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Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)

Sports venue in Wals-Siezenheim, Austria

Summary

Sports venue in Wals-Siezenheim, Austria

Field	Value
name	Red Bull Arena
image	[[File:EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim zur Euro.jpg	250px]]
caption	Interior of the stadium in July 2008
location	Stadionstraße, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
coordinates
built	2003
opened	8 March 2003
renovated	Summer 2005
6 May 2006 – 25 July 2007
owner	SWS Stadion Salzburg Planungs- und Errichtungsgesellschaft m.b.H
surface	Lawn
construction_cost	€45 million
architect	Schuster Architekten, Atelier Albert Wimmer
former_names	EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Bullen-Arena
tenants	Red Bull Salzburg
FC Liefering
Austria national football team
seating_capacity	30,188 (17,218 Bundesliga) (29,520 UEFA matches) (31,895 UEFA Euro 2008)
dimensions	105 x

Red Bull Salzburg's home stadium

6 May 2006 – 25 July 2007 | operator FC Red Bull Salzburg = FC Liefering Austria national football team Red Bull Arena (), known during the UEFA Euro 2008 as the EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim and during UEFA club football events as Stadion Salzburg, is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburbs of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club played at Stadion Lehen.

History

In 2011 the stadium hosted a friendly tournament known as the Salzburgerland Cup of four clubs. It features four teams - FK Austria Wien, FC Rapid București, Maccabi Haifa F.C. and FC Shakhtar Donetsk - with Shaktar being declared the champions.

Overview

Its current seating capacity is 30,188. The stadium's original capacity was 18,200, but it was heavily expanded to over 30,000 to accommodate the 2008 European Football Championships.

The "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim" was the only stadium in the Austrian Bundesliga which used artificial turf. Polytan's FIFA 2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005, but since summer 2008 natural lawn has been used.

From the 2018-19 Austrian Football Bundesliga season onwards, the majority of the upper stand remains closed, therefore limiting capacity to 17,218. This was done in order to improve the atmosphere, which was often considered as “weak“ during Salzburg‘s national home games. This reduction in capacity only applies for Bundesliga matches.

Euro 2008 Matches

Date	Result	Round
10 June 2008		0–2
14 June 2008		0–1
18 June 2008		1–2

References

"UEFA Europa League - Salzburg-Krasnodar". Union of European Football Associations.
(2011). "Salzburgerland Cup 2010/11 (Int/nal Tournaments) : Overview". Scorespro.
[https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/red-bull-arena Stadium official website]

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