Red Bull Arena (), known during the

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as the EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim and during UEFA club football events as Stadion Salzburg, is a

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in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburbs of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

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. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of

FC Red Bull Salzburg FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions, ...

. Previously, the club played at Stadion Lehen.

History

In 2011 the stadium hosted a friendly tournament known as the of four clubs. It features four teams: FK Austria Wien, FC Rapid București, Maccabi Haifa F.C. and

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. To which Shaktar was declared the champions.

Overview

Its current

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is 30,188. The stadium's original capacity was 18,200, but it was heavily expanded to over 30,000 so as to accommodate the 2008 European Football Championships. The "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim" was the only stadium in the

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which used

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Polytan Polytan GmbH is a German manufacturer of synthetic turf systems and synthetic sport surfaces. It is based in Burgheim, Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south ...

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2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005, but since summer 2008 natural lawn has been used.

Euro 2008 Matches

References

External links

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Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)

Stadium Guide Article
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