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Zentralstadion (1956)

Former stadium in Leipzig, Germany

Zentralstadion (1956)
Summary

Former stadium in Leipzig, Germany

FieldValue
nameZentralstadion
image[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0801-101, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, Sportfest.jpg200px]]
fullnameZentralstadion
locationLeipzig, Germany
coordinates
built
opened
closed2000
demolishedSeats, fences and floodlights only
ownerGerman Democratic Republic
operatorLeipzig
construction_cost$9 million
architect
project_managerWalter Ulbricht
former_namesFrankfurter Wiesen
Stadion der Hunderttausend
Sportforum Leipzig
tenantsDeutscher Turn- und Sportbund
DHfK Leipzig
VfB Leipzig (1992–1995)
Trade Sports- Associations of sports societies in the GDR
seating_capacity120,000
record_attendance100,000 (SC Rotation Leipzig - SC Lokomotive Leipzig, 9 September 1956)

Stadion der Hunderttausend Sportforum Leipzig DHfK Leipzig VfB Leipzig (1992–1995) Trade Sports- Associations of sports societies in the GDR

Central Stadium (, ) was a stadium with a capacity of 120,000 in Leipzig which was initially used for matches of SC Rotation Leipzig.

About 1.5 million cubic metres of debris from the World War II bombing of Leipzig was used in the stadium's construction. Its name derives from the Soviet "Central Stadium".

{{anchor|Final review}}Background

After the 1896 Summer Olympics, the city of Leipzig began to plan a stadium. The Zentralstadion was built first for the sports students in the Sportforum Leipzig, with a capacity of 100,000. Next to it was an Olympic-style swimming stadium. After the sports university, rowing channel and the swimming stadium were established, plans were made for a new stadium downtown; Leipzig wanted to be awarded the Olympic Games. Blueprints by architect Werner March, the architect of Berlin's Olympiastadion, were used. Finishing the plan took 15 months, with 180,000 volunteers. Walter Ulbricht called the stadium "Stadion der Hunderttausend" (Stadium of 100,000), and made it the home of the German Gym and Sports Celebrations.

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{{anchor|Reasons for the new construction as part of the Sports Forum Leipzig|Construction time}}Part of Sports Forum Leipzig

Children and adults pushing a rail car full of earth
Volunteers moving earth for the stadium in 1952

After the War of the Fourth Coalition, educators Ernst Moritz Arndt and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn wanted German national sports celebrations to train the Lützow Free Corps to defend against the French. Leipzig became one of the wealthiest cities in Germany, with a number of sports festivals; the only larger sports gathering was the 1936 Summer Olympics. Leader Walter Ulbricht wanted a national-class stadium to commemorate the 100,000 fallen soldiers in the Battle of Leipzig.

Free German Youth regional leader Heinz Haferkorn was tasked with finding 200 volunteers per day, and work on the stadium began on August 2, 1955. To save money, debris from the 1945 bombings was used. Its architect of record was Karl Souradny, who only completed the ground drawings and never visited the site. A total of 180,000 volunteers worked for 735,992 hours on the stadium, which cost M28 million (DM5.6 million). A small train brought debris to the stadium, which was mixed with ash, soil and water and compressed into bricks.

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In 1990, due to riots in other European countries and in Leipzig's Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark, access to Zentralstadion was banned to reduce further rioting. The bell in the stadium's Werner Seelenbinder Tower was silenced.

Due to the rising maintenance costs, the city decided to build a smaller, soccer-only stadium in 1997. According to critics, Berlin's similar-size Olympiastadion was renovated at the same time and the Zentralstadion could have been saved. Germany won the right to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup in 2000, prompting renovation of many German soccer-specific stadiums (including the Olympiastadion).

