Fritz Walter Stadium
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Fritz-Walter-Stadion () is the home stadium of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and is located in the city of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was one of the stadia used in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It is named after Fritz Walter (1920–2002), who played for the Kaiserslautern club throughout his career and was captain of the Germany national football team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup in the "Miracle of Bern". The stadium was built on the Betzenberg hill, hence its nickname "Betze" (), and was opened in 1920.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.
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Key facts
- Venue.name
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion
- Venue.nickname
- Betze
- Venue.image
- 250px
- Venue.former_names
- Betzenbergstadion (1920–1985)
- Venue.location
- Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Venue.public_transit
- Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof (Central Station)
- Venue.built
- 1920
- Venue.opened
- (FV 1900 Kaiserslautern 0–2 FC Pfalz Ludwigshafen)
- Venue.renovated
- 1932, 1945–1946, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1966, 1972–1973, 1978, 1986, 1993–1994, 1998, 2002–2005
- Venue.owner
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern GmbH
- Venue.surface
- grass
- Venue.architect
- Folker Fiebiger
- Venue.capacity
- 49,327 (league matches)47,103 (international matches)
- Venue.record_attendance
- 50,754
- Venue.dimensions
- 105 x 68 m
- Venue.tenants
- 1. FC KaiserslauternGermany national football team (selected matches)
- Venue.mapframe marker
- stadium
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Named after
- Fritz Walter
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Kaiserslautern
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- fck.de/en/1-fc-kaiserslautern/stadium/impressions.html
- Image
- Kaiserslautern 03.jpg
- Significant event
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
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- Commons category
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion
- maximum capacity
- 49780
- occupant
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Commons gallery
- Fritz-Walter-Stadion
- date of official opening
- 1920-00-00
- inception
- 1920-01-01
- surface played on
- lawn
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Renovation
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- See also
- References
- External links
Fritz-Walter-Stadion () is the home stadium of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and is located in the city of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was one of the stadia used in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It is named after Fritz Walter (1920–2002), who played for the Kaiserslautern club throughout his career and was captain of the Germany national football team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup in the "Miracle of Bern". The stadium was built on the Betzenberg hill, hence its nickname "Betze" (), and was opened in 1920.
==Renovation== In preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the stadium underwent a €76,5 million renovation beginning in 2002 that added a media center and a new floodlight system. The capacity was also increased from 38,500, of which 18,600 were standing, to 49,850, of which 16,363 are standing. Since 1 April 2023, the official capacity has been 49,327.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fritz Walter Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations