Riisvangen Stadion (, "Riis Meadow") is an
association football
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stadium
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in
Aarhus N. It is the
home
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stadium of
Danish 2nd Division club
Aarhus Fremad
Aarhus Fremad (, "Aarhus Forward") is an association football club located in Aarhus N, the northern part of Aarhus, Denmark. The team plays in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Aarhus Fremad competed i ...
.
Stadium capacity is 5,000, but the attendance record is 3,200 which occurred when the club competed in the
Danish Superliga
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, in a matchup against
Ikast fS
Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the second tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superstructur ...
on 2 November 1997.
Riisvangen Stadion was constructed in the 1936 on the initiative of
Aarhus Municipality.
During this period, the population of
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
had experienced a large population growth concentrated around northern Aarhus, known as
Aarhus N, and the construction of a sports facility would facilitate needs to nurture sports in the area. The stadium was built in an area which, at that time, was devoid of buildings.
Initially,
IK Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken deci ...
used the stadium as their home ground before the club moved to the newly established sports complex
Vejlby-Risskov Idrætscenter
Vejlby-Risskov Idrætscenter ("Vejlby-Risskov Sports Centre") is a sports complex located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the largest of its kind in East Jutland. The complex is situated in the district of Vejlby-Risskov in the northern part of Aarhus ...
.
[Klubbens historie](_blank)
Skovbakken Fodbold, hentet 22 November 2012
In April 2018, a new wooden stand was initiated against
Brønshøj Boldklub
Brønshøj BK, full name Brønshøj Boldklub, is a Danish football club located in the outskirts of Copenhagen. The club was founded 15 May. 1919.
History in brief
Early years:
Brønshøj BK's first decades was spent in local leagues in the C ...
.
On 4 October 2019, Fremad announced a sponsorship deal with
Royal Unibrew, which meant that the stand was named "
Faxe Kondi
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Marketed as a sports drink, as it contains both glucose and sugar. Faxe Kondi has been produced since 1971. Originally it was sold in beer bottles, because Faxe Bryggeri was a beer com ...
Tribunen", after the soft drink produced by the company.
References
External links
About Riisvangendbu.dk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riisvangen Stadion
Football venues in Denmark
Buildings and structures in Aarhus