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

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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 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 Stadion Lehen () was a multi-purpose stadium in Salzburg, Austria. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of SV Austria Salzburg. The stadium was able to hold 14,684 people and originally opened in 1952. It was renov ...

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 ...

. To which Shaktar was 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 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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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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