International Soccer Matches of the East Germany national football team

Between 1957 and 2004, all matches were broadcast by the Deutscher Fernsehfunk and later Eurosport. 2,812,000 visitors came to the matches in all. The Soviet Union was the team with the most matches as foreign team here. The average of the visitor numbers is 63,909 without club team matches, Spartakiade and the East German Sports Festival. The East Germany national team won 20 matches with 13 drawns and 10 defeats. One match was hosted as national stadium for Poland. 21 matches took place as qualifying matches. 23 matches were exhibition matches.

DateLocal timeHomeFinal score (halftime score)VisitorGame typeAttendance
1957-05-19:Germany East Germany2:1 (1:1) Goals scored:Charles (WAL) 6', Wirth (GDR) 21', Tröger (GDR) 61′Wales Wales1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Nikolay Latyshev Soviet Union105,000
1957-10-27:Germany East Germany1:4 (1:3) Goals scored: Kraus (TCH) 4′, Moravčík (TCH) 23', Müller (GDR) 23′, Novák (TCH) 43', Kraus (TCH) 88′Czech Republic Czechoslovakia1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Pierre Schwinte France110,000
1957-11-09:Poland Poland0:2 (0:1) Goals scored: Streltsov (URS) 31′, Fiedosov (URS) 75′Soviet Union Soviet Union1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Clough John Harold England110,000
1958-09-14:Germany East Germany3:2 (1:1) Goals scored: Schröter (GDR) 25′, Penalty Constantin (ROU) 27′, Penalty Assmy (GDR) 57′, Ene (ROU) 61′, Wirth (GDR) 76′Romania RomaniaExhibition match – Referee: Nikolai Balakin Soviet Union60,000
1958-11-02:Germany East Germany4:1 (2:1) Goals scored: Assmy (GDR) 4′, Müller (GDR) 12′, Hennum (NOR) 42′, Schröter (GDR) 56′, Müller (GDR) 65′Norway NorwayExhibition match – Referee: Antonín Vrbovec Czech Republic60,000
1959-08-12:Germany East Germany2:1 (2:0) Goals scored: Schröter (GDR) 3′, Franz (GDR) 44′, Kadraba (TCH) 53′Czechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaExhibition match – Referee: Nikolai Latychev USSR100,000
1960-08-17:East Germany East Germany0:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Ponedelnik (URS) 75′USSR USSRExhibition match – Referee: Josef Stoll AUT70,000
1961-05-14:East Germany East Germany1:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Groot (NED) 63′, Erler (GDR) 80′Netherlands Netherlands1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Carl Jorgensen Denmark70,000
1961-05-14:East Germany East Germany4:1 (2:1) Goals scored: Schröter (GDR) 8′, Madsen (DEN) 20′, Ducke (GDR) 29′, Schröter (GDR) 56′, Schröter (GDR) 88′Denmark DenmarkExhibition match – Referee: Józef Kowal Poland30,000
1961-05-14:East Germany East Germany2:2 (0:2) Goals scored: Zambata (YUG) 20′, Jerković (YUG) 43′, Wirth (GDR) 45′, Schröter (GDR) 52′YUG YugoslaviaExhibition match – Referee: Václav Korelus Czechoslovakia35,000
1964-05-23:East Germany East Germany1:1 (?:?) Goals scored: ? (GDR) ?′, ? (URS) ?′URS USSRExhibition match – Referee: ?80,000
1965-05-23:East Germany East Germany1:1 (1:1) Goals scored: Vogel (GDR) 17′, Bene (HUN) 28′HUN Hungary1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Fredrik Johansson SWE110,000
1965-10-31:East Germany East Germany1:0 (1:0) Goals scored: Nöldner (GDR) 1′AUT AUT1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Samuel Carswell Northern Ireland95,000
