Lavanttal-Arena is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

stadium in Wolfsberg,

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

, Austria, which is the home of

Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberger AC, commonly referred to as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC enter ...

. The stadium is able to hold 7,300 spectators, and was built in 1984. Formerly the stadium was known as ''Sportstadion Wolfsberg''.

History

The stadium was built in 1984. After completion of the grandstand, the stadium was opened with the Olympic qualifier game between

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

on 31 May 1988, which ended in a 2–0 loss to the hosts after goals from Seppo Nikkilä and

Ismo Lius Ismo Lius (born 30 November 1965 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his club career, Lius played for Kuusysi Lahti, Örgryte IS, HJK Helsinki, RoPS and FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämee ...

. In 2012, the stadium was expanded after

had reached the

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

, adding the

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

from 6,500 to 7,300. The total costs for the expansion amounted to €2.5 million. It is located approximately one kilometer south of the city Wolfsberg.

Other uses

use this stadium for their home games.

References

External links

Lavanttal-Arena at rzpelletswac.at

Lavanttal-Arena at weltfussball.de

Lavanttal-Arena at europlan-online.de
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