Ellenfeldstadion
The Ellenfeldstadion is the football stadium of the city of Neunkirchen ( Saar) with a capacity of 23,400 spectators.
Main user is the football club Borussia Neunkirchen, who is also a total of three years his Bundesliga matches fought out there. Although prevented the crash of Borussia sporting a steady extension of the stadium ( for example, there still are no floodlights ), yet it is still before the Ludwigsparkstadion in Saarbrücken as the most beautiful stadium in the Saarland.
The last time was sold out the Ellenfeldstadion on 30 August 2003 in the DFB Cup match between Borussia Neunkirchen and FC Bayern Munich with 23,400 spectators. The league games visit an average of around 500 spectators.
Historical
The first game in the field Elle took place against the Infantry Regiment 105 Strasbourg on April 7, 1912. The official inauguration place but was only on 14 July 1912, when the Elle field held the first national Olympic competitions. 1921 got the Ellenfeldstadion his first gallery, which was built on the English model and 4000 spectators had room. The Tribune was made of wood and burned down in December 1928. 1933 was built over the old grandstand, a new, permanent construction. In 1948, the club, the stadium site and surrounding parcels, with three quarters of the back straight and some of the guests curve ( " Spieserkurve " ) remained in the possession of Neunkircher Castle Brewery. In 1990, the stadium was sold to the city of Neunkirchen of threatened insolvency of 1.2 million DM. In 2002, the grandstand was thoroughly renovated and received a new roof and red Schalensitze.Die officially the highest number of audience ( 31,000 ) was reached on 26 May 1971 against 1 FC Nuremberg.