Stadion am Bruchweg
Football:
- Home games of the first FSV Mainz 05
- U21 European Championship 2004 ( three games)
- Matches of the DFB Junior National Team
- League Cup finals in 2003 and 2004
The Bruchwegstadion is a football stadium in Mainz. By May 2011, there was the home of the first FSV Mainz 05, since the summer of 2011, it is used for the Regional team. The first team has been using the 2011/2012 season, the Coface Arena.
History
The original urban Bruchwegstadion (now Dr.- Martin -Luther- King-Weg and Albert -Schweitzer -Straße) opened on Bretzenheimer Bruchwegstadion 1929. From the former buildings, consisting of a 80 meter wide bleachers, a hard court and a running track, there is nothing more.
After losing the club's stadium Fort Bingen to the Reichsbahn SV - 05 merged with the Reichsbahn SV Mainz FSV Mainz 05 moved to the first 500 meters northerly and in the meantime to Herbert Norkus Stadium renamed Bruchwegstadion. After the Second World War, the stadium was two years not playable. In February 1947, the re-established club returned to the Bruchwegstadion.
1951 of debris, including fragments of Roman grave stones that built the existing seven- standing terrace in parts to the 21st century. The capacity of the stadium increased by 20,000 places. In the 1:4 defeat against 1 FC Kaiserslautern on 12 April 1953, the stadium was developed for the first time sold. 1953 was the first time Bruchwegstadion a lawn.
The next two alterations were the roofs of the main grandstand (1965) and the back straight (1981). With the final game of the first German football championship of women found in 1974, the top game of women's football in Germany in Mainz.
In the friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the summer of 1995, the floodlight system was inaugurated. A little later, the stadium was the first time an electronic scoreboard.
On the occasion of the great opportunities for advancement 1997, two tubular steel stands were erected behind the goals instead of the old curves. For the same reason in 2002 the main stand and the back straight were demolished. A modern grandstand, which houses among others crew cabins and the VIP room, and a further tubular steel stand with seats and standing places were built.
After the Bundesliga rise in 2004 next to the main stand uncovered two more provisional additional grandstands were built, each with 800 seats. In addition, the stadium corners were closed besides the back straight with noise barriers. Both the expansion of short Located behind in 1997 and the expansion of the main and back straight is done according to the plans of Fiebiger GmbH architects engineers under the direction of architect Folker Fiebiger (Kaiserslautern ).
The largest recorded number of audience of 24,000 ( DFB Cup quarter-final against 1 FC Nuremberg on 27 February 1965). For this game specifically an additional grandstand was built. As the stadium since then never took more than 20,300 spectators, this record is currently unassailable.
After dismantling the Molitor stands in June 2011, the stadium holds 18,000 spectators.
Buildings
The stadium Bruchweg sat down to 2011 from six tribunes together:
- Entega tribune ( grandstand )
- Orgentec Tribune ( back straight )
- Lotto Rheinland -Pfalz- Tribune ( South Stand )
- BKM building society Mainz- Tribune ( North Stand )
- Molitor grandstands ( in the corners next to the grandstand )
Entega Tribune
The Entega Tribune is the only firm stand on Bruchwegstadion. The shell of the concrete structure was built in 1929 after the demolition of the old grandstand from May to August 2002 after plans by the Fiebiger GmbH Architects Engineers under the direction of architect Folker Fiebiger (Kaiserslautern ) and covered in the autumn of the year. Since then, the premises will be expanded in the stands. The originally planned 100 meters wide, but for financial reasons only 80 meters wide constructed building houses on the ground floor several crew cabins, a gymnasium as well as the press room and above the two-storey VIP room, toilets, use of premises by the police and several lodges. Under the cantilevered roof there are 3500 seats.
Since May 2009, the grandstand is named after the main sponsor Entega Mainz.
Orgentec Tribune
Also in the summer 2002, the old backstretch was replaced by a modern covered steel tube structure, the 05 bore the name oddset grandstand until the withdrawal of long-term cooperation partner of the FSV Mainz. With the start of the 2006/07 season Rhineland-Palatinate's first division, the company had Orgentec diagnostics found as a patron for the whistle. About firm catering rooms and toilet facilities available on the first grandstand on the east side of the stadium total 5100 spectators. At the top of the stands are 1800 seats, including 3,300 standing places. In the right pane of the Orgentec Tribune, the guest block is with 600 seats and 1,300 standing places.
