Jahnstadion (Göttingen)

RSV Göttingen 05

The Jahn Stadium in Göttingen is a 17,000 -seat stadium forming, which can be used for athletics events and football games. The stadium is east of the recreation area Kiessee and the river line and south of the sandy road located in the sports park the city of Göttingen in the south of the city.

The Jahn stadium was inaugurated on 26 October 1913 and is named after the father of gymnastics Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. For that time, the " Jahn 's Playground " was a fairly well-equipped sports court. In 1987, the Jahn stadium was renovated and equipped in the West with a good 5,000 -seat covered grandstand seat. In the East, the "Old backstretch " was located until 2008, the stadium was completely modernized.

• 2.1 Conversion 2008
• 2.2 Planned renovations

Description of the stadium

Overview

Together with the two curves thus offers the stadium uncovered more than 12,000 standing places. The curves offer merely a few steps which had to repair in 2013 in a rather poor condition. Approx. 2/3 of the curves consist of vegetated with grass mounds next to the stage for the most part. In the running for the main grandstand ends of both curves are each slightly enlarged upward, fortified with step blocks available. This area of ​​the North Stand offers at football matches regularly visiting fans place. In the South Stand is an electronic scoreboard. While still modern grandstand includes stadium itself, press seats and VIP room in the west, the back straight are back the crew cabins and a restaurant located Stadium. The main entrance is located in the north of the dirt road. Another entrance is located in the northeast of the parking lot and is only open for holders of season tickets and advance booking of tickets of RSV 05. Another sometimes unused input is located on the rear side portion of the South Stand. Among others is during the home games of the RSV 05 in the northeast of the stadium, a fan shop.

Use

Until 2003 it was the home stadium of the 1st SC Göttingen 05, who fought out the football games of his first men's team in the 2nd Bundesliga, Regionalliga and Oberliga there. The last home game was end of September 2003 Matchday eighth of fünftklassigen Niedersachsenliga. After a failed, over two years pending insolvency proceedings, the association was deleted in October 2003 from the register of associations. Since then, the stadium has not been used regularly.

During the football World Cup in 2006, the stadium served as the training ground of the Mexican national soccer team, who won here in a preseason game against Gottingen selection 3-0.

The successor club of the 1st SC Göttingen 05 resulting RSV Göttingen 05 plays after the third ascent in five years from the 2011/2012 season in the fünftklassigen Oberliga Niedersachsen and plays its home matches at the Jahn stadium, so this eight year break is subject to regular use. The home games of the RSV 05 currently attract an average of 900 spectators. The place of the many fan clubs of the RSV 05, including the governing body 05 Supporters Crew is on the back straight.

Rebuilding

Reconstruction in 2008

As part of a comprehensive modernization in 2008, in which the complete athletic facilities of the stadium were replaced, the "Old backstretch " was demolished and ( right next to the raceway) rebuild good 8 feet closer to the playing field. The previous light curve shape was it abandoned in favor of a pure line. Up to this measure disabilities in addition to the rather large distance to the field of play before all the located between the standing room and the field covered team benches the view of the action. Under the East Stand is also a warm-up hall with 60m track and long jump pit was formed.

Planned renovations

A floodlit facilities is contemplated, but will depend on the athletic development, particularly the Göttingen football clubs. With probably comparatively reasonable cost (floodlights, block separation, possibly rehabilitation of the curves), the stadium could be put into a state which would correspond to the requirements of the DFB to the new Regional. With the construction of various training facilities (among artificial turf ) and the creation of numerous new parking directly at the stadium, has in recent years quite a bit done.

However, apply through the Regional Reform for the season 2012/13 the same requirements as in the Oberliga Niedersachsen, so that reconstruction measures in the event of a rise would not be absolutely necessary to the Regionalliga.