1966-04-27:East Germany East Germany4:1 (3:1) Goals scored: Ducke (GDR) 2′, Nöldner (GDR) 23′, Kindvall (SWE) 43′, Frenzel (GDR) 57′SWE SwedenExhibition match – Referee: Laurens van Ravens NED50,000
1966-07-02:East Germany East Germany5:2 (2:0) Goals scored: Nöldner (GDR) 3′, Frenzel (GDR) 44′, Tobar (CHI) 62′, Vogel (GDR) 72′, Fräßdorf (GDR) 79′, Marcos (CHI) 81′, Geisler (GDR) 86′CHI ChileExhibition match – Referee: Per Engblom Finland45,000
1967-04-05:East Germany East Germany4:3 (0:2) Goals scored: Mulder (NED) 10′, Keizer (NED) 12′, Vogel (GDR) 50′, Frenzel (GDR) 62′, Keizer (NED) 65′, Frenzel (GDR) 69′, Frenzel (GDR) 85′NED NetherlandsUEFA Euro 1968 qualifying – Referee: Hannes Sigurðsson Iceland40,000
1967-10-1117:00East Germany East Germany3:2 (1:2) Goals scored: Dyreborg (DEN) 25′, Körner (GDR) 35′, Søndergaard (DEN) 38′, Pankau (GDR) 59′, Pankau (GDR) 73′DEN DenmarkUEFA Euro 1968 qualifying – Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk POL25,000
1967-10-2914:00East Germany East Germany1:0 (0:0) Goals scored: Frenzel (GDR) 51′HUN HungaryUEFA Euro 1968 qualifying – Referee: Robert Helies FRA110,000
1968-04-24:East Germany East Germany3:2 (?:?) Goals scored: ?BUL Bulgaria? – Referee: ?35,000
1969-07-25:East Germany East Germany2:2 (1:1) Goals scored: Löwe (GDR) 6′, Löwe (GDR) 6′, Puzach (URS) 35′, Khmelnytskyi (URS) 59′, Frenzel (GDR) 87′USSR Soviet UnionExhibition match – Referee: Gyula Emsberger HUN90,000
1971-05-0915:00East Germany East Germany1:2 (0:2) Goals scored: Filipović (YUG) 11′, Džajić (YUG) 19′, Puzach (YUG) 35′, Löwe (GDR) 70′YUG YugoslaviaUEFA Euro 1972 qualifying – Referee: Paul Schiller AUT100,000
1971-09-18:East Germany East Germany1:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Borja (MEX) 50′, Löwe (GDR) 80′MEX MexicoExhibition match – Referee: Gyula Emsberger HUN20,000
1972-05-27:East Germany East Germany1:0 (0:0) Goals scored: Irmscher (GDR) 81′URU UruguayExhibition match – Referee: Bohumil Smejkal CZE20,000
1973-03-26:East Germany East Germany2:0 (?:?) Goals scored: ?ROU RomaniaExhibition match – Referee: ?95,000
1974-05-29:East Germany East Germany1:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Streich (GDR) 66', Channon (ENG) 68'ENG EnglandExhibition match – Referee: György Müncz HUN100,000
1974-12-0717:30East Germany East Germany0:0 (0:0) Goals scored: 0BEL BelgiumUEFA Euro 1976 qualifying – Referee: Sergio Gonella ITA35,000
1975-10-1214:30East Germany East Germany2:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Bathenay (FRA) 50′, Streich (GDR) 55′, Vogel (GDR) 77′FRA FranceUEFA Euro 1976 qualifying – Referee: Erik Fredriksson SWE35,000
1976-04-07:East Germany East Germany0:0 (0:0) Goals scored: 0CZE CzechoslovakiaFootball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification – Referee: Vladimir Rudnev USSR45,000
1977-07-28:East Germany East Germany2:1 (1:1) Goals scored: Häfner (GDR) 8', Bubnov (USSR) 22', Sparwasser (GDR) 90'USSR Soviet UnionExhibition match – Referee: Marian Kuston POL95,000
1977-10-12:East Germany East Germany1:1 (0:1) Goals scored: Hattenberger (AUT) 43', Löwe (GDR) 50'AUT Austria1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Ian Foote SCO100,000
1978-04-04:East Germany East Germany0:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Åslund (SWE) 75'SWE SwedenExhibition match – Referee: Bogdan Dotchev BUL25,000
