The Stade des Francs was a

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stadium in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

, France. It was the home of

SR Colmar Stadium Racing Colmar is a football club located in Colmar, France. They play in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. History Founded in 1919 as AS Colmar, the club is based in Colmar, Alsace, and plays its home m ...

until 2000.

History

The stadium hosted the home games of

starting on 24 June 1928, the date of inauguration of the ground. This formerly fallow land had been leased by the club in 1926. The stadium emerged after more than a year of renovations carried out mainly by members of the Colmar sports club. The record attendance at the stadium is of 11,990 spectators, recorded during a match against

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during the 1948–49 Division 1, Colmar's only season in the first tier of French football. The stadium was named for a time the "Stade Joseph Lehmann" in memory of the former president of the club. The funeral of happened on the lawn of the stadium 17 May 1949. During the

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and the annexation to

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, the stadium was renamed "Frankenweg Stadion." During the 2000s, a new stadium was built in the northeast of the city: the Colmar Stadium. It is now the main stadium of the city of Colmar and hosts the team matches of SR Colmar as well as many gala matches organized by the club.

References

SR Colmar Football venues in France Sports venues completed in 1928 Sport in Colmar Sports venues in Haut-Rhin {{France-sports-venue-stub