered, designed for 20,000 people multi-purpose arena with integrated shopping center, cultural activities and an attached convention center have been shattered victories after sporting decline of sports.