1978-09-06:East Germany East Germany2:1 (1:0) Goals scored: Pommerenke (GDR) 20', Eigendorf (GDR) 66', Ondruš (TCH) 84'TCH CzechoslovakiaExhibition match – Referee: Franz Wöhrer AUT15,000
1979-04-18:East Germany East Germany2:1 (0:1) Goals scored: Boniek (POL) 7', Streich (GDR) 50', Lindemann (GDR) 63'POL PolandUEFA Euro 1980 qualifying – Referee: Azim Zade URS55,000
1979-11-2117:00East Germany East Germany2:3 (2:1) Goals scored: Schnuphase (GDR) 17', Streich (GDR) 33', Thijssen (NED) 45', Kist (NED) 50', Kerkhof (NED) 67'NED NetherlandsUEFA Euro 1980 qualifying – Referee: António Garrido POR100,000
1980-04-16:East Germany East Germany2:0 (0:0) Goals scored: Weber (GDR) 64', Streich (GDR) 69'GRE GreeceExhibition match – Referee: Torben Månsson DEN20,000
1980-10-15:East Germany East Germany0:0 (0:0) Goals scored:0ESP SpainExhibition match – Referee: Jan Veverka TCH30,000
1981-10-10:East Germany East Germany2:3 (0:2) Goals scored: Szarmach (POL) 2', Smolarek (POL) 5', Schnuphase (GDR) 53', Smolarek (POL) 62', Streich (GDR) 63'POL Poland1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo ESP85,000
1982-04-14:East Germany East Germany1:0 (1:0) Goals scored: Hause (GDR) 20'ITA ItalyExhibition match – Referee: Dusan Krchnak TCH28,000
1983-03-3017:00East Germany East Germany1:2 (0:1) Goals scored: Van Der Elst (BEL) 35', Vandenbergh (BEL) 70', Streich (GDR) 82'BEL BelgiumUEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 1 – Referee: John Carpenter Ireland75,000
1983-06-26:East Germany East Germany1:3 (1:2) Goals scored: Blokhin (URS) 10', Streich (GDR) 24', Oganesyan (URS) 35', Yevtushenko (URS) 64'URS Soviet UnionExhibition match – Referee: Károly Palotai HUN70,000
1984-10-20:East Germany East Germany2:3 (1:1) Goals scored: Glowatzky (GDR) 11', Baždarević (YUG) 30', Vokri (YUG) 48', Ernst (GDR) 59', Šestić (YUG) 80'YUG Yugoslavia1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Horst Brummeier AUT63,000
1985-09-11:East Germany East Germany2:0 (0:0) Goals scored: Ernst (GDR) 53', Kreer (GDR) 81'FRA France1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Pietro D'Elia ITA78,000
1987-07-28:East Germany East Germany0:0 (0:0) Goals scored: 0HUN HungaryExhibition match – Referee: Jan Damgaard DEN71,000
1989-05-20:East Germany East Germany1:1 (0:1) Goals scored: Polster (AUT) 3', Kirsten (GDR) 86'AUT Austria1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – Referee: Alphonse Constantin BEL22,000

German Sports Festival (National Olympics for East Germans)

During this festival came at least 150,000.

  • 1956 (2.–5. August): II. Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest
  • 1959 (13.–16. August): III. Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest
  • 1963 (1.–4. August): IV. Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest
  • 1969 (24.–27. July): V. Turn- und Sportfest der DDR
  • 1977 (25.–31. July): VI. Turn- und Sportfest der DDR und VI. Kinder- und Jugendspartakiade
  • 1983 (25.–31. July): VII. Turn- und Sportfest der DDR und IX. Kinder- und Jugendspartakiade
  • 1987 (27. July–2. August): VIII. Turn- und Sportfest der DDR und XI. Kinder- und Jugendspartakiade

Notes

  • Video documentation: "Täve, Trümmer und Triumphe" | 23.09.2014 | 29:55 Min. | Broadcaster: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk"

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