Waldstadion Homburg
The forest Stadium Homburg is football stadium with track and field facility in the Saarland Homburg with a spectator capacity of 21,813 seats, of which 1,767 seats. The main users of the stadium is the FC 08 Homburg.
History of the stadium
The stadium of FC Homburg was inaugurated on 14 and 15 August 1937, a sports festival circuit, under which a football match against SSV Jahn Regensburg was discharged, as so-called main arena. The arena should be the focus of a large-scale sports field whose realization the then mayor and Homburger NSDAP district leader Jacob Knissel had set a goal. The design of the sports field came from Ludwigshafen architect Willy Schwilling. Prior to today's FC Homburg had played on the castle hill, the landmark of the city.
In 1974 the stadium was renamed Forest stadium and the seating capacity was given as 38,000.
In the reconstruction measures in 1986 an extension of the main grandstand with new changing rooms and toilet facilities, and a reorganization of the standing ranks was performed. Since many standing room seats were replaced by the new grandstand, the capacity decreased to 21,813 spectators.
Furthermore, in 1989 an electric scoreboard (now destroyed) and 1990 created floodlights. 2012, an electric scoreboard was re- installed, as well as various beauty repairs made.
Major sporting events
The stadium was on November 19, 1952 the venue of a friendship match between countries A and Saarland Germany B. This game ended 4:3 for Germany as
In the Bundesliga FC Homburg years of 1986/87, 1987/88 and 1989/90 drew an average of 8,000 spectators per game in the stadium. Most, each with over 20,000. Against FC Bayern Munich and 1.FC Kaiserslautern At that time the city Homburg was 43,000 inhabitants as "smallest city league " in the history of the Bundesliga.
On 1 March 2006, the international match of the women 's national teams of Germany and China was in front of 20,000 spectators ( final score 0:1 ) discharged.
With the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany the forest stadium was the training ground next to Japan and Paraguay quartered in Homburg Italian national team. In addition, the stadium public viewing events of the playoffs were held.
Others
The Forest Stadium is on the list of the biggest football stadiums in Germany the rank 51 (as of July 2013). On the back wall of the stadium since 2008, a so-called "Hall of Fame", can perpetuate their works on the graffiti artists.