Lotto Rheinland -Pfalz- Tribune
The Lotto Rheinland -Pfalz- Tribune is together with the opposite north stand of the oldest area of the current stadium. The covered steel tube structure was built during the summer break in 1997 instead of the South Stand. Previously, a provisional grandstand was already a few months in the same place. The Lotto Rheinland -Pfalz Grandstand 6600 covered standing places and houses the two Hauptfanblöcke of Mainz. Through the extension of the stadium in the summer of 2002, the Tribune is no longer centered on the front side of the field.
BKM building society Mainz North Stand
The BKM building society Mainz North Stand was built simultaneously with the opposite Lotto Rheinland -Pfalz- Tribune in the summer of 1997 instead of the north curve. 3400 fans see this covered steel tube structure their seats.
From January 2005 to August 2007 was the Tribune the name of the logistics company DPD and was known as DPD -Tribune. From 2007 to 2009 it bore the name of the main sponsor DBV Winterthur.
Molitor grandstands
The two Molitor stands were the recent expansion of the Bruchwegstadion. The two uncovered auxiliary construction were built after the promotion to the Bundesliga in 2004 and released for the second (south ) and third ( North ) home game of Mainz. Each grandstand offered 800 seats. Since July 2005, the tribunes had the name of the real estate company Molitor. In June 2011, Molitor stands were removed without replacement.
Ticket situation
Prior to 2008/ 09, a new record demand for season tickets has been established. 23,500 fans had sent a season ticket request to the association. Members and season ticket holders had the option to buy season tickets.
Other Events
In addition to the games of the FSV Mainz 05 found in Bruchwegstadion several junior internationals held, including three games of the U21 European Championship in the summer of 2004. 2003 and 2004 League Cup finals were held in the Bruchwegstadion. AC Milan and 1.FC Kaiserslautern - - In the 90 years beyond the Friendlies FC Bayern Munich Inter Milan found on Bruchwegstadion instead.
On 6 September 2008, an official international match took place the first time on Bruchwegstadion. During the qualification process for the FIFA World Cup 2010 played Georgia against Ireland. This game had been postponed due to the involvement of Georgia in the Caucasus conflict at a neutral venue. The desire was to play in Germany after Karlsruhe had to cancel at short notice, to Mainz agreed. The match ended 1:2 ( 0:1).
In the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, met in the season - summer break Stadium on Bruchwegstadion a group of several thousand Jehovah's Witnesses and held there from a district convention.
New stadium
In order to remain economically competitive, had, according to the first FSV Mainz 05 urgently needed a new stadium to be built. The favored by the association solution, a new building directly behind the current stadium amidst the district Hartberg - Münchfeld, had been due to the requirements for noise protection of residents financially not feasible. This was also true for the expansion of the stadium Bruchwegstadion towards an approximately 35,000 -seat football stadium.
In 2007 it was therefore decided first, a new multi- purpose stadium on Europakreisel, about two kilometers west to build in Gonsenheim district. The stadium should accommodate approximately 35,000 spectators and be from the 2009/10 season the new home of the 05ers. Due to the ongoing problems in the creation of structural conditions on request Location Europakreisel the city of Mainz tested the meantime three other Baustandorte: on the former site of the Heidelberg Cement in Weisenau, located near the new exhibition center between Mainz -Hechtsheim and Mainz- Ebersheim, but also a stadium together with the Wehen, who played at that time in the 2nd Bundesliga, the Wiesbaden district Mainz- Kastel was considered, but this led to violent protests. On February 19, 2008, incorporating a new possible location for the new stadium was also found in the vicinity of Europe gyro. The location of the stadium has been in this case shifted by about 800 m to the south and towards Bretz home to get the necessary contiguous area. The cost of stadium construction has been estimated at 45 million euros, as retaining a maximum of 15 million euros for additional construction and development costs and the purchase of the building area.
The new stadium is called " Coface Arena ". The Mainz Coface credit company -bought the naming rights in 2015 and was at the same time also a co-sponsor of the club. The planned opening was scheduled for 3 July 2011. The stadium Bruchweg should remain as venue of the first FSV Mainz 05 II, and the juniors as well as the location of the current across the stadium -based office on.